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KS3 Spanish Toolkit

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LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE, CHECK!

Be an independent Language Learner Before you ask the teacher for help: Look a word up in a dictionary or textbook Use this toolkit. Check your work for spelling, accuracy and presentation. Use the grammar section of a textbook to help you adapt

sentences Note down new words or phrases in the back of your text-

book, don't wait for the teacher to tell you.

How to learn vocabulary

Look at the word or phrase

Say the word or phrase

Cover up the word or phrase

Write down the word or phrase

Check what you have written and then,

Do it all again!!

It’s a good idea to get someone to test you

PHONEMES IN SPANISH Spanish is a phonetic language - you say it as you see it with only a few ex-

ceptions. This means that if you know how to pronounce the letters of a

word, it's relatively easy to sound out the word itself.

Vowels

The vowels in Spanish are short , and are the same in all words.

; a : like 'a' in "flat"

; e : like 'e' in "met"

; i : like 'i' in "sit"

: o : like 'o' in "off"

; u : like 'oo' in "book"

; y : like 'i' in "sit".

Consonants

Many Spanish consonants are similar to the English pronunciation but they

are softer:

b and v sound very similar to each other and sound like a soft English b.

Soften this by tucking your lips slightly under your teeth when you say the

letter.

d and t are softened by your tongue hitting the back of your teeth, and not

the top of your mouth

p is softened tucking your lips slightly under your teeth.

Key differences are:

c: like an s (or in Northern Spain like the th in think)

g: a throaty "hey"

h: not usually sounded

j: a throaty "hey"

ll: pronounce this like an English y. You may sometimes hear it as a dj

sound

n: this is considered a separate letter in Spain and sounds like a ny as in

manana= manyana

q: as in English usually followed by a u, and it is like a hard English c or k

r: is rolled. A single rolled r can sound a bit like an l

rr: Really roll this r - have fun with it.

z: like an s (or in Norther Spain like the th in think)

The only phoneme that is regularly used is ch, which is the same as in the

English church.

Tips on Using a Dictionary If you want to know the English meaning of a Spanish word, look in the first half of the dictionary. If you want to know what the Spanish word is for something, look in the second half of the dictionary. Check you are looking up the correct version of the word. Are you looking up a noun, verb, adjective or adverb? Be careful as the first word you find isn’t always the meaning you need. Think about the different meanings of ‘watch’ in English. Verbs will be listed in the infinitive. This is the ‘name of the verb’ and you normally need to change the spelling before you put in a sentence. Avoid online translating sites as they can be very inaccurate. Practise using the dictionary so you get quicker & more confident. If you use it carefully you will be able to find lots of useful word to improve your answers.

Make a CROSSWORD puzzle using all of your words. Provide a separate ANSWER KEY. 25 points Pyramid your words & then translate. Make flashcards EX: Rainbow your with Spanish on one l words. (Each letter in side and translation li in a different color.) (or picture) on lib Write the translation. reverse libr libro 25 points book 25 points. 25 points Find a Write your picture of your words of each word in CODE. online, & make a power point or 25 points illustrated Word document with (A=1, B=2, etc.) each word pictured and labeled in Spanish 50 POINTS

Use Word Art & Write each word

The Vocab Man

When your homework is to learn new words, you need to complete and hand in 50 points worth of vocabulary practice. You may choose any combination of practice to add up to 50 points.

Adjective

A describing word. The spelling sometimes has to change

Adverb A word to describe how you do an action

Article The word for ‘a’ or ‘the’ that comes before the noun

Connective A word that links 2 phrases or sentences to-gether

Gender Whether a noun is masculine or feminine

Imperative The version of the verb you need when tell-ing someone to do something

Infinitive The original version of the verb. The version you would find in the dictionary. (To...)

Intensifier A word that is used before an adjective to make it stronger or weaker

Irregular Verb

Verb that does not follow a neat, regular pattern

Noun The name of a thing or person

Plural More that one person or thing

Preposition A Word that describes where something is

Pronoun A word that replaces a noun e.g. It/He

Tense The tense of a verb shows when the action takes place e.g. the present/past/future

Verb An action or ‘doing word’

Masculine Feminine Plural

el La the Los/las

Un Una a/some Unos/unas

Yo = I Nos = We

Tu = You (singlular) Vos = You (plural or formal)

El = He Ellos= They (masc. /mixed group

Ella = She Ellas = They (feminine)

Most adjectives go after the noun in Spanish. You often also need to change the spelling of the adjective to make it ‘agree’ with the word it is describing:

