- Ask the children to stand up. Say up and down and encourage them to put their hands up and down following your instructions. Then introduce left andright. The children stretch out their left and right arms following your instructions. Explain in L1 or L2 that when we talk about countries we usenorth, south, east and west. Draw a simple outline map of Spain on the board and label the four points of the compass. Tell the children where the north is and get them to point in that direction. Can they tell you where the south is? Practise saying and pointing to the north, south, east and west until the children are able to do so without making mistakes.
Completing Describing a country: Spain Worksheet 1
Activities 1 and 2
- If you have a world map, show it to the children and ask them to find Spain. If you haven’t got a world map, draw a map of Spain on the board. Create interest among the children by asking them some questions. Don’t give them too much information at this stage, but check they understand the vocabulary in Activity 1: Is Spain in America? In Africa? How many people live in Spain? What money do people use? (show them some coins/notes).What languages do people speak? What’s the capital city?, etc.
- Hand out Describing a country: Spain Worksheet 1 and ask the children to read the statements in Activity 1 and write True or False in the Your opinioncolumn. Help them with any words they don’t understand.
- The children compare their answers in pairs in L1 or L2.
- Get some feedback from the class but don’t give them the answers yet.
- Read the text in Activity 2 with the class. Use pictures, examples and simple explanations to convey meaning. Show the children a map of Spain and explain where it is in the world, the different seas around it and where the Pyrenees are. Explain where France, Portugal and Africa are. Explain that some islands are part of Spain as well: the Balearic and Canary Islands. Ceuta and Melilla are also part of Spain even though they are on the African continent. Talk about the languages that people speak in Spain and point to the map to show the areas they are spoken.
- Ask the children to read the text and write True or False in the The text column in Activity 1. Were they right?
Answers: 1-true; 2-true; 3-false (euros); 4-false (red and yellow); 5-false (to the east); 6-true