Download Spanish for Spanish Speakers Beginning (0709000) Year at a

Spanish for Spanish Speakers Beginning (0709000) Year at a Glance for 2016-17
Culture and Connections
Students will identify and discuss:
 Geography of Spanish-speaking countries
(location on the map of each country)
Quarter 1
Centroamérica
 Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
 Godparents and extended family
 La leyenda del Popol Vuh
 El Sistema Internacional de Medidas (Sistema
Métrico)
 Rubén Darío
 Surnames
 Los países, las capitales y las nacionalidades
de Centroamérica
 Ruinas mayas de Honduras
 Días de la independencia
Students will identify and discuss:
 El Día de los Muertos (various forms of the
celebration in different countries)
Quarter 2
El Caribe
 Las casas coloniales con patios
 Las Serenatas
 Los barrios
 El turismo del Caribe
 Los países, las capitales y las nacionalidades
de las Antillas (Cuba, República Dominicana y
Puerto Rico)
 El estilo de vida caribeño
 Los géneros musicales del Caribe
Suramérica
 La Avenida de los volcanes
 La ropa tradicional andina
 Los camélidos andinos: la llama y la alpaca
Vocabulary
Students will be able to discuss the following
topics:












Greeting and goodbyes
Formal vs. informal register
The classroom and classes
Likes and preferences
Sports and leisure activities
Travel and transportation
Weather expressions
Family members and personal relationships
Physical characteristics and personality traits
Emotional states and feelings
Personal information
Los números 0 – 1000
Students will be able to discuss the following
topics:
 Expressions used to confirm information, to
express surprise or astonishment, and to
express approval and disapproval
 The house
 Household chores
 Home furnishings, accessories and appliances
 The city
 The neighborhood
 City landmarks and nature
 Professions
 Stores and businesses
 Shopping
 Past tense time markers (el año pasado,
anoche, etc.)
 Los números 1000 – 1.000.000 and decimals
Grammar
Students will be able to understand and use:













Cognates
Reflexive verbs
Adverbs that express frequency
Irregular verbs in the present tense
Stem-changing verbs (e  ie), (o ue)
(ei)
Estar + en, prepositions and adverbs that
express location
Hay
Verbs that are irregular in the yo form
The verb ir
Possessives adjectives and pronouns
Noun-adjective agreement
Comparatives and superlatives
Interrogatives
Students will be able to understand and use:






Present progressive tense
Present participles
Direct object pronouns
Indirect object pronouns
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Cognates and context clues to figure out the
main idea and essential details of a passage
 Regular –ar verbs in the preterite tense
 Regular –er and –ir verbs in the preterite
tense
Students will identify and discuss:




Quarter 3




El carnaval de Oruro: disfraces y máscaras
El Altiplano Boliviano
Regatear en los mercadillos
Los países, las capitales y las nacionalidades
de los Andes centrales. (Ecuador, Perú y
Bolivia)
Los textiles tradicionales
La leyenda de El Dorado
El salto Ángel
El transporte público: el autobús
Norteamérica
 La tortilla
 El chocolate
Students will identify and discuss:





Quarter 4
El Álamo
El chile
Los horarios de las comidas
Ciudad de México, D. F.: Capital de México
Guacamole
España
 Madrid: Capital de España
 Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí y Diego
Velázquez
 Los sanfermines
 El Catalán
 La Seguridad Social
 El gazpacho
 La dieta mediterránea
 Las tunas
Students will be able to discuss the following
topics:
 Clothing and accessories
 Fabric and fit
 Colors and patterns
 Foods and food groups
 Food packaging and actions in the grocery
store
 Condiments, items used in the kitchen,
actions in the kitchen
 Table settings, food preparation and flavors
 Expressions used to order food in a
restaurant or ask a waiter for something
Students will be able to discuss the following
topics:





Body parts
Vocabulary for beauty products
Personal hygiene
Symptoms and illnesses
Healthy habits
Students will be able to understand and use:





Irregular verbs in the preterite tense
Stem-changing –ir verbs in the preterite tense
Time expressions with hace
Words to express quantity: indefinites
Singular affirmative commands, regular and
irregular
 Regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect
tense.
Students will be able to understand and use:
 Plural affirmative commands, regular and
irregular
 Negative commands, regular and irregular
 The past participle of verbs
 Adverbs ending in –mente
 Por y para
 Hay que, tener que, deber, necesitar, poder
 Past participle
 The future and conditional tenses
Bolded topics are mandatory; not bolded ones are recommended for enrichment and to
improve reading skills and background knowledge.
Note: Please include instruction in reading comprehension strategies. Culture and
vocabulary give great opportunities to practice reading and listening using authentic texts
and resources. Also, include opportunities for discussion and interpersonal speaking, as
well as oral and written presentations to prepare for Pre-AP.