KS3 & KS4 Spanish curriculum

In this unit, pupils consolidate singular present and preterite forms of 'hacer'. They build on this knowledge to talk about what the weather is or was like when doing activities. Pupils are already familiar with singular forms of -ar verbs in the preterite, and now add '-amos' and '-aron' to their repertoire. They refresh singular forms by contrasting them with the new plural preterite forms, and also contrast preterite '-amos' with present tense '-amos', as this is an area of linguistic difficulty. New sound ch is taught, and stress patterns are revisited.

1. Current activities: 'hago', 'haces', 'hace'
2. Weather in Chile: 'hace' and 'hizo'
3. Fundraising in Spain: -ar verbs 1st person (present)
4. Fundraising in Colombia: -ar verbs 1st person (present and past)
5. The history of Peru: -ar verbs 3rd person (preterite)
6. The history of Peru: -ar verbs 1st and 3rd person (preterite)

• Pupils know singular persons of 'hacer' in the present tense and in the preterite.
• Pupils know a variety of question words.
• Pupils know how to use the present continuous.
• Pupils know singular and plural persons of -ar verbs in the present tense.
• Pupils know singular persons of -ar verbs in the preterite.
• Pupils know sound-symbol correspondence silent [h].
• Pupils know rules for stress on the penultimate or the antepenultimate syllable of a word.
• Pupils know the Spanish present tense has two English translations, and that time adverbs and context help decide which English translation to use.