Year:8Subject:Spanish

Overview of the year:
Students will continue learning Spanish vocabulary and Spanish grammar. They will learn how to speak in the target language (skill Speaking), how to listen and understand in the Target Language (skill listening), how to read and understand a Spanish text (skill Reading) and finally how to write in the Target Language (skill writing).
They will have the opportunities to progress to a level 6a by the end of the year. The present, past and future tenses will be taught at this stage. / Ways to consolidate and extend your learning in Linguistic competence:
Pupils will be taught to:
  • Listen to a variety of forms of spoken language to obtain information and respond appropriately
  • transcribe words and short sentences that they hear with increasing accuracy
  • Initiate and develop conversations , coping with unfamiliar language and unexpected responses, making use of important social conventions such as formal modes of address
  • Express and develop ideas clearly and with increasing accuracy, both orally and in writing
  • Speak coherently and confidently, with increasing accurate pronunciation and intonation
  • Read and show comprehension of original and adapted materials from a range of difference sources , understanding the purpose, important ideas and details, and provide an accurate English translation of short, suitable material
  • Read literary texts in the language, such as stories, songs , poems and letters, to stimulate ideas, develop creative expression and expand understanding of the language and culture
  • Write prose using an increasingly wide range of grammar and vocabulary, write creatively to express their own ideas and opinions, and translate short written text accurately into the foreign language.
Ways to consolidate and extend your learning in Spanish:
We have access to many online resources and at moment on the MLE network. Linguascope.com (password: legumes1, username: HighgateWS) is one of our main teaching resources to consolidate learning in class and Zut.org.uk (ID account: 2740 and password: Oye). We also like to use languagesonline.org. We have also the vocabulary and H/W which are planned to support and consolidate. In the library, you will be able to use magazines in the target language.
Half term / Objectives/ enquiry questions / Content / Skills / Assessment
1
Autumn term 1
Mira 2 Mod 1 / Talking about yourself /
  1. Talking about activities
  2. Describing friends using adjectives
  3. Describing celebrities
  4. Using reflexive verbs
  5. Understanding nationalities
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  • Forming longer sentences using cuando
  • Question forms and answers
  • Preparing a presentation, present tense and near future tense
  • Using listening/reading as model for speaking/writing
  • Expressing preferences
  • Forming longer sentences: giving reasons and using qualifiers
  • Using authentic expressions
  • Understanding the concept of person in verbs
  • -ar verbs, Irregular verbs salir, hacer,ir
  • Verb structures which change with plural nouns e.g. me gusta(n)
  • Using reference resources
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Applying recognised patterns to new language
  • Adjective agreement
  • Using reading strategies to work out new words
  • Extending sentences using connectives, negatives
  • Pronunciation
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  • Have you done your vocab test?
Vocab test 1
  • Have you done a grammar test?
Grammar test 1
  • Have you done an extended piece of writing?
Extended writing 1
  • Have you done your reading and writing Test?
Mira 2module1 vocab sheet
  • H/W: 4

2
Autumn term 2
Mira 2 Mod 2 / Talking about going out /
  1. Talking about places in town
  2. Practising present and near future tenses
  3. Inviting someone to go out
  4. Making excuses
  5. Saying what someone else likes or dislikes
  6. Talking about a visit to an adventure park
  7. Reading a story in Spanish
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  • Using reading strategies to work out new words
  • Understanding different tense usage
  • Near future tense & associated time phrases
  • Using reference words
  • Working on sounding authentic
  • Structuring a longer text using sequencing words
  • Using prepositions
  • Tengo que, poder, querer
  • Expressions + infinitive
  • Extending sentences using connectives, negatives and sequencing words
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  • Have you done a vocab test?
Vocab test 2
  • Have you done a translation test since September?
Translation 1
  • Have you done a speaking test since September?
Speaking test 1 : role play : going out
  • Have you done your Listening and Reading Test?
Mira2module2 vocab sheet
  • H/W: 4

