WALT: to describe your school

WILF: to list facilities in your school >> Grade E - D

to list what there is and isnt in your school with opinions about
it >> Grade D - C
to list what is / isnt in your school, with opinions & a past tense
phrase >> Grade C - B
Choose the objective you think you can achieve today

TASK 1: use www.wordreference.com to find the English for the following

facilities you may find in a school >> write the Spanish and the English
into your exercise book!
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.

Unos laboratorios
Un patio
Unas aulas
Un comedor
Un gimnasio
Una biblioteca
Una sala de profesores
Un campo de ftbol
Una piscina
Una pista de atletismo
Un saln de actos
Unos vestuarios

Remember...
un/una/unos/unas = a /
some

TASK 2: here is some vocabulary in order to use the above words in a

sentence >> copy it all into your exercise book
(opinion)
Lo bueno es que
The good thing is
that
Lo malo es que
The bad thing is
that

(useful little
words!)
hay / no hay
there is / there
isnt

(a facility in
your school)
campo de ftbol

tenemos un(a)
we have a

comedor

gimnasio

saln de actos
no tenemos
we dont have

(describing
words)
bueno good
malo bad
grande big
pequeo small
antiguo old
moderno - modern

TASK 3: Using the above table, write 3 sentences in Spanish about what
there is and isnt in your school IN YOUR EXERCISE BOOK >>>
REMEMBER agreement when you are describing the facilities

TASK 4: Lee la pgina web de Mnica. Busca estas frases en espaol >>
Read Monicas web page and look for the following phrases in Spanish >>
Write the phrases in English & Spanish

Me llamo Mnica y voy a un colegio

1. There are approximately 400

mixto.
Es pblico y est especializado en
deportes. Hay cuatrocientos alumnos
aproximadamente. Estoy en cuarto de
la ESO. Fue construido en los aos
sesenta. Antes mi colegio era muy
malo pero ahora no. En mi cole hay
buenas instalaciones, por ejemplo, los
laboratorios son grandes y las aulas

2.
3.
4.
5.

pupils
It is a sports specialist school
It was built in the sixties
My school used to be very bad
There are good facilities in my

6.
7.
8.
9.

school
The bad thing is that...
Its a shame!
My school is an ecoschool
We recycle a lot of paper

modernas. Lo malo es que no tenemos

piscina. Es una lstima! Pero lo bueno
es que mi colegio es una ecoescuela y
reciclamos mucho papel.

TASK 5: Re-read Monicas web page and decide whether these

statements are True (T) False (F) or not mentioned (NM) >> write the
answers in your exercise book
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

There is a swimming pool

Its a specialist school with modern classrooms
There are too many school rules
Monica does not like the uniform
Its a mixed state school

TASK 6: now have a little look at how you would talk about another
facility in your schoolthe teachers!!
Read the text and complete the following exercises (write down new
vocab in your exercise book)

List the words used to describe the teachers she talks about (7
words)
Find these words in the text: TOO VERY QUITE A BIT NOT VERY
(they come before the describing words)
What comparisons does she make? Here are some phrases to help
you. (copy them into your book if you dont know them)
o Ms que = more than
o Menos que = less than
o Lo major = the best
o Lo peor = the worst
o Tancomo = as as (e.g la historia es tan dificil como las
matemticas)

TASK 7: In your exercise book, write a similar paragraph to Mnica in

response to the question Cmo es tu instituto? (What is your school
like?)
Use the information from todays lesson and the guide below to help you.
You will also be given a photocopy of the vocabulary section from the end
of this chapter in the GCSE Mira textbook

Mi colegio se llama

GRADE E-D PHRASES

Mi cole es public / privado y feminine / masculine / mixto

Est especializado en
Estudio

Lo bueno es que hay

Las clases empiezan / terminan a las

Lo malo es que no hay

Mi colegio fue construido en

Antes mi colegio era
GRADE C-B PHRASES

Los profesores son

La comida es

GRADE D-C
PHRASES