Communication and the world around us: la vida en México
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Pupils can already negate verbs using 'no'. In this unit, they expand their knowledge of negation to use structures with 'nada', 'nunca', 'nadie', 'ninguno', 'ya no', and 'no...ni...ni'. Pupils have already learned the second person plural of -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, and now they add -ar verbs to their repertoire. They reactivate their knowledge of second person singular -ar verbs in the preterite, contrasting them with the plural. Pupils refresh working memory of stem change verbs, verbs like 'dirigir', possessive adjectives 'tu' and 'vuestro', position of adverbs, and 'conmigo'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know all persons of regular -ar verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know verbs with stem change (o>ue) and (e>ie).
- Pupils know the Spanish present indicative can express simple and ongoing functions.
- Pupils know verbs like dirigir change g to j in the first person.
- Pupils know how to negate verbs with 'no'.
- Pupils know the second person singular of regular -ar verbs in the preterite.
- Pupils know possessive adjectives 'tu(s)' and 'vuestro(s)' and subject pronouns 'tú' and 'vosotros/as'.
- Pupils know the position of adverbs of time, manner and place.
- Pupils know subject pronoun 'conmigo'.
- Pupils know sound-symbol correspondences [n], [ñ], [j], [ge], [r], [-r], [-r-], [r-], [rr].
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Why this why now
Pupils can already negate verbs using 'no'. In this unit, they expand their knowledge of negation to use structures with 'nada', 'nunca', 'nadie', 'ninguno', 'ya no', and 'no...ni...ni'. Pupils have already learned the second person plural of -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, and now they add -ar verbs to their repertoire. They reactivate their knowledge of second person singular -ar verbs in the preterite, contrasting them with the plural. Pupils refresh working memory of stem change verbs, verbs like 'dirigir', possessive adjectives 'tu' and 'vuestro', position of adverbs, and 'conmigo'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know all persons of regular -ar verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know verbs with stem change (o>ue) and (e>ie).
- Pupils know the Spanish present indicative can express simple and ongoing functions.
- Pupils know verbs like dirigir change g to j in the first person.
- Pupils know how to negate verbs with 'no'.
- Pupils know the second person singular of regular -ar verbs in the preterite.
- Pupils know possessive adjectives 'tu(s)' and 'vuestro(s)' and subject pronouns 'tú' and 'vosotros/as'.
- Pupils know the position of adverbs of time, manner and place.
- Pupils know subject pronoun 'conmigo'.
- Pupils know sound-symbol correspondences [n], [ñ], [j], [ge], [r], [-r], [-r-], [r-], [rr].
Communication and the world around us: la vida en México
This unit introduces new structures for forming negative statements, and revisits verbal negation with 'no'. Pupils learn second person plural -ar verbs in the preterite, and contrast this with the singular. They revisit -ar verbs in the present tense, stem change verbs, and possessive adjectives.
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