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A poem: 'Cada ser es único y especial'

I can read, understand and adapt a Spanish poem.

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Year 6

A poem: 'Cada ser es único y especial'

I can read, understand and adapt a Spanish poem.

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Key learning points

  1. Revisiting vocabulary like numbers, colours and animals is important; it helps you remember previously learnt words.
  2. Exploring a poem builds grammar, vocabulary and fluency.
  3. Reference resources like dictionaries give word meaning, word class and gender, and develop independent writing.
  4. Adjectives agree with the gender and number of the noun; they add detail to description.

Keywords

  • Gender - grammatical categorisation of all nouns as masculine or feminine

  • Word class - category of words of similar functions, e.g. nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs

Common misconception

Reference resources, like dictionaries, only provide the definition of a word.

Reference resources, like dictionaries, also indicate word class and gender.


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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Order the numbers from largest to smallest.

1 - diez
2 - nueve
3 - ocho
4 - siete
5 - seis
6 - cinco
7 - cuatro

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.

Correct Answer:número (m),number

number

Correct Answer:mar (m),sea

sea

Correct Answer:miedo (m),fear

fear

Correct Answer:pato (m),duck

duck

Correct Answer:pájaro (m),bird

bird

Correct Answer:perro (m),dog

dog

Q3.
Order the words to say: 'the teacher is pleased because you are revising'.

1 - el
2 - profesor
3 - está
4 - contento
5 - porque
6 -
7 - repasas

Q4.
Write in English: 'amo vivir aquí'.

Correct Answer: I love living here, I love to live here

Q5.
Write in English: '¿Cuál es tu animal preferido?'.

Correct Answer: what is your favourite animal, which is your favourite animal

Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'When is your birthday?'.

Correct Answer: cuándo es tu cumpleaños

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
What information do we not usually find about a word in a dictionary?

Correct answer: antonyms
gender
meaning
Correct answer: synonyms
word class

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.

Correct Answer:cebra (f),zebra

zebra

Correct Answer:conejo (m),rabbit

rabbit

Correct Answer:gato (m),cat

cat

Correct Answer:azul,blue

blue

Correct Answer:blanco,white

white

Correct Answer:rojo,red

red

Q3.
Order the words to say: 'the pretty tree and the small cow'.

1 - el
2 - árbol
3 - bonito
4 - y
5 - la
6 - vaca
7 - pequeña

Q4.
Write in Spanish: 'the sad poems'.

Correct Answer: los poemas tristes

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