7th grade Spanish syllabus (2014-2015)
Review Unit:
Greetings, Introducing yourself, talk about family and friends (character and physical traits, nationality, birthday, age, languages you speak, where you live, etc.)
Unit # 1 Education
topic # 1: School
Objectives students will be able to:
Unit # 2: My home
Topic # 1: Where do you live?
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Unit # 3: My hometown
Topic # 1: Places in my hometown
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Unit # 4: What I do during my free time
Topic # 1: What sports do you practice?
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Objectives: students will be able to
Assessment
Throughout the semester, the assessment will be on four major criteria. These are:
Also, we will have several minor assessments throughout the year on listening, speaking, reading comprehension, and writing. Additionally, we will have major assessments at the end of semester 1. These assessments will test the 4 major skillsmentioned above.
Unit # 1: My home
Topic # 1: Where do you live?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about their homes.
2. say where their home is.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and a written task.
Topic # 2: What is your house like?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. describe their home.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
Topic # 3: The floor plan of my house?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. name the rooms in their house.
2. say which rooms are on which floor.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teachers and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
3. Project: Students will make a floor plan of their house and label each living space. (Also, furniture will be included.) Students will incorporate the Aurasma application (Augmented reality) to this project.
Topic # 4: My bedroom
Objectives: students will be able to
1. say what is in their bedroom.
2. say where things are located in their bedroom.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teaches and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.)
Topic # 5: My daily routine
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about their daily routine.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: (The teacher will ask students a series of questions and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.)
Unit # 2: My hometown
Topic # 1: Places in my hometown
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about the different places they are going in their hometown.
2. ask others about the different places they are going in their hometown .
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and a written task.
Topic # 2: How do you get to the different places in your hometown
Objectives: students will be able to
1. say where places are in a town (giving directions).
2. describe the location of places.
3. talk about how far or near a place is from another place.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
Topic # 3: What is your hometown like?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. describe their hometown .
2. say where their hometown is.
3. say what there is in their hometown.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teachers and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
Topic # 4: Talking about the weather
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about the weather on a daily basis.
2. say what the weather is like in different seasons.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teaches and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
3. Project: students will make a Power Point presentation that includes information about what places are worth visiting in their hometown, what is their hometown like, and what is the weather and the seasons like in their hometown.
Unit # 3: What I do during my free time
Topic # 1: What sports do you practice?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. ask others what sports they practice.
2. talk about what sports they practice.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and a written task.
Topic # 2: What do you like to do during your free time?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about what they like and don't like doing during your free time.
2. ask others what they like and don't like doing during their free time.
3. ask others if they like doing something.
4. say what they prefer doing, and ask others what they prefer doing.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
Topic # 3: What do you do during the week and the weekends?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about what they do at different times during the week..
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teachers and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
Topic # 4: Going out with a friend
Objectives: students will be able to
1. ask if others would like to do something and when.
2. ask others when and where to meet.
3. agree to do something.
4. answer the telephone.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teaches and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.)
3. Skit: students will do a skit that shows proficiency in the objectives for topic # 4.
Topic # 5: This weekend
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about what they are going to do, and what others are going to do during the weekend.
2. talk about the time of day.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: (The teacher will ask students a series of questions and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.)
Topic # 6: Helping at home
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about how they help at home.
2. talk about on which days they do something.
3. say they do nothing
4. say how they are going to help.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: (The teacher will ask students a series of questions and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.)
3. Project: students will do a weebly webpage about the different activities and sports they do during the week and the weekend.
Yr 7 Spanish
We teach Spanish to all pupils throughout KS3. It is our first language.
I include here the planning documents that accompany our Yr 7 curriculum, as well as all of the lesson resources.
Scheme of work (full version)
Teacher Notes
Teacher Target LanguageY7 Spanish Curriculum Plan
Scheme of Work Weekly Overview
KS3 Spanish Curriculum PlanY7 Skills Progress
Y7 NC Levels
Y7 Tick Grid
Y7 Formative Assessment CategoriesNew Secondary Curriculum PoS Overview (with thanks to Andrea Simpson for this super clear 1-page version)KS3 Y7 Framework ObjectivesY7 Spanish Student Booklet
Y7 Spanish Student Booklet (pdf)
Y7,Y8,Y9 Core Language SheetsHere is the Spanish overview with a list of content (vocabulary and structures), skills and main task types and ways of working - follow the term links to get to the lesson resources.
