Honors Spanish III Course Overview

This course is the further continuation of what will hopefully become a lifetime love of Spanish! It is designed to improve upon skills the students already acquired in Spanish 1 and 2, bringing students to an intermediate/advanced level of Spanish. with more of an emphasis on listening and speaking skills. Grammatical structures will be enhanced through more advanced reading, writing, speaking and listening.

GRAMMAR including but not limited to:

· Re-cap of Spanish 2

· Affirmative & negative words

· Possessive adjectives - long and short

· Reflexive verbs

· Irregular past tense (preterite)

· Irregular present progressive

· Imperfect tense

· Describing in the past: preterite vs imperfect tenses

· Object pronouns: direct & indirect

· Future tense

· Reciprocal actions

· Imperfect progressive

· Por vs para

VOCABULARY & THEMES including but not limited to:

· Re-cap of Spanish 2

· Extracurricular activities

· Daily routines

· Getting ready for a variety of events

· Shopping

· Prices & money

· Running errands

· Places in a city or town

· Driving terms

· Modes of transportation

· Directions

· Childhood activities, toys, terms

· Expressions describing etiquette

· Holiday & family celebrations

· Planning a trip

· Traveling safely

· Staying in a hotel

· Tourist behavior

· Travel-Live in a foreign city

CULTURE including but not limited to:

· Independence Days of Latin American countries

· “Travel” to the Spanish-speaking world

· Hispanic Heritage in USA and Spanish-Speaking countries

· Spanish & Latin American Holidays

· Art, geography and “travel”

· Music & Dance

· Food