Spanish III/IV Syllabus
Proficiencies - Students can talk about their day
Students can describe a person in depth and make comparisons
Grammar review - Present tense verbs regular and irregular verbs
Reflexive verbs
adjective agreement & comparative and superlative adjective constructions
Vocabulary - -ar, -er, ir verbs and irregular verbs in the present tense
Reflexive verbs
Adjectives
Proficiencies : students can express themselves in the present and future
students can describe the geographical features of the Caribbean and Latin America
students can identify and describe life in the Caribbean and Latin America
students can identify countries of the world using Spanish
students can plan an ecotourism trip to a the Caribbean and Latin America and what they will do there
Grammar Review: expressing the future using the near future
using verbs in the present (regular and irregular)
Vocab: adverbs of the future
nations and nationalities
the outdoors & Activities of the outdoors
Evaluations: oral interviews about future plans*`
geography quiz on the the Caribbean and Latin America
student presentation on trip to a Caribbean or Latin America country in the future
reading comprehension activity on the Caribbean and Latin America
creating an ecotourism brochure
Proficiencies. students can ask each other’s sizes
students can role play buying clothes in a store
students can discuss events that took place
students can use regular and irregular verbs appropriately in the pretérito
Grammar Review : the preterite, and imperfect tenses
review reflexive verbs
regular and irregular verbs in the pretérito
comparison of equality
adjective placement and description with multiple adjectives
Vocab: more advanced clothing, jewelry, footwear
types of materials
retail vocabulary
Evaluations: 2 quizzes on vocabulary
J.Peterman type story in the past about clothing*
taped retelling of a story or picture sequence*
taped role play scenes at a store*
clothing description evaluation
exam on preterite
Proficiencies: students can discuss preferences, wishes, and future plans
students are familiar with different geographical regions of Spain
students can discuss different sports, and equipment
Grammar : future, conditional
Review of pronouns and basic pronoun sequence
Review of pronouns
Vocabulary - sports and equipment
Verbs that use à and de
Evaluations: oral evaluation on preferences, wishes and future plans
quiz on vocab of sports
taped presentation or dialog on the recreation of region of Spain*
test on future and conditional
design and record picture sequence for sports*
listening comprehension activity about sports *
Proficiencies: Students can respond to situations in a hotel
Students can use the preterite and imperfect appropriate
Grammar Regular and irregular forms of the imperfect
The difference in usage between the pretérito y el imperfecto
Review of comparative adjectives
Vocab.. The hotel
Adverbs used with the imparfait tense
Evaluation Quiz on the imparfait
Quiz on the vocabulary of the hotel
Taped Role play situations or dialog in the hotel
Writing assignment: Comparison of 2 hotels
Quiz on the difference between the passé composé and the imparfait
Proficiencies: Students can follow a Spanish recipe
Students make conversions using the metric system
Students can use the command forms
Grammar pronoun placement with positive and negative commands
review of command forms
Vocab Cooking terms
Measurements
Evaluation Students describe how to make something (video)*
Students prepare food from a Spanish recipe
quiz - Vocab of cooking/conversion
Proficiencies : Students can discuss differences between Mexican culture and the culture of the United States
Students can make parallels between the history of Mexico and the United States
Students can recognize characteristics of the regions of México
Students can access travel information form the internet
Grammar all determiners
Vocab adverbs of the past
various vocab from the readings
Evaluation : Current Event debate about México and América
Student report on a region of México*