Madras High School
Spanish 1 Unit 1 Planning Organizer
Grades: 9-12 Semester 1, Weeks 1-6
Unit: Introduction to Spanish – Let’s Speak Spanish!
Pacing (Unit Length): 6 weeks, ¡Así se dice! Preliminary Lessons; Paso a Paso El Primer Paso
Essential Question(s):
Big Idea(s): Ask and answer the questions, “How are you?” “What is your name?” “Where are you
from?” “How old are you?” and “When is your birthday?” “What day is it?” “What is the date?” Also,
learning basic greetings, formalities, and good-byes. To learn these concepts, successful students will
learn numbers, days of the week, and months of the year. Students will also learn cultural norms of
communication.
Standards – From the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages’ Standards and Proficiency
Guidelines. Priority Standards (tested standards) are in bold.
Communication
1.1 Successful students engage in conversation, and provide and obtain information.
1.2 Successful students understand and interpret written and spoken language.
Proficiency Guidelines:
Speaking: Novice Mid – Successful students communicate minimally using a number of isolated words
and memorized phrases. They can respond to simple questions using stock answers.
Listening: Novice Mid – Successful students recognize and begin to understand a number of highfrequency, highly contextualized words, phrases and questions.
Culture
2.1 Successful students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and
perspectives of the culture studied.
Connections
3.1 Successful students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign
language.
*Blooms level: 1-Remember, 2-Understand, 3-Apply, 4-Analyze, 5-Evaluate, 6-Create
Standards, cont’d
Comparisons
4.1 Successful students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of
the language studied and their own.
4.2 Successful students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of
the cultures studied and their own.
Communities
5.1 Successful students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
5.2 Successful students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal
enjoyment and enrichment.
Concepts and Skills, and Bloom Levels (BL)
Concepts (Need to know)
Basic question words
Skills (Need to do)
Ask basic introductory questions
BL
1-2
Basic introductions
Recognize and answer basic introductory
questions
1-2
Communicate quantity, dates, age using
numbers
1-2
Lists of days, numbers, months, etc.
Basic pronunciation
Pronounce letters correctly
1
Basic questions
Assessments
Formative Assessments:
Two formal quizzes – oral, conversational
Multiple checks for understanding per day
Daily conversations with teacher and partner
Tickets out the door
Summative Assessment:
Conversation with partner and teacher
*Blooms level: 1-Remember, 2-Understand, 3-Apply, 4-Analyze, 5-Evaluate, 6-Create
Instructional Planning
Suggested Resources / Materials: realia, pictures, music vocabulary, textbook input, audio input, written
text sources, interactive on-line practice and skill-building activities
Research-based Effective Instructional Strategies:
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oral practice, choral response
short conversations with partners, sharing out
oral recognition exercises
experiential comprehensible input
cooperative learning and partner activities
study skills and strategies
Vocabulary
Greetings
Ask for name
Give name
Ask how someone is doing
Express how you are doing
Ask where someone is from
Tell where you are from
Ask how old someone is
Tell how old you are
Ask when someone’s birthday is
Tell when your birthday is
Ask for time, day and date
Tell time, day and date
Enrichment
Identify important holidays for a
Spanish-speaking culture
Interdisciplinary Connections
Identify important dates in
history
Express how you are feeling
*Blooms level: 1-Remember, 2-Understand, 3-Apply, 4-Analyze, 5-Evaluate, 6-Create