¡Hola, bienvenidos a la clase de español I!
Welcome to Spanish I!
This website is where you will find each day's assignments as well as any resources that you will need in order to complete your assignments.
Course Outline
The course is organized into five instructional units. Each instructional unit focuses on an important aspect of relationships and provides learning activities that will help you develop proficiency in related vocabulary, grammar, reading and written composition.
Intro unit: Lección preliminar
Classroom useful expressions
Spanish Speaking Countries
Colors
The alphabet
Numbers 0-30
U1: Introducciones
Unit Vocabulary: Basic greetings, introductions and courtesy expressions
Days, months, seasons
Date
Weather
Likes and dislikes with infinitives
Likes/dislikes (with infinitives and with nouns)
Culture: greeting and goodbyes in Spanish-speaking countries
U2: Todo sobre mi
Unit vocabulary: Todo sobre mi
Subject Pronouns
Present tense of -ar verbs
Question Words- 1) ¿Cómo eres tú? 2) ¿Qué te gusta hacer? 3) ¿Cómo es tu mejor amigo? 4) ¿Cuál es tu comida favorita?
Present Tense of the verb ser
Adjectives/agreement with nouns
Affirmative and negative sentences
Culture: Música hispana
U3: La escuela
Unit vocabulary: La escuela
School items/Classes/Schedule
Definite/indefinite articles
Gender/Number (singular/plural)
Basic Adjectives describing classes (interesante, fácil, dificil, aburrida, divertida)
Time
Present tense of the verb ‘hay’
Present tense of -Er and -Ir verbs
Question Words- 1) ¿Cómo te llamas? 2) ¿Quién es tu profesor/a favorito/a? 3) ¿Cómo es la clase de español? 4) ¿Cuántas clases tienes? 5) ¿A qué hora es la clase de.....?
Present tense of the verb estar
Ser vs Estar
Culture: High schools in different Spanish-speaking countries
U4: Mi familia y mis amigos
Unit vocabulary: Family/friends
Present tense of tener and expressions with tener
To go/ir
Present tense of ir ( to go) and ir a + infinitive (to express near future)
Places
Possessive Adjectives
Comparatives/Superlatives
Culture: Surnames and families in the Spanish-speaking world/average house-hold size/Spain’s Royal Family
Spanish I Grammar Concepts:
Below you will find brief lessons of the grammatical concepts you will study.
El Calendario; días de la semana, meses, estaciones y fecha
Nouns and Articles (definite and indefinite)
Adjectives and Subject Agreement
The verb tener and tener que (obligation)
The verb to go and ir + a + infinitive (near future)