Languages on a Plate is dedicated to making outstanding language teaching resources so that teachers have more time to do their job the best they can. We also run CPD sessions.
Languages on a Plate is dedicated to making outstanding language teaching resources so that teachers have more time to do their job the best they can. We also run CPD sessions.
Updated for September 2025-26
Learning intention: to describe your school’s facilities
Learning outcomes:
Recap of adjectives and learn how to do comparatives
Learn the different rooms in schools and the different facilities
Write about your school facilities
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
*Lesson order (slides):
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Starter - match the adjectives
Objectives
Introdiction to places in school vocabulary
Game - fastest finger first
Recap of adjectives in Spanish
Introduction to comparatives
Choose the correct adjective
Write 3 comparative sentences
Objectives
Dictation listening
Reading comprehension
Audiovisual
Plenary - write what your school is like
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 1 Folder.
Updated for September 2025-26
Learning intention: to describe your teachers
Learning outcomes:
Recap of school subjects with comparatives
Learn vocabulary to describe teachers
Compare your teachers
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
*Lesson order (slides):
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Starter - recap comparatives
Objectives
Learn the word for teacher
Recap of adjectives in Spanish
Introduction to adjectives to describe teachers
Correct the mistakes in the translations
Listen to pupils’ opinions on subjects and teachers
Objectives
Reading comprehension
Audiovisual
Plenary - write what your teachers are like
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 1 Folder.
Updated for September 2025-26
Learning intention: to describe your daily routine yesterday
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of your daily routine
Daily routine in the Preterite
Write about your daily routine yesterday
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
(Slide order)
Starter - conjugate the reflexive verbs in the present
Objectives
Double translation
Recap about how to do the Preterite
Recap of how to do reflexive verbs
Introduction to reflexive verbs in the Preterite
Recap of Preterite time references
Reflexive verbs in the Preterite verb conjugation
Reverse engineering complex reflexive verbs
Objectives
Dictation
Reading about daily routine
Audiovisual extra vocabulary
Plenary - write about your daily routine yesterday
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 2 Folder.
Updated for September 2025-26
Learning intention: to describe your weekend in different tenses
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of daily routine and leisure verbs
Recap Preterite and Near Future + learn reflexive verbs in the Near Future
Write about your weekend - mixed practice (past, present + future)
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
(Slide order)
Starter - translate the sentences with reflexive verbs (match up)
Objectives
Recap of how to reflexives
Put the reflexives in the present and preterite
Recap of infinitive verbs associated with freetime activities
Reading about weekend activities
Pre-listening strategieis
Pre-listening vocabulary
Listening what they do at the weekend
Reading activities true v false
Recap of near future
Near future with reflexive verbs
Recap of near future time references
Translate the near future sentences reflexives
Use the words to make a 3 tense text
Audiovisual extra vocabulary
Plenary - what you normally do at the weekend
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 2 Folder.
Updated for September 2025-26
Learning intention: to express what you ate yesterday
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of food vocabulary
Recap of the Preterite
Write what you ate yesterday
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
(Slide order)
Starter - choose the correct adjective
Objectives
Think of different types of food
Introduction to I’m hungry/thirsty
Double translation
Objectives
Recap of the Preterite
Money-maker grammar game
Preterite conjugation practice
Extra high-level vocabulary
Long-form listening exercise
Reading who ate it
Plenary - write what you at yesterday
Audiovisual extra vocabulary
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 2 Folder.
A workbook for homework and cover work for the lessons in Module 1 (World of Work) from Languages on a Plate for Spanish Step 3 (Year 9 - GCSE).
Covered content:
what jobs your parents do
what you have to do at work
what your boss is like
what you did in your work experience (Preterite and Imperfect)
what is your dream job
what you would like to do when you’re older
and more
Free knowledge organiser for beginners (Year 7) Spanish.
All of the vocabulary corresponds to the lessons in Module 4 of Spanish Step 1 from Languages on a Plate.
