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      Todo sobre el instituto: role-play and conversations

      Lesson details

      Learning outcome

      I can complete role-play tasks and express developed opinions in the context of life at school.

      Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons

      Key learning points

      1. When preparing and performing role-plays, it’s important to include a verb in each answer.
      2. Role-play answers should be relatively brief, whereas conversations present the opportunity to develop answers.
      3. You can develop opinions about life at school by using justifications and contrasts.
      4. You can use conjunctions and connectives to provide justifications and contrasts.

      Keywords

      • Role-play - task in which the student responds to several prompts in the format of a role-play

      • Verb - word that communicates actions or states

      • Conjunction - word that connects ideas between clauses in a sentence

      • Connective - word or short phrase that connects ideas between sentences

      Common misconception

      Role-play and conversation answers should be kept brief.

      Role-play answers should be kept relatively brief, whereas conversations present the opportunity to develop answers.

      Teacher tip

      Starter and Exit Quiz Qs 2 are aimed at Higer Tier Students. You could encourage students to practise the questions and answers in Task B1b in pairs to facilitate a real conversation.

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      Prior knowledge starter quiz

      6 Questions

      Q1.
      Match the Spanish and English.

      Correct Answer:desayuno,breakfast

      breakfast

      Correct Answer:al aire libre,outdoors, outside

      outdoors, outside

      Correct Answer:tocar,to play, playing (instrument)

      to play, playing (instrument)

      Correct Answer:pasarlo bien,to have a good time

      to have a good time

      Correct Answer:pasarlo mal,to have a bad time

      to have a bad time

      Correct Answer:diálogo,dialogue

      dialogue

      Q2.
      Match the Spanish and English.

      Correct Answer:antes de ir,before going

      before going

      Correct Answer:después de ir,after going

      after going

      Correct Answer:cabello,hair

      hair

      Correct Answer:ordenar,to tidy, organise

      to tidy, organise

      Correct Answer:manifestación,protest

      protest

      Correct Answer:alrededor,around

      around

      Q3.
      Which sentences contain personal 'a'?

      Me gusta ir a la casa de mis abuelos.
      Correct answer: Escucho a mis profesores.
      Fui a Italia con mi familia.
      Correct answer: Ayudo a mi padre en la cocina.
      A veces veo películas en mi tableta.

      Q4.
      What is the missing word? 'Veía tu hermano jugando al fútbol en el parque.'

      Correct answer: a
      con
      de
      por

      Q5.
      Match the opinion verbs.

      Correct Answer:disfruto,I enjoy

      I enjoy

      Correct Answer:prefiero,I prefer

      I prefer

      Correct Answer:odio,I hate

      I hate

      Correct Answer:no aguanto,I can't stand

      I can't stand

      Correct Answer:me encanta,I love

      I love

      Correct Answer:no me gusta nada,I don't like at all

      I don't like at all

      Q6.
      Select the connectives.

      Correct answer: sin embargo
      Correct answer: por otro lado
      de vez en cuando
      verdaderamente
      pienso que

      6 Questions

      Q1.
      Match the Spanish and English.

      Correct Answer:veías,you used to see, watch

      you used to see, watch

      Correct Answer:causar,to cause, causing

      to cause, causing

      Correct Answer:verdaderamente,truly

      truly

      Correct Answer:instrumento,instrument

      instrument

      Correct Answer:tu,your

      your

      Correct Answer:este,this (m)

      this (m)

      Q2.
      Match the Spanish and English.

      Correct Answer:el mejor,the best (m)

      the best (m)

      Correct Answer:el peor,the worst (m)

      the worst (m)

      Correct Answer:breve,brief

      brief

      Correct Answer:similar,similar

      similar

      Correct Answer:no obstante,however, nevertheless

      however, nevertheless

      Correct Answer:diario,newspaper

      newspaper

      Q3.
      Role-play answers should contain at least one .

      Correct answer: verb
      pronoun
      adjective
      opinion

      Q4.
      'Say what you do during break.' What is the best answer to this role-play bullet point?

      fútbol
      Correct answer: juego al fútbol
      me gusta el inglés
      inglés
      es interesante

      Q5.
      General conversation answers should be than role-play answers.

      shorter
      Correct answer: more developed
      less detailed

      Q6.
      'Me gusta ir al club de baloncesto ya que puedo jugar con mis amigos. Sin embargo, el profesor no es muy simpático.' Which features are present in this response?

      Correct answer: opinion verb
      preterite tense
      Correct answer: conjunction
      imperfect tense
      Correct answer: connective

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