8th Grade
Units
Units
Breakfast/lunch
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
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?
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?
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.
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.
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
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?
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?
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?
What gift?
- Talk about buying gifts.
- Tell what happened in the past.
- Use direct object pronouns.
- Understand Cultural Perspectives on gift-giving
On vacation
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
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
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
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:
Assessment:
- Written quizzes
- Written tests
- Oral evaluations (through presentations and interpersonal conversations)
- Group projects