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Updated for September 2024-25

 

Lesson 6/10 out of Languages on a Plate’s beginner module: All About Me, which is centred around teaching the basics for Spanish beginners (perfect for Year 7).


This lesson introduces students to personality traits in Spanish and focuses on the verb "ser" so they can describe themselves and other people. The lesson builds on the knowledge from the first five lessons in the module, which taught them how to describe who is in their family.

 

Learning intention: to describe your personality and your family members' personalities in Spanish

 

Learning outcomes:

  • Learn the vocabulary for personality traits
  • Understand how adjectives change based on gender and plural status
  • Write a short text describing what your family members; personalities are like


Lesson includes:

(Slide order)

 

  1. Starter - put the words in the correct order
  2. Objectives
  3. Vocabulary - introduction to personality traits
  4. Game - fastest finger first - teacher-led
  5. Vocabulary - further personality traits
  6. Game - class vs teacher teacher-led
  7. Game - get across the board
  8. Objectives
  9. Reading comprehension of dialogue
  10. Translation of sentences in pairs
  11. Speaking - practise describing yourself with the verb "ser"
  12. Reading comprehension and introduction to new vocabulary
  13. Grammar - think, pair, share about adjective agreement
  14. Grammar - explicit agreements for adjectives related to personality traits
  15. Grammar - choose the correct adjective in the context
  16. Grammar - fill out the rest of the table based on the prior knowledge and what is on the board
  17. Translation - focus on vocabulary and adjective agreement 
  18. Objectives
  19. Grammar - explicit introduction to the verb "ser" in the Present
  20. Grammar + Reading - put the correct word in the space
  21. Listening - write what the people's personalities are like
  22. Writing - write what your family members' personalities are like
  23. YouTube - listen out for comprehension of content
  24. Plenary - write about yourself and your family based on the knowledge up to now.

 

We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 1 Folder.

 

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