Learning objective
- To interpret locational language in a description of South America.
Success criteria
- I can identify and extract key information in
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National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
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Cross-curricular links
Geography
Locational knowledge
Pupils should
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Before starting this unit, you might want to check that the children can recall: Animal names. Weather vocabulary. Locational language. What an infinitive verb is. What an imperative verb is and how to form them. Recap why the children are learning about the continent of South America in Spanish lessons by showing the Pupil video:…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should watch the Pupil video: América del Sur (subtitles) from the beginning or follow the transcript on the Activity: América del Sur if watching the captions-only version in the Attention grabber; should use the Activity: América del Sur (support), which omits extra descriptive sentences and focuses on describing the locations during the Main Event.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should use an atlas to locate additional geographical features of interest, translating them into Spanish using a bilingual dictionary before plotting them on their own map during the Main event; should write a sentence for each additional geographical feature they find describing where it is during the Main event; should ask and answer the questions in the Wrapping up using just their map as a prompt.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying and extracting key
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Vocabulary
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América del Sur
South America
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los Andes
the Andes
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In this unit
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: Discovering América del Sur
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: Habitats past and present
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: Protecting América del Sur
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: Recipe for a healthy world
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 6: Campaigning for action
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 31st January, 2025
