Languages on a Plate is dedicated to making outstanding language teaching resources so that teachers have more time to do their job the best they can. We also run CPD sessions.
Languages on a Plate is dedicated to making outstanding language teaching resources so that teachers have more time to do their job the best they can. We also run CPD sessions.
Learning intention: to describe your fashion style
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of colours
Learn vocabulary related to clothes
Describe what clothes you like
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to say what you will do when you’re older
Learning outcomes:
Recap of vocabulary relating to jobs
Introduction to the Simple Future (iré, haré, trabajaré)
Write what you will do when you’re older
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Game
Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
All of the base lessons module 2 “Healthy Living” for our Spanish Steps 3 course.
Order of lessons:
Qué haces para mantenerte en forma
Qué está haciendo el futbolista - Photo description introduction
Qué te duele
Cómo te hiciste daño
Qué se debería hacer
Workbook and knowledge organiser also included in the bundle
The lessons come with original work, texts, lesson plans and games.
All of the base lessons module 2 “Passions and Pastimes” for our Spanish Steps 1 course.
Order of lessons:
Qué haces en tu tiempo libre
Te gusta hacer deporte
Eres melómano
Qué haces cuando hace frío
Cómo celebras Navidad
Workbook and knowledge organiser also included in the bundle
The lessons come with original work, texts, lesson plans and games.
**Updated for September 2024-25. **
Lesson 5/10 out of Languages on a Plate’s beginner module: All About Me, which is centred around teaching the basics for Spanish beginners (perfect for Year 7).
This lesson introduces students to family members in Spanish and focuses on the verbs “tener” and “llamarse” in the 3rd person so they can say their family members’ names and ages. The lesson builds on the knowledge from the first four lessons in the module, which taught them how to say and spell their name, answer how they are and say how old they are.
Learning intention: to describe who is in your family in Spanish
Learning outcomes:
Learn the vocabulary for family members and the numbers 30 - 100
Conjugate the verbs “tener” and “llamarse” into the “yo” form and the 3rd person forms
Write a short text describing who is in your family (age and name)
Lesson includes:
(Slide order)
Starter - match the questions with the answers
Objectives
Vocabulary introduction to family members
Reading comprehension and add new above and beyond vocabulary
Reading - match the family member description to the family member (e.g. "my dad’s sister = aunt)
Vocabulary - numbers 40 - 100 (teacher-led how to say the numbers)
Reading - correct the sums in the word form
Game - battleships translation
Objectives
Reading comprehension
Long reading comprehension with family tree to annotate names and ages
Grammar - match the pronouns to the family members (e.g. abuelos = ellos)
Grammar - recap of the verb “tener”
Grammar - verb “llamarse” - show difference of reflexive verbs
Listening - listen out for name, age, birthday, number of siblings and information about family members
Translation
Objectives
Reading - put the missing words in the spaces
YouTube - audiovisual reinforcement
Plenary - write about your family and their names + ages
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 1 Folder.
Updated for 2024-25
Lesson 1/5 out of Languages on a Plate’s second beginner module 1.2: Passions and Pastimes, which is centred around building on the basics for Spanish beginners (perfect for Year 7), and follows on from Module 1.1 All About Me
This lesson reinforces students’ knowledge of regular present tense verb conjugation in Spanish and teaches them vocabulary to describe the base hobbies they could do in their free time. The lesson builds on the knowledge from the 10 lessons in module 1.1 All About Me, which taught them the core regular verb conjugation and how to introduce themselves.
