What does the course cover? The programme of study and National Curriculum links

The Wolsey Hall Year 9 Spanish course follows the National Curriculum for England at Key Stage 3. 

We have ensured that all of the National Curriculum outcomes are covered in the course and the table below provides an overview of how the Wolsey Hall course can be mapped to the course textbooks and to the National Curriculum for England.

You may want to print out Download this overview of the course

 and refer to it as you progress through the course. Do also bear in mind that:

  • Before Module One, there is a Welcome call with your tutor.
  • At the end of Module Two, there is a mid-course review.
  • At the end of Module Four, there is an end-of-course review.

 

  Course introduction

Read the Course Guide and Skype with your tutor

 

Module One: Aquí mando yo

Course Book

Topic One (1.1): Generación digital

  • Discussing the Internet and social media
  • Forming negative expressions
  • Saying anglicisms in Spanish

Claro 2
Pages 52 to 53

Topic Two (1.2): ¿Qué ponen en la televisión?

  • Discussing TV programmes
  • Using acabar de
  • Translating short sentences into Spanish

Claro 2
Pages 54 to 55

Topic Three (1.3): ¿En el cine o en casa?

  • Watching films at the cinema and at home
  • Using mejor and peor
  • Inferring meaning

Claro 2
Pages 56 to 57

ASSIGNMENT ONE A

Topic Four (1.4): Somos melóman@s

  • Discussing musical tastes
  • Making comparisons with preferir… a…
  • Answering multiple-choice questions

Claro 2
Pages 58 to 59

Topic Five (1.5): Mis intereses personales

  • Creating an online profile
  • Using ser and estar
  • Giving a presentation confidently

Claro 2
Pages 60 to 61

TopicSix (1.6): Quiero ser

  • Discussing jobs and careers
  • Using the future tense (regular verbs)
  • Understanding short prose pieces

Claro 2
Pages 62 to 63

Topic Seven (1.7): Revision and practice

Claro 2
Pages 64 to 73

ASSIGNMENT ONE B

ASSIGNMENT ONE S

 

Module Two: Adict@s a la moda

Course Book

TopicOne (2.1): Esto es lo que llevo

  • Describing what you wear
  • Using demonstrative adjectives
  • Managing your time in exams

Claro 2
Pages 74 to 75

Topic Two (2.2): Estrellas con estilo

  • Describing fashion in greater detail
  • Forming the present continuous tense
  • Researching a famous Hispanic person

Claro 2
Pages 76 to 77

Topic Three (2.3): De tiendas

  • Talking about shopping on the high street
  • Using indefinite adjectives
  • Taking the initiative in conversation

Claro 2
Pages 78 to 79

ASSIGNMENT TWO S

Topic Four (2.4): En el centro comercial

  • Visiting a shopping centre
  • Using cardinal and ordinal numbers
  • Making regular cultural references

Claro 2
Pages 80 to 81

Topic Five (2.5): ¡Es imposible comprar así!

  • Dealing with problems when shopping
  • Using direct object pronouns
  • Reacting to the unpredictable

Claro 2
Pages 82 to 83

Topic Six (2.6): Si ganara la lotería…

  • Discussing hypothetical situations
  • Forming the conditional
  • Understanding different registers

Claro 2
Pages 84 to 85

Topic Seven (2.7): Revison and practice

Claro 2
Pages 86 to 95

ASSIGNMENT TWO

 

 

Module Three: Yo y mi mundo

Course Book

Topic One (3.1): Lo que hago por las mañanas

  • Describing morning routines
  • Using reflexive verbs
  • Drafting and re-drafting your work

Claro 2
Pages 96 to 97

 

Topic Two (3.2): Lo que hago por las tardes y por las noches

  • Describing afternoon and evening routines
  • Using reflexive verbs
  • Speaking more authentically

Claro 2
Pages 98 to 99

Topic Three (3.3): ¡Te he dicho que no!

  • Talking about relationships with friends and family
  • Using direct object pronouns
  • Improving exam technique (translation)

Claro 2
Pages 100 to 101

ASSIGNMENT THREE S

Topic Four (3.4): Sueño con otra vida

  • Comparing routines
  • Using certain prepositions with verbs
  • Understanding poetry

Claro 2
Pages 102 to 103

Topic Five (3.5): Tengo inquietudes

  • Talking about global issues
  • Forming irregular verbs in the future and conditional
  • Writing interesting sentences

Claro 2
Pages 104 to 105

Topic Six (3.6): En busca de un mundo mejor

  • Discussing solutions to global issues
  • Forming impersonal constructions
  • Constructing an argument

Claro 2
Pages 106 to 107

Topic Seven (3.7): Revision and practice

 

Claro 2
Pages 108 to 117

ASSIGNMENT THREE

 

 

 

Module Four: De paseo por el mundo hispano

Course Book

Topic One (4.1): ¡Vamos a Texas!

  • Discovering Texan culture
  • Forming radical-changing verbs in the present tense
  • Revising grammar

Claro 2
Pages 118 to 119

 

Topic Two (4.2): ¿Madrid vs. Barcelona?

  • Comparing Madrid and Barcelona
  • Forming the perfect tense (regular verbs)
  • Using idioms

Claro 2
Pages 120 to 121

 

Topic Three (4.3): CDMX: la superurbe

  • Discovering Mexico City
  • Using irregular past participles in the perfect tense
  • Writing more interesting pieces

Claro 2
Pages 122 to 123

 

ASSIGNMENT FOUR A

Topic Four (4.4): Machu Picchu me fascinó

  • Finding out about Peru
  • Forming the imperfect tense
  • Listening to native speakers

Claro 2
Pages 124 to 125

 

Topic Five (4.5): ¡Vente al Caribe!

  • Learning about life in Cuba
  • Using reflexive verbs in different tenses
  • Comparing and contrasting cultures

Claro 2
Pages 126 to 127

Topic Six (4.6): De Colombia a Venezuela

  • Planning a trip across South America
  • Combining the future and conditional
  • Using different grammatical structures

Claro 2
Pages 128 to 129

Topic Seven (4.7): Revision and practice

Claro 2
Pages 130 to 139

ASSIGNMENT FOUR B

ASSIGNMENT FOUR S