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Mi familia y mis mascotas

Describing family gives you possessive adjectives, agreement and personality vocabulary all at once.

Part of your national curriculum
  • Writing: Write short texts using simple sentences, in preparation for extended and independent writing

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Write short texts using simple sentences, in preparation for extended and independent writing

Key learning points

  • • Family vocabulary
  • • Possessive adjectives
  • • Describing people

This lesson at a glance

  • 20 minutes
  • 15 parts to scroll through
  • 4 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

simplesentencespreparationextendedindependent

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Mi familia y mis mascotas

An English teaching video on this topic from Book Time with Mel📚. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Write short texts using simple sentences, in preparation for extended and independent writing

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · Family vocabulary

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Family vocabulary

el padre, la madre, los padres (both parents), el hermano, la hermana, el abuelo, la abuela, el primo, la prima, el tío, la tía. Mascotas: un perro, un gato, un conejo, un pez, un caballo.

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Possessive adjectives

mi/mis, tu/tus, su/sus, nuestro/nuestra/nuestros/nuestras. They agree with the thing owned, not the owner: mis hermanos (my brothers), su perro (his, her or their dog). Spanish does not change 'su' for the owner's gender, so context does that work.

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Quick check

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Quick check

What do possessive adjectives agree with?

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Quick check

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Quick check

Feminine form of 'alto'?

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Reset break

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Pause

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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.

Stop here for now
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Part 2 · Describing people

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Describing people

Mi hermana es simpática pero un poco habladora. Adjectives ending in -o change to -a for feminine and add -s for plural: alto/alta/altos/altas. Adjectives ending in -e or a consonant usually do not change for gender: inteligente, difícil.

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Quick check

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Quick check

Which adjective does not change for gender?

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Quick check

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Quick check

What does 'me llevo bien con' mean?

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Worked example

Model paragraph

En mi familia somos cuatro: mi madre, mi padrastro, mi hermano y yo. Mi hermano tiene ocho años y es muy hablador. También tenemos un gato que se llama Nube; es perezoso y duerme todo el día. Me llevo bien con mi madre porque siempre me escucha. — Note 'me llevo bien con', I get on well with, which lifts a description into an opinion.

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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.

True

Not true

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Mastery quiz

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Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Mi familia y mis mascotas

4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.

  1. 1. What do possessive adjectives agree with?

  2. 2. Feminine form of 'alto'?

  3. 3. Which adjective does not change for gender?

  4. 4. What does 'me llevo bien con' mean?

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Luna: 0 out of 4 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?

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Do the work

Your written work for this lesson

This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.

Extract

Une journée à Lyon

Samedi matin, je me lève à sept heures et demie. Je prends le petit déjeuner avec ma sœur — du pain, du beurre et un chocolat chaud. Ensuite, nous prenons le bus jusqu'au centre-ville.

J'aime beaucoup Lyon parce qu'il y a un grand marché près du fleuve. Ma sœur préfère les magasins, mais moi, je préfère le marché : c'est moins cher et c'est plus intéressant. À midi, nous mangeons un sandwich au parc.

L'après-midi, il commence à pleuvoir, alors nous rentrons à la maison en tram. Le soir, je fais mes devoirs et je regarde un film avec mes parents.

Original text written for Good Learning Co.

Reading questions

  1. In English, say what the writer does in the morning, at midday and in the evening.
  2. Find the phrases that give an opinion and a reason, and copy them out.
  3. Write 8–10 sentences about your own Saturday, using at least three phrases from the text.

  • Written practice

    Writing

    Write the sentences out in the language, then translate them back into English.

    8–10 sentences

  • Vocabulary page

    Working out

    Copy the new words, cover them, and test yourself. Note the ones you keep missing.

    15 words

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