Foreign Language - Spanish II 

District 2853

Month

Content

Performance Standards Addressed

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

 

September

·         Review from Year 1

·         School & School Day

·         Classes & Homework

·         Compare likes/dislikes

·         Compare School in U.S.  with School in other Countries

·         Verbs-tener/conocer/ saber salir, traer, Subj pronouns,

·         Comparisons-equal/unequal

·         Read- short story

 

·         Culture

 

·         Students will be asked for favorites

·         Students will review present tense

·         Students will review vocabulary

·         Reports by exchange students

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Compare school subjects around the world

·         Compare Extra-Curriculars

·         Compare schedules

·         Compare meal programs

·         Lockers

·         Journal entries

·         Quizzes

·         Orals

·         Worksheets

·         Unit Test

October

·         Daily Routine

·         Describe Day before/after School,

·         Compare Extra-Curricular Activity

·         Preferences

·         Compare schedule with that of another student

·         Compare Extra-Curriculars

·         Quizzes

·         Around the World

·         Reflexive Verbs

·         Worksheets

·         Stem -Change Verbs

·         Antes de/Despues de, Read-journal entry

 

·         Culture

 

·         Students will write/speak about daily activities

 

·         Students will refresh present-tense verbs

 

·         Students will use time references

 

·         Students will read using Strategies p. 84-85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Compare daily life of students in U.S. with that of students around world

·         Daily schedules - Academic Rigor - Study  of Languages - Socializing Meals

·         Unit Test

·         Orals

·         Writing Activities

·         Workbook

November

·         Clothing

·         Currencies

·         Vocabulary of Clothing

·         Fabrics/colors/prices

·         State Preferences

·         Make Comparisons

·         Review Preterite Verbs

·         Demonstrative Adj/Pro

·         Comparisons-Equal/Unequal

 

·         Students will use materials/fabrics/colors

·         Students will simulate dialogue in a store/market

·         Students will choose the currency of a country and simulate a sale/purchase

·         Students will compare items to purchase

 

·         Quizzes

·         Preterite Worksheets

·         Process Writing

·         Unit Test

December

·         Leisure Time Activities

·         Sports & Sports Equipment

·         Music

·         Games

·         Preterite verbs - ser, Tener, hacer, poder, saber

·         Preterite-reflexive Verbs

 

·         Cultural

 

·         Students discuss various sports

·         Students discuss Mexican Muralists

·         Student discuss leisure activities

·         Students dialogue with preterite

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Popularity of Hispanic music

·         Popular Hispanic Singers - Ricky Martin, Gloria Estephan, Jon Secada, Carlos Santana, Jennifer Lopez

·         Paintings of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Orozco, Siquieros

·         Other Hispanic fine arts influences - Picasso, Valasquez, El Greco, Salvador Dali, Goya

·         Zaptista reform

·         Orals

·         Creative Projects

·         Quizzes

·         Test on 3 Mexican Muralists

January

·         Childhood Toys, Animals, Playground

·         Equipment

·         Childhood Activities

·         Life and Times of Jose Marti

·         Imperfect Tense

·         All verbs - ar/er/ir

·         Irregulars - ir/ser/ver

 

·         Culture

 

·         Students will reminisce about childhood talk about toys and animals

·         Discuss things they used to do

·         Discuss importance of Jose Marti in Cuba

·         Students dialogue using imperfect tense

 

 

 

 

 

·         Party clothes vs. casual clothes

·         Birthday and Saint's Day celebrations

·         Formal and familiar address

·         Showing affection

·         Private/public education

·         Upper class/lower class

·         Social interaction during play

·         First Communions

·         Quinceanera

·         Orals

·         Quizzes

·         Unit Test

February

·         Civilization Survey of Spain and Latin America

·         Geography, History

·         Art/Music/Literature

·         Aztecs/Incas/Mayas

 

·         Culture

 

·         Students learn facts about mountains, rivers, and cities

·         Students build interest in visiting other countries

·         Students appreciate fine arts of other countries/ cultures

 

 

·         Aztec, Inca, Mayan societies/timeline

·         Demography of Hispanic countries, travel, art, music literature

·         Cover issues of special interest to students

·         Word finds/Crosswords

·         Complete worksheets

·         Unit Test

March

·         La Catrina-Hispanic Telenovelas

·         History Mexican Revolution

·         Paintings of Diego Rivera

·         Family/Friend Relationships

·         Exchange students

·         Emiliano Zapata

·         Compare use of preterite/imperfect

 

·         Culture

 

·         Students will compare soap-operas

·         Students will understand Zapatista agrarian reform

·         Students will discuss TV programs

·         Students will discuss film-making

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Interest in telenovelas

·         Mexican history

·         Genres of films, role of the critic

·         Personajes, principales

·         Model of fairy tales, work on plot

·         Pollution - Care of environment, pesticides

·         Laws of ownership

·         Practice using preterite/imperfect

·         Complete worksheets

·         Class discussions

·         Strategies to write summaries

·         Quizzes

·         Unit Test

April

·         The Community

·         Places in the Community

·         Activities & Errands

·         Transportation

·         Numbers 100-2001

·         Ask & Give Directions

·         Mailing Things

·         Authentic Newspapers

·         Talk about past activities

·         Talk about past events

·         Preterite verbs/ Imperfect verbs

 

 

·         Culture

 

 

·         Students will talk about places in their communities

·         Students will discuss activities & errands in

·         communities

·         Students will discuss various transportation options around the world

·         Students will be able to use numbers through 2001

·         Students will be able to say they don’t understand

·         Students will be able to ask for & give directions

·         Students will read an authentic newspaper from a Hispanic community

·         Students will practice choosing preterite/ imperfect verbs

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