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Year 7 - Spanish

A day on the beach: La Playa (Juan Guinea Díaz)

Places and plans: 'ir' for present and future plans

Unit Summary

This unit introduces 'voy', 'vas', 'va', 'vamos'. These forms of 'ir' are combined with 'a' to mean to go to. Pupils learn that 'a' and 'el' combine to make 'al' and contrast this with 'a la'. Pupils learn they can use a present tense form of 'ir' with 'a' and an infinitive expresses the future.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use what you know to work out unfamiliar vocabulary in an authentic text about a day on the beach.

Key Notes

  • To pronounce words starting with [h] we ignore it and pronounce the vowel that follows.
  • To identify the genre of a text focus on its key features. For example, rhyme, rhythm and verses suggest a poem.
  • Adjectives mainly follow Spanish nouns and agree with them for gender and number.
  • The surrounding words and grammar you know, and recognition of cognates, help you to work out unfamiliar word meanings.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • [h]: it is not pronounced in Spanish, as in 'hablar'
  • genre: a type of something, e.g. text, music, film, or book
  • adjective: word that gives information about a noun

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • There are no strategies I can use to understand words in a text; I either know them or I don't.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

To pronounce words starting with [h] we ignore it and pronounce the vowel that follows. To identify the genre of a text focus on its key features. For example, rhyme, rhythm and verses suggest a poem.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[h]'

it is not pronounced in Spanish, as in 'hablar'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: There are no strategies I can use to understand words in a text; I either know them or I don't. Correction: I can use several strategies to help me understand a text: I can use the surrounding words that I do know, I can use my knowledge of patterns, e.g. for adjectives, and I can use cognates.

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