GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Curriculum Guide
Course
Title: Spanish II
Subject: Spanish
Department
/ School: World Language/High School
Duration: 1 Year
Number
of Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of Spanish I
Elective
or Required: Elective
Author: Ninfa Oriana
Edelman
Date Submitted:
Summer 2005
Course Description
Spanish II is a
continuation of the language learning begun in Spanish I. Particular emphases
is placed on listening and reading comprehension as well as speaking and
writing proficiency. Carefully integrated materials and activities effectively
produce the acquisition of more sophisticated vocabulary and grammatical
structures. Active student participation, spontaneity and originality are
encouraged at this level. The Spanish II course consists of the following
components: (1) a review of the basic structures, vocabulary and culture
presented in Level I; (2) intermediate grammar study including present and past
tenses of the subjunctive tense, future, conditional, present perfect tense,
formal and familiar commands along with important lexical and conversation
skills; (3) practical vocabulary designed to develop and expand conversational
skills; (4) cultural and historical topics including societal values and important
historical figures and events; and (5) introduction to Spanish literature
including selected prose and poetry by noted Hispanic authors.
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 form, 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
PRELIMINARY LESSON:
THEMATIC UNIT: PRACTICE AND COMMUNICATE
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1.
Talk
about place of origin and nationality of people. (7.1.9)
2.
Talk
about activities people do and how frequently they do them. (7.1.9)
3.
Read
and interpret information about the first day of class in Spanish-speaking
countries. (7.2.2)
4.
Listen
to, read, and interpret information that describes people. (7.1.9)
5.
Read
information about population in the
6.
Listen
to, read, and interpret information about activities people do. (7.1.9)
7.
Read
and interpret an article about singer Enrique Iglesias. (7.2.2)
8.
Present
information about describing people. (7.1.9)
9.
Describe
the first day of class in Spanish-speaking countries. (7.2. 5, 10)
10. Read and write about the immigrant
population in the
11. Use adjectives of nationality in relation
to country of origin. (7.2.7)
Approximate
duration to teach: 3 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Review
personal characteristics and descriptions.
-
Use
Audio CD to perform dialogues.
-
Practice
answers on transparencies.
-
Describe
themselves and others.
-
Use
adjectives to describe people.
-
Carry
group assignments and create cluster diagrams to organize ideas.
-
Use
visual prompts for writing.
-
Complete
paragraphs using verb ser.
-
Ask
and tell where someone is from.
-
Read
and listen for comprehension.
-
Describe
images.
-
Write
a poem that follows a model.
THEMATIC UNIT 1: SCHOOL DAY
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1.
Read,
listen to, and interpret information about:
a)
school activities
b)
school rules
c)
items you need for class (7.1.6,
20 7.2.9)
2.
Communicate
about classroom activities and rules. (7.1.2)
3.
Compare
rules in different classes. (7.1. 2)
4.
Use affirmative
and negative words. (7.1.23)
5.
Review
stem-changing verbs. (7.1. 12, 23)
6.
Read
and interpret an article about good study habits. (7.1.2, 12)
7.
Investigate
coats of arms. (7.2.2)
8.
Read
Intro:
9.
Talk
about how long people have been doing things. (7.1.23, 8, 12)
Approximate
duration to teach: 3 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Listen
and comprehend school related activities and classroom rules.
-
Comprehend
contextualized vocabulary through a video.
-
Write
and speak about classrooms tasks.
-
Write
and describe teacher’s and students’ tasks.
-
Use
impersonal expression hay que to
indicate how to solve problems.
-
Recite
a poem by José Martí.
-
Brainstorm
a list of problems society would have without education.
-
Read
about a favorite class. Practice stem-changing verbs.
-
Practice
answers and questions using verb conocer.
-
Write
and present a skit about school life in a Spanish-speaking country.
THEMATIC UNIT 2: A SPECIAL EVENT
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1.
Read,
listen to, and interpret information about:
a)
getting
ready for an event (7.1.9, 11)
b)
daily
routines (7.1.9, 12, 14)
2.
Communicate
about shopping, clothing and fashion. (7.1.5, 6, 7)
3.
Explain
cultural perspective about parties. (7.1.11)
4.
