¿Cómo es tu casa?

In Unit 4 we learn how to describe where we live.  This involves describing where your house is located (in the countryside, a town, a city, in the mountains, by the coast) as well as describing your house (big, small, pretty, modern, old, a flat, etc.)

Good games ...

1.http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/Spanish/Cam1Uni4/Caminos1Unidad4i.htm  This is a  matching activity to get you started.

2. A great game - find the teacher with the right answer and hit them with a hammer!

zondle - games to support learning

3. A Space Destroyer game revising the adjectives to describe your house!

zondle - games to support learning

Los países ...

The first thing we do in Unit 4 is to learn the names of 11 European countries in Spanish.  Note that the map below refers to Reino Unido (UK) but in class we learned Inglaterra (England), Escocia (Scotland) and Gales (Wales).  We also learned España, Portugal, Irlanda, Alemania, Francia, Italia, Grecia and Polonia.

Some great games to play ...

http://www.spanish-games.net/spanishvocabulary  This is a great website for practising countries.  Select 'World' as your topic and then you can choose 'European Countries'.  You can have a lesson first before doing the games.

http://oye.languageskills.co.uk/beginner/year7/12737.html  Lots of good games on countries listed here - free to use after 4pm.

http://www.toporopa.eu/es/paises_de_europa.html   This one will really test your Geography as well as your Spanish!  It's quiz which asks you to locate the country named in Spanish by clicking on the map.  It does include all the countries of Europe including several we haven't learned in class - good for learning extra vocabulary!

Describing People

This week we are looking at how to describe people. Here is the word wall we used in class ... a really good way to practise this topic is to write as many sentences as possible from the wall. I am happy to correct any work you do at home!

Los días

In the last week we have been looking at days of the week.  Here are some games and videos on this topic. Remember to vote in this week's poll: what is your favourite day?

1. http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/Spanish/Cam1Uni1/8.htm  An easy matching activity to get you started!

2. http://www.northwood.org.uk/spanish%20days%20of%20the%20week,.html  You can click on each day of the week and hear it being pronounced in Spanish.

3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/spanish/my_calendar/games/magic_cards_days/  A card game with the days of the week.

4. http://www.proprofs.com/games/word-games/hangman/spanish-days-of-the-week-hangman-3/  A game of Hangman with days of the week. 

5. http://www.learnalanguage.com/popup/main.php?language=spanish&source=the-months-and-days&lessonD=memory-machine&ref=http://www.learnalanguage.com/learn-spanish/spanish-words/months-and-days.php   An easy multiple choice game with months AND days mixed together!

And here's a YouTube video with a song about days of the week!

Las asignaturas

Welcome to Unit 2!

This unit is all about school (el instituto).  We will begin by learning how to say school subjects (las asignaturas) in Spanish.  Don't forget to vote in the new poll on the right - what is YOUR favourite subject?



Here are some games on school subjects ...

1. http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/Spanish/Cam1Uni5/Cam1Uni5New/1.htm
(A matching activity)

2. http://www.atantot-extra.co.uk/resources/resource.php?l=es&r=18971cf5e60fcb9c2afd69477514b622  (A fun game of 'Fling the Teacher' with school vocabulary)

3. http://www.atantot-extra.co.uk/resources/resource.php?l=es&r=5fd57469d74d3ee18e4c487f28fbf4e3  (A game of noughts and crosses to play against a friend!)

4. http://www.atantot-extra.co.uk/resources/resource.php?l=es&r=6f161a30386eed422f8969789fe5748a  (A penalty shootout game - answer the questions about school vocabulary correctly and you get to take penalties against a goalkeeper of your choice!)

5. http://www.atantot-extra.co.uk/resources/resource.php?l=es&r=600a827f35b452b36f83f2eef6802714
(A school subjects wordsearch)

And here is a good video to watch ... some Colombian students test one of their classmates to see if she can remember what is in her schoolbag.  Afterwards, they talk about their opinions of school subjects.  Listen and see how many words you can understand!



And here is a funny YouTube video about school subjects featuring an evil carrot!

End of the exams!

Well done everybody on finishing your Unit 1 Exam!  You will find out your results and National Curriculum Levels when you return from half-term holidays.

In the meantime, you might want to watch more 'La Vida Loca' - this is the BBC video series we watched after the exams.  You can find all 22 episodes here:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/  

¡Hasta luego!

End of Unit 1 Exam

Your exam to test your knowledge of Unit 1 will take place in the week beginning Monday 15 October (next week).  Here are the PowerPoint slides that were shown in class to explain what you need to do.

Good luck!