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Grade: 10-12 (Spanish I and Spanish II) School: Union High

Teacher: Kristen Thomas-Lorenzo


August September

 How are the letters of the Spanish  What events in the US compare to the
alphabet pronounced? Quinceañera?
Essential Questions  How are numbers formed in  What is the significance of Hispanic
Spanish? Heritage Month?
 How do you greet someone in  How does the weather differ in the
Spanish? Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
 Why is it important to learn Spanish?  What do you like and don’t like to do?
 How would you describe yourself?
 Spanish Alphabet  Mexican Culture and Traditions
 Numbers in Spanish  Hispanic culture and liberation from Spain
Content  Spanish greetings and departures  Weather/Seasons
 Time  Likes/Dislikes (Activities)
 Personality Traits
 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication  1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication
 2.1, 2.2 Cultures  2.1, 2.2 Cultures
Skills/ Benchmarks  3.1, 3.2 Connections  3.1, 3.2 Connections
 4.1, 4.2 Comparisons  4.1, 4.2 Comparisons
 5.1, 5.2 Communities  5.1, 5.2 Communities
 Quizzes  Quizzes
 Alphabet Book Project  Group Dialogues
Assessments  Group Dialogues  Chapter Tests
 Hispanic Heritage Month Portfolio
 Weather Report
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 Introducing oneself to others  Watch the movie Sweet 15.


 Recite the Spanish alphabet  Internet Research for Project
Activities  Forming numbers in Spanish (1 to 1  Battle Re-enactment
million)
 Telling time with partners

Miscellaneous Notations

Technology  Power Point presentation of grammar  DVD: Sweet 15


concepts.  PowerPoint presentation of grammar
 Video on Why Study Spanish. concepts.
 Web Quest: Hispanic Heritage Month
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October November

 How do you describe your class schedule?  How is Día de los Muertos
 How do class schedules differ in the US and celebrated? How is it compared to
Essential Questions other Latin American countries? Halloween?
 How are –ar verbs conjugated?  How do you state food preferences?
 What are the subject pronouns in English  How do you order and pay the
and Spanish? check in a restaurant?
 How do you make articles plural in  What types of problems are
Spanish? How does this differ from English? encountered in a restaurant? How
 What are the cultural differences between are these problems solved?
schools in the US and Latin America?  How are –er and –ir verbs
 How is the verb estar used? conjugated?
 What is the sentence structure for
gustar? How is it used?
 Class schedule  Dia de los Muertos
 Plural of definite and indefinite articles  -er and –ir verb conjugtations
Content  Subject Pronouns  Gustar
 -ar verb conjugations  Food Preferences
 Estar
 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication  1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication
 2.1, 2.2 Cultures  2.1, 2.2 Cultures
Skills/ Benchmarks  3.1, 3.2 Connections  3.1, 3.2 Connections
 4.1, 4.2 Comparisons  4.1, 4.2 Comparisons
 5.1, 5.2 Communities  5.1, 5.2 Communities
 Writing Assignment (class schedule)  Group Dialogues
 Estar Project: Draw, label, and discuss the  Shoebox Altars
Assessments classroom  Quizzes
 Quizzes  Writing Assignments
 Group Dialogues  Menus
 Chapter Test  Visual Food Dictionary
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 Create a Visual Dictionary  Gustar Worksheet


 Gustar Worksheet  Create a Visual Food Dictionary
Activities  Verb Charts  Create gustar sentences using
 Vocabulary Practice magnetic strips
 Verb charts
 Vocabulary Practice
 Restaurant Problems Circle Map

Miscellaneous Notations

Technology  Power Point presentation of grammar  Video on Day of the Dead


concepts  PowerPoint Presentation of
grammar concepts
 Web Quest: El Día de los Muertos
 Interwrite Pad Activity
 Search for food images to create
dictionary
 Use Microsoft word to create
dictionary
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December January

