Lesson Plans

Spanish 2 Honors

Unit 1:  Who Am I?

Within the context of this unit, students will use the target language to demonstrate performances in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and interculturality in the Novice High- Intermediate Low range of proficiency by the end of the unit. Student performance tasks  include, but are not limited to the following:

• Describe the image they project to other people

• How other people view them

• Clothing preferences

• Talk about what makes a good match between people

• Recommend who might be interested in joining school and community activities

• Explain how their choice of dress, interests, and activities in which they choose to participate make them unique

Unit 2:  How Have I Changed?

Within the context of this unit, students will use the target language to demonstrate performances in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and interculturality at the Intermediate Low level of proficiency by the end of the unit. Student performance tasks include, but are not limited to the following: 

• Understand the main idea and some details about someone’s childhood, especially with visual support. 

• Obtain and provide information about childhood expressions of play and activities

• Express various time frames of infancy and childhood

• Describe a childhood event or recount an event in a logical sequence of sentences

• Talk about what they used to like and dislike when they were children. 

• Tell a simple story about a childhood memory, or a recent family trip or event

• Describe what they used to do when they were children. 

• Give a short presentation on a personal childhood experience.

Unit 3:  What are my choices?

Within the context of this unit, students will use the target language to demonstrate performances in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and interculturality in the Novice High-  Intermediate Low level of proficiency by the end of the unit. Student performance tasks include, but are not limited to the following:

• Describe how their choices and obligations define them. 

• Tell someone about their day, activities, an event in a simple sequence of sentences

• Give a short presentation on a personal experience or very familiar topic

• Describe their daily routine 

• Compare their normal daily routines with the typical routine in the target culture(s).

Unit 4:  Where Am I Going? 

Within the context of this unit, students will use the target language to demonstrate performances in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and interculturality at the Intermediate Low level of proficiency by the end of the unit. Student performance tasks include, but are not limited to the following:  

• Describe what they plan to do next in their school or work lives, and explain why. 

• Understand some information on job postings.

• Understand the basic requirements for a career as described on a website or brochure

• Ask and answer questions about future plans.

• Elaborate on preferences and opinions about future careers choices, and give reasons. 

• Write a recommendation of a career website and give reasons why others might find it useful.