Download Name of Course: Spanish 5 Honors Course Number: Grade Level(s

Name of Course: Spanish 5 Honors
Course Number:
Grade Level(s): grades 11-12
Unit or Strand:
Unit 1 – Para Empezar/Vocabulary and Grammar (Review)
Unit 2 – Trabajo y Comunidad
Unit 3 – ¿Que nos traera el futuro?
Unit 4 – ¿Mito o realidad?
Unit 5 – Intercambio entre culturas
Unit 6 – Cuidemos nuestro planeta
Unit 7 – ¿Cuales son tus derechos y deberes?
Estimated Instructional Time:
One full semester – 18 weeks/block scheduling
PA Academic Standards:
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions
and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety
of topics.
Cultures: Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures
Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives
of the culture studied.
Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives
of the culture studied.
Connections: Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information
Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are available only
through the foreign language and its cultures.
Comparisons: Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture
Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the
language studied and their own.
Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the language
studied and their own.
Communities: Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home and Around the World
Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming lifelong learners by using the language for personal enjoyment
and enrichment.
Unit 1: Para Empezar (Review)
Material to be covered:
Approximate pacing 2 weeks
The Spanish verb: infinitives and the three conjugations
Overview of the 7 simple tenses and conjugation terminology in the
Present Perfect tense.
Preterit tense of regular verbs
Preterit tense of irregular verbs
Stem-changing verbs in the preterit tense
Imperfect tense
Use of preterit and imperfect tenses
Present Participle
Reflexive Pronouns
Jose Ruben Romero
Enabling Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Read a short story in Spanish by Jose Ruben Romero.
Discuss literary elements of Spanish reading in target language.
Respond orally and in writing to comprehension questions regarding the Spanish reading.
Change a conjugated verb to the infinitive form.
Identify a conjugated verb in terms of person, number and tense.
Demonstrate the correct use of regular and irregular past participles in the
Present perfect tense.
Conjugate regular, irregular, and stem-changing verbs in the preterit tense.
Conjugate regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.
Employ correct usage of preterit and imperfect tense in written Spanish.
Demonstrate the correct usage of present participle.
Employ the correct usage of reflexive pronouns in Spanish sentences.
Answer questions utilizing reflexive pronouns.
Unit 2: Trabajo y Comunidad
Material to be covered:
Approximate pacing 2 weeks
Present Perfect
Pluperfect
Present Perfect subjunctive
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
The use of Ser and Estar
Enrique Anderson-Imbert
Enabling Objectives:
Employ the correct usage of present perfect tense in Spanish sentences.
Complete sentences using the correct form of the present perfect subjunctive.
Conjugate verbs in the present subjunctive.
Employ correct usage of ser and estar.
Describe themselves in correct context using ser and estar.
Construct Spanish sentences utilizing unit vocabulary.
Read a short story in Spanish by Enrique Anderson-Imbert.
Discuss story elements and reading in Spanish.
Respond orally and in writing to comprehension questions regarding the Spanish reading.
Unit 3: ¿Que nos traera el futuro?
Material to be covered:
Approximate pacing 2 weeks
Future tense
Future of probability
Future perfect
Direct and indirect object pronouns
Isabel Allende
Enabling Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Employ correct usage of future and future perfect tenses
Employ the correct usage of future and conditional forms in written Spanish.
Answer questions utilizing direct and indirect object pronouns.
Construct Spanish sentences utilizing unit vocabulary.
Read a short story in Spanish by Isabel Allende.
Discuss literary elements of Spanish reading in target language.
Respond orally and in writing to comprehension questions regarding the Spanish reading.
Complete on- demand writing utilizing unit vocabulary, theme and grammar.
Unit 4: ¿Mito o Realidad?
Material to be covered:
Approximate pacing 2 weeks
Present and present perfect subjunctive after expressions of doubt, uncertainty or disbelief
Pero and sino
Subjunctive and adjective clauses
Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quijote de la Mancha -fragment)
Adapted for intermediate students
Enabling Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Construct Spanish sentences utilizing unit vocabulary.
Read an excerpt in Spanish from Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes.
Discuss literary elements of Spanish reading in target language.
Respond orally and in writing to comprehension questions regarding the Spanish reading.
