Unit 4: In a Spanish café
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                    Unit 4: In a Spanish café
 
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Form sentences to express what they want using quiero.
 - Ask others what they want using the question ¿Qué quieres …?
 - Use por favor – please and gracias – thank you when making polite requests.
 - Use greetings and courtesy phrases such as ¿Qué tal? – How are you? as part of a natural conversation.
 - Write and perform a typical café conversation.
 - Use accurate pronunciation when speaking aloud.
 - Vary tone to express emotion and engage an audience.
 
Suggested prior learning
Unit 1: Spanish greetings with puppets
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Reading a menu
- To apply comprehension strategies and discover the meaning of new words.
 
Lesson 2: Ordering food and drink
- To make polite requests about what I want to eat and drink.
 
Lesson 3: Café conversations
- To identify conversational language.
 
Lesson 4: Menú del día
- To engage in conversations that involve making requests.
 
Lesson 6: Role play performances
- To perform, evaluate and improve a role play.
 
Lesson 5: Writing a café conversation
- To write a role play script for a conversation.
 
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Cross-curricular opportunities
None.