During Year 9 students will build upon their prior learning in yr 7 & 8 and will be introduced to a range of topics including healthy living, world issues and future careers.
This year will lay a solid foundation as students will cover the main grammatical structures required at GCSE and further develop their listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation skills.
Year 9 Spanish will allow the students to expand their knowledge of vocabulary, phonics and grammar and to learn more about the culture and traditions of the Hispanic world.
Arranging to go out,making excuses, discussing outfits and participating in a fashion show
Students will be introduced to a range of tenses – conditional, preterite, simple future and modal verbs.
Assessment
Writing: Writing about a social event
Describing a holiday home, asking for directions, discussing holiday camps and future destinations
Students will cover the comparative, superlative and imperative. They will build on their knowledge of the 3 main tenses
Assessment
Presentation about a recent holiday and future plans
Jobs and future plans
Students will learn the structure ‘tener que’, revise adjectival agreements and continue to expand and consolidate use of the three tenses
Assessment
Speaking: Job interview
Discussing diets, healthy lifestyle and daily routine
Students will learn direct object pronouns, stem changing and reflexive verbs. They will use more complex sentences.
Assessment
Writing: Daily routine and healthy living
Talking about children’s rights, fair trade, recycling and fundraising
Students will learn the imperfect tense, expand their use of opinion phrases, and use modal verbs in the conditional tense.
Assessment
Debate/presentation about world issues
An adventure in Madrid
Students will learn how to meet and greet in different social contexts, buy souvenirs and decide what to do in Madrid. Students will read more challenging and authentic texts.
Assessment
Writing: A trip to a Spanish speaking destination
Enrichment/Extra curricular
Spanish club – Students will be invited to attend a weekly Spanish club to help consolidate their knowledge throughout the year. They will be encouraged to listen to Spanish apps throughout the year and to watch films in the target language.
Culture club – students also have the opportunity to learn about Spanish artists, history and culture during P7.
Below are some examples of apps that will help students develop their fluency in Spanish:
Duolinguo
Memrise
Linguascope
There are some excellent videos to watch on the Oak National Academy website:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-3/subjects/spanish
We also hope to run a Year 9 Spanish language immersion trip in the summer term where students will take part in Spanish lessons, learn about Spanish gastronomy, make a typical Spanish dish, learn some Salsa and visit the local market. This trip is to help broaden students’ horizons and encourage them to step beyond familiar cultural boundaries.
