Español Los animales

Hoy vamos a … hablar un poco de Perú y de España aprender los nombres de 12 animales de Perú y España aprender algunas características de estos animales Objectives for the lesson

Introduce the names of the animals, focussing on pronunciation Introduce the names of the animals, focussing on pronunciation. Elicit the English.The animals are: el lobo, el lince (el lince iberico with accent in the e of iberico), el mono, el oso, el buitre, la serpiente.

Same as previous slide. Allow between 5 and 7 minutes to introduce the words. The animals are: la llama, la vicuña , el cóndor , el avestruz, la alpaca, el conejillo de indias

¿Dónde está Perú? ¿Y España? Map of the world to show pupils where Spain and Peru are. Get a pupil to come to the front. Teacher could say common things that Peru and Spain have in common. Like the fact they both speak Spanish. It would also be a good idea to ask pupils for other countries where they speak Spanish and show them on the map.

¿Dónde viven estos animales? Teacher could start pointing at how Spain and Peru are divided by “provincias” and showing where is the capital of both countries (Madrid and Lima). Maps of Peru and Spain. Pupils say in Spanish where the various animals live. The pictures of the animals appear on the correct country by clicking so that students can elect to say the ones they know and there is no set order.

oso ¡A pensar! llama lobo avestruz condor buitre lince conejillo de indias serpiente mono vicuña alpaca Masculino Femenino Names of all the animals in the top box. Remind pupils of the words for a/the and that there is gender in Spanish. Ask them to spot the ones that are obvious – (a at end = feminine, o at end = masculine etc..) the only ones they really need to check here are the ones ending in e – you could elicit this whole class or put them into pairs with dictionaries.

el/un oso ¡A pensar! la/una llama el/un lobo el/un avestruz el/un condor el/un buitre la/una llama el/un lince el/un oso el/un conejillo de indias la/una serpiente el/un mono la/una vicuña la/una alpaca Masculino Femenino This is a much more straightforward reinforcement activity and perhaps could be used at the same time as the other slide (8) with certain pupils if you have grouped according to ability? Names of all the animals in the top box. Put them in the right column depending whether they are masculine or feminine. Work to be done in exercise book. ( 6 -8 minutes). Remind them of clues, how are they going to handle this activity. It could be worth to explain the difference between “el/la” and “un/una”.

A corregir Masculino Femenino el/un lobo la/una llama el/un avestruz la/una serpiente el/un buitre la/una alpaca el/un lince la/una vicuña el/un conejillo de indias el/un oso el/un mono el/un cóndor Rather than just simply correcting answers you could reinforce their ability to switch quickly between ‘the’ and ‘a’ by calling out ‘a snake’ , ‘the wolf’ etc..Good for pronunciation reinforcement too.

¡En parejas! Este animal vive en España. Se parece a un gato pero es más grande. Tiene el pelo corto. Este mamífero come ciervos, pájaros y también pescado. Está en peligro de extinción. Le gusta vivir solo. Es el ave más grande del mundo pero no puede volar. Puede medir 2,7 metros de altura (8.8 pies) y puede pesar 145 kilos (319 pounds). Pone huevos que pueden pesar 1.6 kilos cada uno. Este ave puede correr a 70km/hora (43mi/h). Este ave vive en sabanas y llanuras donde hay arbustos y hierba. Normalmente vive en África pero ahora hay granjas de este ave por todo el mundo. Este ave se alimenta de hierba y plantas. Este animal puede pesar hasta 80 kilos. Vive en grupos. Este mamífero come ovejas, caballos bisones y otros animales. Este animal vive en las montañas o en los bosques. Tiene el pelo de varios colores. Tiene cuatro patas y se parece a un perro. Pupils get a few minutes to try to work out which animals these refer to. They have done 2 dictionary lessons already last lesson so they might be allowed to look up a maximum of 5 words? Animals: 1) el lince; 2) el lobo; 3) el avestruz 1. el lince 2. el lobo 3. el avestruz

¡A jugar! Noughts and crosses to revise the animals – be very sharp on gender here as they have been focusing on this and now the colour support is withdrawn.

Los deberes Nombre: Habitat: Alimentación: Descripción: Otros detalles: Read the text given in class and for the next lesson, write down in Spanish the information needed to fill in the “information card” above. Pupils will be required to memorise their presentation. This should be a good exercise to make sure they understand the text given in class.