Look around. Name three things in this room and their colours, in English.
Today those colour words go into Spanish sentences. Something clever happens: some Spanish colour words change their ending to match the thing they describe. We will practise with a sunny street scene full of Spanish colour, from a red bus to a white football shirt.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Use eight Spanish colour words in short descriptions
- Choose the right colour form for the thing you are describing
- Notice how Spanish colour words behave differently from English ones
Watch the board. English comes first. Listen to the Spanish, then repeat it twice with the class. Do not guess before you hear it.
After a few colours we will freeze on the endings and chorus short phrases together.
Watch the board together. When you spot a match, call it out as a class. Then everyone says the Spanish colour inside one short phrase from our bank, not as a bare word.
Phrase bank (choose one each time):
- el autobús + colour
- la camiseta + colour
- el balón + colour
- la bandera + colour
- el libro + colour
- la puerta + colour
Remember: rojo/blanco/negro/amarillo change to -a after la.
Open your copy. Choose three phrases from the bank on the board. Copy each one carefully, then change only the colour (and the ending if you need -a).
Example: if the board shows el autobús rojo, you might write el autobús azul or el autobús negro.
Word bank (stay inside this list):
- el autobús rojo
- la camiseta roja
- el balón blanco
- la bandera blanca
- el libro azul
- la puerta verde
- el balón negro
- la camiseta amarilla
Watch the board. Help the class place each colour label on the right picture.
When a label lands correctly, do not stop at the bare colour. Everyone says a full Spanish phrase from our bank: el or la + thing + colour, with the right ending.
Carriers only:
- el autobús
- la camiseta
- el balón
- la bandera
- el libro
- la puerta
After la, colours that end in -o need -a.
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