01+-+Introduction

INTRODUCTION ​

**About the unit** In this unit children use both new and familiar language to describe a painting. The painting used here is //Pescadoras valencianas// (Valencian fisherwomen) by Sorolla, but you can substitute an alternative. Children use their knowledge to write and perform their own poetry inspired by the painting.

**Where the unit fits in** In this unit children have the opportunity to revise colours in addition to the agreement and position of adjectives (first met in Unit 4).

**Prior learning** It is helpful if children already know: • some colours • agreement and position of feminine adjectives • // ir a // + infinitive (immediate future) • // que // • some instructions used in simple recipes • simple sentences with subject, verb, adjective

**New language** • Giving a simple description (of a scene or place) • Using adjectives to add interest and detail to a description • Writing instructions • //dormir// (irregular): //él/ella duerme// // • Es, no es + noun // • Imperatives: //tú// form of some regular and irregular verbs • Phonic focus: revision of //z// and //c// (//ce, ci//); //gu// (before //i// and //e//); //qui// (as in //tranquilo//)

**Resources** • Colour  cards • Colour photocopies and/or an image of the Sorolla painting //Pescadoras valencianas// • Large sentence cards to describe the picture and sets of smaller ones • Flashcard figures from the painting • Pictures or postcards of beach scenes and coastlines in the UK and in Spanish- speaking countries • Word cards for features of a beach scene • Copies of the text //La playa// (available at the end of this unit) • Coloured pens or pencils • Class and individual writing frames with instruction words for a recipe