7th Grade

Units

At school

  • Social interactions
  • Classroom commands
  • Numbers and telling time
  • Parts of the body
  • Vocabulary: greetings, introductions, leave-takings, numbers, time, body parts. Grammar: Verbs estar, ser, and plural commands.

In the classroom

  • Classroom interactions
  • Spanish alphabet
  • The calendar
  • Vocabulary: classroom, date, asking for help. Grammar: nouns, singular definite articles; Hay, Cuántos-as?

The weather

  • The weather
  • Seasons
  • Vocabulary: weather and seasons Grammar: Verb Hacer (to do/make)

What do you like to do?

  • Activities you and others like don’t like to do.
  • Vocabulary: Activities and expressions for saying what you like and don’t like to do.
  • Grammar: Infinitives, making negative statements. Culture: Favorite activities of teens.

What are you like?

  • Talk about personality traits.
  • Ask and tell what people like
  • Use adjectives to describe people.

Your day at school

  • Talk about school schedules and subjects.
  • Discuss what students do during the day.
  • Ask and tell who is doing an action
  • Vocabulary: Class subjects, school, activities, school supplies, ordinal numbers.
  • Grammar: Subject pronouns, the present tense of verbs.
  • Culture: comparing schools.

Your classroom

  • Describe a classroom.
  • Indicate where things are located.
  • Talk about more than one object or person.
  • Vocabulary: Hay, furniture in the classroom.
  • Grammar: Verb estar, plurals of nouns and articles.

Assessment:

  • Written quizzes
  • Written tests
  • Oral evaluations (through presentations and interpersonal conversations)
  • Group projects