Autumn Term
Phonics, Pronunciation practice, Cognates, Spanglovision, Pronouns, Classroom Talk, Sentence-Building, Alphabet, Spelling Bee, Memory, Countries, SER, Odd One Out, Group Talk, Nationalities, HABLAR, Languages, Autonomy & using the student booklet, Where you live, VIVIR, Personal ID Revision, Role Play Presentations, Peer-Assessed Speaking, Reading Assessment, Writing Assessment, Dictionary Skills, Describing Places, Find Someone Who, Penfriend letters, ChristmasSpring Term
Classroom Talk, Animals, Definitions, Odd One Out, Group Talk, TENER, adjective endings, colours, Family, Describing a picture, Physical description, Revision, CREATE - active learning, School subjects, GUSTAR, Opinions, Reading skills, Radical-changing verbs (PREFERIR), Telling the time, Timetables, Food & DrinkSummer Term
Describing school, Travel and transport, Logic puzzles, Future Plans (IR + infinitive), Plans for Activities Week, Music Rap Module, Group Talk, Revision, Assessments, Sports & Freetime, GUSTAR + infinitive, Weather
Review Unit:
Greetings, Introducing yourself, talk about family and friends (character and physical traits, nationality, birthday, age, languages you speak, where you live, etc.)
Unit # 1 Education
topic # 1: School
Objectives students will be able to:
- talk about the different types of schools.
- talk about their subjects, schedules, and dates.
- describe the facilities in their schools.
- talk about after school activities and clubs.
Unit # 2: My home
Topic # 1: Where do you live?
Objectives: students will be able to
- talk about their homes.
- say where their home is.
Objectives: students will be able to
- describe their home.
Objectives: students will be able to
- name the rooms in their house.
- say which rooms are on which floor.
Objectives: students will be able to
- say what is in their bedroom.
- say where things are located in their bedroom.
Objectives: students will be able to
- talk about their daily routine.
Unit # 3: My hometown
Topic # 1: Places in my hometown
Objectives: students will be able to
- talk about the different places they are going in their hometown.
- ask others about the different places they are going in their hometown.
Objectives: students will be able to
- say where places are in a town (giving directions).
- describe the location of places.
- talk about how far or near a place is from another place.
Objectives: students will be able to
- describe their hometown.
- say where their hometown is.
- say what there is in their hometown.
Objectives: students will be able to
- talk about the weather on a daily basis.
- say what the weather is like in different seasons.
Unit # 4: What I do during my free time
Topic # 1: What sports do you practice?
Objectives: students will be able to
- ask others what sports they practice.
- talk about what sports they practice.
Objectives: students will be able to
- talk about what they like and don't like doing during your free time.
- ask others what they like and don't like doing during their free time.
- ask others if they like doing something.
- say what they prefer doing, and ask others what they prefer doing.
Objectives: students will be able to
- talk about what they do at different times during the week..
Objectives: students will be able to
- ask if others would like to do something and when.
- ask others when and where to meet.
- agree to do something.
- answer the telephone.
Objectives: students will be able to
- talk about what they are going to do, and what others are going to do during the weekend.
- talk about the time of day.
Objectives: students will be able to
- talk about how they help at home.
- talk about on which days they do something.
- say they do nothing
- say how they are going to help.
Assessment
Throughout the semester, the assessment will be on four major criteria. These are:
- Listening comprehension
- Speaking
- Reading comprehension
- Writing
Also, we will have several minor assessments throughout the year on listening, speaking, reading comprehension, and writing. Additionally, we will have major assessments at the end of semester 1. These assessments will test the 4 major skillsmentioned above.
Unit # 1: My home
Topic # 1: Where do you live?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about their homes.
2. say where their home is.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and a written task.
Topic # 2: What is your house like?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. describe their home.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
Topic # 3: The floor plan of my house?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. name the rooms in their house.
2. say which rooms are on which floor.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teachers and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
3. Project: Students will make a floor plan of their house and label each living space. (Also, furniture will be included.) Students will incorporate the Aurasma application (Augmented reality) to this project.
Topic # 4: My bedroom
Objectives: students will be able to
1. say what is in their bedroom.
2. say where things are located in their bedroom.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teaches and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.)
Topic # 5: My daily routine
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about their daily routine.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: (The teacher will ask students a series of questions and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.)
