KS3 & KS4 Spanish curriculum

In this unit, pupils consolidate a variety of regular and irregular verbs in the present and preterite, and expand this with irregular preterite stems 'pude', 'vine', 'puse', 'quise', 'traje', 'estuve', 'dije'. Pupils build on their knowledge of forms of the preterite with the second person plural of -er and -ir verbs. They will learn the second person plural of -ar verbs in another unit. Pupils anchor a variety of infinitive structures while talking about routines, and add 'sin' with an infinitive to their repertoire. Pupils already know how to use 'conmigo', and expand this with 'contigo'.

1. Los días de colegio: 1st person singular present tense with 'g', e.g. 'pongo'
2. Un viaje escolar: irregular preterite stems, preterite 'ir', 'hacer'
3. En el colegio: extended speaking and writing
4. Un espectáculo: -er/-ir preterite 2nd person singular and plural
5. Un evento deportivo: -er/-ir preterite, 'tú/vosotros', 'tu/vuestro'
6. Después del colegio: extended writing
7. Después del colegio: understanding and answering questions
8. Los fines de semana: 'ir' (present), 'ir' + a + infinitive (future)
9. Este fin de semana: infinitives with 'sin', 'para', 'antes de', 'después de'
10. Hacer planes: read aloud and translation

• Pupils know irregular verb stems 'tuve' and 'hice' in the preterite.
• Pupils know some first person singular present forms add -g- in the present tense.
• Pupils know nouns ending in -ión add -es and remove the accent to form the plural.
• Pupils know how to conjugate singular persons of 'hacer' in the present tense and preterite, and to use 'hacer' with a noun in weather phrases.
• Pupils know singular persons of 'ir' in the preterite, and all persons in the present tense.
• Pupils know singular persons and the first and third person plural of -er and -ir verbs in the preterite.
• Pupils know possessive adjectives 'tu(s)' and 'vuestro(s)' and subject pronouns 'tú' and 'vosotros/as'.
• Pupils know to use 'ir' with an infinitive to express future meaning.
• Pupils know idiomatic phrases that use the infinitive after 'para', 'antes de', and 'después de'.
• Pupils know diphthongs [ui] and [ue] and sound-symbol correspondences [v], [b], [ca], [co], [cu].