Unit I

.......Comps. .......Students can spell in Spanish
...........................Students can greet one another appropriately
...........................Students can write a simple family essay

......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
..........................Essay on the family
Unit II

.....Comps.......... Students can satisfy classroom needs
...........................Students can ask tag questions
...........................Students can count to 100 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 can analyze the celebration “quinceaneras”

....Grammar ......The verb Ir
..........................Questions formation - inversion and intonnation
..........................The indefinite determiner

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

.....Evaluation..... Quiz on the verb Ir and the places
..........................Student presentation of their town
..........................Essay on the quinceaneras

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

.....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

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