A poem: 'Cada ser es único y especial'
I can read, understand and adapt a Spanish poem.
A poem: 'Cada ser es único y especial'
I can read, understand and adapt a Spanish poem.
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Key learning points
- Revisiting vocabulary like numbers, colours and animals is important; it helps you remember previously learnt words.
- Exploring a poem builds grammar, vocabulary and fluency.
- Reference resources like dictionaries give word meaning, word class and gender, and develop independent writing.
- 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
6 Questions
Q1.Order the numbers from largest to smallest.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
number
sea
fear
duck
bird
dog
Q3.Order the words to say: 'the teacher is pleased because you are revising'.
Q4.Write in English: 'amo vivir aquí'.
Q5.Write in English: '¿Cuál es tu animal preferido?'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'When is your birthday?'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What information do we not usually find about a word in a dictionary?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
zebra
rabbit
cat
blue
white
red