Adjectives following a feminine noun end in “a” adjectives following a masculine noun end in “o”

Una casa pequeña Un piso pequeño

For plurals, add –s Unos libros

Singular Plural

my Mi Mis

Your Tu Tus

His/her Su Sus

tener

= T

o h

ave

ag

es

Bro

ther

s &

si

ster

s

pet

s

Ha

ir &

eyes

Pen

cil

case

it

em

s

Ro

om

s /f

urn

itu

re

ser

= T

o b

e

size

per

son

ali

ties

na

tio

na

liti

es

occ

up

ati

on

s

Don’t f

org

et

you h

ave t

o m

ake y

our

adje

ctiv

es

agre

e w

ith t

he n

oun t

hey a

re d

esc

ribin

g

E.g

. add a

n e

fe

min

ine

Add a

n s

for

masc

ulin

g p

lura

l

Add a

n e

s f

or

fem

inin

e p

lura

l

Watc

h o

ut

for

irre

gula

r adje

ctiv

es

I

He/S

he

W

e

Tene

r te

ngo

tien

e

tene

mos

ser

soy

es

som

os

hace

r hag

o hac

e

hac

em

os

ir

voy

va

vam

os

Juga

r ju

ego

ju

ega

ju

gam

os

mir

ar

mir

o m

ira

mir

amos

es…

abur

rido/

a

Dif

ícil

D

ivert

ido

Fác

il

G

raci

oso/

a

Impo

rtan

te

I

ntere

sant

e

m

odern

o

P

ast

P

rese

nt

Nea

r Fu

ture

Ha

cer

hice

hag

o

haré

Ir

fui

voy

iré

Juga

r ju

gué

jueg

o Jju

garé

Mira

r m

iré

miro

m

ira

ré

Com

er

com

í co

mo

com

eré

Tim

e Ex

-

pre

ssio

ns

aye

r N

orm

ale

men

te

ma

nana

El fi

n d

e se

ma

na p

asa

do

El fi

n d

e se

ma

na

El fi

n d

e se

ma

na q

ue

vien

e El

año

pa

sad

o To

dos

los d

ías

El a

ño q

ue

vien

e

M

e gust

a

W

HY ?

por

que e

s…

bue

no

inte

ress

ante

abur

rido

dif

icíl

Me e

ncan

ta

No

me g

usta

Odio

Dónde = where Quien = Who Porque = Why

Cuándo = When Cómo = How A que hora = (at) what time

y = and por que = because pero = but

o = or pues= then entonces = so

Muy = very bastante = quite Un poco = a little

demasiado = too Mucho/a– a lot Nada– not at all

No Not

Nunca Never

No más No longer

É = always goes the same way

Can occur on the letters a,e,i,o,u

ñ Only on “n”, pronounced “en-ney”

Cur

rent

N/C

Leve

l Str

eng

ths

Targ

ets

Aut

umn

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Spr

ing

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Sum

mer

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

My

Year

7 T

arge

t Leve

l is

: _

__

__

M

y end

of

KS

3 T

arge

t is

:

__

__

_

Self

-evalu

ati

on

an

d T

arg

et

Sett

ing:

Year

7

Cur

rent

N/C

Leve

l Str

eng

ths

Targ

ets

Aut

umn

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Spr

ing

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Sum

mer

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

My

Year

8 T

arge

t Leve

l is

: _

__

__

M

y end

of

KS

3 T

arge

t is

:

__

__

_

Self

-evalu

ati

on

an

d T

arg

et

Sett

ing:

Year

8

Cur

rent

N/C

Leve

l Str

eng

ths

Targ

ets

Aut

umn

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Spr

ing

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

Sum

mer

Y7

1)

1)

2)

2)

3)

3)

My

end

of

KS

3 T

arge

t is

:

__

__

_

Self

-evalu

ati

on

an

d T

arg

et

Sett

ing:

Year

9

Lev

el 1

I ca

n un

der

stan

d s

impl

e sh

ort

phra

ses.

I m

ay n

eed s

ome

repe

titi

on o

r hel

p.

Lev

el 2

I

can

under

stan

d a

var

iety

of

shor

t co

mm

ands,

sta

tem

ent

s an

d q

uest

ions

when

spo

ken

clea

rly

and w

ithou

t in

terf

eren

ce.

Lev

el 3

I

can

under

stan

d s

hor

t sp

oken

pas

sage

s an

d p

ick

out

the

mai

n po

ints

. Lev

el 4

I

can

under

stan

d lon

ger

spok

en p

assa

ges

and p

ick

out

the

mai

n po

ints

. Lev

el 5

I

can

under

stan

d s

poke

n pa

ssag

es c

onta

inin

g w

ords

and p

hra

ses

from

dif

fere

nt t

opic

s.

