Updated for September 2024-25. 
 
Lesson 1/10 out of Languages on a Plate’s beginner module: All About Me, which is centred around teaching the basics for Spanish beginners (perfect for Year 7).
 
This lesson introduces students to Spanish for the first time, teaching them the alphabet and how to say their name, culminating in being able to write a basic dialogue introducing 2 or more people.
 
Learning intention: to introduce yourself in Spanish
 
Learning outcomes:
Know the greeting words and how to say your name in Spanish
Know how to spell your name in Spanish
Write a dialogue introducing 2 or more people
 
All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
 
Lesson includes:
(Slide order)
Starter - multiple choice fact-finder about the Spanish-speaking world
Objectives
Reading (with audio too) of a basic introduction dialogue
Extended dialgoue
Speaking drop-down guessing activity
YouTube video to hear and see in context
Vocabulary
Objectives
Alphabet phonics and audios (Spanish from Spain)
Popcorn tennis game for the alphabet (teacher-led)
Above and beyond vocabulary
Listening for spellings of names and teaching phonics
Writing - spelling out how to pronounce your name
Objectives
Plenary - writing a dialogue between 2 people
 
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 1 Folder.
 
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