Roundwood Park School - MFL (SPANISH) Knowledge Outline for KS3 Spanish
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Roundwood Park School MFL (SPANISH) Knowledge Outline for KS3 Spanish Learning a language allows students to grow an appreciation of other cultures whilst developing key skills for effective communication. It encourages them to build confidence in their speaking skills, write with expression, improve listening skills and solve problems when deciphering a text. It also helps to foster a growth mindset in students who will be ready to engage in future language learning. By the end of KS3 they will know key vocabulary from a variety of appropriate topic areas and grammar. They will know how to manipulate key grammatical structures to create some original communication. They will also know their phonics in the foreign language to help build self-efficacy in speaking skills. Students will be able to give opinions with convincing justifications as well as discuss past, present and future events linked to a variety of topics.
Unit of work Core Knowledge Year 9 Spanish
Topic 1: Me Presento ● Classroom language
1. Hola ● Meeting and greeting people
2. El alfabeto y la pronunciación ● Alphabet & spelling in Spanish
3. ¿Cómo te llamas? ● Numbers to 100
4. ¿Cuántos años tienes? ● Giving own and others’ ages & birthdays
5. ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? ● Comparing use of capital letters with months of the year
6. ¿Dónde vives? ● Using adjective agreements and plurals
7. Mi familia ● Using punctuation clues ?!
8. Hablando de los demás ● Physical and character descriptions
9. ¿Cómo eres? ● Verbs: AR verbs in Present Tense
10. Las mascotas ● Family members
● Possessive adjectives
● Animals & pets
● Verbs: me gusta(n)
● Colours and size
● Using a dictionary
* red denotes Literacy
AVOCADO – adjectives, verbs, description, others
Super curricular Read: Read about the differences between Spanish in Spain and South America https://www.speakeasybcn.com/en/blog/the-
differences-between-spanish-in-spain-and-latin-america
Do: Make a video of your family, explaining in Spanish what they are like and what they look like
Find: Find out the secrets to learning a new language
https://www.ted.com/talks/lydia_machova_the_secrets_of_learning_a_new_languageUnit of work Core Knowledge Year 9 Spanish
Topic 2: Mi tiempo libre ● Free time activities
1. ¿Qué actividades haces? ● Sports and hobbies – practicar/hacer/jugar
2. ¿Qué deportes practicas? ● Give opinions & justifications
3. ¿Qué haces cuando llueve? ● Connectives
4. Los sábados voy a… ● Basic weather phrases
5. ¿A qué hora? ● Using time frames and frequency phrases
● Modal verbs (to prefer, to want, to need) +infinitive
● Telling the time (12-hour clock)
● Days of the week
● Using verbs to describe activities
● Full paradigm of present tense ‘AR’, ‘ER’ and ‘IR’ verbs
● Verb: “IR” to give future plans
● Present continuous
● Culture: Discussing Christmas in Spain * red denotes Literacy
AVOCADO – verbs, opinions, connectives, descriptions
Super Curricular Read: Read about the sport “PELOTA”. Do you think you’d like to play it? https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/a-brief-
introduction-to-pelota-bilbaos-sport-youve-never-heard-of/
Do: Look up a weather map for Spain today here https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/Spain.htm and write a sentence or a phrase
in Spanish for the weather in the following cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville
Find: Research about how Spain has done in the Olympics in recent years, how does this compare to England? What do they seem
strongest at?
Topic 3 : En el instituto ● School subjects
1. ¿Qué estudias? ● Opinions for subjects and teachers
2. ¿Cómo es tu instituto? ● Key places around school
3. ¿Qué haces durante el recreo? ● Telling the time
4. ¿Cómo es tu uniforme? ● Food vocabulary in the canteen
5. Comparing schools in UK & Spain ● Clothing vocabulary for uniform
● Opinions and justifications
● Verbs: ER/IR regular present tense
● Definite and indefinite articles
● Culture: Comparing schools in UK & Spain * red denotes literacy
AVOCADO – adjectives, verbs, opinionsSuper Curricular Read: Read one of these short Spanish Stories online, there is an audio version too to practice your listening skills!
https://snappyspanish.com/beginner-spanish-stories/
Do: Watch the film ‘El Hombre de las Mil Caras’ on Netflix and write a review, including who your favourite character is and why
Find: Research some typical Spanish dishes and create a menu for the canteen of foods that you feel students would like to see on
the menuUnit of work Core Knowledge Year 9 Spanish
Topic 4 : Mi Barrio ● Saying where you live
1. ¿Dónde vives? ● Describing the location of where you live
2. ¿Cómo es tu casa? ● Describing your house/flat
3. ¿Dónde está tu casa? ● Describing your ideal house/place to live
4. ¿Qué hay en tu barrio? ● Talking about where you go in your town
5. ¿Qué haces en tu barrio? ● Looking at menus in cafes
6. ¿Qué vas a hacer este fin de ● Opportunities for structured talk and dialogue
semana? ● Verb: se puede + infinitive to say what you can do in town
● Verb ‘hay’ - to describe
● Culture: Semana Santa and Easter celebrations in Spanish speaking countries
* red denotes Literacy
AVOCADO – verbs, connectives, descriptions
Super Curricular Read: Read any of the free ‘A1’ texts here https://lingua.com/spanish/reading/#exercises, A1 means beginner level
Do: Create a wordsearch in Spanish on a topic of your choice that we have looked at so far. Remember to make a list of the words
you’ve used!
Find: FInd and choose a Peppa Pig episode in Spanish that interests you and watch it. Take notes on new vocab if you want!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXrGWB8o-PI&list=PLS3KKOaU2g4-vXdevnxeMrTQoCARmonOEUnit of work Core Knowledge Year 9 Spanish
Topic 5 : Mis Vacaciones ● Countries & nationalities
1. ¿Dónde vas de vacaciones? ● Transport & minor problems/issues
2. ¿Dónde prefieres ir de ● Talking about holiday activities
vacaciones? ● Describing different accommodation types
3. ¿Qué haces durante las ● Introducing the preterite tense
vacaciones? ● Using higher numbers & giving prices and dates
4. ¿Qué tal te fue? ● Using Lo Bueno/Lo Malo de
5. ¿Dónde te alojaste? ● Sequencers
6. ¿Qué tiempo hizo? ● Using 3 tenses together
● Using weather descriptions in the past
● Using the near future tense
● Roleplays and transactional language
● Using ‘ser’ and ‘estar’ to describe
● Using me gustaría + infinitive
* red denotes Literacy
AVOCADO – adjectives, verbs, opinions, connectives, description, outstanding phrases
Super Curricular Read: Read a fact file or biography of a famous Spanish actor or singer and write a summary about what you have found out
Do: Print out a map of South America and label all of the countries and capital cities.
Find: Look up the word and meaning of “PARADOR” in Spanish. Then research it and create a poster about your favourite one.You can also read
