Spanish – ¡Mira! GCSE Foundation
Mapping of the OCR Student Book with the WJEC
specification
Below are three grids to help you use the ¡Mira! GCSE Foundation OCR Student Book to
teach according to the WJEC specification. They will help you to find:
A
B
C
The context to be studied
The grammar points to be taught
The relevant examination practice
A Comparing the context to be studied
WJEC contexts
Personal and social
life
Self
Family
Friends
Home life
Shopping
Meals
Healthy living
Illness and accident
Free time
Fashion
Relationships
Future plans
Local community
Home town
School
Education
Local environment
Pollution
Recycling
Local facilities
¡Mira! Objective
¡Mira! References
Giving personal information
Basic information about
yourself
Talking about your family
M2, Repaso 1, pp 22-23
M4, Unidad 1, pp 64-65
Daily routine
Describing chores
Talking about your home
Shopping for clothes
Shopping and complaints
Shopping for food
Ordering in a restaurant
How to stay healthy
The body & illness
Planning a day out
Describing a day out
Hobbies & pocket money
Sports & sporting events
Arranging to go out
M4, Unidad 2, pp 66-67
M4, Unidad 3, pp 68-69
M7, Repaso, pp 122-123
M7, Unidad 3, pp 128-129
M7, Unidad 4, pp 130-131
M8, Repaso 2, pp 140-141
M2, Unidad 3, pp 30-31
M8, Unidad 1, pp 142-143
M8, Repaso 1, pp 138-139
M2, Unidad 1, pp 26-27
M2, Unidad 4, pp 32-33
M6, Unidad 1, pp 104-105
M6, Unidad 2, pp 106-107
M6, Unidad 3, pp 108-109
Describing personalities &
relationships
Talking about relationships in
the past and present
Talking about plans
Describing future plans
M4, Unidad 4, pp 70-71
Directions to shops
Opinions of school subjects
School routine
Describing your school
Describing uniform
School rules & problems
Describing teachers
M2, Unidad 2, pp 28-29
M3, Repaso 1, pp 44-45
M3, Repaso 2, pp 46-47
M3, Unidad 1, pp 48-49
M3, Unidad 2, pp 50-51
M3, Unidad 3, pp 52-53
M3, Unidad 4, pp 54-55
Different types of houses
Describing your neighbourhood
Talking about the environment
Discussing local solutions
M7, Unidad 1, pp 124-125
M7, Unidad 2, pp 126-127
M9, Repaso, pp 156-157
M9, Unidad 1, pp 158-159
M4, Repaso pp 62-63
M4, Unidad 5, pp 72-73
M5, Unidad 3, pp 88-89
Comparison with
other towns/regions
Weather & seasons
The world of work
Work experience
Part-time jobs
Future careers
The wider world
Travel & holidays
Media
Life of young people
today
Homelessness
Crime
Drugs
Healthy living
Religion
Politics
Life in Spanish
speaking
communities
Revising jobs
Describing work experience
Describing part-time jobs
Job adverts and CVs
Job interviews
M5, Repaso, pp 82-83
M5, Unidad 2, pp 86-87
M5, Unidad 1, pp 84-85
M5, Unidad 4, pp 90-91
M5, Unidad 5, pp 92-93
Talking about where you went
Talking about holidays and
weather
Describing accommodation
Booking a hotel room
Making complaints
Transport
Revising TV programmes
Revising types of films
Film reviews
Talking about technology
Issues facing young people
M1, Repaso, pp 6-7
M1, Unidad 1, pp 8-9
Talking about homelessness
M9, Unidad 3, pp 162-163
Advice on lifestyle
M8, Unidad 2, pp 144-145
Global citizenship
Talking about festivals
M9, Unidad 2, pp 160-161
M2, Unidad 5, pp 34-35
M1, Unidad 2, pp 10-11
M1, Unidad 3, pp 12-13
M1, Unidad 4, pp 14-15
M2, Repaso 2, pp 24-25
M6, Repaso 1, pp 100-101
M6, Repaso 2, pp 102-103
M6, Unidad 4, pp 110-111
M6, Unidad 5, pp 112-113
M8, Unidad 3, pp 146-147
B Finding the grammar points to be taught
WJEC grammar
category
Nouns
Articles
Adjectives
Adverbs
Grammar points
¡Mira! references
Gender
Singular & plural forms
definite & indefinite
lo plus adjective (R)
agreement & position
pp 82-83, 208
comparative & superlative:
regular and mayor, menor,
mejor, peor
demonstrative (este, ese,
