2: ¡Fiesta!
Party!
Charlie and Quique prepare for a birthday party. Sofía tells them a story about ¡La Tomatina! - the annual tomato festival which takes place in the Valencian town of Buñol every August. Uncle Manu sings a song to celebrate ¡La Fiesta! Key vocabulary includes numbers and dates and the question words ¿cuándo?, ¿cuánto? and ¿por qué?
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Teacher's Notes
Guidance and follow-up activities (13MB pdf)
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Transcript / translation
Dual transcript / translation for Clips 5 - 8 (pdf) with links to the online audio files
Clip 5: En el piso de Quique y Sofía
In Quique and Sofía's
Quique and Charlie are blowing up balloons in preparation for a friend's birthday party and Charlie discovers how to say her own birthday in Spanish. She also finds out about other fiestas and saints’ days in Spain.
Clip duration: 04 55
Supporting images
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Calendar
The months and seasons of the year in Spanish
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'La Tomatina' festival
'La Tomatina' festival taking place in Buñol
Clip 6: Cuento - La Tomatina
Story - La Tomatina
Sofía tells a story in which Francisco visits his aunt's home in the Valencian town of Buñol and discovers the origins of La Tomatina, the annual Battle of the Tomatoes that takes place there every August.
Clip duration: 03 57
Themes, Vocab and Grammar
| Themes and vocabulary | Grammar and pronunciation |
|---|---|
| numbers | question words - eg ¿cuándo? (when?), ¿cuánto? (how many?), ¿por qué? (why?) |
| months of the year | pronunciation of ce / ci / z sound |
| dates | saints' days |
| birthdays | festivals - 'La Tomatina' |
Clip 7: En el piso de Quique y Sofía
In Quique and Sofía's flat
Quique and Sofía help Charlie to pronounce the c and z sounds in Spanish and how to say numbers from 1 to 100 correctly. They also talk about the question words ¿cuánto? ¿cuándo? and ¿cómo?
Clip duration: 03 39
Key vocabulary 1
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| años (m.pl) | years |
| ¿cuándo? | when? |
| ¿cuánto? | how many? how much? |
| el | the |
| ¡felicidades! | best wishes, happy birthday |
| ¡feliz cumpleaños! | happy birthday |
| fiesta (f.) | party, festival, celebration |
Clip 8: Canción - ¡Fiesta, fiesta!
Song - Fiesta!
Uncle Manu sings about the joyful sights and sounds of a Spanish fiesta in which all generations take part.
Clip duration: 02 45
Key vocabulary 2
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| hay | there is, there are |
| mi | my |
| ¡mola mazo! | super cool |
| porque no | just because |
| vale | ok |
| día (m.) | day |
| día de santo (m.) | saint's day |