Describe
themselves and others. (7.1.4, 9)
5.
Point
out specific objects using demonstrative adjectives. (7.1.7, 23)
6.
Talk
about the past using the preterit of regular verbs. (7.1.7, 12)
7.
Use
reflexive verbs. (7.1.12, 9)
8.
Review
differences between ser & estar. (7.1.9,
17)
9.
Express
possession. (7.1.7, 14, 21)
10. Read about the Teatro Colón and its programs. (7.2.1, 2)
11. Give a presentation about a special event
in their lives. (7.1.9, 12, 14)
Approximate
duration to teach: 4 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Write
about items they need in order to get ready to go out.
-
Write
about clothes to wear, clothing and fashion.
-
Speak
about daily routine and time spent on daily tasks.
-
Survey
and record students’ habits to maintain good health. Compare and advise.
-
Write
exchanges in which they will use ser or estar.
-
Read
and write about events people are participating in and how they feel.
-
Apply
vocabulary by describing a typical teenager’s bedroom, and where things
are.
-
Read
and write about which things belong to whom.
-
Write
and speak about past activities.
-
Read
and write about historical events.
THEMATIC UNIT 3: INTERRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THEIR
COMMUNITY
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1.
Read,
listen to, and interpret information about:
a)
running
errands around town (7.1.9, 20)
b)
where
people go and what they buy (7.1.10,
20)
c)
driving
and transportation (7.1. 20)
2.
Talk
about things they did, and where they did them. (7.1. 21, 18, 12)
3.
Explain
why they weren’t able to do certain things. (7.1. 11, 12)
4.
Discuss
things they have bought and where they bought them. (7.1.7, 11, 13)
5.
Review
uses of direct object pronouns. (7.1.7)
6.
Give
commands. (7.1.10, 11)
7.
Describe
neighborhoods in Spanish-speaking countries. (7.2.1.2)
8.
Read
about the Sister Cities international program. (7.2.1)
Approximate
duration to teach: 3 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Use expression tener que; food and clothing vocabulary to write about
errands to do at different places around
town.
-
Listen,
write, and speak about chores.
-
Use
past tense to indicate completed errands.
-
Read
and comprehend product advertisements.
-
Categorize
vocabulary by brainstorming family of words.
-
Write
and talk about places in the community and ways to make money.
-
Combine
the use of possessive adjectives and object pronouns to initiate
dialogues.
-
Listen
to a poem and summarize its content.
-
Describe
personal experiences in preterit tense using ser / estar.
-
Study
and speak about a painting.
THEMATIC UNIT 4: REMEMBRANCE FROM THE PAST
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1.
Read,
listen to, and interpret information about:
a.
toys
b.
playing
with other children (7. 1.9, 14, 19)
c.
common
etiquette (7.1.1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12,
17)
d.
holiday
celebration (7. 1.9, 10, 11 7.2.1, 2)
2.
Communicate
about childhood toys and games. (7.1.
3, 4, 5, 7, 23)
3.
Discuss
past activities. (7.1.4, 5, 7, 9, 12,
14)
4.
Express
to whom an action is done. (7.1.4, 7,
9, 10, 14)
5.
Talk
about how people interact. (7.1.2, 4,
7, 9)
6.
Read
about Los Reyes Magos. (7.1.7, 16, 23 7.2.1,
2)
7.
Compare
different holiday traditions. (7.2.1,2)
8.
Read
a fable from
9.
Sing
traditional Spanish-language song. (7.1.21
7.2.1.3)
Approximate
duration to teach: 4 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Indicate
which ones are their favorite toys.
-
Scan
and draw detail of a scene.
-
Respond
questions based on a “videohistoria”.
-
Write
about childhood toys.
-
Listen
and comprehend about behavior and etiquette.
-
Listen
and repeat new vocabulary words.
-
Listen
and write from dictation.
-
Write
and speak about what they used to like to do.
-
Complete
analogies to identify infinitive in a subject position.
-
Describe
people’s manners and etiquette.
-
Interpret
an ad for a day care facility.
-
Apply
correct grammar rules to write about what they used to do with their
family.
-
Read
and comprehend cross-curricular connection to science and history.