 How do you state where you are going  How is the present tense used?
in Spanish?  How are verbs conjugated in the
Essential Questions  How is the verb ir used? present tense?
 How are Christmas traditions in the  How is the verb ser used to
US similar to traditions in Spanish- describe people and places?
speaking countries?  What are the rules for
 How are questions formed? pronunciation of the Spanish
 What ways can you wish someone a alphabet?
Merry Christmas in Spanish?
 Places Vocabulary  Alphabet and Pronunciation
 Ir  Ser and adjectives
Content  Forming questions  Present tense verbs
 Christmas traditions and carols 
 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication  1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication
 2.1, 2.2 Cultures  2.1, 2.2 Cultures
Skills/ Benchmarks  3.1, 3.2 Connections  3.1, 3.2 Connections
 4.1, 4.2 Comparisons  4.1, 4.2 Comparisons
 5.1, 5.2 Communities  5.1, 5.2 Communities
 Quizzes  Quizzes
 Group Dialogues  Verb Mobile Project
Assessments  Comic Strip Project  ABC Book
  GCAST Assignment
 Bubble Map to compare and contrast  Versos Sencillos
Christmas traditions  Create a verb mobile
Activities  Ir worksheet to discuss where one is  Compose original sentences in the
going and what he or she is going to present tense
do  Verb charts
 Comic Strip interviewing favorite  Create ABC Book in groups
superhero or cartoon character
 Christmas Cards
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Miscellaneous Notations  Christmas Caroling around school 


.

Technology  PowerPoint presentations of grammar  Telephone Podcast


concepts  PowerPoint Presentations of
 Christmas Music grammar concepts
 Telenovela: Destinos
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February March

 What are stem-changing verbs? How  How are commands formed?


do they differ from other verbs?  How can vocabulary and daily
Essential Questions  What are the differences between the practice enhance communication
usage of ser and estar? skills?
 What are the differences between the
usage saber and conocer?
 What are reflexive verbs?
 What is the sentence structure for
reflexive verbs?
 What are the 6 reflexive pronouns?
 Why is gustar considered a
backwards verb?
 Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns  Pobre Ana
 Stem-Changing Verbs  Formal and Informal Commands
Content  Ser vs Estar
 Saber vs Conocer
 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication  1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication
 2.1, 2.2 Cultures  2.1, 2.2 Cultures
Skills/ Benchmarks  3.1, 3.2 Connections  3.1, 3.2 Connections
 4.1, 4.2 Comparisons  4.1, 4.2 Comparisons
 5.1, 5.2 Communities  5.1, 5.2 Communities
 Odd Couple Project  Book Cover Project
 Quizzes  Ana y Yo Bubble Map
Assessments  EDUBLOG writing assignment  EDUBLOG writing assignment
 Unit Grammar Test  Unit Grammar Test
 GCAST Assignment  Novel Test
 Create original dialogue in pairs  Literature Circles
 Writing assignment  Novel Projects
Activities  Verb charts  Chapter Questions
 Sentence strips creations  Class Discussions
 Worksheets  Review Jeopardy
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Miscellaneous Notations   .

Technology  PowerPoint Presentations of  PowerPoint Presentations of


Grammar concepts grammar concepts
 Telenovela: Destinos  Telenovel: Destinos
 Computer (Blogs)  Computer (Blogs)
 Telephone Podcast  Telephone Podcast
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April May

 What is the preterite tense and how  What is the significance of Cinco de
is it used? Mayo?
Essential Questions  What is the imperfect tense and  How is the present progressive
how is it used? formed and how is it used?
 What are the differences between
the usage of preterite and
imperfect?

 Preterite Tense  Present Progressive


 Imperfect Tense  Cinco de Mayo
Content  Preterite vs. Imperfect

 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication  1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication


 2.1, 2.2 Cultures  2.1, 2.2 Cultures
Skills/ Benchmarks  3.1, 3.2 Connections  3.1, 3.2 Connections
 4.1, 4.2 Comparisons  4.1, 4.2 Comparisons
 5.1, 5.2 Communities  5.1, 5.2 Communities
 Children’s Book  Unit Grammar Test
 EDUBLOG Writing Assignment  Final Exam
Assessments  Quizzes  Quizzes

 Create a children’s book in groups  Cinco de Mayo Celebration
 EDUBLOG writing assignment  Verb Charts
Activities  Verb Charts 
Miscellaneous Notations 
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Technology  PowerPoint Presentations of  PowerPoint Presentations of


Grammar concepts Grammar concepts
 Telenovela: Destinos  Telenovela: Destinos
 Computer (Blogs)  Computer (Blogs)
 Telephone Podcast  Telephone Podcast

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