🇪🇸 Spanish Beginner - Week 5

Learning Objectives

• Express likes and dislikes with gustar.
• Use quiero and puedo for polite ordering.
• Ask for food, drinks, and simple modifications.
• Use basic quantity expressions naturally.
• Integrate prior-week identity and location language in restaurant contexts.

Day 1 - Food and Drink Vocabulary

Comprehensible Input (Dialogue or Reading)

Vocabulary Table

Spanish	English	Use
la comida	food	High-frequency week target
la bebida	drink	High-frequency week target
la ensalada	salad	High-frequency week target
la sopa	soup	High-frequency week target
el sándwich	sandwich	High-frequency week target
el café	coffee	High-frequency week target
el té	tea	High-frequency week target
el agua	water	High-frequency week target

Grammar Discovery

1. Identify target pattern(s): gustar with indirect objects, querer/poder for requests, and quantity expressions.
2. Underline key forms in the input and match each form to its meaning/function.
3. State one rule and one exception or caution in your own words.

Guided Practice

1. A mí me ___ la pizza.
2. A nosotros nos ___ los tacos.
3. Yo ___ una ensalada, por favor.
4. ¿Tú ___ pedir agua?
5. A ella le ___ el café.
6. Nosotros ___ pagar con tarjeta.

Semi-Controlled Practice

1. Me gusta el café. (Negative)
2. Quieres té. (Question)
3. Puedo pedir agua. (Question)
4. A Ana le gusta la sopa. (Change to: los tacos)

Free Production

Write 8-10 lines connected to Food, Preferences, and Ordering. Include at least two questions and one negative sentence.

Speaking Activity

Say what foods and drinks you like.

Real-World Simulation

You are ordering food at a café and discussing preferences with a friend.

Day 2 - Gustar Patterns in Context

Comprehensible Input (Dialogue or Reading)

Vocabulary Table

Spanish	English	Use
la bebida	drink	High-frequency week target
la ensalada	salad	High-frequency week target
la sopa	soup	High-frequency week target
el sándwich	sandwich	High-frequency week target
el café	coffee	High-frequency week target
el té	tea	High-frequency week target
el agua	water	High-frequency week target
el jugo	juice	High-frequency week target

Grammar Discovery

1. Identify target pattern(s): gustar with indirect objects, querer/poder for requests, and quantity expressions.
2. Underline key forms in the input and match each form to its meaning/function.
3. State one rule and one exception or caution in your own words.

Guided Practice

1. A nosotros nos ___ los tacos.
2. Yo ___ una ensalada, por favor.
3. ¿Tú ___ pedir agua?
4. A ella le ___ el café.
5. Nosotros ___ pagar con tarjeta.
6. A ellos les ___ las frutas.

Semi-Controlled Practice

1. Quieres té. (Question)
2. Puedo pedir agua. (Question)
3. A Ana le gusta la sopa. (Change to: los tacos)
4. Quiero pan. (Add quantity: un poco de)

Free Production

Write 8-10 lines connected to Food, Preferences, and Ordering. Include at least two questions and one negative sentence.

Speaking Activity

Ask your partner what they want to order.

Real-World Simulation

You are ordering food at a café and discussing preferences with a friend.

Day 3 - Polite Requests with Querer and Poder

Comprehensible Input (Dialogue or Reading)

Vocabulary Table

Spanish	English	Use
la ensalada	salad	High-frequency week target
la sopa	soup	High-frequency week target
el sándwich	sandwich	High-frequency week target
el café	coffee	High-frequency week target
el té	tea	High-frequency week target
el agua	water	High-frequency week target
el jugo	juice	High-frequency week target
el menú	menu	High-frequency week target

Grammar Discovery

1. Identify target pattern(s): gustar with indirect objects, querer/poder for requests, and quantity expressions.
2. Underline key forms in the input and match each form to its meaning/function.
3. State one rule and one exception or caution in your own words.

Guided Practice

1. Yo ___ una ensalada, por favor.
2. ¿Tú ___ pedir agua?
3. A ella le ___ el café.
4. Nosotros ___ pagar con tarjeta.
5. A ellos les ___ las frutas.
6. Yo ___ una sopa y pan.