Updated for September 2025-26
Learning intention: to learn the core words for food in Spanish
Learning outcomes:
Recap of gustar verbs
Learn core food vocabulary
Express what you like to eat
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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Lesson includes:
Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
(Slide order)
Starter - double translation
Objectives
Recap of gustar verbs
Gustar cloze practice
Objectives
Introduction to food vocabulary
Food vocabulary game
Introduction to more food vocabulary (there is a lot)
Introduction to core food verbs
Battle ships for vocabulary
Objectives
Reading true and false
Introduction to direct object pronouns
Direct object pronouns practice
Listening on food opinions
Speaking dice game grid
Plenary - what do you like to eat
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 2 Folder.
Lesson 5/5 out of Languages on a Plate’s module: Sustainable Living, which has a focus on the topic of environment in addition to being able to describe changes in your town/area.
This lesson builds on the knowledge from the previous 4 lessons in the module (which can be bought as a bundle), but it also introduces the Present Perfect Tense.
Learning intention: to express how your town has changed recently using the Present Perfect Tense
Learning outcomes:
Recap of town vocabulary
Introduction to the Present Perfect Tense
Write how your town was, what they have done to change it, and what it is like now
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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(Slide order)
Starter - double translation focusing on the Imperfect and Present Tenses in relation to town
Objectives
Town vocabulary game
Translation match up - Present Tense town vocabulary (to reinforce knowledge)
Grammar conversion of sentences in slide 4 into Imperfect Tense
Objectives recap
Grammar tense and time reference identifier
Introduce the Present Perfect with vocabulary
Explicit introduction to Present Perfect Tense (explanation) (until slide 21)
10.Grammar gap fill - Present Perfect practice
Objectives
Translations using the Present Perfect (Sp to En, then En to Sp)
Pre-listening vocabulary (high-level vocabulary)
Reflexive verbs in Present Perfect note (before listening)
Listening activity with audio embedded
Reading activity - Present Perfect identification, vocabulary search and comprehension (who) questions
Objectives
Plenary - class modelled writing to the hinge question (title of the lesson)
YouTube closing video for added vocabulary and seeing all of the content together.
We also have a Quizlet vocabualry list for the content of the lesson in our Spanish Steps 3 Folder.
Learning intention: to express what you were doing when you injured yourself
Learning outcomes:
Recap of Preterite
Learn “estaba” + “ando/iendo” structure
Express what you were doing when you injured yourself
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audios for listening activities
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express what your town was like in the past using the Imperfect (in relation to the environment topic)
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of environment issues with Present Subjunctive
Identify how to describe what your town was like in the past
Describe how your town was in the past (using the Imperfect)
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Audio for listening activity
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express how we can help the environment
Learning outcomes:
Brief recap of environment vocab (nouns)
Introduction to verbs for helping the environment (use with “se debe” and “se puede”)
Write how we can help the environment
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Game
Written texts
Audio for listening activity
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express what someone is doing
This lesson is the first in our SoW where the pupils are introduced to the concept of describing a photo. As such, it also has a bit of a focus on photo description vocabulary in addition to the Present Continuous / Gerund.
Learning outcomes:
Recap of vocabulary relating to sports
Introduction to the Present Continuous / Gerund
Describe a picture of what someone is doing (related to sport)
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Game
Written texts
Recorded audio for listening activity
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express what you do to keep fit
Learning outcomes:
Recap of sports (in the Present and recognising in other tenses)
Identify why it is important to keep fit
Express what you do to keep fit
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Game
Written texts
Recorded audios for listening activities
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to say what your dream job would be
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of “me gustarĂa”
Introduction to the Conditional (serĂa, me gustarĂa, trabajarĂa, etc.)
Describe what your dream job would be and why
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Learning intention: to express what types of TV shows you like
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of “me gusta”
Learn vocabulary related to TV shows
Express what TV shows you like to watch and why - comparatives
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Game
Learning intention: to describe a film in the past
**Learning outcomes:
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Recap of the Preterite - and link to the topic of films
Recap of the Imperfect and link to the topic of films
Write a review for a film in the past
*All exercises come with instructions in the “Notes” area.
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**Lesson includes:
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Written texts
Recorded audio for listening
Video with listening activity
Game