Unit I

.......Comps. .......Students can spell in Spanish
...........................Students can greet one another appropriately
...........................Students can describe themselves and their families
...........................Students can compares themselves to another

......Grammar...... The verb Ser
...........................The Spanish alphabet
...........................Adjective agreement and pluralizing
...........................Verb Conjugation
...........................Subject pronouns
...........................Basic Negation

......Vocab......... Greetings
...........................Immediate family
...........................Basic descriptive adjectives/colors

.....Evaluation..... Quiz on greetings
..........................Oral spelling evaluation
..........................Quiz on ser and pronouns
...........................Quiz on adjectives and comparisons
..........................Essay on the family
Unit II

.....Comps.......... Students can satisfy classroom needs
...........................Students can ask tag questions
...........................Students can count to 1000 in Spanish
...........................Students can use days and dates accurately

.....Grammar....... Hay
...........................Tag question formation
...........................Punctuation
...........................Definite determiner
...........................Date formation

......Vocab.......... The classroom
...........................Days, Months, Seasons, Times of the day
...........................Numbers to 100

......Evaluation.... Quiz on the classroom vocab
...........................Math quiz in Spanish
...........................Quiz on days, months seasons and dates

Unit III

.......Comps. ......Students can form regular questions
..........................Students can identify and describe parts of the town
...........................Students tell where things are
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....Grammar ......The verb Ir
..........................Questions formation - inversion and intonnation
..........................The indefinite determiner
...........................Prepositions
...........................Using estar with location

....Vocab ..........The places in the town/The Spanish town
...........................Professions

.....Evaluation..... Quiz on the verb Ir and the places
..........................Student presentation of their town
..........................Quiz describing where things are

Unit IV

......Comps.........Students can use interrogative pronouns appropriately
..........................Students can express likes and dislikes

......Grammar..... Impersonal constructions like Gustar and Se puede
..........................Conjugation of -Ar verbs

......Vocab .........Interrogative pronouns
..........................List of 45 -Ar verbs

.....Evaluation.....Quiz on the meaning of -Ar verbs
.........................Oral quiz on questioning and answering
.........................Student calendars

.....Comprehensive exam on units 1-4

Unit V

..... Comps .......Students can describe each other’s clothing
.........................Students can describe the weather

..... Grammar ....Regular -Er and -Ir verbs
.........................The verbs tener and hacer
.........................How to indicate possession with “de”
.........................Possessive adjectives
........................Adjective placement

.......Vocab ......Basic clothing
........................The weather
........................-Er and -Ir verbs
.........................Tener Idioms
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.....Evaluation ..Quiz on the meanings of -Er and -Ir verbs
.......................Written excercise describing clothes
.......................Catalog project
.......................Written and oral weather report

                             
Unit VI
......Comps ......Students can identify parts of the building
........................Students can describe their condition and how they feel
........................Students can tell time

.....Grammar The verb Estar
........................6 verbs with the irregular “yo” form
........................Non-direct translation with “tener idioms”
........................Ser Vs. Estar
........................How to tell time

.......Vocab ......The school
.................. .....Telling Time

.......Evaluation Quiz on the vocab of the school
........................Oral quiz on condition
........................Quiz on telling time
........................Test on the difference between Ser and Estar
........................Essay on Mi Escuela Ideal with presentation

Unit VII
.........Comps... Students can express themselves in the future
........................Students can identify counrites of Latin America
........................Students can identify countries of the world using Spanish

.........Grammar The future using Ir & a & the infinitive

........ Vocab ....Adverbs of the future
........................Nations and nationalities

..........Evaluation Oral interviews about future plans
..........................Quiz on nations and nationalities
..........................Geography quiz on latin America
..........................Student presentation on a Latin American Country

 

Comprehensive Test on verbs in the Present Tense

Unit VIII

             Comps.    Students can generalize about their daily routine at  home and in.school
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.............Grammar  Reflexives verbs in the present
                             The personal A
.............Vocab    ..Reflexive verb                                                  

             Evaluation Usage quiz on reflexive verbs
..............................One page essay or project about stundents’ daily routine
Unit IX

             Comps.         Students  describe a scene from the outdoors
................................. Students use impersonal constructions/reflexives
................................. Students  compare animals........
.................................Students depict the geography of Spain

             Grammar        Use of impersonal/reflexive constructions in Spanish   vs. the use of ....................................the passive voice in English
.............Vocabulary    The outdoors
...................................Animals
...................................Geographical terms

               Evaluation      Vocabulary quizzes on the great outdoors
.................................... Vocabulary quiz on animal
.....................................Habitat presentation
.................................... Quiz on the geography of Spain

Unit X

............. Comps ...........Students can describe meals and mealtime
.....................................Students can recognize foods and foodgroups on a menu

............. Grammar.........Tomar Vs. Beber & Comer
.....................................Stem change verbs E - IE and O - UE
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.............Vocab .............Food and associated vocab
.....................................List of stem change verbs

............. Evaluations .....Vocabulary quiz on food (2)
.....................................Quiz on stem change verb meanings
.....................................Written activity demonstrating success with stem-change verbs
.....................................Students write their own menu based on a theme
Unit XI

               Comps. .........Students order food from a restaurant       
.......................... ..........Students discuss events in the past that pertain to themselves .(first person)

               Grammar :......Regular and irregular preterites
.......................... ..........Adverbs in the past used with the preterite tense

                Vocabulary  .The restaurant (advanced)
.................................. ..Verbs of action

                Evaluation      Quiz on vocabulary from the restaurant
..................................... 13 situations from the restaurant
......................................Quiz on the preterite (first person and second form only)
....................................  Presentation about students’ life

Unit XII           

.................Comps. ........Students discuss past events that pertain to themselves (first and second person)
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..................Grammar : ...Regular and Irregular preterites
......................................Adverbs in the past used with the preterite

...................Vocab........ Review of all verbs o
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....................Evaluation .Quiz on the preterite (yo and tú forms only)
.......................................Presentation on students' past life mps     .............

Unit XIII               
.............       Comps. ......Students respond to situations in a hotel
.......................................Students use the preterite and imperfect appropriately

                      Grammar    Regular and irregular forms of the imperfect
....................................... The difference in usage between the preterite and imperfect

                        Vocab..    The hotel
.........................................Adverbs used with the imperfect tense

                         Evaluation Quiz on the imperfect
..........................................Quiz on the vocabulary of the hotel
..........................................Role play situations in the hotel
..........................................Hotel presentation
..........................................Quiz on the difference between the preterite and the    imperfect

Unit XIV

                       Comps.   ....Students direct one another around the school   building or town
...................................... .. Students ask and comprehend basic directions
...................................... ...Students use informal commands

                        Grammar   Informal commands
.........................................The difference between por and para

                        Vocab.....  Advanced prepositions
.........................................Asking directions

                         Evaluation Quiz on the vocabulary of giving directions
..........................................Usage quiz on giving and getting directions
..........................................Quiz on informal commands
Unit XV

                         Comps       Students describe what  their dreamhouse will be like
...........................................Students discuss what they will do in the future

                         Grammar    The future tense

.........................Vocab....    The house

                          Evaluation  Quiz on the future tense
............................................Two vocab quizzes on the house
............................................Presentation on your dream house