Advanced Spanish Syllabus Year (B)
Unit I - Latin America
Comps.: ...students can
identify what comprises the Spanish speaking World in Latin America
.................sstudents
have basic knowledge about a specific Latin American Country
..................students
can describe a specific event that occurred in a Latin American County.
Grammar: regular and
irregular forms of the present tense
.................the present
progressive Appropriate usage of the present and present progressive ..................introduction to the subjunctive mood..............
..................advanced
list of transitional words
Vocab : review of the
meaning of all verbs
..................geographicl features
Evaluations: exam on
the present tense
....................class presentation
on a Latin American country
.................. ..reading comprehension activity
Unit II - Education in Hispanic Society
Comps. :........students can
explain the differences between educational systems in our culture ......................and
othe hispanic countries
......................students
can respond appropriately and correctly in a ten minute “school”
interview
......................students
can discuss educational goals for the future
Grammar: ......introduce the
future and conditional tenses
Vocab: ....... ..vocabulary of
education
.................. ....adverbs indicating the future
Evaluations: quiz on
vocabulary of education
......................opinion
paper on the differences between systems
......................brochure
and description of invented school
......................10 - 15
minute interview at a “prospective” school
.......................quizzes on
the future and conditional
Unit III - Mi Casa Ideal
Comps :...........students describe what their dreamhouse would be like
........................students can describe household tasks
........................students discuss what they would do given certain circumstances
Grammar:........the conditional tense
Vocabulary:.... the house
........................household activities
Evaluation Question and answer session about what students would do
......................vocabulary quiz on the house
......................presentation of student's dream house
......................describe steps in achieving household tasks
Unit IV - Fairytales and Myths
Comps. ..........students
can recognize what comprises a fairytale
.......................students can retell sections of a story
........................students
can paraphrase text
Grammar: .......review
of the preterite and imperfect tenses
.................. .....perfect (el presente perfecto) and past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
........................students
demonstrate limited facility with sequence of tense
Vocab:.............vocabulary
of fairytales and myths
Evaluation: .......write
a 600-800 word fairytale in the past
..........................taped
reading of the fairytale
..........................quiz on
vocabulary or fairytales and myths
..........................written
exam on the preterite vs the imperfect
.................. .......quizzes on the perfect and past perfect tenses
.................. ........reading comprehension and translation activities
Unit V - Selling Cars
Comps.:..............students
present persuasive arguments in Spanish
........................... students
describe the operation and parts of the car
Grammar: ...........formal
and informal commands
............................pronouns
and pronoun placement
............................review
of comparatives and superlatives
Vocab:.................vocabulary
of the car
..............................prepositions
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Evaluations: ........video
of students selling a car
.............................quiz on
the vocabulary of the car
.............................taped telling
of the steps involved in operating a car
.............................desrciption and description for your car
Unit VI - Geography and culture of Spain
Comps - ..............students know the important cities of Spain
...........................sstudents recognize what is unique to Spanish culture
............................students plan a trip to a part of Spain
............................students can find information about Spanish cities using the internet
............................students plan a trip to a foreign country
Grammar :.......... future tenses
............................relative clauses including lo que
Vocab - ...............more vocabulary of geographic description
............................city street vocab
............................travel vocab
Evaluations: ....... presentation about a major city or region in Spain
............................written exam on the future tenses
............................skit on an american tourist in Spain
Unit VII- Don Quijote y el Idealísmo
Comps: ................students read
the text for comprehension
............................students
are familiar with themes of Don Quijote
............................students
can compare the Idealism of Don Quijote with a modern day figure
Grammar:............correct
use of transitional words
............................conjunctions
and which ones take the subjunctive
............................more on formation
of and use of the subjunctive
Vocab: ................transitional
words
............................conjunctions
Evaluations: - .......comprehension and translation activities
on Don Quijote
..............................exam on the subjunctive
..............................comparative
paper on idealism
...........................
Last revised 8/25//2008
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