1 - How Are You, and Why? ~5 mins
How are you today, and why? Answer in English with a because. You already know how to say a few things about yourself in Spanish. Today you learn to name feelings and join on a reason, ready for a fiesta de cumpleaños (birthday party) chat later on.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Name eight emotion words in Spanish
- Say how you feel and give one reason with porque
- Listen to a short birthday-party chat and answer questions
Take three or four quick answers in English only. Keep the hook light and warm: the point is that a feeling plus a reason is already natural for them. Do not teach the Spanish pattern yet; Estoy… porque… lands on the flashcards in the next step. If a pupil answers with only a feeling and no reason, gently prompt with because…? so the shape of the lesson is clear from the start.
2 - Eight Spanish Emotions ~10 mins
We meet eight feeling words on the cards, in two sets of four. For each card: listen to the Spanish, repeat it with the class, then flip to check the English.
Work through the first set fully, take a quick choral revisit of those four, then meet the second set the same way.
After each word, say the short frame together: Estoy + the feeling.
Gender tip: many of these adjectives change ending when you talk about yourself or someone else. You will hear both the -o ending and the -a ending (for example enfadado/enfadada). Feliz and triste stay the same for everyone.
Teacher-led first pass only: play or say the Spanish, class repeats twice (once together, once by table), then flip. Do not ask pupils to guess the Spanish before they have heard it. Work Set 1 fully, then a 20-second choral revisit of those four, then Set 2.
Set 1: feliz, triste, enfadado, cansado
Set 2: asustado, nervioso, sorprendido, emocionado
Pronunciation guides: feliz (feh-LEES), triste (TREES-teh), enfadado (en-fah-DAH-doh), cansado (kahn-SAH-doh), asustado (ah-soos-TAH-doh), nervioso (ner-BYOH-soh), sorprendido (sohr-pren-DEE-doh), emocionado (eh-moh-syoh-NAH-doh).
Model Estoy (ehs-TOY) + emotion after every card as a lively choral frame. Invite a bit of drama: “Say it like you really are cansado — big yawn optional.” Save the full Estoy… porque… sentence until all eight words have been heard and repeated. Then put two contrasting models on the board and chorus them once each:
- Estoy emocionado porque es mi cumpleaños (I am excited because it is my birthday)
- Estoy nerviosa porque hay un examen (I am nervous because there is a test)
Point out the gender endings on the board list; praise either masculine or feminine forms. Dual forms to display: enfadado/enfadada, cansado/cansada, asustado/asustada, nervioso/nerviosa, sorprendido/sorprendida, emocionado/emocionada. Keep feliz and triste unchanged for both.
3 - Match the Feelings ~7 mins
Flip two cards at a time and find each Spanish emotion with its English meaning. When a pair is found, the class says the Spanish together, then tries Estoy + that feeling.
Whole-class board play with volunteers only (stay at the IWB). Audio plays on each flip: pause and have the class echo any word missed twice. After each found pair: (1) class echoes the Spanish, (2) the volunteer (or the class) extends once with Estoy… porque… using a short reason — English after porque is fine if they are stuck. Alternate the two board models as prompts: birthday excitement and test nerves. Keep the pace brisk so every pair is seen.
4 - Into Your Copy ~3 mins
Open your copy and write one sentence saying how you feel and one reason why. Use Estoy, an emotion word from the word bank on the board, and porque.
You may copy the emotion spelling from the bank. Whisper your sentence to yourself first if you like, then write it.
Frame: Estoy _____ porque _____
Example: Estoy emocionado porque es mi cumpleaños
Pause the board games and leave a clear word bank of all eight Spanish emotions visible beside the frame Estoy ___ porque ___ and one worked example: Estoy emocionado porque es mi cumpleaños (or the feminine emocionada). Say out loud that copying the emotion word from the bank is allowed. Optionally invite a quiet self-whisper of the sentence before pens move. Everyone writes their own sentence; this is the only three minutes where every pupil’s pen is moving. Walk the room and check for Estoy, a real emotion from today’s list, and porque. Accept a short English reason after porque if a pupil is stuck for Spanish words. Do not collect these.
5 - Birthday Party Listen ~10 mins
We will hear a short birthday-party chat in Spanish twice. Listen for feeling words you know (friends arriving at a cumpleaños, cake, music, nerves before a song). Then we answer the questions together. Answers can be in English.
You control playback on the IWB. Play the clip once for the whole class on the speakers with books closed, then once more before anyone answers. After both plays, work through the questions together and accept replay requests. Ask which emotion words, if any, they caught, even if the answers themselves do not need every word. Scenario id is birthday-party; do not invent extra questions beyond what the interactive shows. If useful, briefly name the scene as friends at a fiesta de cumpleaños so the listening hook matches the board models.
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