
Languages • Year Year 3 • 45 • 20 students • Created with AI following Aligned with Australian Curriculum (F-10)
Design a lesson sequence for a Spanish lesson about the parts of the body utilising the Australian Curriculum documents. You will be required to demonstrate, and make links between, your knowledge of curriculum, pedagogy, and planning to design a series of lessons suitable for implementation in a primary classroom. Lesson title Give your lesson a title which helps encapsulate its key or focus question. Year level 3 Curriculum-linked Learning Outcomes For THIS Lesson List up to 5 Intended Learning Outcomes, connected to at least two Australian Curriculum Content areas. Please include the content descriptor including the code that is connected, under each of your ILOs. For example, your ILO may be ""examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations" (AC9S3H01). If you are including CCPs and GC (which you should!), they can be included in the same bracket written as: CCP-AAEA2-AAU1. This is short for - Cross Curriculum Priority Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia Organising Idea 2 AAU1 - The nations of Asia influence historical and contemporary global relationships, including international responses to global developments and events. Similarly for General Capabilities, this can be written as: GC-CCT-R-TK. This is short for - General Capability Critical and Creative Thinking - Reflecting - Transfer Knowledge.
Key Unit of Work Question/Lesson Sequence Outcomes (this will stay the same for all three lessons and is not counted towards your word count) This is the overarching question which will direct your planning for the activity as it sits within a longer series of lessons or a unit plan. You may like to write the lesson sequence outcome that you are working towards that this question is responding to.
For example, you may have one lesson that focuses on the story book, The Giant Who Threw Tantrums where the focus question is: “What can be done to stop a giant from throwing tantrums and upsetting the people of the town”. However, the whole series of lessons was guided by the key question: “What causes tantrums and how can they be avoided”? Note how this is a more overarching question. The responding lesson sequence outcome may be that by the end of this lesson sequence, students will be able to:
Learning Activities
Use short descriptions of activities/strategies in the Learning Activities column. Where relevant, use snippets of your intended ‘teacher talk’.
Introduction
These are orientating activities that introduce the context and/or pretext and/or roles. These create an atmosphere and build student engagement and intention for learning.
Main
These are activities that build on the orientating activities to draw students more deeply in the learning experience. There may be a number of activities in this phase.
Conclusion
These are activities that help synthesise the learnings from the activity. It may include reflection or another activity that allows for students to make connections and recognise new understandings they are making in their learning.
What I need to look for...
Make notes and reminders for yourself in the cells in this column. These can comprise: • what you may need to observe of students activity for assessing purposes • what you may need to remember to do, like have a certain prop or piece of music ready • what you may need to look out for, eg “ensure students are in groups of mixed levels of reading ability here”.
Learning activities (including transitions and questioning) What I need to look out for... Introduction Main Plenary/Conclusion Differentiation What strategies will you use to ensure learning is accessible and challenging? Lesson Legacy Briefly describe what you’ll be expecting students to “take” to the next lesson in the imagined sequence or unit of work. This may be a work-in-progress piece of work, or an ‘output’ from any of the phases, or an understanding of a particular concept or idea that will help launch the next lesson in your sequence. Assessment Briefly describe how you will know that students have achieved the Intended Learning Outcomes (this may include a description of activities that may or may not be part of the actual lesson). evidence You may wish to add evidence or resources for your lesson here. This is optional
Identify Parts of the Body in Spanish
Understand Basic Spanish Vocabulary Related to the Human Body
Engage in Simple Conversations Using Body Parts Vocabulary
Cultural Awareness of Spanish-related Body Language
How do names and understanding of body parts differ across languages and cultures?
This lesson introduces students to the rich, engaging world of languages through the vocabulary of the body—something all students can relate to physically and personally. Understanding body-related communication also shares with them a fun and meaningful insight into different cultures.
Activity: Greeting and Introduction (5 minutes)
Use a simple Spanish greeting: "¡Hola clase!" Electing one student to respond "Hola," kick off the lesson with a lively name game using descriptive body parts. Introduce the lesson with the key question.
Note: Engage students by connecting to their prior knowledge on parts of the body. Assess their prior understanding by having them quickly name body parts in English.
Activity 1: Flashcard Body Parts (10 minutes)
Introduce flashcards with body parts (e.g., "la cabeza" for head). Encourage repetition through a chant to reinforce pronunciation.
Activity 2: Interactive Whiteboard Game (15 minutes)
Use the smartboard for a match-the-word game, where students connect Spanish words with body part images. Enhance with audio clips of native speakers.
Activity 3: Pair Conversation Practice (10 minutes)
Provide sentence starters: "¿Dónde está tu ...?" ("Where is your ...?") and "Mi ... está aquí" ("My ... is here"). Students practice in pairs using mirrors or pointing to their own body parts.
Note: Check student engagement and understanding, particularly pronunciation and correct identification.
Activity: Reflection and Cultural Comparison (5 minutes)
Discuss briefly how body parts might be referenced differently in Spanish-speaking cultures and why it might matter (e.g., gestures). Use questions to prompt discussion: "How do we say blue eyes in Spanish?" or "What body language do we use to show happy or sad?"
Note: Encourage students to reflect on language differences and cultural nuances, cementing understanding.
Students will take forward their knowledge of Spanish body parts and basic sentence structures to the next lesson, which will build on identifying and describing actions using body parts (e.g., jumping, clapping).
Students’ participation in verbal activities along with the worksheets completed during pair discussions will serve as valuable evidence of learning.
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