GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Curriculum Guide
Course Title: Spanish I
Subject: Spanish
Grade Level: 9,
10, 11
Department / School: World Language/High School
Duration: 1
year
Number of Credits: 5
Prerequisite: none
Elective or Required: Elective
Author: Caitlin Price
Date Submitted: Summer 2005
Course Description
Spanish I
Spanish I is a foundation course which develops basic
communicative competency in the Spanish language and provides an understanding
and appreciation of the cultures of Spanish-speaking nations. The acquisition of effective listening,
speaking, reading and writing skills is achieved through a wide variety of
carefully integrated, student-centered activities. Videos, CDs, music, authentic print
materials, skits and word games are used extensively. The first year language learning experience
consists of the following components: 1)
basic grammar study including the present and preterite tenses, agreement of
nouns and adjectives, negation, comparison of adjectives and interrogatives; 2)
practical vocabulary presented in a contextual format; and 3) geographical and
cultural topics including map work, daily routines, and activities.
GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WORLD LANGUAGE
In a changing world of technology and multiculturalism, the world is getting smaller and the importance of multilingual abilities is becoming increasingly important. We in the World Language Department believe every individual in our school is capable of learning a foreign language to the best of their ability. Our emphasis is on communication and culture. Students will use correct syntax, grammar, and pronunciation. Included in our repertoire of activities is a study of both Francophone and Hispanic cultures. This also includes non-verbal clues common to these cultures. Students will be exposed to all forms of literature in the native language in their chosen second language, in the original from, depending on the level of study.
Students will also be exposed to the language not only through the use of the textbook but also through the use of multimedia, listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. Native speakers will be invited and engaged whenever possible. Students will be expected to take an active role in the learning of the language since true communication is an active process. Students will be assessed in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Authentic assessment in real life and survival situations will be a part of all teachers’ classrooms. Available technology will be employed, working on collaborative activities within the framework of the topic.
World Language
STANDARD 7.1 (COMMUNICATION)
STANDARD 7.2 (CULTURE)
Curriculum Description
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Ask
someone’s name and reply. (7.1 17,
20 7.2 9, 10)
2. Ask
how someone is doing and reply. (7.1 17,
20 7.2
9,10)
3. Introduce
themselves and others. (7.1 17, 20 7.2
9)
4. Say
where they are from. (7.1 17 7.2
9)
5. Greet
others and say goodbye. (7.1 17 7.2
9,10)
6. Say
their phone number. (7.1 17 7.2
9)
7. Give
the time, date, and day. (7.1 17 7.2
9)
8. Use
the alphabet. (7.1 17 7.2
9)
9. Recite
numbers 0 to 31. (7.1 17 7.2
9)
10. Identify
subjects and verbs in sentences. (7.1
17, 7.2 9)
11. Use subject
pronouns. (7.1 17 7.2
9)
12. Use the
verb to be. (7.1 17,18 7.2
9)
13. Write
punctuation marks. (7.1 17 7.2
9)
14. Use popular
nicknames for people in class. (7.1
17 7.2 9,10)
15. Address
adults and students formally and informally.
(7.1 17 7.2 9,10)
16. Discuss the
geography, festivals, food, architecture and art of
Approximate duration of time: 4 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Role-play students meeting on the first day of
school, and students meeting teachers.
-
Respond to questions about picture prompts
stating the time of day and appropriate greetings.
-
Create a pictorial agenda of their day, labeling
each activity with day and time.
-
Create basic sentences eliminating the verb “to
be”, then have a partner complete it.
-
Listen to a dialogue on an Audio CD and
determine if adults or students are speaking, based on the formality of the
subject pronouns and verbs.
-
Use the language lab to practice pronunciation
of the alphabet.
-
Identify and draw the correct time of day on
white boards when spoken aloud by classmates taking turns.
-
Create a calendar month labeling the month,
days, and writing out the numbers.
-
Read an article and discuss ways of greeting in
various parts of the world.
-
Watch a
-
Find a Spanish equivalent to their own name,
choose a Spanish name and research its meaning and possible nicknames.
-
Play an alphabet popcorn game where students say
letters of the alphabet backwards until the last person is left standing.
-
Play Bingo.
-
Introduce themselves to each member of the
class, including where they are from.
