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Year 10 - Spanish

Todo sobre el instituto: role-play and conversations

People and lifestyle: en el instituto

Unit Summary

This unit introduces possessive adjectives 'mío/a', 'tuyo/a', 'suyo/a', and possessive pronouns 'el mío', 'la mía', 'el tuyo', 'la tuya', 'el suyo', 'la suya'. Pupils also learn irregular superlative adjectives 'el mejor' and 'el peor'. Pupils revisit possessive and demonstrative adjectives.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to complete role-play tasks and express developed opinions in the context of life at school.

Key Notes

  • When preparing and performing role-plays, it's important to include a verb in each answer.
  • Role-play answers should be relatively brief, whereas conversations present the opportunity to develop answers.
  • You can develop opinions about life at school by using justifications and contrasts.
  • You can use conjunctions and connectives to provide justifications and contrasts.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • role-play: task in which the student responds to several prompts in the format of a role-play
  • verb: word that communicates actions or states
  • conjunction: word that connects ideas between clauses in a sentence
  • connective: word or short phrase that connects ideas between sentences

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Role-play and conversation answers should be kept brief.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

When preparing and performing role-plays, it's important to include a verb in each answer. Role-play answers should be relatively brief, whereas conversations present the opportunity to develop answers.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'role-play'

task in which the student responds to several prompts in the format of a role-play. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: Role-play and conversation answers should be kept brief. Correction: Role-play answers should be kept relatively brief, whereas conversations present the opportunity to develop answers.

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