Theme: Local area, holiday and travel
Pupils will revise and develop key vocabulary related to holidays and weather as well as structures encountered during KS3. As well as using the present simple and preterite, they will formally study the imperfect tense for the first time.
era
it was/used to be (permanent condition)
I was/used to be
estaba
it was located/used to be located OR it was/used to be (temporary condition)
I was/used to be
tenía
I had/used to have
it had/used to have
nos alojamos/nos quedamos
we stayed
había
there was/used to be
lo bueno
the good thing
lo malo
the bad thing
por un lado... por otro lado...
on one hand... on the other hand
ni... ni...
neither... nor...
hace +specific amount of time
... ago
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Theme: School
Pupils will revise and develop key vocabulary related to school, describing facilities, rules, subjects and teachers. They will practise extending and justifying opinions and will revise forming the near future tense.
dar clases
to teach/follow a class
el bachillerato
The multi-discipline exam students sit at 18 years old, similar in nature to a baccalaureate i.e. less narrow than A Levels, covering a range of subjects
enseñar
to teach
ESO
La Educación Secundaria Obligatoria - mandatory secondary education which is divided into primero de la ESO (our year 8) to cuarto de la ESO (our year 11). If you fail the end of year exams, you resit the entire year.
los estudios superiores
higher education i.e. a degree or diploma
me fascina(n)
...fascinates/fascinates me
me interesa(n)
...interests/interest me
mejor/peor que
better/worse than
no se permite +infinitive
...is not permitted
se debe
must
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Theme: Identity and Culture
Pupils will talk about socialising and family and practise adjectival agreements in a range of tenses so far encountered. They will study the present continuous tense, ser and estar and will practise understanding more detailed descriptions.
vamos a quedar a
we're going to meet at
debajo de
underneath
tengo que +infinitive
I have to
estar enganchado/a a
to be hooked on
te engancha
it gets you hooked
estoy verb stem+ando/iendo
I am ...ing
la lectura
reading
desde hace
since
los tebeos
comics
un ratón de biblioteca
a bookworm
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Theme: Identity and culture
Pupils will revise freetime activities, practise using stem-changing verbs and say what they usually do with the verb soler. The will also learn the perfect tense and discuss what inspires them.
la paga
pocket money/pay
me dan
they give me
gastar
to spend
mientras
while
domino
I speak ... fluently
me gustaría aprender
I'd like to learn
me defiendo en...
I get by in...
el ambiente
the atmosphere
un modelo a seguir
a role model
apoyar
to support
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Theme: Local area, holidays and travel; identity and culture
Pupils will talk about places in a town and shops, practising transactions with the conditional tense and making plans with the future tense. They will revise clothes and demonstratives as well as look at the geography of Spain.
el ayuntamiento
the town hall
si tuviera la oportunidad
if I had the chance
si pudiera
if I could
construir
to build
establecer
to establish
abrir
to open
los atascos
traffic jams
plantar
to plant
el desempleo
unemployment
una red de transporte público
a public transport network
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Topics or grammar which need to be reinforced will be looked at. We will also look at specific exam skills required for Year 11 and pupils will sit a mock exam in all four skills.
gira
turn
toma
take
el semáforo
the traffic lights
apreciar
to appreciate
coger
to catch
una visita guiada
a guided tour
subir
to go up
bajar
to go down
unos recuerdos
some souvenirs
los grandes almacenes
department stores
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