A Spanish taster lesson for beginners, covering greetings, ordering food and drink, and directions.
Activities aimed at developing four key skills of listening, reading, talking, and writing.
Knowledge about language [KAL] starter - agreement of adjectives
Introduction of vocabulary - fabrics and materials
Listening activity
Talking / conversational activity
Spanish lesson for beginners on topic of mi familia (family) with reference to the Disney’s ‘Coco’.
Learning intention(s):
To listen for information
To talk and listen with others as part of a conversation
Contents include:
Talking about brothers and/or sisters
Possessive adjectives (mi(s) (my), tu/s (your), su(s) (his and her))
Travel and transport
Modes of transport
Advantages and disadvantages of different modes of transport
Places in town
Shops
Directions
Aller
Consolidation games on above vocabulary
Guide to discursive writing in French with activities on personal relationships, media, jobs, immigration, social issues and environment. Aimed at new Advanced Higher French, but can be adapted for other languages.
Series of lessons to assess knowledge of physical descriptions
There has been a murder in the school. Students must complete a number of challenges across the four key skills in order to correctly identify the guilty party. NB Amend the details on the final slide of lesson three to describe yourself!
Lesson 1 - reading and writing
Lesson 2 - listening
Lesson 3 - talking
Height weight hair colour style eye colour clothes facial descriptions accessories
Series of lessons on the fashion of the 1960s (both on same PowerPoint)
Lesson 1: clothes vocabulary
Lesson 2: clothes vocabulary and agreement of adjectives with emphasis on colours
Optional IDL element with history and/or music practitioners
AifL starter - Think, Pair, Share - brainstorm items of food to assess prior knowledge
Group/paired activity to sort process success criteria into correct order
Reading activity on topic of food - differentiated for S2 pupils - two texts in keeping with CfE principles of personalisation and choice
Self/peer-assessment opportunities
Lesson on travel and transport - directions, making travel arrangements, places in town - in the style of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!;
Activity 1 - Reading
Activity 2 - Listening for information
Activity 3 - Listening and talking with others