KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
Pensar en el futuro: extended writing
Studying and my future: mi futuro y mis modelos a seguir
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
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Your learning goal
I can develop and extend my ideas when writing about the future.
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Pensar en el futuro: extended writing: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
Original teaching resources
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can develop and extend my ideas when writing about the future.
Key learning points
- It is important to revisit vocabulary frequently to store it in your long-term memory.
- BORDER is a useful acronym to respond fully and accurately to bullet-point writing prompts.
- To develop written answers, you can add relevant information about another person or incorporate another time frame.
- You can extend written answers by adding an infinitive phrase, a relative clause, or a contrasting clause.
Words to know
- BORDER
- extended writing acronym
Common mistakes
When producing written work in Spanish, I should stick to short simple sentences.
When producing written work in Spanish, you should try to develop and extend your sentences to demonstrate grammatical complexity.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Slides 10-11 and Task A2 contain Higher Tier vocabulary. Task B1 Option 1 is aimed at the Higher Tier 150-word question, and Option 2 is suitable for Foundation Tier students as it is based around the 90-word question.

