8th Grade

Units

Breakfast/lunch

  • Foods and beverages for breakfast and lunch
  • Vocabulary: Foods, beverages, adverbs of frequency, expressions to show surprise.
  • Grammar: Present tense of ER and IR, verbs me gusta (n), me encanta (n).
  • Culture: Meals in the Spanish-speaking world.

Food/To be healthy

  • Talk about food and beverages for dinner.
  • Describe what people or things are like.
  • Discuss food, health, and exercise choices.
  • Culture: on diet and health.

Hobbies/ Where do you go?

  • Leisure activities and locations in your community
  • Vocabulary: Leisure activities, places, expressions to tell where and with whom you go, expressions to talk about when things are done.
  • Grammar: The verb IR, interrogative words.
  • Culture: leisure activities of the Spanish speaking world.

Hobbies/Do you want to go with me?

  • Activities outside of school and invitations .
  • Vocabulary: Leisure activities, feelings, expressions for extending, accepting, and declining invitations, expressions to tell when something happens.
  • Grammar: Ir +a + infinitive= future, Verb jugar (to play).
  • Culture: Opinions on after school activities.


Party with the family/A birthday party.

  • Describe families
  • Talk about celebrations and parties
  • Ask and tell ages
  • Express possession
  • Understand cultural perspectives on family and celebrations
  • Grammar: verb Tener /to have, Possessive adjectives.

Party with the family/Let’s go to a restaurant.

  • Talk about family celebrations
  • Describe family members and friends
  • Ask politely to have something brought to you
  • Order a meal in a restaurant
  • Understand cultural perspectives on family celebrations
  • Grammar: verb Venir; the verb Ser/Estar

The house/My bedroom

  • Talk about your bedroom
  • Describe bedroom items and electronic equipment
  • Make comparisons
  • Understand cultural perspectives on homes
  • Grammar: Making comparisons; the superlative; stem-changing verbs: poder and dormir.

The house/What is your house like?

  • Identify rooms in a house
  • Name household chores
  • Tell where you live
  • Understand cultural perspectives on different types of housing
  • Grammar: Affirmative Tú commands; the present progressive tense.

How much does it cost?

  • Talk about clothes, shopping, and prices.
  • Describe your plans.
  • Talk about what you want and what you prefer. Point out specific items.
  • Understand Cultural Perspectives on shopping.

What gift?

  • Talk about buying gifts.
  • Tell what happened in the past.
  • Use direct object pronouns.
  • Understand Cultural Perspectives on gift-giving

On vacation

  • Talk about things to do on vacation.
  • Describe places to visit on vacation. Talk about events in the past.
  • Understand Cultural Perspectives on travel and vacation.

Helping out in the community

  • Discuss volunteer work and ways to help the environment.
  • Talk about what people say. Talk about what people did for others.
  • Understand Cultural Perspectives on volunteer work.

The Movies and TV

  • Describe movies and TV programs  Express opinions about media entertainment.
  • Talk about things you have done recently.  Understand Cultural Perspectives on common gestures.

Technology

  • Talk about computers and the Internet.
  • Learn to ask for something and to tell what something is used for.
  • Talk about knowing people or knowing how to do things.
  • Understand Cultural Perspectives on using technology

Assessment:

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