Spanish

Key Stage 3: Year 7 Spanish

Time Scale	Unit & Topic	Grammar Points
Autumn Sept-Oct	Vamos Hola & Greetings How old? Months & Birthdays Schoolbag items In the classroom	Question & answer 1^st and 2^nd person Numbers Alphabet Masc/fem
Nov-Dec	En el instituto School subjects What I do in class Describing teachers Opinions of subjects Food at break	1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd person Days of the week Adjectival agreement Agreement -er verbs
Spring Jan-Feb	Mi familia Brothers and sisters Family & ages Animals & colours Physical descriptions Hair & eyes	Posessive adjectives Tener in the present Talking in 3^rd person Agreement of colours Ser in present tense Masc/fem endings Adjectives after nouns
Feb-Mar	En casa Countries in Europe Where I live Rooms in the house In my bedroom What I do at home	Vivir in present tense Estar in present tense All forms of –ar/-er in the present Prepositions Stem-changing verbs in present tense
Summer Apr-May	El tiempo libre Free time activities Telling time Sports Opinions & activities Future activities	Ir, salir & hacer Frequencies Time Hacer & jugar Me gusta + infinitive Voy a + infinitive
Jun-Jul	En la ciudad Describing town Facilities Arranging to go out Weather Future plans	Adjectives Longer descriptions Hay Querer Cuando + present Using two tenses together

Year 8 Spanish

Time Scale	Unit & Topic	Key Grammar Points
Autumn Sept-Oct	1.6 En la ciudad Describing town Facilities Arranging to go out Weather Future plans & activities	Adjectives Longer descriptions Hay Querer Cuando + present Using two tenses together
October Half Term
Nov-Dec	2.1 La gente Activities & opinions Describing friends Describing celebs Daily routine Nationalities	Me gusta Adjectives Connectives Comparisons Reflexive verbs Extended writing
Christmas Holidays
Spring Jan-Feb	2.3 Mis vacaciones Where I went The journey What I did What was it like My holiday	Simple past phrases Preterite of ser & ir Preterite of –ar verbs Past opinions Using present & preterite together
February Half Term
Feb-Mar	2.4 La comida Mealtimes At the market In the restaurant A past meal Opinions about food	Time expressions Mealtime verbs High numbers Tú and usted Preterite of –er & -ir Writing in 3 tenses
Spring Break
Summer Apr-May	3.1 Los medios My computer TV programmes Films Music A past concert	Present tense Adjectival agreement Comparisons Future tense Preterite tense
May Half Term
Jun-Jul	2.5 De moda Clothes School uniform What do you prefer Going to Argentina Fancy dress ball	Agreement of colours Comparisons Superlatives Present and future Using 3 tenses together

Key Stage 4: G.C.S.E. Spanish

G.C.S.E. Year 9 Spanish (3 Years)

Year 1

Term	Theme	Topic	Grammar
Autumn half-term 1	Identity and culture	Me, my family and friends Relationships with family and friends	tener, ser and estar present tense adjective agreement rules reflexive verbs casarse/enfadarse/llevarse bien con comparatives más que/menos que adverbs of frequency regular verbs in present tense direct object pronouns interrogative words such as quién, cómo, cuántos, qué, cuándo
Autumn half-term 2	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Home, town, neighbourhood and region	hay prepositions use of unos, unas for ‘some’ poder + infinitive expressions of quantity irregular verbs ir/hacer los que/las que + verb gustar enhancing descriptions using que demonstrative adjectives: este, esta, estos, estas, ese, esa, esos, esas interrogatives dónde and por qué
Spring half-term 1	Current and future study and employment	My studies	tener que/deber + infinitive hay que + infinitive (compulsory subjects) porque to express reasons perfect tense regular verbs (escoger/decidir/dejar - options) two verbs together eg ir a/ esperar/gustar más comparative and superlative in expressing opinions about subjects use of tú and usted in informal/formal exchanges
Spring half-term 2	Identity and culture	Free-time activities Music Cinema and TV	consolidation of present tense including irregular verbs salir, querer, preferir, ver, dar extend range of two verbs together adverbs such as por lo general/normalmente clauses introduced by cuando and si
Summer half-term 1	Identity and culture	Free-time activities Food and eating out Sport	perfect tense using regular and common irregular verbs lo que he hecho este fin de semana/esta mañana) simple opinion statements to express how it was (illustration of the imperfect) disjunctive pronouns such as conmigo and para mí
Summer half-term 2	Identity and culture	Customs and festivals in Spanish-speaking countries/ communities	preterite tense rules – regular and common irregular verbs (ser, estar, tener, hacer, ir) reflexive verbs in preterite; perfect and imperfect tenses together describing a past event/festival; actions and opinions

