What we have: 'tener' plural persons, plural adjectives
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Why this why now
In this unit, pupils build on their knowledge of 'tener' with two new plural forms, and increase their repertoire of family-related vocabulary to talk about people's families. Pupils strengthen their knowledge of adjectives and adjective agreement and combine this with noun-adjective word order. Pupils contextualise this new knowledge with a range of previously learned grammar and vocabulary such as 'hay', 'tiene', 'está' to talk about places. Sounds v and b are contrasted, as are rr and r. New sound silent h is taught.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know singular forms of 'tener' in the present tense.
- Pupils know Spanish adjectives agree for gender and number.
- Pupils know they should use 'está' to talk about location.
- Pupils know 'hay' means 'there is' and 'there are'.
- Pupils know third person forms of 'ser' 'es' and 'son'.
- Pupils know numbers 1-12.
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Why this why now
In this unit, pupils build on their knowledge of 'tener' with two new plural forms, and increase their repertoire of family-related vocabulary to talk about people's families. Pupils strengthen their knowledge of adjectives and adjective agreement and combine this with noun-adjective word order. Pupils contextualise this new knowledge with a range of previously learned grammar and vocabulary such as 'hay', 'tiene', 'está' to talk about places. Sounds v and b are contrasted, as are rr and r. New sound silent h is taught.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know singular forms of 'tener' in the present tense.
- Pupils know Spanish adjectives agree for gender and number.
- Pupils know they should use 'está' to talk about location.
- Pupils know 'hay' means 'there is' and 'there are'.
- Pupils know third person forms of 'ser' 'es' and 'son'.
- Pupils know numbers 1-12.
What we have: 'tener' plural persons, plural adjectives
In this unit, pupils work with an authentic text. They learn two plural forms of 'tener' - 'tenemos' and 'tienen', to talk about who people have in their families. Pupils learn that in Spanish, the adjective comes after the noun. Key sounds learnt are v, b, rr, r, silent h.
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