Class Email: brian.powell@bellinghamschools.org
See below an overview of each unit, with communicative and grammar goals, plus some readings and things you should be able to do each unit. Google changed their format, so it's not as pretty now, but the info is all there.
COMMUNICATIVE GOALS
Para Empezar (P.E.) Intro Unit
*Greet and respond to people
*Ask how someone is and ask for help.
*Talk about classroom, learn letters and numbers, days of week. *Talk about months and weather
Please Note: This chapter is L-O-N-G and gives a wide spattering of different concepts. It is quite different that other chapters, which are much more secuencial and focused. Along with the Benchmarks, we will break this up into two smaller general tests.Unit 1A--Click for objectives and review practice
*Say what you like and don’t like to do
*Ask what others like to do
*Agree and disagree with others’ interests
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Chapter 1B Y tu, como eres?
Unit 1B--Click for objectives & review practice
*Start to learn the words for colors.
* Talk about what you are like
* Describe yourself and a friend
* Talk about where you and others are from
-----------------------------------------------Chapter 2A Tu dia en la escuela
Unit 2A--Click for objectives & review practice
*To talk about a school day and describe classes
*Discuss what you have at different times of the day.
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Chapter 2B Tu sala de Clases
Unit 2B--Click for objectives & review practice
*Indicate locations of class items
*Give locations of things.
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Chapter 3A Desayuno o almuerzo?
Unit 3A--Click for objectives & review practice
*Talk about food and drink for breakfast and lunch.
*Describe meals.
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Chapter 3B Para mantener la salud
Unit 3B--Click for objectives & review practice
*To discuss dinner
*Talk about a healthy lifestyle
*Indicate agreement or disagreement
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Chapter 4A Adonde vas?
Unit 4A Click for objectives & review practice
*Discuss obligations at home and school.
*Say what you do on different days of week
*Say where you/others go
*Discuss future plans expose
*Discuss schedules/ asking questions
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Chapter 4B Quieres ir conmigo?
Unit 4B Click for objectives & review practice
* Talk about future plans (master)
* Polite invitations
* Discuss time.
GRAMMAR POINTS
Para Empezar-- Grammar
You formal vs. familiar
Letters
Days of week
Hay: Learn (there is/are)
*Weather/Seasons-
*Months-- *Intro only for last two concepts
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1A Grammar
Numbers 1-30 Infinitives-- and how to say I/You/He/She Likes something (a lot, more, not at all, etc.)
* Weather and Seasons- review/master
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Chapter 1B Grammar
*Subject pronouns
*Numbers: 1-100 Master
* Ser forms--Quia
* Subject Pronouns
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Chap 2A Grammar
* Gender of nouns and adjectives
*Ordinal #s 1st-10th
* Intro-- TENER The verb to have-(yo, tu, ella)
*Adjectives: Singular and Plural
*Intro--Present tense verbs -AR
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2B Grammar
*AR verbs—master
*Estar forms: Intro
*Nouns/articles singular and plural
*Months, Birthday, Age expressions- review/master
*Time Expressions-- Review/Master
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Chapter 3A Grammar
GUSTAR,ENCANTAR (gusta vs. gustan + me, te, le, nos, les)Quia
Tener- All forms
Present tense ER/IR verbs
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Chap 3B Grammar
*Ser-- Knowing forms and how to use Adj w/ Quia + Adj Agreement- Quia
*Tener/Tener Que -- Quia
*Intro: to Ser vs Estar
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Chapter 4A Grammar
*Question words--
*IR, IR + A + infinitive
Two-Verb Combinations: Intro--
Days of week-review
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Chapt 4B Grammar
*IR, IR + A + INFINITIVE
*Two-Verb Combinations- Master
*JUGAR + PODER-- Stem Changers
Estar w/ adjectives
Goal: What I can do + readings
P.E.Yo Puedo, I can
*Talk about months weather/seasons
*Understand a video about days, months and holidays in Spain
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1A: Yo Puedo/I can
Comprehend: El Dia Horrible de Juan-- Reading
Read, write and talk about: Rodrigo- Un estudiante de BAAY
Give a personal presentation about (what I am like) + likes/dislikes
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Understand video of a student discussing classes
Discuss your schedule & classes at SHS
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2A Yo Puedo/ I can
Describe our classroom and where things are located
Present about 3 of my classes-- including who teaches them, when they meet, what they are like, hw, how the teacher is, etc.
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2B Yo Puedo/ I can
Read/Discuss/Write about a Magnet School in Mexico
Talk about how I like these...schedules in Mex.
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3A Yo Puedo/I can
Answer these ?s (fully) to talk about my meals
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3B Yo Puedo/I can
Write and present Balneario Project
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4A Yo Puedo/I can
Understand reading Amanda y el cine
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4B Yo Puedo/I can
Understand and present Mi Vida aka Mucho de Mi Project