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A2.37 (Spanish lesson): When I grow up...

Cuando sea mayor...

A2.37 (Spanish lesson): When I grow up...

Learning goals:

  • Situation: Habla sobre lo que querías ser cuando eras niño (Talk about what you wanted to be when you were a child)
  • Verb: Soñar (to dream) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
  • Verb: Hacerse (to become) - Futuro simple, indicativo (Simple future, indicative)
  • Grammar: Los sustantivos y su género (Nouns and their gender)
  • Culture: Los príncipes de Asturias: la corona de España (The Princes of Asturias: the Crown of Spain)

Learning module 5 (A2): Planes para el futuro (Future Plans)

Teaching guidelines +/- 60 minutes

Core vocabulary (9)

 Hacerse (to become) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Te haces idealizar la vida en África.

(You make yourself idealise life in Africa.)

Hacerse

(To become)

 El príncipe: The prince (Spanish)

El príncipe soñará con tener una mascota cuando sea mayor.

(The prince will dream of having a pet when he is older.)

El príncipe

(The prince)

 La princesa: The princess (Spanish)

Probablemente, en el futuro, muchas niñas querrán ser como las princesas de sus fantasías.

(Probably, in the future, many girls will want to be like the princesses of their fantasies.)

La princesa

(The princess)

 El actor: The actor (Spanish)

Cuando sea mayor, quiero ser el actor que inspire a muchos.

(When I grow up, I want to be the actor who inspires many.)

El actor

(The actor)

 La actriz: The actress (Spanish)

Cuando me gradúe, quizá quiera ser la actriz de una famosa película.

(When I graduate, I might want to be the actress in a famous film.)

La actriz

(The actress)

 El pianista: The pianist (Spanish)

Mi hermana sueña con ser la pianista principal de una orquesta.

(My sister dreams of being the lead pianist of an orchestra.)

El pianista

(The pianist)

 El director: The director (Spanish)

Supongo que la directora quiere soñar con crear una obra inolvidable.

(I suppose the director wants to dream of creating an unforgettable play.)

El director

(The director)

 Soñar con: To dream of (Spanish)

Cuando era pequeño, soñaba con ser un director famoso y ahora creo que es posible.

(When I was little, I dreamed of becoming a famous director, and now I believe it is possible.)

Soñar con

(To dream of)

 Querer ser: To want to be (Spanish)

De pequeño, soñaba con querer ser un actor famoso o quizás un director de cine.

(As a child, I dreamed of wanting to be a famous actor or perhaps a film director.)

Querer ser

(To want to be)

Word list (21)

Core vocabulary (9): Verbs: 1, Nouns: 6, Sentences / word combination: 2
Context vocabulary: 12

Spanish English
Actor Actor
Directora Film director
Directoras Directors
El actor The actor
El director The director
El pianista The pianist
El príncipe The prince
Hacerse Become
Hacerte Become
La actriz The actress
La princesa The princess
Monarquía Monarchy
Periodista Journalist
Principe Prince
Querer ser To want to be
Querían ser Wanted to be
Querías ser Did you want to be
Soñaba con Used to dream of
Soñar con To dream of
Sueña con Dreams of
Símbolo Symbol