Semi-Controlled Practice

1. Puedo pedir agua. (Question)
2. A Ana le gusta la sopa. (Change to: los tacos)
3. Quiero pan. (Add quantity: un poco de)
4. ¿Te gusta la ensalada? (Answer no in full sentence)

Free Production

Write 8-10 lines connected to Food, Preferences, and Ordering. Include at least two questions and one negative sentence.

Speaking Activity

Ask one price question.

Real-World Simulation

You are ordering food at a café and discussing preferences with a friend.

Day 4 - Café Roleplay Expansion

Comprehensible Input (Dialogue or Reading)

Vocabulary Table

Spanish	English	Use
la sopa	soup	High-frequency week target
el sándwich	sandwich	High-frequency week target
el café	coffee	High-frequency week target
el té	tea	High-frequency week target
el agua	water	High-frequency week target
el jugo	juice	High-frequency week target
el menú	menu	High-frequency week target
la comida	food	High-frequency week target

Grammar Discovery

1. Identify target pattern(s): gustar with indirect objects, querer/poder for requests, and quantity expressions.
2. Underline key forms in the input and match each form to its meaning/function.
3. State one rule and one exception or caution in your own words.

Guided Practice

1. ¿Tú ___ pedir agua?
2. A ella le ___ el café.
3. Nosotros ___ pagar con tarjeta.
4. A ellos les ___ las frutas.
5. Yo ___ una sopa y pan.
6. A mí me ___ la pizza.

Semi-Controlled Practice

1. A Ana le gusta la sopa. (Change to: los tacos)
2. Quiero pan. (Add quantity: un poco de)
3. ¿Te gusta la ensalada? (Answer no in full sentence)
4. Me gusta el café. (Negative)

Free Production

Write 8-10 lines connected to Food, Preferences, and Ordering. Include at least two questions and one negative sentence.

Speaking Activity

Use one polite request with puedo.

Real-World Simulation

You are ordering food at a café and discussing preferences with a friend.

Day 5 - Spiral Review and Mini Performance

Comprehensible Input (Dialogue or Reading)

Vocabulary Table

Spanish	English	Use
el sándwich	sandwich	High-frequency week target
el café	coffee	High-frequency week target
el té	tea	High-frequency week target
el agua	water	High-frequency week target
el jugo	juice	High-frequency week target
el menú	menu	High-frequency week target
la comida	food	High-frequency week target
la bebida	drink	High-frequency week target

Grammar Discovery

1. Identify target pattern(s): gustar with indirect objects, querer/poder for requests, and quantity expressions.
2. Underline key forms in the input and match each form to its meaning/function.
3. State one rule and one exception or caution in your own words.

Guided Practice

1. A ella le ___ el café.
2. Nosotros ___ pagar con tarjeta.
3. A ellos les ___ las frutas.
4. Yo ___ una sopa y pan.
5. A mí me ___ la pizza.
6. A nosotros nos ___ los tacos.

Semi-Controlled Practice

1. Quiero pan. (Add quantity: un poco de)
2. ¿Te gusta la ensalada? (Answer no in full sentence)
3. Me gusta el café. (Negative)
4. Quieres té. (Question)

Free Production

Write 8-10 lines connected to Food, Preferences, and Ordering. Include at least two questions and one negative sentence.

Speaking Activity

Respond to one preference with a follow-up.

Real-World Simulation

You are ordering food at a café and discussing preferences with a friend.

Spiral Review

Week 4 location language and Week 1-3 identity/family structures.

Speaking Challenge

Speak for 90 seconds without notes. Integrate this week’s target grammar with at least one structure from previous weeks.

Mini Test

1. Translate: I like tacos, but I want soup.
2. Translate: Can I order water without sugar?
3. Fill in: A ella le ___ el café.
4. Fill in: Nosotros ___ pagar con tarjeta.
5. Correct: Me gustan la sopa.
6. Write two complete ordering sentences.