KS3 & KS4 Spanish curriculum

In this unit, pupils refresh their knowledge of the preterite and build on this with the addition of 'y' in some third person preterite verbs. Pupils ask yes/ no questions using raised intonation and further their knowledge of questions by learning syntax of questions with prepositions. They reactivate their knowledge of indefinite articles, and learn the indefinite adjective 'alguno'. Pupils will add 'ninguno' in a later unit. They refresh a range of grammatical concepts from KS3 including plural rules, prenominal adjectives, and rules surrounding when to use or omit subject pronouns.

1. Viaje a Valencia: singular -ar preterite, singular subject pronouns
2. Las Fallas de Valencia: 'alguno' meaning 'some'
3. Mis últimas vacaciones: prenominal adjectives, preterite questions
4. Una autora inmigrante: singular -er/-ir preterite
5. Un estudiante inmigrante: plural nouns, indefinite articles
6. Un nuevo país: singular -er/-ir preterite, prepositions in questions

• Pupils know singular persons of regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the preterite.
• Pupils know how to ask questions using a variety of question words, and by turning statements into questions by using rising intonation.
• Pupils know when to use or omit subject pronouns.
• Pupils know a variety of prenominal adjectives.
• Pupils know a variety of verbs that change spelling in the first person preterite.
• Pupils know how to negate verbs with 'no'.
• Pupils know how to form plural nouns by adding -s and -es.
• Pupils know sound-symbol correspondences [gue], [ge], [gue], [cu], [ca], [co], [ci], [ce], [cue], [cua], [cui].