Year 2

Term	Theme	Topic	Grammar
Autumn half-term 1	Current and future study and employment	Life at school/college	transfer deber/poder/hay que/querer to school rules context quantity words mucho/demasiado/bastante (including with plurals)
Autumn half-term 2	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Travel and tourism	consolidation of preterite tense Extension of imperfect tense consolidation of preterite and imperfect tenses sequencing words, expressions and phrases antes de/después de haber etc/mientras/desde hace/acabar de developing greater complexity in spoken and written accounts of past events or experiences weather expressions with hacer possessive pronouns mío etc
Spring half-term 1	Current and future study and employment	Education post-16	Use of lo in lo que and lo + adjective future tense introduced for eg future study plans building on si clauses with present and future more complex two verb structures (tener la intención de/tener ganas de/tener el derecho de)
Spring half-term 2	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Social issues Healthy/ unhealthy livin	recap on deber/tener que/hay que + infinitive and introduce conditional forms – affirmative and negative es mejor/sería mejor/más vale/más valdría negative nunca full explanation of imperfect tense to allow statements and opinions about previous health habits
Summer half-term 1	Identity and culture	Marriage/partnership	revisiting adjectives to describe and use of que to describe ideal partner and enhance descriptions use of gerund revision of future tense to outline future plans direct and indirect object pronouns
Summer half-term 2	Identity and culture	Technology in everyday life Social media Mobile technology	revision of past tenses to recount how social media have been used; or life before technology gracias a/sin/con enhanced statements of possibility including permitir, es posible que + subjunctive

Year 3

Term	Theme	Topic	Grammar
Autumn half-term 1	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Global issues The environment	modal verbs linked to behaviours (must do/can do/should do/could do etc) si sentences revised for outlining consequences of actions
Autumn half-term 2	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Social issues Charity/ voluntary work	querer + infinitive querer que + subjunctive para que + subjunctive imperfect continuous
Spring half-term 1	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Global issues Homelessness/poverty	si fuera…/si tuviera que… with conditional completions hay que + infinitive and es importante que + subjunctive verbs of emotion + subjunctive (me preocupa que/me molesta que)
Spring half-term 2	Current and future study and employment	Career choices and ambitions	enhanced statements of possibility including subjunctive after conjunctions of time (cuando) use of quisiera to express ambitions pluperfect tense perspective
Summer half-term 1	End of course examination focus
Summer half-term 2	End of course examination focus

G.C.S.E. Spanish (2 Years)

Year 10 - Year 1

Time Scale	Theme	Unit & Topic	Key Grammar Points
Autumn	Identity and culture	Me, my family & friends 1.1 Relationships with family and friends	tener, ser and estar present tense possessive adjectives adjective agreement and position rules reflexive verbs: casarse/enfadarse/llevarse bien con comparatives más que/menos que; adverbs of frequency regular verbs in present tense; direct object pronouns interrogative words such as quién, cómo, cuántos, qué, cuándo
	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Home, town, neighbourhood and region 5.1 – Home	hay; prepositions use of unos/unas for some
	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Home, town, neighbourhood and region 5.2 – Where I live	poder + infinitive expressions of quantity irregular verbs ir/hacer los/las que + verb; gustar enhancing descriptions using que demonstrative adjectives este, esta, estos, estas, ese, esa, esos, esas interrogatives dónde and por qué
	Current and future study and employment	My studies 9.1 – School and subects	tener que + infinitive deber +infinitive hay que + infinitive (compulsory subjects), porque to express reasons perfect tense regular verbs (escoger/decidir/dejar - options) Two verbs together e.g. ir a/esperar/gustar más comparative and superlative in expressing opinions about subjects use of tú and usted in informal/formal exchanges
	Identity and culture	Free-time activities 3.1 – Music, Cinema & TV	consolidation of present tense including irregular verbs salir, querer, preferir, ver, dar extend range of two verbs together future tense introduced eg weekend plans adverbs such as por lo general formation of regular adverbs such as normalmente clauses introduced by cuando and si disjunctive pronouns such as conmigo and para mí
Spring	Identity and culture	Free-time activities 3.2 – Food & eating out
	Identity and culture	Free-time activities 3.3 - Sport
	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Social issues 6.2 – Healthy & Unhealthy Living	recap on deber/tener que + infinitive/hay que + infinitive and introduce conditional forms – affirmative and negative es mejor/sería mejor negative nunca previous health habits using imperfect tense reflexive constructions such as se puede, se necesita present continuous
	Current and future study and employment	Life at school and college 10.1 – Life at school and college	transfer deber/poder/hay que/querer to school rules context quantity words mucho/demasiado/bastante (including with plurals) perfect tense using regular and common irregular verbs (he hecho mis deberes).
	Identity and culture	Customs and festivals 4.1 – Spain and Customs	preterite of regular verbs and irregulars ser/ir/hacer reflexive verbs in preterite
Summer	Identity and culture	Customs and festivals 4.2 – Festivals in Spain and Hispanic countries	preterite and imperfect tenses together describing a past event/festival actions and opinions
	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Travel and tourism 8.1 – Holidays and Travel	consolidation of preterite and imperfect tenses sequencing words, expressions and phrases antes de/después de haber etc/mientras/desde hace/acabar de developing greater complexity in spoken and written accounts of past events or experiences weather expressions with hacer possessive pronouns mío etc
	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Travel and tourism 8.2 – Regions of Spain	Using estar + past participle
	Current and future study and employment	Education post-16 11.1 – University or work?	use of ‘lo’ in ‘lo que’ and lo + adjective; building on si clauses with present and future more complex two verb structures (tener la intención de/tener ganas de/tener el derecho de)