3
Spring term 1
Mira 2 Mod3 / Talking about holidays /
  1. Saying where you went on holiday
  2. Saying how you travelled
  3. Saying what you did on holiday
  4. Giving more details of your holidays
  5. Giving a presentation about holidays
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  • Understanding different tense usage
  • The preterite tense & opinions about the past
  • Using reading strategies to work out new words
  • Using reference resources
  • Pronunciation: x, g +e/I, c +e/i
  • Writing creatively in Spanish
  • Applying recognised patterns to new language
  • Participating in an unscripted dialogue
  • Understanding a longer/authentic text in Spanish (website)
  • Developing independence as a learner
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  • Have you done your vocab test?
Vocab test 3
  • Have you done a translation?
Translation 2
  • Have you done an extended piece of writing since January?
extended writing 2
  • Have you done your reading and writing Test?
Mira2 module3 vocab sheet
  • H/W: 4

4
Spring term 2
Mira 2 Mod 4 / Talking about food /
  1. Talking about mealtimes
  2. Shopping for food
  3. Eating at a restaurant
  4. Talking about likes and dislikes
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  • Time expressions
  • Using reading strategies to work out new words
  • Developing vocabulary learning skills
  • Writing creatively in Spanish
  • The preterite tense (revision of –ar verbs)
  • Predicting pronunciation
  • Applying recognised patterns to new language
  • Participating in an unscripted dialogue
  • Developing independence as a learner
  • Reviewing progress/checking work using the mini-test
  • Recognising and using techniques to improve writing
  • Working on sounding authentic by copying Spanish models
  • Communicating with native speakers
  • Using a range of tenses: preterite, present and future
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  • Have you done a vocab test?
Vocab test 4
  • Have you done a grammar test?
Grammar test 2
  • Have you done a speaking test since January?
Speaking test 2:photocard: food
  • Have you done your Reading and WritingTest?
Mira2module4 vocab sheet
  • H/W: 4

5
Summer term 1
Mira 2 Mod 5 / De moda – in fashion /
  1. Talking about clothes
  2. Talking about school uniform
  3. Choosing an item of clothing
  4. Talking about a trip to Argentina
  5. Saying what you wore to a fancy dress ball
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  • Indefinite articles
  • Adjective endings
  • Comparatives
  • demonstrative adjectives
  • superlatives
  • using different tenses (present, preterite and near future)
  • Communicating with native speakers
  • Applying recognised patterns to new language
  • Using reference resources
  • Using reading strategies to work out new words
  • Carrying out a classroom survey
  • Writing an extended text in Spanish
  • Developing vocab learning skills
  • Participating in an unscripted dialogue
  • Using different tenses appropriately
  • Developing grammar learning skills
  • Using reference resources
  • Developing independence as a learner
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  • Have you done your vocab test?
Vocab test 5
  • Have you done a translation?
Translation 3
  • Have you done an extended piece of writing?
extended writing 3
  • Have you done your listening and reading test?
Mira2module5 vocab sheet
  • H/W: 4

6
Summer 2
Mira 2 Mod 6 / Barcelona /
  1. Saying what there is to see or do in Barcelona
  2. Talking about different types of shop
  3. Asking for and giving directions
  4. Describing a holiday in Barcelona
  5. Reading a story set in Barcelona
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  • Revision of comparatives and superlatives
  • Me gusta / me encanta +verb/noun
  • Se puede/se pueden + infinitive
  • Estar present tense
  • Contrasting ser and estar
  • More work on adjective agreements
  • Revision of language from the module
  • Using reading strategies to work out new words
  • Recognising and applying techniques for improving writing
  • Developing vocab learning skills
  • Developing independence as a learner
  • Using reference resources
  • Participating in an unscripted dialogue
  • Working on sounding authentic
  • Communicating with native speakers
  • Wrting an extended text in Spanish
  • Identifying key information by skim reading
  • Understanding a longer text in Spanish
  • Using different tenses appropriately
  • Writing creatively in Spanish
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  • Have you done a vocab test?
Vocab test 6
  • Have you done a grammar test?
Grammar test 3
  • Have you done a speaking test?
Speaking test 3 : General conversation
  • Have you done your Listening + Reading Test (fin de año)?
Mira2module6 vocab sheet
  • H/W: 4

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