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Year 5

Me and others: plural 'estar' (for states) and 'ser' (for traits)

4 lessons

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  • Adjectives
  • Cultural spotlight
  • Verb: to be, being

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This unit requires pupils to use ‘estar’ and ‘ser’ effectively to communicate about how others are today and what they are like in general. When using the new plural forms ‘están’ and ‘son’ in the context of the festival ‘El Día de los Muertos’, pupils also use plural forms of familiar adjectives.

This unit builds pupils’ knowledge of the high frequency verbs ‘estar’ and ‘ser’, adding the third person plural forms ‘están’ and ‘son’. Pupils practise the new plural forms ‘they are’ together with complementary regular plural adjective agreement. Consistent with other units, ‘estar’ for states is contrasted with ‘ser’ for traits. In the second part of this unit, new and revisited language is synthesised in the new cultural context of ‘El Día de los Muertos’, a festival widely celebrated in Latin America. Knowledge of strong and weak vowel combinations is secured.

  1. How are they? 'Son' and 'están'
  2. Today vs. in general: 'son' and 'están'
  3. El Día de los Muertos: information questions with 'cuántos' and 'cuántas'
  4. El Día de los Muertos: describe an 'altar'

  • Pupils know singular and first person plural forms of 'estar' to be, being for states.
  • Pupils know singular and first person plural forms of 'ser' to be, being for traits.
  • Pupils know the most common way to form plural adjectives.
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