I ca

n re

cogn

ise if

peop

le a

re s

peak

ing

abou

t th

e f

utur

e or

the

past

as

well

as t

he

pre-

sent

. I

can

cope

wit

h lan

guag

e sp

oken

at

near

nor

mal

spe

ed a

nd c

an ident

ify

and n

ote

mai

n po

ints

and

spe

cifi

c deta

ils.

Lev

el 6

I

can

under

stan

d e

xtr

acts

whic

h c

over pa

st, pr

ese

nt and

fut

ure e

vent

s.

I ca

n co

pe w

ith lan

guag

e sp

oken

at

norm

al s

peed

and

wit

h s

ome int

erf

eren

ce.

I te

nd n

ot t

o ne

ed t

hin

gs r

epea

ted.

Lev

el 7

I

can

under

stan

d m

ore c

ompl

icat

ed m

ateri

al w

hic

h c

onta

ins

com

plex

sen

tenc

es a

nd s

ome

unfa

milia

r la

ngua

ge.

I ca

n un

der

stan

d lan

guag

e s

poke

n at

nor

mal

spe

ed inc

ludin

g au

thent

ic ite

ms

take

n fr

om

radio

or

TV

. Lev

el 8

I

can

under

stan

d d

iffe

rent

typ

es o

f sp

oken

mat

eria

l fr

om a

ran

ge o

f so

urce

s.

I ca

n in

fer

mea

ning

and

rec

ogni

se a

ttit

udes

and

em

otio

ns. I

nee

d lit

tle

repe

titi

on.

Leve

l 1

I

can

say

sing

le w

ords

or s

hor

t ph

rase

s but

I m

ay ne

ed s

ome

hel

p

Leve

l 2

I

can

give

shor

t, s

impl

e re

spon

se. M

y pr

onun

ciat

ion

is u

nder

stan

dab

le

Leve

l 3

I

can

say

2 o

r 3

sen

tenc

es a

nd g

ive

a pe

rson

al o

pini

on.

I te

nd t

o sa

y ph

rase

s th

at I

’ve lea

rnt

by

hea

rt b

ut s

omet

imes

chan

ge t

hem

as

wel

l

Leve

l 4

I

can

take

par

t in

sim

ple

conv

ers

atio

ns a

nd a

m b

egin

ning

to

use m

y kn

owle

dge

of

gram

mar

to

var

y m

y se

ntenc

es. M

y pr

onun

ciat

ion

is g

enera

lly

accu

rate

Leve

l 5

I

can

take

par

t in

shor

t co

nver

sati

ons.

I r

efer

to

past

or

futu

re a

s w

ell as

pre

sent

ev

ent

s. I

mig

ht

mak

e so

me

mis

take

s, b

ut p

eopl

e ca

n un

der

stan

d m

e eas

ily.

Leve

l 6

I ca

n ta

ke p

art

in c

onve

rsat

ions

whic

h inc

lude pas

t, pre

sent

and

fut

ure

even

ts.

I ca

n ap

ply

my

know

ledge

of

gram

mar

. I

can

ask

ques

tion

s an

d g

ive

answ

ers

con

fident

ly.

Leve

l 7

I ca

n st

art

and d

evelo

p co

nver

sati

ons

and a

m h

appy

to

dis

cuss

top

ics

that

int

eres

t m

e o

r ar

e to

pica

l. I

can im

prov

ise t

o co

mm

unic

ate w

hat

I w

ant

to s

ay.

Leve

l 8

I ca

n gi

ve a

nd j

usti

fy o

pini

ons

and d

iscu

ss f

acts

, id

eas

and

expe

rien

ces.

I u

se a

ran

ge o

f vo

cabul

ary

and c

an a

dap

t w

hat

I h

ave lea

rnt

to d

eal

wit

h u

npre

pare

d s

itua

tion

s.

I am

con

fiden

t w

hen

spe

akin

g an

d h

ave

good

pro

nunc

iati

on

Leve

l 1

I

can

under

stan

d s

ingl

e ev

ery

day

wor

ds.

Leve

l 2

I

can

under

stan

d s

hor

t ph

rase

s.

I ca

n us

e a

voca

bul

ary

list

or

dic

tion

ary

to c

hec

k m

eani

ng.

Leve

l 3

I

can

under

stan

d s

hor

t w

ritt

en p

assa

ges

and p

ick

out

the

mai

n po

ints

.

