Places: definite articles, plural adjective agreement
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Nouns and determiners
Verb: to have, having
Adjectives
Verb: to be, being
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Why this why now
This unit anchors pupils' prior knowledge of the third person of 'ser' 'es', and then teaches the third person plural form 'son'. Pupils increase their knowledge of plurals by adding -s to adjectives. Building on their knowledge of determiners, pupils learn definite articles 'el', 'la', 'los' and 'las' and their relation to gender, and form short sentences using nouns, determiners and 'es' or 'son'. Hard g is added to a, o, u and soft g is added to e and i to build on prior phonics knowledge, and j is taught.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know 'es' means 'is' for traits.
- Pupils know 'hay' means 'there is' and 'there are'.
- Pupils know adjectives agree in gender.
- Pupils know 'está' means 'is' for location.
- Pupils know nouns in Spanish have grammatical gender.
Threads
Cultural spotlight
Nouns and determiners
Verb: to have, having
Adjectives
Verb: to be, being
Listen and respond to longer passages
Questions
Extend written and spoken production
Why this why now
This unit anchors pupils' prior knowledge of the third person of 'ser' 'es', and then teaches the third person plural form 'son'. Pupils increase their knowledge of plurals by adding -s to adjectives. Building on their knowledge of determiners, pupils learn definite articles 'el', 'la', 'los' and 'las' and their relation to gender, and form short sentences using nouns, determiners and 'es' or 'son'. Hard g is added to a, o, u and soft g is added to e and i to build on prior phonics knowledge, and j is taught.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know 'es' means 'is' for traits.
- Pupils know 'hay' means 'there is' and 'there are'.
- Pupils know adjectives agree in gender.
- Pupils know 'está' means 'is' for location.
- Pupils know nouns in Spanish have grammatical gender.
Places: definite articles, plural adjective agreement
In this unit, 'son' is introduced and contrasted with 'es'. Pupils add -s to adjectives for the plural form. They learn singular definite articles 'el' and 'la' and that these reflect the gender of all nouns. Plural 'los' and 'las' are also introduced. Key sounds learnt are ga, go, gu, ge, gi and j.
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