Learning intention: to express what hobbies you have and how often you do them
Learning outcomes:
Re-cap how to conjugate regular verbs in the Present Tense
Learn vocabulary for common hobbies (in the infinitive and “yo” forms)
Express what hobbies you have and how often you do them
Lesson includes:
(Slide order)
Starter - put the correct verb/piece of vocabulary in the spaces based on the subject/subject pronoun
Objectives
Stop and drop recap of the Present Tense conjugations
Recap of the Present
Objectives
Vocabulary introduction - hobby verbs in the infinitive and “yo” forms
Game - fastest finger first
Reading - read someone’s hobbies and pick out new words based on context and prior knowledge _ comprehension
Reading - vocab search and true v false comprehension
Pre-listening time reference
Listening - listen for what activities people do and don’t do
Objectives
Vocabulary - days of the week
Grammar - Present Tense verb conjugation
Reading - comprehension
Grammar - avoid misunderstanding
Vocabulary - time references
Translation - Spanish to English then English to Spanish
Audiovisual - extra context
Objectives
Plenary - what you do in your free time writing
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 1 Folder.
Learning intention: to describe what your home is like
Learning outcomes:
Recap adjectives related to the topic of “house”
Recap how to do comparatives
Write a text about your house using comparatives
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Lesson includes:
Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to give directions
Learning outcomes:
Recap of places in town and prepositions of place
Learn vocabulary for giving directions (in the tú form)
Give someone directions to your favourite shop
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Lesson includes:
Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
All of the base lessons Module 4 “My Corner of the World” for our Spanish Steps 1 course.
Order of lessons:
Dónde vives
Cómo es tu casa
Qúe hay en tu barrio
Dónde está la biblioteca
Adónde vas a ir de vacaciones
Workbook and knowledge organiser also included in the bundle
The lessons come with original work, texts, lesson plans and games.
Learning intention: introduction to the preterite to say where you went on holiday
Learning outcomes:
Recap countries
Introduction to “ir” in the Preterite
Say where you went on the holiday
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express how you travelled on holiday
Learning outcomes:
Recap of how to say where you went on holiday
Introduction of transport vocabulary
Say where you went and how you went
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express what you ate yesterday
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of food vocabulary
Recap of the Preterite
Write what you ate yesterday
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to describe your daily routine
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of times
Explicit introduction to reflexive verbs and daily routine vocabulary
Describe your daily routine
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Games
Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express what types of TV shows you like
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of “me gusta”
Learn vocabulary related to TV shows
Express what TV shows you like to watch and why - comparatives
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Game
All of the base lessons Module 1 “The Working World” for our Spanish Steps 3 course.
Order of lessons:
En qué trabajan tus padres
Qué tienes que hacer en el trabajo
Cómo es tu jefe
Qué hiciste en tus prácticas laborales
Cuál es tu trabajo de ensueño
Qué harás cuando seas mayor
Workbook and knowledge organiser also included in the bundle
The lessons come with original work, texts, lesson plans and games.
Learning intention: to express what environmental issues there are in your town
Learning outcomes:
Brief recap of town topic vocabulary
Learn vocabulary related to the environment (environment problems – nouns)
Describe what environmental problems your town has
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Game
Written texts
Recorded audios for listening activities
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to use the “es importante que + subjunctive” structure in relation to the environment - introduction to the Impersonal Expressions (WEIRDO) for the Subjunctive
Learning outcomes:
Recap of environment verbs
Introduction to the Present Subjunctive in relation to impersonal expressions
Answer if you think it’s important that we help the environment
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Game
Written texts
Audio for listening activity
Video with listening activity
Free knowledge organiser for Year 9 - GCSE Spanish.
All of the vocabulary corresponds to the lessons in Module 1 of Spanish Step 3 from Languages on a Plate.
Lessons covered:
¿En qué trabajan tus padres?
¿Qué tienes que hacer en el trabajo?
¿Cómo es tu jefe?
¿Qué hiciste en tus prácticas laborales?
¿Cuál es tu trabajo de ensueño?
¿Qué harás cuando seas mayor?
All vocabulary lists are linked to a Quizlet QR code so pupils can easily access them in their own time.
A workbook for homework and cover work for the lessons in Module 1 (World of Work) from Languages on a Plate for Spanish Step 3 (Year 9 - GCSE).
Covered content:
what jobs your parents do
what you have to do at work
what your boss is like
what you did in your work experience (Preterite and Imperfect)
what is your dream job
what you would like to do when you’re older
and more