Las asignaturas y mi horario
School vocabulary is high-frequency: it appears in almost every exam listening and reading task at this level.
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- Grammar and vocabulary: Develop and use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary that goes beyond their immediate needs and interests
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Develop and use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary that goes beyond their immediate needs and interests
Key learning points
- • Subjects
- • The timetable
- • Telling the time
This lesson at a glance
- 20 minutes
- 19 parts to scroll through
- 4 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
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Las asignaturas y mi horario
School vocabulary is high-frequency: it appears in almost every exam listening and reading task at this level.
In a nutshell
Develop and use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary that goes beyond their immediate needs and interests
Learning cycle
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Part 1 · Subjects
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
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Subjects
las matemáticas, la lengua (Spanish language), el inglés, las ciencias, la historia, la geografía, la informática, la educación física, la música, el dibujo (art), la tecnología. Most take a definite article: estudio la historia.
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
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The timetable
Las clases empiezan a las nueve y terminan a las tres y media. Tenemos seis clases al día. El recreo es a las once. Los lunes tengo ciencias, los martes tengo música — 'los lunes' means 'on Mondays', with no word for 'on'.
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Part 2 · Telling the time
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Telling the time
Es la una (one o'clock only), son las dos, son las tres y cuarto, son las cuatro y media, son las cinco menos veinte. For events use a las: la clase es a las diez.
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Worked example
Worked example: describing a day
Los miércoles empiezo a las nueve con matemáticas, después tengo dos clases de ciencias. El recreo es a las once menos cuarto. Por la tarde tengo educación física y termino a las tres. — Sequencing words (después, por la tarde) turn a list into a paragraph.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Recall cards
'La bibliothèque' is the...
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Las asignaturas y mi horario
4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. 'La bibliothèque' is the...
2. Which word is in the same family as 'travailler'?
3. 'La citoyenneté' means...
4. Which word could replace 'content' to show more precise vocabulary?
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Develop and use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary that goes beyond their immediate needs and interests