Year 8 Spanish Home Learning Project: Celebrity Family Tree
Name
Family Members
Objective: To create a Celebrity Family Tree by MAKING
LINKS and THINKING CREATIVELY!
You are currently studying family and descriptions. You are
going to create a celebrity family tree and will use this to then
give a 3 minute presentation to the rest of the class.
Year 8 Spanish Home Learning Project: Celebrity Family Tree
Planning
Task 1 - Think about who you would like to have in your
celebrity family. You need to include the following:
Mum
Dad
Brother
Sister
Grandmothers
Grandfathers
Uncles
Aunts
Cousins
Pets are optional!
Task 2 - Conduct a Google image search and try to find pictures
of the celebrities and their ages.
Task 3 – Draw a sketch of your family tree and write a brief
description of it that includes the following:
Year 8 Spanish Home Learning Project: Celebrity Family Tree
1. Name
2. Age
3. Basic description describing their hair and eye colour
4. Extra special features.
When labeling your family tree, use the success criteria
below:
Level 1
You write or copy simple words or symbols correctly. You label items and select appropriate
words to complete short phrases or sentences.
Level 2
You write one or two short sentences, following a model, and fill in the words on a simple form.
You label items and write familiar short phrases correctly. When you write familiar words from
memory, your spelling may be approximate.
Level 3
You write a few short sentences, with support, using expressions that you have already learnt.
You express personal responses. You write short phrases from memory and your spelling is
readily understandable.
Level 4
You write short texts on familiar topics, adapting language that you have already learnt. You
draw largely on memorized language. You begin to use your knowledge of grammar to adapt
and substitute individual words and set phrases. You begin to use dictionaries or glossaries to
check words you have learnt.
Focus on your literacy targets as well as using connectives to develop your
sentences and ensure that your spelling is accurate to achieve maximum marks.
Use your Year 8 Spanish Vocabulary Booklet
Year 8 Spanish Home Learning Project: Celebrity Family Tree
Tengo los ojos...
verdes (green)
I have
azules (blue)
Tiene los ojos...
marrones (brown)
He/she has
de color avellana (hazel)
grises (grey)
Tengo el pelo...
castaño (chestnut/brown)
My hair is…
negro
(black)
Tiene el pelo...
rubio
(blonde)
He/she has
largo
(long)
corto
(short)
medio/melena (medium/bob)
liso
(straight)
ondulado
(wavy)
rizado
(curly)
de punta (spikey)
Remember in Spanish the word order
is reversed!
Los ojos – eyes
El pelo - hair
They say I have the eyes then the
colour
Tengo los ojos marrones
He/she has the eyes + the colour
Tiene los ojos azules
And it is the same for hair colour!
I have brown hair
Tengo el pelo castaño
He/she has blond hair
Tiene el pelo rubio
I have green eyes and long, curly
brown hair. Tengo los ojos verdes y el
pelo largo, rizado y castaño.
For red hair we use
Soy…I am
Es…he/she is
Soy…I am
pelirrojo/a (red haired)
Es…He/she is
Me llamo – my name is…
•
Se llama – he/she is called
En mi familia hay cinco personas – In my family there are five people
This is an example of a level 3 text that describes a well-known family!
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Mi padre se llama Homer, mi madre se llama Marge. También tengo una hermana se llama Lisa, tiene ocho años
y tengo otra hermana menor se llama Maggie. Mi hermana Lisa tiene el pelo rubia, corto y de punta. También
tiene los ojos azules. Mi hermana Maggie es un bebé y ella tiene el pelo rubio y los ojos azules también.
Year 8 Spanish Home Learning Project: Celebrity Family Tree
Use your Year 8 Spanish Vocabulary Booklet
Year 8 Spanish Home Learning Project: Celebrity Family Tree
Reflection
I am pleased with the following three things:
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The one thing I would improve upon is:
I would make this improvement by:
The Learning Habit I used most was:
I used this because:
The Learning Habit I need to improve is:
I would make this improvement by: