Module This unit focuses on the theme of `Festivos españoles`. The

The KING’S Medium Term Plan – SPANISH CONVERSATION
Y8 LC2 CREATIVE ARC Programme – 2015-2016
Module
Subject
challenging
question
Lines of
Enquiry:
Week 1 –
one hour
per week.
This unit focuses on the theme of ‘Festivos españoles’.
The focus on Spanish festivals/holidays highlights the
importance in the new GCSE AQA 8698 Specification on
culture in language learning. Pupils will begin to
understand the different days of importance in Spain,
and when and why they are celebrated. Each week will
be dedicated to a specific celebration where pupils will
gain understanding and mastery in the celebration as
well as key Spanish language related to such
celebrations. Pupils will continue to enhance the
language they have already learned as well as develop
this into higher level language understanding. Pupils will
follow the same learning plan from the academic arc,
whilst gaining a new and refreshing outlook on a more
practical way of learning a new language. We will focus
on home town neighbourhood and region, related to
Theme 2 3.1.2 (Local, national, international and global
areas of interest) of the new GCSE 8698 Specification
from AQA.
How do Spanish festivals have an influence on Spanish
society?
Week 1: Spanish autonomous communities play a large
role in influencing regional culture.
Week 2: There is no divide between the north and south
of Spain.
Week 3: The European Union influences autonomous
communities.
Week 4: The introduction of the ‘AVE’ has strengthened
ties between different Spanish regions.
Week 5: There is no simple definition for an autonomous
community.
Week 6/7 – pupils will focus on a project related to the
autonomous communities.
Week 1: Spanish autonomous communities play a large
role in influencing regional culture.
Pupils will:
El día de la
 Find out all 17 autonomous communities.
constitución.
 Place the autonomous communities on a map of
Spain using the Spanish compass points for help.
 Use the verb ‘estar’ to describe where these
places are.
Linguistic features to consider:
 ‘Estar’ ‘Está en el norte’ etc.
 Hay – ‘hay 17 comunidades autónomas’.
 Positions – al lado, en frente de etc.
 Cerca de, lejos de.
Week 2 –
one hour
per week
La
Inmaculada
Week 2: There is no divide between the north and south
of Spain.
Pupils will:
 Describe positions of places in a town.
 Find out about different cities in Spain and
decipher what there is there.
 Make a dialogue between two people asking for
and giving directions.
Linguistic features to consider:
 Directions.
 Places of interest in town.
 ¿Dónde está? ... está al lado de
Week 3 –
one hour
per week
Carnivales
de Cádiz
Week 3: The European Union influences autonomous
communities.
Pupils will:
 Understand how to describe what you can do in
a town.
 Say where you go in town.
 Make a booklet saying what you can do in a
Spanish city.
Linguistic features to consider:
 Se puede, no se puede + infinitive.
 Voy a + la biblioteca / al supermercado.
Week 4 –
one hour
per week
La Feria de
Sevilla
Week 4: The introduction of the ‘AVE’ has strengthened
ties between different Spanish regions.
Pupils will:
 Give opinions about what you think about
specific Spanish cities.
 Discuss the AVE and what it is and how it brings
cities closer together using opinions in Spanish.
 Use the imperfect tense to describe what a city
you have visited was like.
Linguistic features to consider:
 Me gusta / no me gusta
 Pienso que / creo que / no pienso que / no creo
que
 Imperfect tense – era / tenía.
Week 5 –
one hour
per week
La Pascua
Week 5: There is no simple definition for an autonomous
community.
Pupils will:
 Define an autonomous community and compare
it to regions in England or the UK.
 Debate about country living versus city living.
Pupils put into groups with a specific village/city/
town and they will argue for or against living there
with opinions and justifications.
Linguistic features to consider:
 Estoy a favor de / estoy en contra de
 Estoy de acuerdo con / no estoy de acuerdo con
 Prefiero la ciudad / el pueblo / el campo etc.
Week 6/7 –
one hour
per week
Navidades
Week 6/7 – pupils will focus on a project related to the
autonomous communities.
Pupils will:
 In pairs, be given an autonomous community in
Spain.
 Research this community and find out where it is
and why it plays an important role in Spanish
society.
 They will make a keynote presentation with
information in English about this region as well as
foods, drinks and regional language that is
pertinent to said place.
This keynote will be marked according to a success
criteria.