Spanish IV Syllabus
Trimester 1
Unit I - The Hispanic Influence in the United States
Comps. - Students can discuss the historical reasons for the Hispanic Influence
Students can compare previous perceptions of Hispanic America with realistic images portrayed
Grammar - Review of the preterite tense, compound tenses
review of adjectives, comparatives & superlatives
Vocab - Extensive list of descriptive adjectives
Evals - Paper on a famous Hispanic American
Essay written on roles in the movie “Milagro Beanfield War”
Quiz on adjectives, comparatives & superlatives
Taped recital of poem or song lyric
Unit II - Business Spanish
Comps - Students can write an appropriate business letter
Students can call and seek information on the phone
Students can advertise and market a product
Students can use appropriate if - then clauses
Grammar - Present fromal commands and pronoun placement
Direct and indirect object pronouns
Double object pronouns
Vocab - Business vocabulary
Evals - Students’ business portfolio project
taped commercial for product
Test on formal commands and pronoun placement
Quiz on double object pronouns
Unit III - Art and Artists of Mexico and Spain
Comps. - Students recognize five great artists
Students understand the relationship between the Mexican Muralists and Post revolutionary Mexico
Students can describe a painting
Grammar - impersonal use of reflexive verbs
difference between preterite and imperfect
Vocab - Art vocabulary
review all verbs
new list of verbs followed by “a” and “de”
Evals - Presentation on a famous artist
Critique of a Spanish piece of art
Verb test including preterie and imperfect
Comps Students can identify internal and external parts of the body
Students can describe symptoms of illness and injury
Students understand the differences in medical systems
Grammar review reflexive pronouns and reflexive verbs
review of possessive adjectives and pronouns
Vocab vocab of the body and organs
vocab of illnesses and medical terms
Evaluation -full physical description of a person
role play of illness and injury
vocab quiz on the body and illnesses
exam on reflexive verbs
Unit V - Don Quijote and Idealism
Comps - Students read the text for comprehension
Students are familiar with themes of Don Quijote
Students can compare the Idealism of Don Quijote with a modern day figure
Grammar - Correct use of transitional words
Conjunctions and which ones take the subjunctive
Formation of and use of the subjunctive
Vocab - Transitional words
Conjunctions
Evaluation - Exam on Don Quijote
Test on the subjunctive
Comparative paper on idealism
Unit VI - Geography and culture of Spain
Comps - Students know the important cities of Spain
Students recognize what is unique to Spanish culture
Students can find information about Spanish cities using the internet
Students plan a trip to a foreign country
Grammar - future tenses
relative clauses including lo que
Vocab - Vocabulary of geographic description
city street vocab
Evaluations - Presentation about a major city in Spain
Test on the future tenses
Skit on an American tourist in Spain