Weekend Plans – Weekly Spanish Lesson Plan
Monday 22 – Wednesday 24
Topic: Expressing preferences about leisure and entertainment activities
Objectives
Understand and use verbs like gustar to express likes and dislikes.
Ask and answer questions about leisure activities using ¿Te gusta…? and ¿Te interesa…?.
Express different degrees of preference with words like mucho, bastante, un poco, nada.
Justify preferences using porque + simple explanation.
Expand vocabulary related to leisure and entertainment activities.
Grammar Point: Verbs like "Gustar"
In Spanish, verbs like gustar, interesar, doler, encantar work differently than in English. Instead of saying “I like the movie,” Spanish says “The movie pleases me” → Me gusta la película.
Structure:
Indirect Object Pronoun + Verb + Subject
Me gusta el cine → I like the cinema.
Te interesa la música → Music interests you.
Nos encantan los libros → We love books.
Me duele la cabeza → My head hurts.
Questions:
To ask questions, use:
¿Te gusta…? → Do you like…?
¿Te interesa…? → Are you interested in…?
Justifying preferences:
Use porque (because) + explanation.
Example: Me gusta leer porque es relajante. → I like reading because it is relaxing.
Expressing intensity:
mucho → a lot
bastante → quite
un poco → a little
nada → not at all
Example: No me gusta nada bailar. → I don’t like dancing at all.
Vocabulary
Here are 15 useful Spanish words and expressions related to this week’s topic:
📌 Sustantivos
🎬 el cine – the cinema / the movies
⚽ el deporte – sport
📚 el libro – book
🎵 la música – music
🌳 el parque – park
🛍️ el centro comercial – shopping mall
🍴 el restaurante – restaurant
🏛️ el museo – museum
📌 Verbos
❤️ gustar – to like
✨ encantar – to love (something)
🤔 interesar – to interest
🤕 doler – to hurt
🚴 hacer deporte – to play sports / work out
🎬 ver una película – to watch a movie
📌 Adjetivos y Expresiones
😀 divertido/a – fun
😌 relajante – relaxing
🎉 emocionante – exciting
💯 mucho – a lot
➖ un poco – a little
🗣️ porque – because