Unit # 2: My hometown
Topic # 1: Places in my hometown
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about the different places they are going in their hometown.
2. ask others about the different places they are going in their hometown .
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and a written task.
Topic # 2: How do you get to the different places in your hometown
Objectives: students will be able to
1. say where places are in a town (giving directions).
2. describe the location of places.
3. talk about how far or near a place is from another place.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
Topic # 3: What is your hometown like?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. describe their hometown .
2. say where their hometown is.
3. say what there is in their hometown.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teachers and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
Topic # 4: Talking about the weather
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about the weather on a daily basis.
2. say what the weather is like in different seasons.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teaches and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
3. Project: students will make a Power Point presentation that includes information about what places are worth visiting in their hometown, what is their hometown like, and what is the weather and the seasons like in their hometown.
Unit # 3: What I do during my free time
Topic # 1: What sports do you practice?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. ask others what sports they practice.
2. talk about what sports they practice.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and a written task.
Topic # 2: What do you like to do during your free time?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about what they like and don't like doing during your free time.
2. ask others what they like and don't like doing during their free time.
3. ask others if they like doing something.
4. say what they prefer doing, and ask others what they prefer doing.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teacher, and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
Topic # 3: What do you do during the week and the weekends?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about what they do at different times during the week..
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teachers and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.
Topic # 4: Going out with a friend
Objectives: students will be able to
1. ask if others would like to do something and when.
2. ask others when and where to meet.
3. agree to do something.
4. answer the telephone.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: Students will engage in a dialogue with their teaches and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.)
3. Skit: students will do a skit that shows proficiency in the objectives for topic # 4.
Topic # 5: This weekend
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about what they are going to do, and what others are going to do during the weekend.
2. talk about the time of day.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: (The teacher will ask students a series of questions and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.)
Topic # 6: Helping at home
Objectives: students will be able to
1. talk about how they help at home.
2. talk about on which days they do something.
3. say they do nothing
4. say how they are going to help.
Assessments:
1. Oral assessment: (The teacher will ask students a series of questions and students need to achieve the above objectives.
2. Written assessment: (Students will be assessed on one or several of the following: grammar, vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and written task.)
3. Project: students will do a weebly webpage about the different activities and sports they do during the week and the weekend.
Yr 7 Spanish
We teach Spanish to all pupils throughout KS3. It is our first language.
I include here the planning documents that accompany our Yr 7 curriculum, as well as all of the lesson resources.
Scheme of work (full version)
Teacher Notes
Teacher Target LanguageY7 Spanish Curriculum Plan
Scheme of Work Weekly Overview
KS3 Spanish Curriculum PlanY7 Skills Progress
Y7 NC Levels
Y7 Tick Grid
Y7 Formative Assessment CategoriesNew Secondary Curriculum PoS Overview (with thanks to Andrea Simpson for this super clear 1-page version)KS3 Y7 Framework ObjectivesY7 Spanish Student Booklet
Y7 Spanish Student Booklet (pdf)
Y7,Y8,Y9 Core Language SheetsHere is the Spanish overview with a list of content (vocabulary and structures), skills and main task types and ways of working - follow the term links to get to the lesson resources.
Autumn Term
Phonics, Pronunciation practice, Cognates, Spanglovision, Pronouns, Classroom Talk, Sentence-Building, Alphabet, Spelling Bee, Memory, Countries, SER, Odd One Out, Group Talk, Nationalities, HABLAR, Languages, Autonomy & using the student booklet, Where you live, VIVIR, Personal ID Revision, Role Play Presentations, Peer-Assessed Speaking, Reading Assessment, Writing Assessment, Dictionary Skills, Describing Places, Find Someone Who, Penfriend letters, ChristmasSpring Term
Classroom Talk, Animals, Definitions, Odd One Out, Group Talk, TENER, adjective endings, colours, Family, Describing a picture, Physical description, Revision, CREATE - active learning, School subjects, GUSTAR, Opinions, Reading skills, Radical-changing verbs (PREFERIR), Telling the time, Timetables, Food & DrinkSummer Term
Describing school, Travel and transport, Logic puzzles, Future Plans (IR + infinitive), Plans for Activities Week, Music Rap Module, Group Talk, Revision, Assessments, Sports & Freetime, GUSTAR + infinitive, Weather