Unit 1: Clothes in Spanish
Describing a selection of different items of clothing; designing a bespoke outfit, giving reasons for clothes choices.
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Unit 1: Clothes in Spanish
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify cognates and use the context to deduce the meaning of new words.
- Identify the appropriate time to use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words.
- Apply rules to generate all forms of an adjective.
- Use a range of adjectives and descriptive phrases to describe clothing.
- Describe an outfit and its purpose in multi-clause sentences using porque – because.
- Create an outfit by following the description in a design brief accurately.
- Read or say sentences aloud using the correct pronunciation when giving a presentation.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 2: Spanish portraits
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Identifying meaning
Lesson 2: Describing clothes
Lesson 3: Giving reasons
Lesson 4: Designing an outfit
Lesson 5: Creating an outfit
Lesson 6: Presenting an outfit
Key skills
Key knowledge
Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
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Several reams of large pieces of paper
- Masking tape ×1
- Bilingual Spanish-English dictionaries ×15
- Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- Stapler ×1
Equipment list
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
-
Several reams of large pieces of paper
- Masking tape ×1
- Bilingual Spanish-English dictionaries ×15
- Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- Stapler ×1
Related content
Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Spanish – Clothes
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit "Unit 1: Clothes in Spanish".
Translations: Clothes in Spanish
Translations of key texts and transcripts from resources in this unit.
Vocabulary display: Clothes in Spanish
A display version of the key vocabulary from the unit 'Clothes in Spanish'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Design and technology
Design
Pupils should be taught to:
- Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design.