Wellfield High School Spanish Department
Year 8 Curriculum Overview 2016/2017 Year 8 students have two lessons per week.
Term 1a
Area / Title/ Duration Unit 8.1a Intro Unit Identity & Culture 14 lessons
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Greetings Saying their name and asking others Numbers 1- 31 Naming classroom items Saying their age and asking others Months of the year Saying when your birthday is and asking others Literacy focus: introduction of “tener” and basic negatives Cultural Focus: Develop understanding of similarities between different languages. Cultural Focus: Develop understanding of different ways in which people say hello and goodbye in other countries and where in the world Spanish is spoken. Cultural Focus: Birthday Celebrations and Saints’ Days in Spanish speaking Countries Level 3 Assessment Marking – paired conversations asking and answering questions
1b
Unit 8.1b Identity & Culture
A focus on using the Target Language in the classroom 14 Lessons
2a and b
Unit 8.2a Identity & Culture descriptions 12 Lessons
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Classroom instructions including exam rubrics Days of the week Alphabet Countries and nationalities Saying where they live and which languages they speak Christmas language Literacy focus: imperatives and regular present tense verbs ser, vivir, hablar, comer
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Cultural Focus: Christmas celebrations. Level 3 Assessment Marking – End of Unit Listening, Reading and a Writing and Translating ‘exam style’ timed Assessment.
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Family Animals Opinions Colours
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Describing hair colour and styles Describing eye colours Describing size Describing personality Literacy focus: use of adjectives Literacy focus: use of adjectives, quantifiers, connectives and opinions introduction of the imperfect tense of ser and tener, introduction of the conditional of gustar
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Cultural Focus: Spanish celebrities End of Unit Listening, Reading and a Writing and Translating ‘exam style’ timed Assessment (description of self and another, using the third person form of verbs or possibly on a written account of a celebrity talking about themselves and family.)
Unit 8.3a 3a School 14 Lessons
3b
Unit 8.3b Areas of Interest
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Telling the time Numbers up to 100 Talking about their school subjects Giving opinions and reasons Daily Routine Literacy focus: Extending sentences by justifying opinions Cultural Focus: Look at the school system in Spanish-Speaking Countries and Compare and Contrast
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Talking about sports, games and musical instruments Saying when people play Talking about things you like to do Write and talk about what you are going to do Weather (include si clause) Literacy Focus: Key verbs: hacer, ir, jugar, querer, time expressions of frequency (fronted adverbials), verbs in the present tense, questions and the near future (ir + infinitive) Cultural Focus: Look at what young people like to do in Spanish-Speaking Countries and Compare and Contrast
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Students will also have an end of year Exam in all 4 skill areas. Students will be expected to know the vocabulary learned so far and be able to respond accordingly by listening, speaking, reading and writing.
