Spanish 2 - Curriculum Vocabulary lists
Summer work - Mi pueblo
Unit I - Mi Día
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
introduction to reflexive verbs
The personal A
Vocabulary
Regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs
reflexive verbs
Evaluation
Usage quiz on verbs
Recognize 35-40 -ar verbs & all -er/-ir verbs
Presentation about students’ daily routine
Taped interview with a friend about their daily life
Essay about their day
Unit II - Mi Amigo y Mí
Proficiency
Students can make comparisons about their classmates
Students can describe people and objects with multiple adjectives
Grammar
Comparative and superlative adjectives
use of idioms with hacer and tener
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
Reading comprehension activity
Usage quiz on comparative and superlative adjectives
quiz on tener and hacer idioms
Presentation on one of the uses of ser or estar
Unit III - La Naturaleza
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
o-ue, e-ie stem-change verbs
Vocabulary
The outdoors
Animals
geographical terms
stem change verbs
Evaluation
Vocabulary quizzes on the great outdoors
Vocabulary quiz on animals
Quiz on the stem change verbs
Habitat presentation
Reading comprehension activity
Quiz on the geography of Spanish speaking world
Unit IV - El Restaurante
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
Quiz on the preterite (first person form only)
Essay about an event in the past
Presentation about students’ life
Unit V - Mi Vida en Mi Casa
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 - Pidiendo Direcciones
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
Unidad VII - El Tiempo y el Futuro
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