KS2 · Spanish · Year 4
Poems with pictures: arriba, abajo, en medio
Describe things and people: singular adjective agreement, to be being
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Your learning goal
I can read and write poems based on pictures.
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Poems with pictures: arriba, abajo, en medio: 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.
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I can read and write poems based on pictures.
Key learning points
- The [j] sound in Spanish is not pronounced the same way in English. In Spanish, it sounds like a harsh [h] sound.
- The words for the (definite article) or a/an, (indefinite article) change according to gender unlinke English.
- The definite article for masculine nouns is 'el'. The definite article for feminine nouns is 'la'.
- The indefinite article for masculine nouns is 'un'. The indefinite article for feminine nouns is 'una'.
- Poems use a structure to create a verse. We can use this structure to create our own poems.
Words to know
- definite article
- the words el and la meaning the
- indefinite article
- the words un and una meaning a or an
- arriba
- adverb meaning above
- abajo
- adverb meaning below
Common mistakes
The definite and indefinite articles don't change. Thet stay the same like 'the', 'a' or 'an' for whatever noun they precede, like they do in English.
In Spanish, nouns have gender. Definite and indefinite articles change according to the gender: 'el' and 'un' for masculine nouns; 'la' and 'una' for feminine nouns.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Pupils create their own poems using known vocabulary. These can be accompanied by drawings and used as a display in the classroom. Pupils could also read their poems to a partner who then creates the drawing based on the text.