aquel)
indefinite (cada, otro, todo,
mismo, alguno)
possessive, short form (mi) &
long form (mio) (R)
interrogative (cuánto, qué)
formation
comparative & superlative:
regular
interrogative (cómo, cundo,
dónde)
pp 24, 30, 45, 101
pp 24, 31, 35, 44, 50, 70, 101,
111
pp 55, 113, 158
p 63,
pp 11, 122
Quantifiers/intensifiers
Pronouns
Verbs
Tenses
Prepositions
Conjunctions
adverbs of time & place (aquí,
allí, ahora, ya)
common adverbial phrases
(muy, bastante, demasiado,
poco, mucho)
subject
object (R)
position & order of object
pronouns (R)
reflexive
relative: que
relative: quien, lo que
disjunctive (commigo, para mí)
demonstrative ( éste, ése,
aquél, esto, eso, aquello)
indefinite (algo, alguien)
interrogative (cuál qué, quién)
regular & irregular including
reflexives, all persons, singular
& plural
modes of address (tú & usted)
radical-changing verbs
negative forms
interrogative forms
reflexive constructions (se
puede, se necesita, se habla)
uses of ser & estar
present indicative
present continuous
preterite
imperfect: in weather
expressions with estar, hacer
imperfect (R)
immediate future
future (R)
perfect: most common verbs
only
conditional: gustar only in set
phrases
pluperfect (R)
gerund (R)
imperative: common forms
including negative
subjunctive: present (R) in
certain exclamatory phrases
( ¡Viva! IDigame!)
Subjunctive imperfect: quisiera
impersonal verbs: most
common only
common, including personal a
por & para
common, including y, pero, o,
pp 7, 22, 97
p 151
pp 54, 117
p 105
p 129
p 194
p 33
p 34
mixed tenses pp 37, 39, 106,
143, 162;
verbs of opinion pp 45, 206; use
of infinitive pp 51, 53, 72, 104;
reflexives pp 66; tener que plus
infinitive p 85; si + present +
future pp 89, 160; acabar de +
infinitive p 110; doler, p 138;
verbs “to eat”, p 143; deber,
p144
p 12
p 190
pp 9, 48, 68, 72, 126
p 93
pp 15, 103, 157
pp 64, 192
pp 22, 34, 46, 49
p 108
pp 6, 8, 32, 87, 90, 131
p 198
pp 10, 198
pp 26, 53, 88, 146
p 160
pp 92-93
pp 127, 133
p 29
p 157
pp 29, 122-123; para + infinitive,
p 159
pp 17, 19, 95
porque, como, cuando
Number, quantity,
dates
Time
pp 46, 140-141
use of desde hace with
present tense (R)
pp 25, 67
C Locating the relevant exam practice
WJEC units
Unit 1: Listening
¡Mira! references
Leer y escuchar 3-5, p 41 (details & gist)
Leer y escuchar 5-8, p 79 (key details)
Leer y escuchar 4-6, p 119 gist & details)
Leer y escuchar 4-7, p 153 ( clues & distractors)
Leer y escuchar 4-7, p 169 (key words & distractors)
Unit 2: Speaking
Structured conversation
Prueba oral 1, pp 16 – 17 (holidays)
Structured conversation
Prueba oral 2, pp 36 – 37 (tourist office)
Giving a presentation
Prueba oral 3, pp 56-57 (school)
Structured conversation
Prueba oral 4, pp 74-75 (family)
Structured conversation
Prueba oral 5, pp 94-95 (job interview)
Giving a presentation
Prueba oral 6, pp 114-115 (leisure activities)
Structured conversation
Prueba oral 7, pp 132-133 (my town)
Structured conversation
Giving a presentation
Unit 3: Reading
Prueba oral 8, pp 148-149 (lifestyle choices)
Prueba oral 9, pp 164-165 (environmental issues)
Leer y escuchar 1 – 2, p 40 (details)
Leer y escuchar 1-4, pp 78-79 (details)
Leer y escuchar 1-3, pp 118-119 gist & details)
Leer y escuchar 1-3, p 152 (details & gist)
Leer y escuchar 1-3, p 168, (qualifiers & negatives)
Unit 4: Writing
Prueba escrita 1, pp 18-19 (account of a holiday)
Prueba escrita 2, pp 38 – 39 (account of a celebration)
Prueba escrita 3, pp 56-57 (school)
Prueba escrita 4, pp 76-77 (family)
Prueba escrita 5, pp 96-97 (work experience)
Prueba escrita 6, pp 116-117 (cinema & films)
Prueba escrita 7, pp 134-135 (local area)
Prueba escrita 8, pp 150-151 (lifestyle)
Prueba escrita 9, pp 166-167 (environment)