2 weeks

Introductions

What can I already communicate in Spanish?

Why do we study another language?

Preliminary review of Spanish 1 -3

Alphabet, vowels, numbers, days, months, seasons

Common verbs AR, ER, IR

Present tense 

Super 7 verbs (quiere, tiene, va, le gusta, esta, es, hay)

Adjectives (Personal ID)

What is Spanish to you?

What is language? 

How do we learn a language?

Alphabet, vowels, numbers, days, months, seasons

Common verbs AR, ER, IR

Super 7 verbs (quiere, tiene, va, le gusta, esta, es, hay)

Adjectives to describe people

I can exchange information, preferences, feelings, or opinions on a variety of familiar and some researched topics, by creating sentences and series of sentences and asking follow-up questions in conversations.

Teacher-generated materials

Super 7 story (written)

Interview (speaking assessment)

4 weeks

Los animales

Where do animals live and what do they do?

Present tense review

Stem-change review

Singular / plural / adjective agreement

Describe animals and their behavior

Animals, descriptions (adjectives), habitats, behaviors of animals (verbs)

I can request and provide information; express, ask about, and react with some details to preferences, feelings, or opinions on familiar topics, by creating simple sentences and asking appropriate follow-up questions in conversations

Teacher-generated materials

Los pollitos dicen

Explore biomes of Latin America

Animal en peligro de extincion

6 weeks

La personalidad

What characteristics or behaviors make someone a good or bad friend / person?

What WOULD I do in certain situations?

Review adjectives from Personal ID

Describe a good friend vs. a bad friend

Reciprocal actions

Conditional tense (what would you do)

Si pudiera, si tuviera, si fuera

Adjectives, nouns and verbs describing types of personalities and relationships

I can exchange information, preferences, feelings, or opinions on a variety of familiar and some researched topics, by creating sentences and series of sentences and asking follow-up questions in conversations.

Teacher-generated materials

"Instantes" reading

Marioneta de trapo reading

Si pudiera vivir nuevamente mi vida (writing)

Survey: are you a good or bad friend?

What would you do? Situational slides

4 weeks

La cocina

How are Spanish or Latin American foods prepared and served?

What are the main steps for preparing and cooking a dish?

Review foods vocabulary

Recipe / cooking verbs in sequential steps

Latin America / Spanish foods

Compare international foods

Adjective agreement / singular & plural

Cooking vocabulary, items in a kitchen, ingredients

I can describe comparisons of practices and products of the target cultures with my own culture, using sentences.

Teacher-generated resources

Como agua para chocolate

Plato tipico project

Cooking verbs w/ command forms

4 weeks

Requests and feelings (focus on subjunctive tense)

How can I express a wish, emotion, desire or request (whether it be regarding a relationship or a recipe) using the subjuntive tense?

Review regular present tense

Basic subjunctive, review irregulars

Subjunctive tense triggers (Es importante que, Dudo que, Recomiendo que, etc.)

Verbs with regular and irregular subjunctive conjugations

Continuation of cooking / personality vocabulary

I can exchange information, preferences, feelings, or opinions on a variety of familiar and some researched topics, by creating sentences and series of sentences and asking follow-up questions in conversations.

Teacher-generated materials

Ojala slides

Carta a... subjunctive letter

Love vs. heartbreak compare & contrast

4 weeks

La poesia

What various styles of poetry exist for my enjoyment?

What makes something a poem?

What is poetry?

Techniques for rhyming in Spanish

Samples of verses from famous poets (biographical info)

Technical names for parts of a poem

I can describe cultural products and practices in my own and other cultures to help me understand perspectives using sentences.

I can understand the main idea and key information in short straightforward informational and literary texts and conversations that are spoken or written.

Teacher-generated materials

Mi poesia comprehensive project

Rhyme matching

4 weeks

El arte de Espana y Latinoamerica

When and where did famous Spanish and Latin American painters get their start?

How did the lives of various Spanish and Latin American painters intersect?

Artist focus - Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Salvador Dali

Review colors, art-related vocabulary

Adjective agreement

How to analyze a painting - Helpful hints

Comparisons (mas que, menos que, tan como)

Colors, adjectives to describe a painting, art styles, parts of a painting

I can describe cultural products and practices in my own and other cultures to help me understand perspectives using strings of sentences.

I can exchange information, preferences, feelings, or opinions on a variety of familiar and some researched topics, by creating sentences and series of sentences and asking follow-up questions in conversations.

Teacher-generated materials

Movie - Frida

Artist presentation

Art comparison writing (2 paintings)

Art dialogue

4 weeks

La geografia

Where do people speak Spanish?

How is Spanish different based on region?

20 Spanish-speaking countries

Directions (north south east west)

Capitals, populations

Cardinal directions, natural and political boundaries, geographical features

I can describe comparisons of practices and products of the target cultures with my own culture, using sentences.

Teacher-generated materials

Map quiz

Country or city research project

Slang research