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Curriculum Instructional Objective
(Essential learnings)
The students will know and understand: |
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Quarter 1
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Capítulo Preliminar: Review
Culture:
cultural and geographical diversity of Spanish-speaking countries
- communities in U.S.
- Mexico
- Central America
- Caribbean
- Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela
- Spain
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-obtain information from written and oral sources
-process and evaluate information from written sources
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Vocabulary
review of daily vocabulary
household items
grooming
parts of the body
school activities |
- demonstrate accuracy and variety in target language
- express opinions in target language
-communicate with users of target language
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Grammar
Present tense: regular, irregular, Yo stem-changing
Preterit tense: regular, irregular yo form, third person stem-change
radical |
-demonstrate accuracy and variety in their use of written and spoken language
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Speaking
Mini dialogues based on personal experiences |
-express views and feelings concerning certain issues |
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Writing:
compose e-mail messages to describe weekend activities
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-demonstrate accuracy in written language
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Unidad 1: Etapa 1
Culture:
Spanish-speaking communities un U.S.
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-obtain information from written sources
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Vocabulary:
physical characteristics, clothes (review)
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-demonstrate accuracy in written and spoken language
-enter into discussions and express opinions
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Grammar:
gender of nouns (review)
noun/adjective agreement (review)
verbs like gustar (review)
imperfect tense (review)
-regular & irregular
preterit vs. imperfect (review)
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- demonstrate accuracy in spoken and
and written language
- respond to a variety of situations in
target language
- express views
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Quarter 2
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Unidad 1: Etapa 2
Culture:
folkloric clothing, Latinos in fashion industry |
- to talk about fashion
- describe clothing and make comparisons |
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Vocabulary:
Clothes, fabrics, pastimes
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- talk about pastimes
- to discuss about the future
- to predict future actions
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Grammar
verbs like gustar, present perfect, por and para, future
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- express preferences
- describe things that will happen in the future
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Speaking
to express opinions about fashion
to express thoughts on the future
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- to express views and feelings concerning certain issues
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Writing
write a fashion critique |
- describe and express opinion on fashion and clothing |
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Unidad 1: Etapa 3
Culture:
Latinos in sports
Tito Puente and latin music
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-express feelings about sports and music
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Vocabulary
chores, household items,
feelings |
- to talk about household chores
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Grammar
saber vs. conocer
reflexive verbs
reflexive verbs used reciprocally
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- to talk about daily routines
- to express feelings about various topics
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Speaking
to talk about daily routines
to express feelings
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- to express feelings about various topics
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Writing
writing opinions on various topics |
- expressing and describing routines and roles in the household |
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Quarter 3 |
Unidad 1: Etapa 3
Vocabulary:
review household, chores, feelings
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- to talk and express feelings household chores
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Grammar
impersonal se
review reflexive verbs |
- to state school rules in Spanish
- to talk about friendship
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Speaking
to talk about friendship
to complain about household responsibilities
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- to express feelings on friends and chores
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Unidad 2: Etapa 1
Culture:
influencial people from México and Central America
natural resources of Costa Rica
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-to compare and contrast US with Central America and México
- to compare natural resources of US with those of Costa Rica
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Vocabulary
social concerns and community
request
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- to make requests and express concerns |
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Grammar
positive and negative formal commands
positive and negative informal commands
nosotros commands |
- to express desires and make suggestions
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Speaking
to talk about social concerns
to tell others what to do
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- to direct classmates to perform a task
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Writing
writing opinions on various topics
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Unidad 2: Etapa 2
Vocabulary
Environment & planet
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- to express opinions on the environment
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Grammar
present subjunctive
irregular present subjunctive
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- to say what should be done
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Speaking
to talk about the environment
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- to express opinion on environmental concerns
- to respond to others’ opinions
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Writing
write about what can be done to help the environment
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- to promote environmentally friendly behaviors and actions
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Quarter 4 |
Unidad 2: Etapa 3
Vocabulary
Animals, weather, wildlife
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- to describe animals and their natural habitats
- to talk about the local weather and weather of Central America
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Grammar
- subjunctive with doubts
- subjunctive when relating events in time |
- to react to nature
- to express doubts
- to relate events in time
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Writing
to give opinion about environmental concerns
to describe music or national parks in Central América
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- to state opinion
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Unidad 3: Etapa 1
Vocabulary
celebrations
wishes
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- to describe personal celebrations
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Grammar
subjunctive with wishes
subjunctive with conjunctions
imperfect subjunctive
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- to state hopes and wishes
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Speaking
to describe personal celebrations
to say what people want
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- describe present and past celebrations
- describe people’s preferences
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Writing
to describe doubts and wishes in the past |
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