Unit 6: Journey around Latin America
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Unit 6: Journey around Latin America
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Locate and name the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America on their maps; identifying the regions of Mexico, Central America and South America.
- Ask the question ¿Adónde vas? – Where are you going?, with appropriate intonation; recognise the difference between voy a – I am going and vas a – you are going; speak in short sentences with reasonable accuracy to describe where they or a partner are going.
- Ask the question ¿Cómo vas? – How are you going?, with appropriate intonation; identify, say and begin to write several types of transport in Spanish; recognise the different usage of the prepositions en and a when describing travel.
- Repeat each of the seven days of the week in Spanish with accuracy; begin to build spoken sentences that start with a day of the week.
- Write a travel diary, with some support from available scaffolds, that describes where Oscar the bear is going and how he is getting there, with one entry for each day of the week.
- Use generally accurate pronunciation when speaking aloud; identify and use ways to improve a performance; use natural-sounding intonation; learning some lines by heart.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 5: Where do you live in Spain?
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Introduction to Latin America
- To identify and pronounce Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America.
Lesson 2: ¿Adónde vas?
- To speak in short phrases to describe travel plans.
Lesson 3: ¿Cómo vas?
- To recognise and use the prepositions en and a when describing travel.
Lesson 4: Days of the week
- To say the days of the week as part of a sentence in Spanish.
Lesson 5: Travelling teddy
- To compose a travel diary in Spanish.
Lesson 6: Puppet show
- To perform a travel diary in Spanish.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Spanish – Journey around Latin America
Aimed at pupils, a single page that gives key facts and definitions from the unit.
Vocabulary display: Journey around Latin America
A display version of the key vocabulary from the 'Journey around Latin America' unit.
Translations: Y3 Journey around Latin America
Translations of key texts and transcripts from resources in this unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Geography: Locational knowledge, Geographical skills and fieldwork.
History: To know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world; achievements and follies of mankind.
English: Writing composition: Reading writing aloud using appropriate intonation, tone and volume; evaluating for effectiveness.
Design and Technology (optional): Design, Make.