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Describe things and people: singular adjective agreement, to be being

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Why this, why now

In this unit, pupils use reference resources to write picture descriptions inspired by authentic poems, and story adaptations. They learn determiners ‘mi’ and ‘tu’, pronouns ‘él’ and ‘ella’ and ‘tener’ with meaning be in the contexts of age, states, friends, favourite things and Christmas.

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
  • Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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Describe things and people: singular adjective agreement, to be being

In this unit, pupils use reference resources to write picture descriptions inspired by authentic poems, and story adaptations. They learn determiners ‘mi’ and ‘tu’, pronouns ‘él’ and ‘ella’ and ‘tener’ with meaning be in the contexts of age, states, friends, favourite things and Christmas.

11 lessons
  1. Christmas celebrations in Peru
  2. At the zoo: writing using a word list for reference
  3. How are you? What are you like? 'Estar' and 'ser'
  4. Poems with pictures: arriba, abajo, en medio
  5. Belongings: determiners 'mi' and 'tu'
  6. Reference resources: understand symbols for nouns
  7. Friends: subject pronouns 'él' and 'ella' for clarity and emphasis
  8. I'm hungry: 'tener' meaning 'be'
  9. My favourite things
  10. At the zoo: adjective agreement
  11. Age: 'tener' meaning 'be'