Leve

l 4

I ca

n un

der

stan

d lon

ger

wri

tten

pass

ages

. I

can

pick

out

the

mai

n po

ints

and

som

e deta

il.

Som

etim

es I

can

wor

k ou

t th

e m

eani

ng o

f ne

w w

ords

from

what

I a

lrea

dy

know

.

Leve

l 5

I

can

under

stan

d lon

ger

wri

tten

pas

sage

s co

ntai

ning

wor

ds

from

dif

fere

nt t

opic

s.

I ca

n re

cogn

ise if

the

pass

ages

are

abou

t th

e fu

ture

or

the

past

as

wel

l as

the

pres

ent

.

Leve

l 6

I ca

n un

der

stan

d lon

ger

wri

tten

pas

sage

s ab

out

the pa

st, pr

ese

nt and

fut

ure.

I ca

n w

ork o

ut w

hat

pas

sage

s ar

e ab

out

if t

hey

con

tain

wor

ds

and p

hra

ses

I hav

e le

arnt

in

oth

er t

opic

s.

I ca

n w

ork o

ut t

he

mea

ning

of

new

wor

ds

and p

hra

ses

wit

h t

he h

elp

of

wor

ds

and

phra

ses

I kn

ow a

lrea

dy.

Leve

l 7

I ca

n un

ders

tand

a r

ange

of

imag

inat

ive

and f

actu

al m

ater

ials

whic

h c

onta

in l

onge

r se

n-te

nces

and

new

lan

guag

e.

I us

e n

ew v

ocab

ular

y fr

om w

hat

I r

ead i

n m

y ow

n w

ritt

en

and s

poke

n an

swer

s an

d u

se

refe

renc

e m

ateri

als

appr

opri

ately

.

Leve

l 8

I un

ders

tand

a w

ide

rang

e of

wri

tten

mat

eria

ls a

nd c

an c

ope

wel

l w

ith m

ore

com

plex

lan

-gu

age.

I ca

n re

cogn

ise a

ttit

udes

and

em

otio

ns

Leve

l 1

I ca

n co

py s

ingl

e w

ords

and p

hra

ses

wit

hou

t m

akin

g a

mis

take

.

Leve

l 2

I

can

copy

phra

ses

corr

ect

ly a

nd w

rite

sin

gle

wor

ds

from

mem

ory.

Leve

l 3

I

can

wri

te 2

or

3 s

ente

nces

and

inc

lude

a pe

rson

al o

pini

on u

sing

a t

extb

ook.

I ca

n w

rite

shor

t ph

rase

s fr

om m

em

ory

Leve

l 4

I ca

n w

rite

a s

hor

t pa

ragr

aph f

rom

mem

ory

and u

se m

y kn

owle

dge

of

gram

mar

to

adap

t se

ntenc

es.

I ca

n us

e dic

tion

arie

s an

d g

loss

arie

s to

chec

k w

ords.

Leve

l 5

I ca

n pr

oduc

e s

hor

t pi

eces

of

wri

ting

whic

h a

sk a

nd g

ive o

pini

ons.

I ca

n re

fer

to p

ast or

fut

ure

event

s, a

s w

ell as

eve

ryday

act

ivit

ies.

Ther

e m

ay b

e so

me

mis

take

s, b

ut m

y w

ork

can

be u

nder

stoo

d.

Leve

l 6

I ca

n w

rite

sim

ple

desc

ript

ions

in

para

grap

hs.

I ca

n re

fer

to pas

t, fut

ure and

pre

sent

eve

nts.

I ca

n ap

ply

gram

mar

in

dif

fere

nt c

onte

xts

and

the m

eani

ng o

f m

y w

ork

is g

ener

ally

cl

ear.

Leve

l 7

I ca

n pr

oduc

e p

iece

s of

wri

ting

on

fact

ual an

d im

agin

ary

subje

cts.

I ca

n link

my

para

grap

hs

and m

y w

riti

ng is

well

stru

ctur

ed.

I ca

n ch

eck,

re-d

raft

and

im

prov

e m

y ow

n w

ork

usin

g re

fere

nce

mat

eri

als.

I m

ake

very

few

mis

take

s.

Leve

l 8

I ca

n deve

lop

ideas

and

expr

ess

argu

men

ts.

I ca

n us

e a

wid

e va

riet

y of

ten

se a

nd v

erb

for

ms

and a

m c

onfi

den

t w

ith g

ram

mar

. I

use r

efer

enc

e m

ater

ials

to

impr

ove

my

lang

uage

and

acc

urac

y.