Year 8 Outline Scheme of Work – Spanish
Term / Topic / Useful Weblinks1 / · Making introductions
· Describing classroom articles
· Saying how old you are
· Describing dates and your birthday
· Classroom instructions
· The Spanish alphabet and spellings / · www.languagesonline.org.uk – great for practising grammar and new vocabulary
· http://www.navidaddigital.com/villancicos/ - great at Christmas time for learning Spanish songs and lyrics
· http://www.euroclubschools.org.uk/page4.htm - a wonderful variety of resources
· http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/index.htm - a wonderful variety of resources
· http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/home.html - need help finding a Spanish word?
· www.atantot.com great for learning new vocabulary
· www.atantot-extra.co.uk need some extension work?
· www.studyspanish.com – great for pronunciation and grammar
· www.linguascope.com - vocab
2 / · Describing where you are from and nationality
· Describing where you live and what languages you speak
· Talking about your family
· Talking about pets
· Describing your physical appearance
· Colours – adjective agreements
3 / · Talking about school subjects
· Expressing likes and dislikes with justifications
· Describing school and giving opinions
· Describing the school timetable
· Talking about mealtimes and food and drink
· Saying how you get to school
4 / · Talking about your home and it’s location
· Describing your house
· Describing the rooms in your house
· Describing you bedroom
· Talking about your daily routine before and after school
5 / · Describing where you are going – present tense
· Giving and understanding directions
· Describing exact locations – use of prepositions
· Talking about distance
· Describing your town
· Talking about the weather
6 / · Talking about your free time including sports – present tense + opinions
· Talking about plans for the weekend – simple future tense
· Saying how you help at home
· Use of comparatives, superlatives and adjectives
Looking for a Challenge? Try these …
· http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/ - try the Spanish video quizzes
· Try teaching your family what you are learning at school
· Buddy up with someone learning German – you teach them Spanish and they teach you German
· Do a survey about pets, favourite colours, favourite foods etc.
· Borrow some Spanish magazines from you teacher and read for pleasure – each magazine has useful vocabulary at the bottom of each page
· Watch a DVD in Spanish – you can always use English subtitles! There are loads in the SHS library! Books too!
· Write an ‘introducing oneself’ photo story between two celebrities
· Create a brochure for SHS in Spanish
· Make a film documentary in Spanish about your house
· Make a power point about a Spanish country of your choice
· Make a glossary of grammatical terminology