Learning objective

  • To create and practise descriptive phrases orally.

Success criteria

  • I can compare similar words in Spanish and

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Human shapes Arrange the children into pairs and challenge them to see how many different shapes they can make using their bodies and name them in Spanish. Invite a selection of pairs to make a shape and ask the rest of the class to guess the shape’s name in Spanish.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could annotate the word bank on the Activity: Animal mosaics with appropriate shapes and colours; could have a printed copy of the Knowledge organiser or use their work from the previous lesson to support; could use pre-cut sticky shapes with the activity template.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should use a range of shape and colour vocabulary and attempt to add additional language where appropriate, e.g. asking questions, agreeing or disagreeing or giving praise.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: correctly identifying shapes with

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Vocabulary definitions

  • ¿Qué animal es?

    What animal is it?

  • un canguro

    a kangaroo

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