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Scheme of Work: Two-year GCSE course - Higher
Unit 1
Year 1
Term
Theme and unit
Grammar
Autumn term – first half
Key Stage 3 revision
Nouns
Strategies
Articles
Regular verbs in the present tense
Using ser, estar and tener
Numbers, ages and times
Days, months and dates
Theme 1
Unit 1.1 F
Hablando de los amigos
Learning agreement and position of
adjectives
Adapting a model
Reflexive verbs
Unit 1.1 H
Uses of ser and estar
Relaciones con la familia
Uses of que
Unit 1.2 F
Using the immediate future tense
Planes para el futuro
Object pronouns
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Using adverbs of frequency to say
how often you do things
Giving opinions in different ways
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Unit 1.2 H
Las relaciones de hoy en dia
Unit 1
Using irregular adjectives and adjectives
of nationality
Recognising false friends
Direct and indirect object pronouns
Autumn term – second
half
Unit 2.1. F
Using the perfect tense of regular verbs
¿Cómo prefieres mantenerte en
contacto?
Había and era
Unit 2.1. H
Using verbs with prepositions
Las redes sociales: ¿buenas o malas?
Perfect tense of irregular verbs
Unit 2.2 F
Using estar and the present continuous
tense
La tecnología portátil
Offering extra information when
speaking
Listening for details: más and
principal
Working out the meaning of unfamiliar
words from context
Formulating questions
Unit 2.2 H
Using cuyo (whose)
¿Podrías vivir sin el móvil y la tableta?
Further uses of por and para
Tips for translating into English
Units 1 and 2 – Test and revise
Spring term – first half
Unit 3.1 F
Revising the regular present tense
¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre?
Common irregular verbs in the present
tense
Unit 3.1 H
Using two verbs together
Hablando del tiempo libre y de los
planes
Radical changing verbs
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Listening for positive and negative
opinions
Giving all the information required by
a question
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Spring term – second half
Unit 1
Unit 3.2 F
Forming regular adverbs
Vamos a comer fuera
Pronouns after para
Unit 3.2 H
Revising the immediate future
Una cena especial
Expressions using two verbs together
Unit 3.3 F
Using the future tense
¿Qué deporte harás?
Irregulars hacer, haber, salir and tener
Unit 3.3 H
Recognising irregular verbs in the future
El deporte en el mundo
Y changing to e and o changing to u
Using listening techniques
Using verbal context in reading
Using future time phrases
Listening for clues
Theme 1
Unit 4.1. F
Using ser and ir in the preterite
Algunas costumbres regionales
Expressing actions and opinions
Unit 4.1. H
Learning the preterite of tener and hacer
¿Cambian las costumbres?
Types of verbs with spelling changes in
the preterite
Unit 4.2 F
Recognising regular and irregular verbs in
the imperfect
Las fiestas del mundo hispano
Tips for reading questions
Talking about photos
Skim reading for information
Numbers
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Unit 4.2 H
Las fiestas de España – las fallas
Unit 1
Using the preterite and the imperfect
together
Using cognates to aid understanding
Verbs with spelling changes in the
preterite
Units 3 and 4 – Test and revise
Summer term – first half
Theme 2
Unit 5.1 F
¿Cómo es tu casa?
Using prepositions to say where things
are
Using quantifiers
Further prepositions
Unit 5.1 H
Formulating more complex questions
Mi casa y mi barrio
More interrogative words and
expressions
Unit 5.2 F
Using demonstrative adjectives and
pronouns
Mi ciudad
Using different vocabulary to express
the same idea
Dealing with past, present and future
questions
Present and preterite tenses of ir and
hacer
Summer term – second
half
Unit 5.2 H
Using possessive pronouns
La ciudad y el campo
The expressions los que / las que
Unit 6.1 F
Using me gustaría
Me gustaría ayudar
Recognising different tenses
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Using a wider range of connectives
Approaching language in reading texts
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Unit 1
Unit 6.1 H
Using the conditional tense
La importancia de hacer obras
benéficas
Formation and use of the gerund
Unit 6.2 F
Using negative words
¿Llevas una vida sana?
Use of deber, tener que and hay que
Unit 6.2 H
Learning about the present subjunctive
¿Qué opinas?
The imperfect tense
Conversation fillers
Listening for different tenses
Experssing agreement and
disagreement
Units 5 and 6 – Test and revise
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Unit 1
Year 2
Term
Theme and unit
Grammar
Strategies
Autumn term – first half
Unit 7.1 F
Using ‘if’ sentences
Using prefixes
Protegiendo el medio ambiente
The pluperfect tense
Unit 7.1 H
Using modal verbs to express
recommendations and obligations
Problemas ecológicos
Making mind maps
Formation and use of the preterite to
describe past events and actions
Unit 7.2 F
Los “sin techo”
Using reflexive constructions such as se
debe, se puede + infinitive
Spotting positive and negative
expressions
Negative expressions
Unit 7.2 H
Es importante ayudar a los demás
Using me encanta, me preocupa, etc. with
the subjunctive
Extending the way you express
opinions
The imperfect sunjunctive and its use in ‘if’
clauses
Autumn term – second
half
Unit 8.1 F
Using expressions of sequence
¿Dónde te alojas?
Exclamations using the subjunctive
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Showing off language you know
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Unit 8.1 H
¿Qué hiciste y qué te gustaría hacer
durante las vacaciones?
Unit 1
Revising the use of preterite and imperfect
tenses
Further expressions of sequence (antes
de haber, después de haber, mientras +
imperfect)
Unit 8.2 F
Using estar + past participle
Un folleto turístico
Words to use when giving opposite views
Unit 8.2 H
Using the passive and passive forms with
se
Describiendo tu región
Looking out for useful synonyms
Learning verbs
Making use of the social and cultural
context
Use of desde hacía + imperfect
Units 7 and 8 – Test and revise
Spring term – first half
Theme 3
Unit 9.1 F
Using the imperative
¿Cómo ser un buen estudiante?
The perfect tense
Unit 9.1 H
Using the personal a
¿Qué tal el instituto?
Use of desde hace
Unit 10.1 F
Revising se debe, hay que, tener que
Las reglas y el uniforme
Verbs that are followed by the infinitive
Unit 10.1 H
Using debería ser and debería haber
Lo bueno y lo malo del instituto
Further usage of the imperative
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Talking to yourself!
Creating a check list
Translating into English
Looking for clues to time frames
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Spring term – second half
Unit 1
Unit 11.1 F
Using lo and lo que + adjective
¿Trabajar o estudiar?
Expressions with tener
Unit 11.1 H
Using the present subjunctive after
expressions of time
¿Vale la pena ir a la universidad?
Learning common suffixes
Making deductions in reading and
listening
Infinitives of reflexive verbs
Unit 12.1 F
Using a variety of tenses
Buscar trabajo
Revision of adjectives
Unit 12.1 H
Using the present subjunctive in
hypothetical situations
El trabajo ideal
Learning useful phrases
Using advanced language to impress
The past continuous tense
Units 9-12 – Test and revise
Summer term – first half
Revision and preparation for the
examination
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