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8th Grade Spanish
Unit Learning Goals
The beginning of school through October will be spent reviewing what students learned during their 7th
grade year and preparing them for the first test they must pass for admittance into Spanish II next year.
The Unit plans we will be reviewing are as follows:
Introductory Unit
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Alphabet
Introductions
Stating where you are from
Spanish-speaking countries
Classroom Directions
Textbook Directions
Numbers
Phone Numbers
Unit 1.1
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The verb SER
Subject Pronouns
Past-times (hobbies)
Foods
The verb GUSTAR with an infinitive
Unit 1.2
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Definite articles (el, la, los, las)
Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)
Forming plurals of nouns
Word order of nouns and adjectives
Noun-adjective agreement
Describing people in terms of personality and appearance
Unit 2.1
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Present-tense indicative conjugation of regular –ar verbs
The verb TENER
Tener + que + infinitive
Time
Expressions of frequency
School subjects
Unit 2.2
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The verb IR
The verb IR + al/ a la/ a los/ a las
The verb ESTAR
Uses of the verb ESTAR
Prepositions
Describing Locations
Describing classroom objects
Describing classes
Places in school
Feelings
Unit 3.1
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The verb GUSTAR with singular and plural nouns
Present tense indicative conjugation of regular-er and –ir verbs
Foods and beverages
Special TENER expressions
Interrogatives
The rest of the year we will cover Units 3.2 through 5.1
Unit 3.2
 Family
 Possessive adjectives
 Using DE to express possession
 Comparatives
 Expressing the date
 Numbers
Unit 4.1
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Stem-changing verbs (e to ie) with the verbs QUERER, PREFERIR, CERRAR, EMPEZAR, ENTENDER,
PENSAR
Direct object pronouns (me, te, lo, la, nos, os, los, and las)
Shopping
Clothing
Colors
Special TENER expressions
Seasons
Unit 4.2
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Stem-changing verbs (e to i) with verbs SERVIR and PEDIR
Stem-changing verbs (o to ue) with verbs PODER, ALMORZAR, COSTAR, DORMIR, ENCONTRAR,
and VOLVER
Around town
Ordering in a restaurant
Unit 5.1
 Uses of SER and ESTAR
 Around the house
 Ordinal numbers
 Ordinal numbers and agreement