SPANISH I AP THEMES: Semester One First Quarter: Reading exercises for this quarter: Las aventuras de Miguelito, capítulos 1 & 2 Theme: Personal and Public Identities – Language and Identity • Greetings – use and respond to greetings, introductions, and farewells • Emotions and feelings – express emotions and current state • Verbs – estar, ser, tener (as relates to greetings, feelings, emotions, physical characteristics and personality traits) • Interrogative words – recognize and respond to interrogative words • Commands – use and respond to classroom commands • Human Body – identify body parts (introduction of definite and indefinite articles) • Adjectives – describe personality traits and physical characteristics • Definite and indefinite articles – introduce definite and indefinite articles • Personal Pronouns-­‐ singular and plural pronouns • Useful phrases-­‐ frequently used expressions and phrases for the classroom • Alphabet-­‐ letters and sounds / comparisons to English alphabet Theme: Global Challenges – Environmental Issues • Calendar and weather – identify, tell the date, and discuss weather and calendar (days, months, seasons, holidays, cultural comparisons) • Verbs-­‐ o Estar, hacer (as related to weather) • Numbers – 0-­‐100 • Time – tell time using digital and analog clocks Theme: Contemporary life – Leisure and Sports • Activities and sports – express likes/dislikes related to extracurricular activities and sports • Subject pronouns – recognize and use subject pronouns • Pastimes and hobbies – identify and discuss which hobbies or pastimes students prefer. Review and practice likes and dislikes. • Express agreement or disagreement -­‐ también/ tampoco • Compare sports and hobbies – que te gusta más / ni, ni • Verbs – o ser, gustar, action verbs o Identify –ar, -­‐er, -­‐ir infinitive Second Quarter: Reading exercises for this quarter: Las aventuras de Miguelito, capítulos 3, 4, 5, 8 Theme: Contemporary life – Education • Classroom objects and items-­‐ identify classroom items and describe their location (prepositions of location) • Possessive adjectives-­‐ express ownership using possessive adjectives. • Singular vs. Plural nouns • Prepositions of location-­‐ Describe where things are • Estar + preposition of location • Introduce “Hay” • Subjects / Classes-­‐ identify subjects, describe class schedule and discuss various schedules • Ordinal numbers introduce and practice ordinal numbers to talk about your schedule • Tell time-­‐ To talk about classes and schedules • Conjugations of regular –ar verbs • Comparisons – Compare classes and teachers using comparative structures (más que, mejor que) Theme: Contemporary life – Professions, Leisure and Sports • Community-­‐ Identify community locations and discuss places you go and what you will do there. • Tell day and time-­‐ When do you go to do certain activities (day, time, time of day) • Professions-­‐ identify professions and workplaces in your community. • Verb/verb phrases – o ir o ir + a + infinitive o ir + a + noun o Poder + infinitive Semester Two Third Quarter: Reading exercises for this quarter: Las aventuras de Miguelito, capítulo 7 Theme: Global Challenges – Nutrition and Food Safety • Food – o identify food items (breakfast, lunch, dinner, beverages, desserts, fruits, vegetables) o discuss what they eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner o describe food and talk about likes and dislikes (Me gusta vs. Me encanta) o talk about proper nutrition and how food tastes (saludable) o comparisons (¿Qué te gusta más?) • Time – tell time of day: en la mañana, en la tarde, en la noche • Restaurant – o Order food at a restaurant and express wants and needs. o Identify place settings on the table. o Identify people and places in the restaurant o Family-­‐ with whom do you go to the restaurant o Favorite-­‐ Describe your favorite restaurant and/ or your family’s favorite restaurant (Mi restaurante favorito es de comida italiana.) o Me gustaria • Verbs – o regular –er and –ir verb conjugations o regular verbs – beber, comer, compartir, deber, mantener o stem-­‐changing verbs – pedir, querer, preferir o plural of verb gustar o verb necesitar, pagar o “Hay” Theme: Families and Communities – Family Structures • Family – o Identify and name family members o Recycle possessive adjectives to describe family relationships (mi madre, tu hermano, etc.) o Describe physical features, and personality traits o Tell ages, names, likes, dislikes of family members • Comparisons words –más, menos, menor que, mayor que •
Verbs – regular and irregular verbs (tener / ser) Fourth Quarter: Reading exercises for this quarter: Las aventuras de Miguelito, capítulos 6, 9, 10 Theme: Contemporary life – Celebrations and Holidays • Celebrations-­‐ o Identify and discuss family celebrations. o Describe what people do to prepare for a party. o Talk about decorations and activities at a party. o Recycle family members, possessive adjectives, verb TENER. Theme: Contemporary life – Housing and Shelter • House – o Identify and name objects in a room, o Identify and name various rooms in the house, o describe different rooms in a house and household objects o Use prepositions of location to describe a room and the location of the items in the room • Colors-­‐ Describe items and rooms using colors • Chores – o household chores vocabulary o regular and irregular affirmative ‘tú’ commands • Present progressive – Tell what people are currently doing. • Comparisons – mejor que, peor que, etc. (Examples: Mi dormitorio es major que el dormitorio de mi hermano. Lavar los platos es peor que hacer la cama.) • Verb – tener que + infinitive