Employ the correct usage of the present subjunctive and the present indicative in Spanish sentences.
Complete sentences using the correct form of the present perfect subjunctive.
Construct Spanish sentences employing the correct usage of pero and sino.
Complete sentences using the subjunctive in adjective clause.
Complete on-demand writing utilizing unit vocabulary, theme and grammar.
Unit: 5: Encuentro entre culturas
Material to be covered:
Approximate pacing 2 weeks
Conditional
Imperfect Subjunctive
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Enabling Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Construct Spanish sentences utilizing unit vocabulary.
Read a short story or excerpt in Spanish by Gabriel García Márquez.
Discuss literary elements of Spanish reading in target language.
Respond orally and in writing to comprehension questions regarding the Spanish reading.
Respond orally and in writing to questions using the conditional.
Employ the correct use of the indicative or subjunctive mood in Spanish sentences.
Translate sentences from English to Spanish employing the correct use of either the conditional tense or the
imperfect subjunctive.
Unit 6: Cuidemos nuestro planeta
Material to be covered:
Approximate pacing 2 weeks
Overview of definite articles
Conjugations used with the subjunctive and the indicative
Relative pronouns que, quien and lo que
Jose Sanchez Boudy
Pablo Neruda
Diego Rivera
Enabling Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Employ the correct usage of the definite articles in Spanish Sentences
Construct Spanish sentences utilizing unit vocabulary.
Read a short story or excerpt in Spanish by Jose Sanchez Boudy, Pablo Neruda or Diego Rivera.
Discuss literary elements of Spanish reading in target language.
Respond orally and in writing to comprehension questions regarding the Spanish reading.
Employ the correct use of the indicative or subjunctive mood in Spanish sentences.
Translate sentences from English to Spanish employing the correct use of either the indicative or subjunctive
mood.
Construct Spanish sentences utilizing relative pronouns que, quien and lo que correctly.
Respond orally and in writing to questions utilizing relative pronouns que, quien,and lo que correctly.
Unit 7: ¿Cuales son tus derechos y deberes?
Material to be covered:
Approximate pacing 2 weeks
Passive voice with se
The imperfect subjunctive
Pluperfect subjunctive
Conditional perfect
Domitila Barrios Chungara
Enabling Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Construct Spanish sentences utilizing unit vocabulary.
Read a short excerpt in Spanish by Domitila Barrios Chungara.
Discuss literary elements of Spanish reading in target language.
Respond orally and in writing to comprehension questions regarding the Spanish reading.
Construct sentences utilizing the passive voice.
Change sentence structure form active to passive voice utilizing se.
Employ the correct use of the indicative or subjunctive mood in Spanish sentences.
Translate sentences from English to Spanish employing the correct use of either the conditional tense or the
imperfect subjunctive.
Complete Spanish sentences utilizing el pluscuamperfecto del subjuntivo.
Activities:
Define weekly vocabulary words.
Write sentences using new vocabulary words.
Weekly thematic reading and classroom discussion.
Small group discussion and written response to reading.
Journal writing regarding thematic topic employing unit vocabulary and grammar.
Individual presentation
Group story writing utilizing unit theme, vocabulary and grammar
Grammar worksheets
Oral practice
Classroom discussion
Writing assignment employing use of vocabulary and grammar.
Cultural display or demonstration (music, dance, artwork, etc.)
Writing, Audio, and Video Activities from ancillary book
Role play activities
Assessment:
Vocabulary and spelling quizzes
Journal writing
Grammar tests
Classroom discussions
Reading response
Small group discussion and written response
Projects
presentations
rubrics
completion of speaking tasks
small group tests
Extensions/Enhancements:
Each of the above units is a thematic unit. The themes are broad enough to allow for teacher creativity and the
implementation of a variety of activities and resources. Each unit consists of a thematic reading by a different
Latino author as well as vocabulary, spelling and grammar that serve to teach the dynamics of the Spanish
language through content. Themes/authors are interchangeable or can be exchanged for other themes/authors.
* Practice on the web site at: PHSchool.com
* Students can communicate by email in Spanish.
* Students can search on the web about cultural issues.
* Students can explore careers for which bilingualism is an asset.
Remediation/Modifications:
additional practice material
tutoring