Y7 Spanish

Curriculum Intent: In year 7 students will study 3 units as prescribed by the AQA- WJEC exam boards. They will focus on understanding, asking and responding to questions relating to introducing themselves physical and personality descriptions, their family and pets and talking about their free time activities. Grammatical knowledge will be built upon, and pupils will be introduced to concepts including adjectival agreement and verb conjugation. Continual skill development will occur through the inclusion of the four key areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will make links between these areas to develop their understanding of how languages work. A range of skills within these key areas will be developed throughout each unit with repeated practice. Each assessment will focus on a particular exam skill element usually a productive skill as these are commonly the hardest for students. This allows students and teachers to see particular areas of strength and areas to work on in terms of knowledge, understanding and skill.

TERM

PROGRAMME OF STUDY

ASSESSMENT TASKS

AUTUMN

Unit 1 – Me presento

  • Getting to know the Spanish-speaking countries of the world
  • Understanding word order
  • Greeting people and introducing yourself
  • Understanding verb endings
  • Learning numbers 1-31
  • Introducing the verb tener
  • Saying and understanding dates
  • Using a variety of question words
  • Learning colours
  • Giving basic opinions
  • Learning classroom items and language
  • Understanding masculine, feminine and plural nouns
  • The Spanish-speaking world
  • Grammar and pronunciation
  • Christmas in Spain

Unit 1

Vocabulary tests

Grammar test

  • Writing assessment
  • ILT: - Revision for vocabulary tests.

Two written tasks to reinforce grammar and consolidate vocabulary.

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Unit 2 - Mi burbuja

  • Counting up to 100 in Spanish
  • Forming Spanish numbers 20-100
  • Saying if you have any brothers or sisters
  • Using adjectives endings
  • Describing hair and eyes, as well as other facial features
  • Using the verb tener in the present tense
  • Describing what you and others look like
  • Using the verb ser in the present tense.
  • Describing personality traits
  • Using some important adverbs of frequency

Unit 2

  • Listening and reading assessments.
  • ILT: Revision for vocabulary


Two written tasks with key vocabulary in preparation for reading and listening assessments.

SUMMER

Unit 3: Mis pasatiempos

  • Talking about hobbies
  • Using the regular present tense
  • Talking about sports
  • Learning the verb jugar and hacer
  • Giving detailed opinions on sports
  • Extending use of verbs like gustar with porque
  • Discussing weather
  • Using “if” and “when” constructions
  • Getting to know some famous Spanish-speaking musicians
  • Using que to make longer sentences
  • Comparing celebrity profiles on social media
  • Using the comparatives más and menos
  • Speaking assessment – Photo card

Students will prepare a speaking task following the criteria of the GCSE speaking assessment.

  • ILT: Description of 2 pictures, following the PALMS method.

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Year 7

The subject content that is taught in Y7 can be found below. It builds upon the skills, knowledge and understanding already developed at primary school. Our curriculum, however, is much broader and attempts to help young people develop the skills and att…

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