Year 7
Year 7 Spanish
Research
- Have a look at a map of Spain. Research a Spanish city of your choice- there’s so much more to Spain than the Costa del Sol. Create a presentation on the city.
- Find out 10 interesting facts about Argentina. Make a quiz for a member of your family or friend.
- Write the list of all the countries where Spanish is the official language. Draw their flags next to them.
- For each letter of the alphabet find a food, adjective, place, boys name, girls name, animal in Spanish.
Watch
- Watch a Spanish children’s film or cartoon on Netflix- you can use subtitles. You can change Children’s films into Spanish. Write a review in English.
- Watch a Children’s show in Spanish. E.g. Peppa Pig (you can turn on the subtitles) Write down any words you recognise.
- Go to the Youtube channel Disney.es. Explore and learn a Disney song in Spanish.
Do
- Make flashcards for vocabulary from vocabulary book – use pictures to help.
- Create an opinion scale with pictures you have cut out from old magazines and news papers- write your opinions in Spanish.
- Teach some Spanish vocabulary to a sibling/family member.
- Use wordreference.com to write out a shopping list for a party in Spanish.
- Learn to count to 100 in Spanish.
- Change your phone language to Spanish.
- Email/message a friend in your class in Spanish.
Year 8
Research
- Research a Spanish speaking (not Spain) country and produce a presentation all about it.
- Research the rooms of the house in Spanish. Draw a plan of your house and label the rooms. Or design a Cluedo game in Spanish.
- Research a Spanish recipe- Make it if you can, take a photo and write an opinion about it.
- Research Spanish food/dishes. Design a menu for a dinner party in Spanish. Starter, Main course and Dessert. Or design a tapas menu.
- Research a festival, how it’s celebrated in Spain and how it’s different to the UK: Easter, Christmas, Pancake day…
- Research The Spanish monarchy. Draw a family tree of a few generations.
Watch
- Have a look at these Spanish fast-food websites. Have a look at the ingredients. What would you order? Write a paragraph in Spanish:https://www.burgeres/carta
- https://www.pizzahes/productos/pizzas
- Visit the afamous Spanish museum: ‘El Prado’https://www.museodes/en
- Write about which paintings you liked.
- Watch a topical news video from and summarise the key points in Englishhttps://www.newsinslcom
Do
- Design your own Spanish town and label the places on the map.
- Make flashcards for vocabulary you want to learn- use pictures to help.
- Create a triarama with places in town. Research the items and label them in Spanish.
- Create a quiz on Kahoot about a Spanish topic.
- Learn new vocabulary through Quizlet.https://quizlet.com
- Choose a Spanish story to Read/Listen to. You can translate the sentences to help you using the website.
- https://www.thespanicom/stories
Year 9
Research
- Research Careers where Spanish would be useful. Produce a Presentation about them.
- Research a famous Spanish landmark and create a presentation: The Alhambra, la Sagrada Familia, el Prado museum, Royal Palace of Madrid
- Research a famous Spanish person (film star, sports person, musician, scientist) and produce a biography in Spanish.
- Research a festival and how it’s celebrated in Spain and how it’s different to the UK: Easter, Christmas, Pancake day.
Watch
- Learn some Spanish tongue twisters:https://uk.video.search.ycom/yhs/search?fr=yhs-domaindev-st_emea&hsimp=yhs-st_emea&hspart=domaindev&p=spanish+tongue+twisters+youtube#id=3&vid=3d60f4b240f2b542353cffe3ec6adc45&action=click
- Find a Spanish song on Youtube and learn the lyrics.
- Learn Spanish through short videos on: https://www.teachvid.com/resources
- Watch a topical news video and summarise the key points in English
- https://www.newsinslowspcom
- Learn the lyrics to a Spanish song
- https://lyricstraining.com/play/alvaro-soler-jennifer-lopez/el-mismo-sol-lyrics/HnMdGuRXhn#b7w
Do
- Listen to a Spanish playlist on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/user/oreobubblez/playlist/32zAUaYOXlXaTnRCF6YZro?si=ZpaKCX8LQOeNG0TQezCp3Q
- Download Duolingo and study Spanish for 10 minutes a day.
- Read and translate some reviews on TripAdvisor for a local city https://www.tripadvisor.es
- Use Memrise(app) to learn new vocabulary.
- Practice your Spanish grammar by completing the exercises online.https://www.languagesonliorg.uk/Hotpotatoes/spanishindex.html#Grammar