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Practise and apply spelling adverbs using the suffix "-ly"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell adverbs using the suffix -ly. Key learning points: - -ly is a suffix that can be used to create adverbs. - 'Colour blocks' is a useful practice strategy. - How to spell the curriculum words: eight and weight. -...
Instructional Video29:44
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Writing descriptive sentences

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write descriptive sentences using adjectives and powerful verbs. Key learning points: - An adjective describes a noun. Adjectives are often put in front of the noun in a sentence, such as 'green forest' - Using...
Instructional Video30:42
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Describing the setting of 'Paddington'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can describe a setting using a range of adjectives. Key learning points: - Senses help us to experience and describe the setting, in this case, London - The five senses are sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste -...
Instructional Video30:25
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Reading 'The Children of Lir' with expression

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use different strategies to read with expression. Key learning points: - Adjectives that describe how someone is feeling help to read speech with expression. - Adverbs may describe how a character has said something....
Instructional Video29:11
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Aprender un idioma: stem-change verbs like 'encontrar', 'pensar', 'poder'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use stem-changing verbs to describe effective ways to learn a language. Key learning points: - It is important to revisit previously learnt words regularly to store them in your long-term memory. - Stem-changing...
Instructional Video29:29
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What I see: -er verbs 'I', 'you', 'she, he'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use -er verbs to say what I and others see and do. Key learning points: - Practising word recall often helps to secure word knowledge. - The 1st person singular talks about ‘I'; to mean 'I' with an -er verb, the...
Instructional Video32:15
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Weekday routine: -er verbs singular and plural

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can identify and use -er verbs in the present tense to talk about everyday activities. Key learning points: - [um/un] sounds like 'un'. - -er verbs take the following endings in the present tense: je-e, tu-es,...
Instructional Video32:46
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Me and you: être 1st and 2nd persons singular

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can say who I am and what kind of person I am. Key learning points: - Je (I) and tu (you) are pronouns. They tell us who is doing the verb or who the verb is about. - Être means 'to be, being', je suis means 'I am' and...
Instructional Video31:38
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In-class activities: translating -er infinitive verbs into English

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can understand and translate correctly a number of -er verbs talking about classroom activities. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [é] can be contrasted for practice with the sound [e]. - French...
Instructional Video32:19
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Rich vocabulary associated with hunger or thirst

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can effectively use the words ‘crave’ and ‘insatiable’ and other rich vocabulary associated with hunger or thirst. Key learning points: - 'Crave' is a verb which means to long for or desire. - 'Insatiable' is an...
Instructional Video32:08
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Rich vocabulary associated with being lazy or relaxing

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can effectively use the words ‘sluggish’, ‘pampered’ and other rich vocabulary associated with relaxing or being lazy. Key learning points: - 'Sluggish' is an adjective, which means slow, lazy or lifeless. - 'Pampered'...
Instructional Video31:48
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Rich vocabulary associated with the word wet

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can effectively use the words 'submerged', 'drenched' and other rich vocabulary associated with being wet. Key learning points: - 'Submerged' is an adjective, which means to be completely underwater. - 'Drenched' is an...
Instructional Video31:05
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More rich vocabulary associated with wind words

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the words 'howl', 'whirlwind' and 'windswept' effectively in multiple contexts. Key learning points: - 'Howl' is a verb which means to cry or wail. - 'Whirlwind' is a noun which means a hurricane or tornado. -...
Instructional Video31:44
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Sentences in the simple, progressive and perfect present, past and future tense

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can identify and use the simple, progressive or perfect present, past or future tense. Key learning points: - The simple, progressive and perfect tense can denote present, past or future action. - The progressive tense...
Instructional Video31:39
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Rich vocabulary associated with eating

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can effectively use the words 'devour', 'demolish' and other rich vocabulary associated with eating. Key learning points: - 'Devour' is a verb which means to eat hungrily or gobble up. - 'Demolish' is a verb which means...
Instructional Video31:05
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Using the suffix -ed to make the past tense

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell a verb in the past tense using the suffix -ed. Key learning points: - If the word ends in a consonant, generally just add the suffix -ed. - If the word ends in 'y', remove the 'y' and add -ied. - If the word...
Instructional Video30:38
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Summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can say what I normally do and what I did in the summer. Key learning points: - The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in '-é' - The 1st person singular present of -ar verbs ends in '-o' - To make a sentence...
Instructional Video33:54
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What people have: 'tener' singular and plural persons

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can describe what people have using the verb 'tener'. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [ci] and [z] have different pronunciation to [si] in most parts of Spain. - The SSC [ci], [si] and [z] are...
Instructional Video32:26
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Summer plans: 'ir' + a + infinitive

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the verb 'ir' to say where I or we go and what I or we are going to do in the summer. Key learning points: - In Spanish, the SSCs [ce], [ci], and [z] are pronounced differently in different parts of the...
Instructional Video32:12
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Junge Deutsche: weak plural masculine nouns, feminine person nouns

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can form singular and plural masculine and feminine person nouns to discuss careers for young Germans. Key learning points: - Some masculine nouns, most of them referring to people or animals, add –(e)n to form the...
Instructional Video34:56
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Simple present, past and future tense

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can recognise the simple present, simple past and simple future tense in a range of regular and irregular verbs. Key learning points: - The verb carries the tense of a sentence. - Sentences can be formed in the first,...
Instructional Video36:04
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Perfect present tense

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can recognise and use the perfect present tense. Key learning points: - The simple tense is a tense that does not make use of an auxiliary verb with the main verb in the present and past. - The progressive tense is a...
Instructional Video33:19
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Age: 'avoir' meaning 'be'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use 'avoir' and numbers 1-12 to ask and answer questions about age. Key learning points: - Some numbers are exceptions to the SFC rule and do not have silent final consonants, e.g. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. - When numbers...
Instructional Video34:14
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Rich vocabulary associated with heat

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the words 'blistering', 'perspire' and 'radiant' effectively in multiple contexts. Key learning points: - 'Blistering' is an adjective which means harsh or scorching. - 'Perspire' is a verb which means to drip...