Shattuck-St.

Mary's School

Spanish III
Teacher: Language World

August 2014
Content

Skills

ReviewOrthography
ReadingGrammar

Oral
Speaking
1. Discuss their summer activities
and their families.
Reading/Writing

Vocabulary related to:

school, family sports,
summer activities
Review present tense of
regular and irregular -ar, -er
and -ir verbs
Stem-changing verbs in the
present tenses
Review verbs ser, estar and
gustar.
Use of all parts of informal
writing
Read "Parejas sin
fronteras", Basilos and
famosos
Review present progressive

Writing

Write and find meaning of

Assessment

1. Write sentences using verbs in

the present tense. and present
progressive.
2. Identify stem-change verbs.

1. Tell their vacation

Describe yourself and
others.

Resources
Handouts with information about
the present tense and present
progressive.
Handout of personality test.
Reading "parejas sin fronteras"
Text Descubre Lengua y Cultura
del Mundo Hispanico.

Writing

1-2 Paragraph about their

daily routine.

3-4.Write an informal letter

to a real friend.

1-2. Quiz on present tense

and present progressive

Writing
3. All parts of an informal letter.
4. Write an informal letter
5. Compare and contrast
presonalities in the reading
"Parejas sin froteras" , Basilos,
Famosos and students' personalities
Listening
6. Short stories describing others
and self.

Listening

Quiz on short stories

Quiz on describing people
and self using vocabulary

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vocabulary words of
"Parejas sin fronteras".
Write questions of reading
and answer the questions of
"Que aprendiste"
Informal letter format

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Skills

Assessment
words.

Resources

Skills
Listening/Comprehension

Assessment
Writing

Resources
text, Nuevas Vistas
workbook
visuals
Music
Videos
Web
CNN
Newspapers
Games
Worksheets

Listening

Short and Long Dialogues

September 2014
Content
Speaking

Presentation of Favorites
Activities

1. Chose right answer for

statements given about the
reading.
Reading/Comprehension

Listening/Comprehension

Short Dialogs
Short Narratives

Writing

1. Read the the Dialogue

of "Nada que perder"
Speaking
1. Share favorites activities
2. Design a short story

2, 3 Grammar quizzes

2. Skits
1.Listening
comprehension quiz
3. Composition in the past
tense
4. Test over review
material

Reading

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Vocabulary for short film
"Nada que perder' "
Grammar Review

Vocabulary related
to: Students activities
Review prepositions, parts
of a sentence and place of
noun and adjective
Reviewconjuctions
Review present progressive
tense
The comparatives
Present perfect
Review verbs in the
preterite in the imperfecto
Review direct and indirect
object pronouns
possessive and
demonstrative adjectives

Skills
with story with pictures in different
time in
history.
3.Describe your own weekend
Writing
1.Write vocabulary of reading "Y
asi nos distraemos"
2.Elaborate a paragraph using
comparatives
3.Conjugate sentences with
present progressive and present
perfect

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Assessment

1.Worksheets

Resources

1. Vocabulary games

Speaking

3.Role play (activity about

their weekend)

1.Present a poster of
childhood (using imperfect
tense).

Technology
Use E-mail, CNN, news articlespast tense activity

October 2014
Content

Skills
Listening/Comprehension

Assessment
Reading

Speaking

Informal presentation

1. Conversation about two

brothers
2. Sentences about "Viajes"

1. Grammar quizzes

Resources
Text,
Workbook
Visuals
Music
Videos

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Listening/Comprehension

Short Dialogs
Short Narratives

Writing

Vocabulary for reading

"Viajes"

Skills
3. Listen to a passage.

Vocabulary related
to: Students activities
Review present progressive
tense
The comparatives
Present perfect
El Adjetivo
Sinonimos y Antonimos
Review verbs in the
preterite and the imperfecto
Direct and indirect object
pronouns
Nouns, possessive and
demonstrative adjective

Literature
Julio Cortazar "Viajes"

Assessment
Writing

Writing
1. Write sentences about
"Viajes"
2. Vocabulary and key
concepts3
3. Past tense review
Reading/Comprehension

Grammar Review

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1. Read the reading

2. Vocabulary
Speaking
1.Tell how each student travels
2.Class participation:
personalities, likes and dislikes
3. Practice presentation of poster
Writing
1. All vocabulary words of reading
2.The use of "H in spanish
Technology
Use E-mail, CNN, news articlespast tense activ.

