Learning objective
- To create and practise descriptive phrases orally.
Success criteria
- I can compare similar words in Spanish and
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National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
Art
Pupils should be taught:
- About great
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Human shapes Arrange the children into pairs and challenge them to see how many different shapes they can make using their bodies and name them in Spanish. Invite a selection of pairs to make a shape and ask the rest of the class to guess the shape’s name in Spanish.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could annotate the word bank on the Activity: Animal mosaics with appropriate shapes and colours; could have a printed copy of the Knowledge organiser or use their work from the previous lesson to support; could use pre-cut sticky shapes with the activity template.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should use a range of shape and colour vocabulary; could attempt to add additional language where appropriate, for example asking questions, agreeing or disagreeing or giving praise.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: correctly identifying shapes with
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Vocabulary definitions
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¿Qué animal es?
What animal is it?
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un canguro
a kangaroo
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 29th January, 2026
Lesson 1: Colours
Discovering vocabulary for different colours and recognising key phonemes.
Lesson 2: Describing shapes
Using language detective skills to identify shape nouns and exploring placement of adjectives.
Lesson 4: Tile hunt
Reading a set of descriptive phrases in order to solve a puzzle.
Lesson 6: Tile designs
Presenting a tile design in a small group.
