My neighbourhood: conflictos
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Why this why now
In this unit, pupils develop a strong grasp of the imperfect tense by consolidating what they have learned in previous units. They use this to explore poems written by Spanish speakers describing life during conflicts. Pupils refresh -ar, -er, and -ir verbs and irregular verbs 'ir', 'ver', 'ser' in the imperfect. They talk about events in progress using imperfect forms of 'estar' with a present participle, and combine this with relative clauses using 'cuando' and the preterite to describe an interruption.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know singular and plural persons of regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the imperfect tense.
- Pupils know singular and plural persons of irregular verbs 'ir', 'ver', 'ser' in the imperfect tense.
- Pupils know how to form the present continuous by using a form of 'estar' in the present with a present participle.
- Pupils know to use imperfect forms of 'estar' with a present participle to describe events in progress in the past.
- Pupils know to use the preterite to describe interruptions in the past.
- Pupils know to use a relative clause with 'cuando' to introduce interruptions in the past.
- Pupils know sound-symbol correspondences [gui], [gi], [qui].
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Why this why now
In this unit, pupils develop a strong grasp of the imperfect tense by consolidating what they have learned in previous units. They use this to explore poems written by Spanish speakers describing life during conflicts. Pupils refresh -ar, -er, and -ir verbs and irregular verbs 'ir', 'ver', 'ser' in the imperfect. They talk about events in progress using imperfect forms of 'estar' with a present participle, and combine this with relative clauses using 'cuando' and the preterite to describe an interruption.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know singular and plural persons of regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the imperfect tense.
- Pupils know singular and plural persons of irregular verbs 'ir', 'ver', 'ser' in the imperfect tense.
- Pupils know how to form the present continuous by using a form of 'estar' in the present with a present participle.
- Pupils know to use imperfect forms of 'estar' with a present participle to describe events in progress in the past.
- Pupils know to use the preterite to describe interruptions in the past.
- Pupils know to use a relative clause with 'cuando' to introduce interruptions in the past.
- Pupils know sound-symbol correspondences [gui], [gi], [qui].
My neighbourhood: conflictos
This unit focuses on revisiting the imperfect tense. Pupils revisit imperfect forms of 'ir', 'ver', 'ser', -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. They use imperfect forms of 'estar' with a present participle for events in progress in the past, and use the preterite for interruptions.
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