-
Use the laptops to complete a scavenger hunt
about the culture of
-
Read an article and answer questions about the
culture of
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Describe
friends. (7.1 17,20,21
7.2 9)
2. Express
likes and dislikes. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
3. Use
numbers 32 to 100. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
4. Ask
someone’s age and birthday. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
5. Pair
nouns and their definite articles. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
6. Make
nouns and adjectives agree. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
7. Use
the verb ser with adjectives. (7.1 17,18,20
7.2 9)
8. Compare
and contrast using adjectives. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
9. Use
colors as descriptive adjectives. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
10. Say
negative statements. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
11. Express
ownership using the preposition de. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
12. Form
questions. (7.1 17,18,20
7.2 9)
13. Discuss the
geography, food, art, festivals and architecture of
Approximate duration of time: 4 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Play Bingo
with numbers 0 to 100.
-
Create and role-play a dialogue in which they
talk about school topics that they like and dislike.
-
Arrange themselves in a line from oldest to
youngest, and tell each other their birthdays.
-
Write short biographies about each other, read
them to the class and have classmates guess the student being described.
-
Read about and discuss different legal ages for
voting and driving in Spanish-speaking countries.
-
Play a game where they create a descriptive
sentence about a celebrity, each student repeating the sentence then adding an
adjective of their own.
-
Create a scrapbook of friends, family and famous
people in which they write their ages, birthdays, and likes and dislikes, along
with a description of those people.
-
Play a dice game matching nouns and their
definite articles.
-
Complete a color/personality analysis chart.
-
Take dictation on descriptions of a variety of
people.
-
Describe many elements of a famous painting from
a Puerto Rican artist.
-
Write positive and negative sentences using a
picture prompt.
-
Watch a video which uses thematic vocabulary in
context and answer true and false questions.
-
Read and discuss an article about
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Talk about what they like to do. (7.1 17,18 7.2 9)
2. Talk
about what they want to do. (7.1 17,19
7.2 9)
3. Use
pronouns after prepositions. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
4. Talk
about everyday activities. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
5. Say
where they go and how often. (7.1 17,19
7.2 9)
6. Use
–ar verbs in the present tense. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
7. Use
the verb ir (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
8. Use
weather expressions. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9,13)
9. Discuss
team sports in
10. Introduce
formally and informally. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9,10)
11. Discuss
volunteering in their community. (7.1 17,20
7.2 9,10)
12. Talk about
the geography, architecture, art, food and festivals of
Approximate duration of time: 4 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Create and complete a classroom survey about
what their friends do on the weekend, and then produce a pie chart on the
laptops labeling the various categories and characteristics of the student’s
questions.
-
Use the language lab to practice answering
questions with new grammar and vocabulary.
-
Write an essay based on a picture sequence using
thematic vocabulary.
-
Read and discuss an article about teenagers in
-
Infer what the cognates mean from the new
vocabulary list, and discuss the characteristics and patterns of the words.
-
Have students create a chart of their activities
during different seasons and weather.
-
Watch a
-
Create and role-play a dialogue about friends
deciding what they want to do on the weekend.
-
Use the laptops to look up current weather
conditions of various Spanish-speaking cities.
-
Read an article about the border culture in
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Identify
school supplies and items needed for school.
(7.1 17,18 7.2 9)
2. Converse
about their classes. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
3. Talk
about their daily plans. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
4. Discuss
school events. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
5. Identify
places in the school. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
6. Use
indefinite articles. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
7. Ask
questions using interrogatives. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
8. Compare
and contrast quantities. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
9. Discuss
their school schedules. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9,10)
10. Converse
about school issues. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9,10)
11. Conjugate
–er and –ir verbs in the present tense. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
12. Use tag
questions. (7.1 17,23
7.2 9)
13. Use
irregular yo verbs. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
14. Discuss the
geography, art, festivals, food and tropical animals of
Approximate duration of time: 4 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Make labels for and mark items in the classroom.
-
Role-play two students on the first day of
school comparing their schedules.
-
Make a school bulletin announcing the various
activities in the school.
-
Watch a
-
Read and discuss articles about tracking and
electives.
-
Preview a reading about the culture of
-
Write a short essay based on a picture sequence
about students in school le
-
Create a brochure of their school for a foreign
exchange program.
-
Create and play a concentration card game using
pictures of school supplies and their name in Spanish.
-
Listen to a dialogue on the Audio CD and mark
off items from a shopping list that they hear they do not need.
-
Play a verb game in which all students clap in
rhythm as a timer. They must call out
verb conjugation matching a subject called out by a student before they clap
three times.
-
Take dictation about a student’s typical day.
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Describe
people in their family. (7.1 17, 18
7.2 9)
2. Describe
family relationships. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
3. Talk
about their house. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
4. Converse
about their responsibilities. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
5. Identify
furniture and accessories. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
6. Use
possessive adjectives. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
7. Use
stem-changing verbs in the present tense.