Year 11 - Year 2

Time Scale	Theme	Unit & Topic	Grammar Points
Autumn	Identity and culture	Me, my family and friends 1.2 – Marriage and partnership	revisiting adjectives to describe and use of que to describe ideal partner and enhance descriptions Gerund revision of future tense to outline future plans direct and indirect object pronouns
	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Global issues 7.1 – Environment	modal verbs linked to behaviours (must do/can do/should do/could do etc) past tense for effects of behaviours on environment si sentences revised for outlining consequences of actions pluperfect tense perspective
	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Social issues 6.1 – Charity and voluntary work	querer + infinitive querer que + subjunctive es posible que + subjunctive para que + subjunctive imperfect continuous
Spring	Current and future study and employment	Career choices and ambitions 12.1 – Choice of career	enhanced statements of possibility including subjunctive after conjunctions of time (cuando) quisiera
	Identity and culture	Technology in everyday life 2.1 – Social Media	revision of past tenses to recount how social media have been used; or life before technology gracias a/sin/con enhanced statements of possibility including permitir, es posible que + subjunctive
	Identity and culture	Technology in everyday life 2.2 – Mobile Technology	Using ‘por’ & ‘para’ Estar + present contiunous
Summer	Local, national, international and global areas of interest	Global issues 7.2 – Poverty and homelessness	si fuera… si tuviera que… with conditional completions hay que + infinitive and es importante que + subjunctive verbs of emotion + subjunctive Preparation and revision for the Speaking exam

Resources:

Year 7: Mira! 1 textbook and audio files

Year 8: Mira! 2 textbook and audio files

Year 9, 10 &11(G.C.S.E.): AQA G.C.S.E. course book F/H

Kerboodle on-line resources with audio files and authentic reading materials

www.memrise.com

www.duolingo.com

Support & Extra Curricular Opportunities:

MFL Club every Wednesday lunchtime offering the opportunity to learn a new language or to get extra support with homework/revision for assessments.

Evening G.C.S.E. revision sessions Tues- Thursday 3.10-4.10 pm

Educational visits to Spain organised every 2 years to either Barcelona or Madrid.

