KS3 Spanish: Casewall - 'Se Buscan En El Extranjero'

Video summary

A detective and a police officer show the whereabouts of a criminal gang on a map.

Their superior looks on as they reveal that the gang used a credit card in various countries. The purchases include chicken in France, seafood in Portugal, peppers in Germany, rice in Italy, tomatoes in Morocco and garlic in Spain.

During this time, the police officer annoys the detective by biting a pepper and a tomato that he has in his ‘evidence’, mistaking them for apples. When the detective takes out ‘garlic’ their annoyance with each other makes the detective bite into the garlic.

Their superior concludes from the food being bought that the gang are making a paella, one of Spain’s national dishes. Having ‘solved the case’ the team are happy. The detective takes a final bite out of the garlic in excitement. The police officer bats him and his smelly breath away. The detective points out that the paella was a very expensive one.

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Teacher Notes

You could give students a list of European countries or a blank map of Europe. Ask them to tick off the countries that the suspects have visited, or write the names of the countries on the blank map.

They could be given a ‘matching up’ exercise to do with the names of the countries and the item of food that was bought.

As a follow-up activity, they could research other Spanish dishes and make a list of the ingredients needed, or write their own recipes based on traditional Spanish ingredients.

This clip is relevant for teaching Spanish at Key Stage 3 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales and at Third Level in Scotland.

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Expand understanding around games, hobbies and music as the police go undercover.

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Understanding infinitives and tenses are key to making sense of the criminals' heist plans.

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Explore greetings, vocabulary, adjectives, colours and clothing as the police try to make sense of the evidence.

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Explore Spanish grammar and vocabulary around planning directions as the criminals plan their escape.

Spanish KS3: The getaway - "Planeando la fuga" (Part 4/10)

Expand understanding around daily routines and geography as the criminal gets tickled in the interrogation room.

Spanish KS3: The interrogation - 'El Interrogatorio' (part 9/10)

Explore Spanish vocabulary around truth and identity as the police go through their undercover training.

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Expand understanding around arguments, numbers and dates as the criminal gang attempts to crack a safe.

Spanish KS3: Cracking the safe - 'La Caja Fuerte' (part 6/10)
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