Unit I
Proficiency Students can generalize about their daily routine at home and in school
Students can use numbers up to one million in a range of situations
Grammar Review grammar principles from Spanish I
Verbs in the present and present progressive tenses
Progressive verbs
The personal A
Vocabulary Regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs
Numbers to one million
Evaluation Usage quiz on verbs
Recognize 35-40 -ar verbs & all -er/-ir verbs
Oral quiz on numbers to one million
Presentation about students’ daily routine
Taped dialog using numbers
Unit II
Proficiency Students can make comparisons about their classmates
Students can describe people and objects with multiple adjectives
Grammar Comparative and superlative adjectives
Multiple adjective placement
Review of Ser vs. Estar
Vocabulary Adjectives used in personal description
Irregular comparative adjectives
Evaluation Vocabulary quiz on adjectives
Essay describing a person who has impacted your life
Usage quiz on comparative and superlative adjectives
Presentation on one of the uses of ser or estar
Unit III
Proficiency Students can describe a scene from the outdoors
Students use impersonal constructions/reflexives
Students compare animals
Students depict the geography of the Spanish speaking world
Grammar Use of impersonal/reflexive constructions in Spanish vs. the use other passive voice in English
Vocabulary The outdoors
Animals
geographical terms
Evaluation Vocabulary quizzes on the great outdoors
Vocabulary quiz on animals
Habitat presentation
Quiz on the geography of Spanish speaking world
Unit IV
Comps. Students order food from a restaurant
Students discuss events in the past that pertain to themselves ...........................................................(first person)
Grammar Regular and irregular preterites
Adverbs in the past used with the preterite tense
Vocabulary The restaurant (advanced)
Verbs of action
Evaluation Quiz on vocabulary from the restaurant
13 situations from the restaurant
Quiz on the preterite (first person form only)
Essay about an event in the past
Presentation about students’ life
Unit V
Proficiencies Students can discuss life at home
Students can use the preterite and imperfect appropriately
Students can describe what they did at the mountain today
Grammar Regular and irregular forms of the imperfect
The difference in usage between the preterite and imperfect
Vocabulary The house and activities in the house
Adverbs used with the imperfect tense
Vocab from skiing & Winter Sports
Evaluation Quiz on the imperfect
Quiz on the vocabulary of the house
Presentation of their day at home house
Exam on the difference between the preterite and the imperfect
Written Essay on your day at the mountain.
Unit VI
Proficiencies Students can direct one another around the school building or town
Students can ask and comprehend basic directions
Students can use informal commands
Grammar Informal commands
The difference between por and para
Vocabulary Advanced prepositions
Asking directions
Evaluation Quiz on the vocabulary of giving directions
Usage quiz on giving and getting directions
Taped dialog of person asking for and getting directions
Quiz on informal commands
Uint VII
Proficiencies Students can express themselves in the future
Students can comprehend a Spanish weather forecast
Grammar The future tense
three ways to express the future
Vocabulary The weather and climate (advanced)
Adverbs used with the future tense
Evaluation Quiz on the vocabulary for the weather
Taped Student presentation for forecast for three Spanish speaking countries
Essay about what I will do this summer
Quiz on the future tense