Relationships and daily life: personal 'a', pronouns
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This unit builds on pupils' knowledge of verbs in the present tense and provides them with new ways to talk about people with personal 'a' and reflexive verbs and pronouns. Pupils strengthen their knowledge of possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu' and 'tus', contrasting 'mi' and 'tu' with reflexive pronouns 'me' and 'te'. Pupils revisit key sounds hard g with ga, go, gu, and soft g with ge, gi, j.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu', 'tus'.
- Pupils know sound-symbol correspondences [ga], [go], [gu], [ge], [gi], [j].
- Pupils know definite articles 'el' and 'la'.
- Pupils know 'a' means 'to' after a verb.
- Pupils know some adjectives come before the noun.
- Pupils know a variety of regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the present tense.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' knowledge of verbs in the present tense and provides them with new ways to talk about people with personal 'a' and reflexive verbs and pronouns. Pupils strengthen their knowledge of possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu' and 'tus', contrasting 'mi' and 'tu' with reflexive pronouns 'me' and 'te'. Pupils revisit key sounds hard g with ga, go, gu, and soft g with ge, gi, j.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu', 'tus'.
- Pupils know sound-symbol correspondences [ga], [go], [gu], [ge], [gi], [j].
- Pupils know definite articles 'el' and 'la'.
- Pupils know 'a' means 'to' after a verb.
- Pupils know some adjectives come before the noun.
- Pupils know a variety of regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the present tense.
Relationships and daily life: personal 'a', pronouns
In this unit, pupils learn how to use personal 'a'. Pupils are introduced to reflexive verbs and reflexive pronouns 'me' and 'te'. They contrast these with possessive adjectives 'mi' and 'tu'. Key sounds revisited are hard g with ga, go, gu, and soft g with ge, gi, j.
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