1. Worksheets
2. Vocabulary games
1. 2. Test over review
material
3. Composition in the past
tense
2. Spelling games
1. 2. Vocabulary games

Resources
Web
CNN
Newspapers
Games
Worksheets
Internet

Speaking

2. . Role play (activity

about their

weekend)

1. Skit

3. Poster of childhood
(using imperfect

tense).
Listening

3.

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Skills

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Assessment
Listening a passage

Resources

1. Listening comprehension quiz

November 2014
Content
Reading
Culture
Find information about
dances: el flamenco, la
cueca, el tango, el jarabe
tapatio, la salsa y el
merengue.
Writing

Partes of a fomal letter

How to use H and LL in
Spanish
Vocabulary for a formal
letter

Skills

Assessment
Reading/ Speaking

Writing
1. Write Vocabulary and parts
of a letter
2. Compare and contrast all
dances and countries
3. Make a power point about
the dances
4. 4. Write sentences
conjugating verbs in
preterite, imperfect, and
other tense studied in class
Reading
1. Read the different histories

1.Present power point of

dances

In-class observation
Writing

2, Modify paragraph
2, 3, 4,Test Final

4. Quizzes

Resources
Visuals
Music
Videos
Web
Newspapers
Texts
Games
Worksheet
Cultural unit box Chile,
Argentina, Paraguay and
Uruguay
Fall final exam

2, Worksheets

Listening
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Short story about a father and his
song

Skills
of the dances

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Assessment
1. Write a formal letter

Resources

Speaking

Short and Long Dialogues

1.

Say words with correct

pronunciation of H and LL

2. Name and write months

of the year and days of the week.
Review for fall final exam

Numbers, dates, time,

months, days of the week

Vocabulary

conjugate verbs in the

present tense see handouts

conjugate verbs in the

preterite

Demonstrative adjectives
and pronouns

Possessive adjectives

The imperfect tense

The imperfect and preterite

together.

3.Demonstrate time on a clock

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Skills

Assessment

Resources

Skills
Writing

Assessment
Writing

Resources
Visuals
Music
A&E Biography video on
Eva Peron
Web
Newspapers
Texts
Games
Worksheets
Cultural unit box
Chile, Argentina, Paraguay
and Uruguay
Handouts:
pluscuamperfect,Imperfect
and preterite, Direct and
indirect object pronoun, past

December 2014
Content
Writing /Grammar

Imperfect progressive
Pronouns of Direct and
indirect object
Pluscuamperfect

Literature/Reading

Carmen Kurtz "El

nacimiento"
Elena Poniatowska "Los
juegos de Lilus

1. Write two paragraphs using

the imperfect and the
preterite
2. Compose a memoir of
childhood
3. Answer all questions of
lectura "El nacimiento de
Veva"
4. Compose sentences using
Complemento Directo e
Indirecto
5. Complte handout of
pluscuamperfect
Reading

1. Quiz on Preterite and

Imperfect
2. Test on reading
Test in all grammar.

Reading

1. Present a paragraph of
"El Nacimiento"

Culture/Speaking

1. Present poster with

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Culture

History of the Hispanic

world.

Speaking

Describing self and others.

Listening

Short and Long Dialogues

Skills
1. Read and analize Literature
"El Nacimiento"
2. Read and analize "Los juegos
de Lilus"
3. Find in the diccionary and
analize Vocabulary both readings
Culture
1. Analize similarities and
differences among the Hispanics
countries and the
USA.

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Assessment
cultural differences.
Orally describe and
guess people around the
classroom

Resources
progressive

Speaking

1. Introduce your best

friend to class and
activities he/she used to
like.

Speaking
1. Present friends and classmates

January 2015
Content
Grammar
Future tense

Conditional tense

Vocabulary--related to
finances

Skills
1.

2. Express future event

2.Review how to refer to people

and things already mentioned

Assessment
Skits

Modify paragraphs

Quizzes

Test

Resources
Visuals
Music
Web
Newspapers
Texts
Games
Worksheets
Cultural unit box

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Geography and culture of
Central America

Skills
3.Read and discuss social
announcements and human interest
articles as they apear in
newspapers

Speaking

Assessment
Worksheets

Vocabulary games

Handouts

Unit Exam

Written paper and power

point project on a Central
American country.