(7.1 17,21 7.2 9)
8. Use
estar with prepositions. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
9. Communicate
with negative expressions. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
10. Identify
origins of Hispanic surnames. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
11. Discuss the
concept of family in Spanish-speaking countries. (7.1
17 7.2 9-11)
12. Talk about
the geography, architecture, food, festivals and fine arts of
Approximate duration of time: 4 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Draw each other’s bedrooms while sitting back-to-back
describing them, making a mental picture of their partner’s drawing.
-
Create and present a family tree, describing
each member and writing captions of birthdays and ages.
-
Create a fictitious family tree based on a
description on the Audio CD.
-
Create a story using only stem-changing verbs.
-
Create and complete a classroom survey about who
does what chores in their homes.
-
Use the language lab to practice pronunciation
of new vocabulary.
-
Write a pictorial essay about their ideal house.
-
Make a chart about family responsibilities and
chores in their house.
-
Watch a
-
Preview a reading on Chilean culture by using
the laptops for a scavenger hunt.
-
Read an article about Chilean culture and answer
questions.
-
Choose one facet of Chilean culture and create a
poster and presentation.
-
Create a television commercial as a real estate
agent trying to sell your house.
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Comment
on food. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
2. Make
polite requests. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
3. Talk
about meals and identify foods. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
4. Offer
help and give instructions. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
5. Use
direct object pronouns. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
6. Identify
foods they can order in a restaurant. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
7. Identify
foods common in Spanish-speaking countries.
(7.1 17 7.2 9-11)
8. Identify
elements of a table setting. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
9. Discuss
the geography, art, architecture, festivals and foods of
Approximate duration of time: 4 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Research and create authentic menus for a
Mexican restaurant, omitting the most popular foods.
-
Role-play a situation in a restaurant between
waiters and a client.
-
Play a memory game where a waiter takes an
order, leaves, asks the client to repeat it, asks if they want anything else,
they add one item, and repeat the entire process.
-
Create a small cookbook, writing basic steps in
formal commands and using labeled pictures for the ingredients.
-
Make a television commercial for a Mexican
restaurant.
-
Research origins of popular foods in
Spanish-speaking countries.
-
Write sentences using direct object pronoun, cut
out the parts of speech, then give them to a partner to put them back in order.
-
Create a food pyramid, labeling pictures in each
category.
-
Write a critic’s review for a local restaurant.
-
Create and complete a survey about what students
order in different kinds of restaurants and present the results.
-
Read a Mexican myth about food and discuss the
values reflected in the legend.
-
Answer questions orally based on a picture sequence about a spouse preparing a
disastrous meal.
-
Analyze the importance of the market in
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Discuss
their daily routines. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
2. Identify
personal items. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
3. Identify
parts of the body. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
4. Talk
about staying fit and healthy. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
5. Use
reflexive verbs. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
6. Use
infinitives in context. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
7. Use
health expressions with tener, sentirse, and estar. (7.1
17,18 7.2 9)
8. Form
negative informal commands. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
9. Use
object pronouns with informal commands. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
10. Discuss the
geography, architecture, art, festivals and food of
Approximate duration of time: 4 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Create a brochure for a health resort.
-
Use the language lab to practice pronouncing new
vocabulary.
-
Watch a
-
Role-play a dialogue between a doctor and a
patient with many symptoms.
-
Play Simon
Says.
-
Create a presentation about their daily routine
in the morning and at night.
-
Play Taboo
using the new vocabulary.
-
Create a newspaper insert advertising sales at a
pharmacy.
-
Create a Venn diagram with another student about
what they do to be healthy.
-
Write and act out a dialogue between a parent
and child that does not want to do anything that he has to.
-
Act as doctors, creating a line of questions to
ask various students in the class that are feigning illness, and then offer
their advice.
-
Draw a monster using the cues from the Audio CD.
-
Research a cultural aspect of
-
Read an article about Argentine culture, and
discuss.
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Ask
for and offer opinions. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9)
2. Identify
articles of clothing. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
3. Ask
for help in a store. (7.1 17,21
7.2 9,10)
4. Identify
stores and what they sell. (7.1 17
7.2 9,10)
5. Use
time expressions. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
6. Use
numbers up to a million. (7.1 17
7.2 9)
7. Employ
demonstrative adjectives and comparisons.
(7.1 17,18 7.2 9)
8. Use
the preterite tense of –ar verbs. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
9. Use
the preterite of the verb ir. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)
10. Indicate
where they went and what they did. (7.1 17,18
7.2 9)