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- Year 11
- AQA
Nos preparamos: writing practice (AQA)
I can confidently complete exam-style essay and translation questions from the writing paper.
- Year 11
- AQA
Nos preparamos: writing practice (AQA)
I can confidently complete exam-style essay and translation questions from the writing paper.
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Key learning points
- The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts.
- It is important to carefully check verb endings and adjectival agreement when translating from English to Spanish.
Keywords
BORDER - acronym used to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts
Common misconception
I should translate each English word individually when translating into Spanish.
It is important to read the whole sentence first and translate chunks of language rather than each individual word.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'exciting'?
Q2.'La semana pasada, mi hermano usó el internet para hacer sus deberes.' How was the internet useful for my brother here?
Q3.Match the Spanish to the English.
to recycle, recycling
to play, playing
to protect, protecting
to say, saying
to search, searching
to use, using
Q4.Order the words to say 'I think that technology is very useful because one can search for information on the internet'.
Q5.Order the words to say 'I would like to watch a romantic film because I am very emotional'.
Q6.'Él suele usar su móvil.' Translate this sentence into English.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'sale, reduction'?
Q2.'Mi hermano siempre juega los videojuegos y nunca ayuda en casa.' What is a disadvantage of video games here?
Q3.Match the Spanish to the English.
to suffer, suffering
to learn, learning
to spend, spending
to speak, speaking
to help, helping
to be, being
Q4.Match the Spanish to the English.
dangerous
delicious
fun, funny
incredible
negative
important