KS3 & KS4 Spanish curriculum

This unit furthers pupils' knowledge of -er and -ir verbs by adding the first person plural. Pupils embed their knowledge of the first person singular by contrasting it with the first person plural. Present tense forms of the verbs 'hacer', 'deber' and 'poder' are taught or revisited. Pupils revisit 'deber' and 'poder' as modal verbs. They are introduced to the concept that English has present simple and present continuous translations of the Spanish present tense. Pupils build on their knowledge of syllable structure and learn rules for stress on final and penultimate syllables.

1. News and media: -er verbs in 1st person plural
2. News and media: simple present for immediate plans
3. Activities: singular 'hacer' and subject pronouns
4. Activities: plural 'hacer' and subject pronouns
5. In class and at home: modal verb 'podemos'
6. In class and at home: modal verb 'debemos'
7. A party: -ir verbs in 1st person plural
8. A party: simple present for immediate plans

• Pupils know the first person singular of -er verbs in the present tense.
• Pupils know 'no' makes a statement negative.
• Pupils know singular forms of the verb 'hacer' in the present tense.
• Pupils know singular forms of modal verbs 'poder' and 'deber' in the present tense.
• Pupils know possessives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu', 'tus'.
• Pupils know how to conjugate the third person plural of -ir verbs in the present tense.
• Pupils know the end of a verb tells us who is doing the action.
• Pupils know English has two present tenses - the present simple and the present continuous.