Queen Margaret College

Year 9 Spanish Programme 2023

Levels 1 to 3 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Phases 1 and 2 of the Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureate

Unit Title

Proposed assessment date

What do we eat?

Holiday destinations

My town In the final two weeks of each Term, Students will be assessed on the language skills they have developed throughout the unit. Listening, reading, writing, and speaking will each be assessed twice during the year.

Arranging to go out

Course details

During the course of the year, students use familiar expressions and everyday vocabulary to talk about aspects of their daily life. They develop their ability to talk about what they do and learn how to talk about activities they are going to do or would like to do. In class, students are encouraged to speak Spanish as well as work on the key skills of reading, writing and listening. They have regular conversation sessions with our Spanish language assistant to help develop their speaking and listening skills In addition, they engage in eLearning, completing work on OneNote and accessing online language-learning resources. Students may study the following topics:

• My town o Describing your town or city o Saying what you are going to do at the weekend o Saying what food you like, ordering a meal and discussing what you are going to buy o Creating a recipe and describing mealtimes

• What do we eat?

• On holiday o Describing holiday activities and destinations o Asking for directions

• Arranging to go out o Discussing what you want to do, what you have to do and excuses for why you cannot go out

Course Information

• Year 9 Spanish is an option subject

• Each class has 5 lessons per 10-day timetable

Homework expectations

Students are expected to complete some homework during the week. Your child should be learning at home for a total of at least 60 minutes per weeknight across all subjects. The key to language learning is ‘little and often’.

Homework might include:

• Learning a number of words, verbs or phrases

• Reading and grammar exercises to do or a short paragraph to write.

• Before an assessment, students will be expected to revise and practise.

• Revision of vocabulary learned in class with www.educationperfect.com and www.linguascope.com

• Catching up on work missed due to absence

Head of Learning Area: Caroline Harding