Key Stage 5: ‘A’ level Spanish

Year 12	Topic	Skills/ Key concepts
Autumn	Aspects of Hispanic Society : current trends 1. Los valores treadicionales y modernos; Los cambios en la familia Actitudes hacie el matrimonio y el divorcio La influencia de la Iglesia Católica 2. El ciberespacio : La influencia de Internet Los moviles inteligentes en nuestra sociedad Las redes sociales ; beneficios y peligros	To be able to describe various types of 21^st century Spanish family and how these differ from family models of the past To be able to recognise cognates To form the ‘preterite’ tense To know when to use accents To be able to use the perfect and imperfect tense together To be able to use the present continuous tense To write a summary based on an audio extract Use comparatives and superlatives The verbs SER and ESTAR Use expressions to give pros & cons Use the future and conditional tenses Use idiomatic expressions with impersonal verbs
Spring	La igualidad de los sexos : La mujer en el mercado laboral El machismo y el feminismo Los derechos de los gays y las personas transgénero Artistic culture in the Hispanic world: La influencia de los idolos: Cantantes y musicos Estrella de televisión y de cine Modelos 5. La identidad regional en Espana: Tradiciones y costumbres La gastronomia Las lenguas	To discuss women in the world of work and to study the role of women at home To improve translation skills Use the perfect and the pluperfect tense To be able to listen for gist and detail To use the future perfect and the conditional perfect To discuss the positive and negative influence singers and musicians have on people To use indirect object pronouns To use connectives to improve written texts To practise the passive voice To use direct object pronouns To develop a checklist to check written work > improve accuracy To be able to describe and discuss Spanish customs and traditions To use the present subjunctive of regular verbs To use the perfect tense in the subjunctive To be able to identify correct and incorrect sentences To use numerals To dis cuss the similarities and differences in the gastronomy of Spain To consider the languages that are spoken in Spain and the issues around them
Summer	6. El patrimonio cultural: Sitios históricos y civilizaciones prehispánicas Arte y arquitectura El patrimonio musical y su diversidad 7. Dosier de cine y de literatura : Estudiar una pelicula A case study of “Ocho appellidos vascos”	To understand civilisations that contributed to the cultural heritage of Spain To discuss the pre-Columbian heritage of Latin America To use the subjunctive efficiently with verbs of emotion, surprise doubt etc.To use the internet to enhance your work To use demonstrative and possessive adjectives accurately To understand the diversity of Hispanic music and dance To use imperatives To break down comprehension tasks To be able to discuss the plot, characters, themes, social environment and techniques and style of a Spanish film
Year 13	Topic	Skills/ Key concepts
Autumn	Dosier de literatura : The study of a literary text in Spanish A case study of “ La casa de Bernarda Alba” 1. Multiculturalism in Hispanic Society La Inmigración: Los beneficios y los aspectos negativos La in igracion en el mundo hispanico Los indocumentados- problema	To be able to discuss in both written and spoken form the story, themes, characters, author techniques, style and social environment To be able to discuss the positive and negative aspects of immigration To be able to use dictionary skills To revise the perfect and imperfect tenses To revise the use of loan words To use compound tenses To vary vocabulary using synonyms
Spring	El racismo: Las actitudes racistas y xenofóbas Las medidas contra el racismo La legislación anti-racista La convivencia : La convivencia de culturas La educación Las religiones	To be able to describe and discuss racist and xenophobic attitudes in the Spanish-speaking world To improve the use of nouns and adjectives To be able to express approval and dis approval To use the conditional tense To be able to translate the ‘gerund’ form in English To use future tenses To be able to express obligation To understand and describe the different ways cultures integrate in Hispanic society To be able to form and use prepositions To be able to use language for describing change To use pronouns To vary sentence structure to enhance writing To use adverbs To be able to structure an argument
Summer	Aspects of political life in the Hispanic world: Jovenes de hoy, cuidadanos del manana El paro entre los jovenes Su sociedad ideal Monarquía y dictaduras : La dictadura de Franco La evolucion de la monarquia en Espana Dictadores latinoamericanos Los movimientos populares La efectividad de las manifestaciones y las huelgas El poder de los sindicatos Ejemplos de protestas sociales REVISION AND PREPARATION FOR FINAL EXAMINATION PREPARATION AND PRACTICE FOR SPEAKING EXAM	To be able to discuss the importance of politics in young people’s lives To understand why their attitude to politics is changing To use the present subjunctive To vary the use of negative expressions To talk about data and trends To use imperatives To use the imperfect subjunctive To be able to express an opinion or evaluation To understand the impact of the civil war To be able to discuss life in Spain under the dictatorship To revise the preterite tense To speak or write about a historical personality To recognise and use ordinal numbers To use a sequence of tenses To read for gist comprehension To consider and discuss how effective protests are To use ‘si’ clauses + subjunctive To develop and use a wider vocabulary To vary sentence structure to enhance speaking To infer meaning from listening and reading To be able to describe a photo card To be able to justify opinions To be able to expand on conversation topics To ask pertinent questions To be able to talk at length on a chosen topic To demonstrate research skills To be able to analyse and evaluate To agree and disagree To offer counter arguments

Hilbre High School