Year 7 Spanish Term 1

Term 1.1 Resources

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Year 7 Term 1.1 Week 1

Context, communication, and culture: Greetings , (Spain and Latin America), Locations, (Cities and famous sights in Spain, countries in Latin America)

Interactions: Greetings

Key ideas: Talking about being

Grammar: ESTAR (to be, being), estoy (I am), estás (you are), está (he/she/it is) for LOCATION

Year 7 Term 1.1 Week 2

Context, communication, and culture: Identity, Saying what someone is like (at the moment), At PortAventura World | Taking an exam

Key ideas: Talking about being

Grammar: ESTAR (to be, being), estoy (I am), estás (you are), está (he/she/it is), for STATE/MOOD, adjective agreement (as complement to verb only): , -o, -a (only for biological gender)

Year 7 Term 1.1 Week 3

Context, communication, and culture: Identity, Saying what someone is like (in general), Characters in a school play /Teachers

Key ideas: Talking about being

Grammar: SER (to be, being), soy (am); eres (are) es (is) for TRAITS, adjective agreement (as complement to verb only), '-o', '-a' (only for biological gender ), yes/no questions with raised intonation versus 'flat' intonation for statements

Year 7 Term 1.1 Week 4

Context, communication, and culture: Belongings, Saying what people have

Key ideas: Talking about having

Grammar: TENER (have), tengo (have), tienes (have), tiene (has), Singular indefinite article (un/una, with biological and abstract gender) , es + adjective (as complement to verb only), yes/no questions with raised intonation

Year 7 Term 1.1 Week 5

Context, communication, and culture: Belongings, Saying what people have

Key ideas: Talking about having

Grammar: plural indefinite article (unos/unas, with biological and abstract gender) , contrasting with singular indefinite article (un/una), all with regular gender marking on nouns, plural nouns with '-s', TENER (have, having), tengo (have), tienes (have), tiene (has) , yes/no questions with raised intonation

Year 7 Term 1.1 Week 6

Context, communication, and culture: Activities, Saying what people do, An adventurous trip

Key ideas: Talking about doing, -ar verbs (introduction using a subset of 'top 25' and prototypical verbs list)

Grammar: infinitive & 3rd singular (-a) , singular indefinite article (un/una)

Year 7 Term 1.1 Week 7

Context, communication, and culture: Activities, Saying what people do, Doing a school play

Key ideas: Talking about doing

Grammar: present tense -ar verbs (using subset of prototypical and 'top 25' -ar verbs): 1st person singular (-o), 2nd person singular (-as), 3rd singular (-a), plural indefinite article (unos/unas)


Term 1.2 Resources

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Year 7 Term 1.2 Week 1

Context, communication, and culture: Life at school and home, What people do & don't do

Key ideas: Talking about doing

Grammar: negative 'no', present tense -ar verbs: , 1st person singular (-o), 2nd person singular (-as), 3rd person singular (-a)

Year 7 Term 1.2 Week 2

Context, communication, and culture: Life at school and home, Numbers and talking about more than one thing

Key ideas: Talking about more than one

Grammar: plural nouns with -es, tengo/tiene/tienes, plural nouns with -s, revisit negative 'no'

Year 7 Term 1.2 Week 3

Context, communication, and culture: Life at school and home, Saying what there is around you, in class

Key ideas: Talking about more than one, hay (contrast its function with tiene)

Grammar: sing/plural indefinite article (un/una/unos/unas), revisit both types of plural noun, -es and -s, es vs está

Year 7 Term 1.2 Week 4

Context, communication, and culture: Places, Saying which places/who there is around you and describing them, Cities | Teachers

Key ideas: Talking about more than one

Grammar: son, es, hay, adjective number agreement -s (as complement to verb), adjective gender agreement -o, -a (now including abstract gender)

Year 7 Term 1.2 Week 5

Context, communication, and culture: Places in the town, Talking about places and location:

Key ideas: Talking about specific locations

Grammar: singular definite article (el/la), está for location

Year 7 Term 1.2 Week 6

Context, communication, and culture: Places in the town, Describing a place

Key ideas: Talking about specific locations

Grammar: plural definite article (los/las), contrast with singular definite article (el/la), es, son, number agreement & gender agreement on adjectives

Year 7 Term 1.2 Week 7

Context, communication, and culture: Talking about celebrations: wanting and giving

Interactions: Letter to los Reyes Magos

Key ideas: Talking about wanting and giving

Grammar: DAR - doy/das/da + noun, QUERER - quiero/quieres/quiere + noun, indefinite article (e.g. quiero/quiere un/a/os/as….)