THEMATIC UNIT 5: ON THE NEWS
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1.
Read,
listen to, interpret, and communicate information about:
a) natural disasters and crisis
situations (7.1.2, 4)
b) emergencies, rescues, and heroes (7.1.9,
12, 14)
c) parts of the body (7.1. 4, 7)
d) what happens in an emergency room
(7.1.6, 7, 11)
2.
Describe
scenes in the past. (7.1.4, 5, 7, 14, 23)
3.
Use preterit
forms of verbs, oir, leer, creer, and destruir. (7.1.7, 16, 23)
4.
Read
about an earthquake in
5.
Discuss
the Richter scale. (7.2.1)
6.
Explain
legends. (7.1.4, 14, 23)
7.
Interview
a classmate about disaster. (7.1.8, 13,
14, 18)
Approximate
duration to teach: 3 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Listen
and comprehend about natural disasters and rescues.
-
Apply
vocabulary lesson to write and speak about emergencies and rescues.
-
Write
and speak about professions.
-
Match
a person with a profession based on his/her attributes.
-
Use
vocabulary in chronological order to talk about events.
-
Speak
about what time of the day a weather condition occurred.
-
Use
preterit vs. imperfect to describe and earthquake.
-
Compare
images to discuss the effects of an earthquake.
-
Read
and discuss safety precautions.
-
Write
a story about a rescued cat.
-
Use
constructions hace and hace que to speak about what they were
doing when injuries occurred.
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1.
Talk
about televised sporting events and programs.
(7.1.4, 5, 9, 14)
2.
Describe
past televised events. (7.1.4, 5, 9)
3.
Express
their feelings about watching television.
(7.1.3, 6, 14)
4.
Express
their opinion with verbs that use indirect objects. (7.1.7, 8, 23)
5.
Use
the present perfect tense to talk about what they have done. (7.1.7, 8, 23)
6.
Read
movie reviews and a movie schedule in Spanish.
(7.1.16, 20)
7.
Define
subtitling and dubbing. (7.1.23 7.2.1)
8.
Talk
about sporting competitions. (7.1.3, 4,
9)
9.
Create
a television guide. (7.1.5, 7, 9)
10.
Write
a film script. (7.1.9, 9, 14)
Approximate
duration to teach: 3 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Apply
vocabulary lesson to read and write championship soccer games.
-
Read,
describe, and ask questions and answers about a beauty pageant.
-
Listen,
write and speak about emotions.
-
Read
about baseball in the
-
Complete
sentences with the correct form of the verb.
-
Use
preterit to discuss sports competition results.
-
Read
a timeline and use preterit to discuss results.
-
Use
-
Read
and speak about movie and movie characters.
-
Express
and write about personal opinions.
-
Read
and write using present perfect tense.
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1.
Communicate
about food and cooking. (7.1.5, 7)
2.
Give
directions in the kitchen. (7.1.5, 23)
3.
Give
and receive instructions for making a recipe.
(7.1.5, 9, 11)
4.
Write
rule to promote safety in the kitchen.
(7.1.2, 4, 5)
5.
Use
negative tú commands. (7.1.7, 17)
6.
Use
impersonal se. (7.1.2, 8, 16)
7.
Read
poems about common foods. (7.1.16 7.2.1, 2)
8.
Exchange
information about tropical food.
(7.1.13 7.2.1, 2)
9.
Describe
how to prepare their favorite dish.
(7.1.3, 5, 7, 23)
10. Communicate what they like or dislike
about outdoor camping. (7.1.3, 4, 5)
11. Read and interpret signs in parks or
campgrounds. (7.1.2, 9)
Approximate
duration to teach: 3 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Use
impersonal se to complete a dialogue
about making paella.
-
Listen,
draw, write, and speak about kitchen appliances.
-
Use tú commands to indicate how to prepare
breakfast.
-
Speak
about food preferences.
-
Use
direct object pronouns to speak about where things go in the kitchen.
-
Use
vocabulary lesson to read, write, and listen about cooking tips.
-
Read,
write and speak about tropical food such as tostones and arepas.
-
Give
familiar negative commands.
-
Write
about regional foods.
-
Read
about science and health to search a cross-curricular connection.
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