Resources
Central America

Present project

Informal presentation
Listening/Comprehension

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Short Dialogs
Short Narratives

February 2015
Content
Grammar
Present perfect tense-regular
and irregular past participles
Affirmative and negative
Ud., Uds, and tu commands
pronoun placement with
commands

Skills
Writing/Reading
Students will learn about the
geopgraphy, history and culture of
Mexico
Speaking

Assessment
Skits
Modify paragraphs
Quizzes
Test
Worksheets
Vocabulary games
Handouts

Resources
Visuals
Music
Web
Newspapers
Texts
Games
Worksheets
Cultural unit box

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Plusperfect tense
Vocabulary--using/renting a
car
Review for Winter final exam

Vocabulario

Skills
Assessment
Express what they have
Unit Exam
done recently
Discuss car travel and car
rental procedures
Describe actions in progress Winter final exam
give commands

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Resources
Mexico

Ser and Estar

Gustar, Doler and Faltar

negative words
Future tense Regular and
Irregular verbs
Conditional tense-- Regular
and Irregular verbs
Direct object pronouns
the present perfect tense
negative and affirmative
Ud., Uds. and tu commands
the progessive tenses

Informal presentation
Listening/Comprehension

Short Dialogues and Short

Narratives

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Assessment

Resources

Skills
Grammar

Assessment

Resources
Visuals
Music
Web
Newspapers
Texts
Games
Worksheets
Cultural unit box
Central America

March 2015
Content
Grammar

Writing/Grammar

Reflexive verbs in the

present and preterite tenses
Vocabulary--restaruant and
words realated to the
Caribbean area
Tiempo Futuro perfecto

Reading

Lectura "Rumbo al Futuro"

Mi pequeno diccionario

1. Students will be able to

describe good and bad
restaurant experiences using
comparativos, different
tenses and Vocabulary
Reading/Speaking/Writing
1. Express what people do for
themselves

1. Modify paragraphs
2. Quizzes
4. 5. Test
4. Worksheets
1. 4. Vocabulary games
5. Handouts

2.Express reciprocal actions

Writing

4.Students will be able to

compare
nouns, adjectives and verbs

5. Complete all grammar

handouts

Questions of the reading

Definitions of words Mi
pequeno diccionario

Informal presentation
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Listening/Comprehension

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Skills

Assessment

Resources

Content

Skills

Assessment
Grammar/ writing

Grammar

Grammar/Reading

Resources
Visuals
Music
Web
Newspapers
Texts
Games
Handouts
Cultural unit box
El Caribe
internet
workbook

Short Dialogs and short

narratives

Writing

Descibe a city

April 2015

Irregular Verbs in the future

perfect
Review commands with
Direct and Indirect and
reflexive pronouns

1. 2. Quizes and Tests

1. Elaborate sentences with
1. Read Paragraph (given in
irregular verbs
class)
2. Read paragraph of
"Protejamos Nuestra Tierra"
3. Complete grammar
Listening/Comprehension
handouts

Reading

Listening/comprehension

1. Short Dialogues

Lectura "Protejamos

2.Listening passage
1. Short dialogues (3)

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Nuestra Tierra"
Mi pequeno diccionario

Skills
2. Passages about ways to
protect our planet Earth
3.

Informal presentation
Listening/Comprehension

Writing

Short Dialogs and Short

Narratives

Writing

New Vocabulary
Questions of reading
Definitions of new words
for museum visit

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Assessment

Resources
CD

Assessment
Grammar

Resources
Visuals
Music

1. Students will review the

uses of regular and irregular
verbs in the future perfecto
2. Students will learn the
differences between p
3. Students will write and
discuss a museum visit and
a show.

May 2015
Content
Grammar

Skills
Grammar Writing

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Present of subjunctive
Present perfect of
subjunctive with irregulars
and regulars
Review Commands with
reflexive pronouns
Cognados y cognados
falsos.
Reading

Article "Rain Forest in

Amazons" and life of Chico
Mendez

Speaking

Skills

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Assessment

1.Use of present of subjunctive in

paragraph

2. Write a reflexion using present

perfect
2. Question of the reading and
article

Reading

Reading

Speaking

1. Students will read the story

about Chico Mendez. and
realationships between the movie
and the reading "Protejamos
nuestra Tierra"

1. 2. Test/ Quizzes
2. Final Reflexion

Resources
Web
Newspapers
Texts
Games
Worksheets
Cultural unit box
Venezuela and Colombia

1, Read a passage of protejamos

Nuestra Tierra.

1. Present Project to class

2. Participate with your
personal opinion in the
debate

Speaking

Project Conservation areas

in latin America

Listening/Comprehension Video

Short dialogues
Movie "The Burning
Season"

Short narratives

1. Create a project of conservation

Areas
2. Debate "Importance of The
forest and the environment"
Listening
1.Analizing and comprehension of
short dialogues and Short
Narratives

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Assessment

Resources

Skills

Assessment

Resources

June 2015
Content
Review for Final with Study
Guide

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