Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: Identifying meaning

Before starting this unit, you might want to check that children can recall:

• The indefinite articles un and una.

• That an adjective must agree in gender with the noun it describes.

Predict and recall vocabulary

Display the Presentation: Describing hair and faces and hand out the whiteboards and pens. In pairs, ask the children to predict words and phrases that could describe each of the four people featured on the slide. Invite the children to record their ideas on their whiteboards.

Encourage children who have completed Y5/6 (A): Unit 2: Spanish portraits to describe different facial features, others can focus on adjectives of colour, size or character.