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How to Use Masculine & Feminine Articles in Spanish
Howcast - Learn how to use masculine and feminine articles in Espanol from Spanish teacher Andrea Cukier in this Howcast video.
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Exploring titles in unseen poetry
Pupil outcome: I can explore the significance of titles in unseen poetry. Key learning points: - The poem's title can be used to clarify the meaning of the poem in terms of themes and subject matter. - You can analyse the title of the...
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Wir treffen uns: reflexive verbs past and present, forming adverbs, role play
Pupil outcome: I can use reflexive verbs in the past and present, form time adverbs of time from nouns and prepare role play answers in the context of meeting up with friends. Key learning points: - Reflexive pronouns relate the action...
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Der Hund ist frech! Negation with 'nicht' and 'sondern', determiners
Pupil outcome: I can use determiners and negate using ‘nicht’ and ‘sondern’ in the context of past experiences. Key learning points: - [j] sounds like 'ja'. - Determiners 'jed-' ‘nächst-’ and ‘letzt-’ change their endings according to...
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Poems: prepositions 'in' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)
Pupil outcome: I understand the importance of noun gender, can use 'in' and 'auf' to express movement or location, and can test my understanding of language by reading and writing a poem. Key learning points: - Knowing the grammatical...
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Where people go: 'zu' vs 'nach', present tense (future meaning)
Pupil outcome: I understand the different uses of 'nach' and 'zu' meaning 'to' and can use them to say where people are going. Key learning points: - 'Der Bodensee' (Lake Constance) is a lake that borders Germany, Switzerland and...
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Compare activities: strong verbs 1st and 3rd person singular, compound nouns
Pupil outcome: I can identify compound nouns, label their grammatical gender and use familiar strong verbs in the 1st and 3rd person singular present tense to compare activities. Key learning points: - [r] is a rolling sound at the start...
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How many? Ask questions and give statements with plural nouns
Pupil outcome: I can ask and answer questions in speaking and writing about more than one thing, and build my own sentences from known vocabulary. Key learning points: - [äu] is an important sound symbol correspondence, used often in...
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What people have: 'haben' with definite and indefinite articles (accusative)
Pupil outcome: I can say what I, you or she/he has and can use the indefinite and definite articles in the accusative case. Key learning points: - The verb 'haben' means 'to have/having'. 'Ich habe' means 'I have', 'du hast' - 'you...
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What people do: 'faire', meaning 'go'
Pupil outcome: I can use 'faire' to mean 'to go' and for other present tense activities. Key learning points: - [ch] sounds like 'chercher'. - 'Faire' means 'to do/make'. - Use je fais for 'I do/make', tu fais for 'you do /make', il fait...
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What someone does: 'faire' singular persons
Pupil outcome: I can use 'faire' to say what activities I and others do at home. Key learning points: - Use 'je fais' for I do/make, 'tu fais' for you do/make, 'il fait' for he does/makes, 'elle fait' for she does/makes. - Use definite...
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Do you hate mornings? Opinion verbs 'I', 'you', 'she, he'
Pupil outcome: I can ask and answer questions about my and others' opinions. Key learning points: - Testing yourself on vocabulary helps you remember words and identify which words need more practice. - In Spanish, the definite article...
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I love languages: opinion verbs 'amar' and 'odiar'
Pupil outcome: I can use the verbs 'amar' and 'odiar' to understand opinions. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [r] is pronounced as in 'pero'. - The sound-symbol correspondence [rr] is pronounced as in 'perro'. -...
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More than one: plural nouns and plural definite article 'les'
Pupil outcome: I can use the plural definite article 'les' with plural nouns and 'l'' with nouns starting with a vowel to talk about one and more than one thing. Key learning points: - 'On' sounds like 'non'. - Add -s to most nouns in...
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Christmas traditions: 'sein' 3rd person singular and plural, plurals - +(e)n
Pupil outcome: I can recognise and use German plural rule 3 - add -(e)n to feminine nouns - and say what things are like using ‘ist’ and ‘sind’. Key learning points: - 'Sein' means 'to be, being', 'ist' (is) is the 3rd person singular...
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Make plans: 'aller' 1st and 2nd persons plural + infinitive
Pupil outcome: I can use 'aller' in the 1st and 2nd persons plural with an infinitive to express what we and you (plural) are going to do. Key learning points: - The French 'g' has 2 sounds: soft before e, i and y and hard before other...
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Visita de un instituo español: irregular superlatives 'el mejor', 'el peor'
Pupil outcome: I can use common superlatives in the context of life at school. Key learning points: - [ge] is pronounced as in 'gente', [gi] is pronounced as in 'imaginar' and [j] is pronounced as in 'ojo'. - Demonstrative adjectives...
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The person or a person? Singular definite articles 'le' and 'la'
Pupil outcome: I can use the definite article with singular nouns to talk about people. Key learning points: - [en/an] sounds like ‘enfant’. - Every noun has a gender: masculine or feminine. To say 'the', use 'le' for masculine and 'la'...
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Places in the town: singular definite articles 'el' and 'la'
Pupil outcome: I can use the singular definite article to talk about places in town. Key learning points: - The indefinite article is used to introduce a noun - The singular definite article in Spanish is 'el' with masculine nouns and...
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Numbers 1-12: plurals adding umlaut + -er
Pupil outcome: I can count to twelve in German, and recognise plurals of masculine, feminine and neuter nouns using four different plural rules. Key learning points: - For noun plural rule 4, some masculine and neuter nouns add -er with...
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Englisch lernen: haben, present tense weak verbs, negation with nicht and kein
Pupil outcome: I can use present tense weak verbs, 'nicht' and 'kein' to talk about learning a language. Key learning points: - Nominative case is for nouns with sein, heißen and werden; accusative case is for object nouns with all other...
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Visita de un instituo español: possessive adjectives and pronouns
Pupil outcome: I can use possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in the context of life at school. Key learning points: - Possessive adjectives identify ownership of a noun e.g. my, mine. - Possessive adjectives must agree with the...
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Barcelona: plural definite articles 'los' and 'las'
Pupil outcome: I can use plural definite articles to describe places. Key learning points: - [j] is pronounced as in 'ojo'. - The plural definite article in Spanish is 'los' for masculine nouns and 'las' for feminine nouns.
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Castellón: write about where you live
Pupil outcome: I can write a text about where I live using definite, indefinite articles and adjective agreements. Key learning points: - The definite article in Spanish is 'el' and los' with masculine nouns and 'la' and 'las' with...