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Poem: understand and respond creatively
I can use ‘dar’, ‘querer’ and other language I know to adapt a poem in my speaking and writing.
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- Year 7
Poem: understand and respond creatively
I can use ‘dar’, ‘querer’ and other language I know to adapt a poem in my speaking and writing.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- ‘Hay’ or ‘tiene’ with an indefinite article introduces a noun.
- A definite article often refers back to a previously introduced noun.
- To express what someone wants, use ‘querer’, and to give something, use ‘dar’.
Keywords
Hay - verb meaning ‘there is’ or ‘there are’
Dar - verb meaning ‘to give’
Querer - verb meaning ‘to want’
Common misconception
All nouns in Spanish are always used with an article, a word for 'a', 'some' or 'the'.
Some nouns are uncountable and have no plural. Use these without an article, as in English. For example, 'quiere dinero' means 'she, he wants money'.
Students can be shown a video or the teacher could model the adapting of the poem for small group performances, so that each student says one line or one word, and there is some choral repetition or use of different moods.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1. un lápiz.
un lápiz.
Quiero necesitar
Necesito querer
Quiero uso
Q2.'Do you need help with the answer?' in Spanish is:
'Do you need help with the answer?' in Spanish is:
¿Cómo necesitas la respuesta?
¿Cuándo necesitas la respuesta?
¿Necesitas la respuesta?
Q3.Order the conversation correctly (capital letters and puncutation are missing).
Order the conversation correctly (capital letters and puncutation are missing).
Q4.Which letter are these words missing? _erdad, _erde, _er, jo_en
Which letter are these words missing? _erdad, _erde, _er, jo_en
Q5.Antonio Machado was born in...
Antonio Machado was born in...
Madrid
Barcelona
Valencia
Q6.'Seville' in Spanish is...
'Seville' in Spanish is...
Sevile
Sevil
Ceville
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish with the English
Match the Spanish with the English
Q2.What word in English sounds closest to the Spanish 'hay'?
What word in English sounds closest to the Spanish 'hay'?
hi
hey
hay
Q3.When writing your own text in Spanish from scratch, it is a good idea to .
When writing your own text in Spanish from scratch, it is a good idea to .
work with a partner
not use any resources
use a dictionary
Q4.Choose the definite article.
Choose the definite article.
él
un
ellas
