GRADE 8: Intermediate Spanish curriculum
Semester Course, A/B schedule
Review of Units 1 and 2a (from Grade 7)
Unit 2b: Can Do Goals: By the end of this unit, students will be able to :
Use the verb estar, prepositions of location to explain where objects and people are located
Use numbers beyond 30 to count nouns, solve math problems and identify years in Spanish
Cultural topics to be explored in this unit:
Spain's Geography and culture
Unit 3: Can Do Goals: By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
Talk about family members and their relationships to one another
Introduce my family to a friend
Create a profile describing oneself (using one’s nationality & adjective description)
Describe members of my extended family and explain how they are related to one another
learn how to conjugate -er and -ir verbs in present tense
Describe my activities on a typical day
Talk about the things I have to do
Cultural topics to be explored in this unit:
Various family traditions in Spanish speaking countries
Spain’s Royal Family
Ecuador’s Geography and culture