Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic Lesson
Objective
Una Introducción (An Introduction)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Saludos y Despedidas
Use appropriate greeting
(Greetings and
expressions
Goodbyes)
El abecedario (The
Become familiar with the
Alphabet)
Spanish alphabet
Pidiendo comida y la
cortesía (Ordering food Order food in Spanish
and common courtesy)
Los números 1-30
Count and use numbers 1(Numbers 1-30)
30
Los días, meses, y
estaciones (The Days of
Identify the days of the
the Week, the Months
week
of the Year, and the
Seasons)
Mis amigos y yo (My friends and I)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Identidad y
descripciones
Ask or tell who someone is
personales (Identity and
Personal Descriptions)
Nombres y los
pronombres personales
Tell your name
(Names and Personal
Pronouns)
Palabras y frases útiles Recognize and use words
(Useful Words and
and phrases of high
Phrases)
frequency
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
Los artículos y el verbo
Become familiar with both
"ser" (The Articles and
types of articles
the Verb "to Be"
Objective2
Objective3
Objective4
Use appropriate
expressions for saying
goodbye
Pronounce the sound each
letter makes
Express simple courtesies
Identify the months and
seasons of the year
Find out and give the date
Ask or tell where someone
Ask or tell what something
is from and what someone
is
is like
Tell other peoples’ names
Become familiar with
personal pronouns
Use different forms of
articles and the verb "ser"
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic
Lesson
Objective
¿De dónde eres?
Pronounce the A, O, and U
(Where are you from?) correctly
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lectures)
Become familiar with basic
political, physical, and
España (Spain)
cultural characteristics of
Spain
Become familiar with basic
political, physical, and
Flamenco
cultural characteristics of
Spain
Clases y compañeros
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Las materias (School
Name different school
Subjects)
subjects
Más números (30-99)
Count and use numbers 30(Numbers 30-99)
99
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
Formas plurales de los
sustantivos y adjetivos Talk about more than one
(Plural Forms of Nouns person or thing
and Adjectives)
Use the existential "hay"
¿Qué hay? (There is,
with singular and plural
There are)
objects
¿Qué hora es? (What
Tell time
Time is it?)
El horario de clases
Pronounce front vowels (I
(Class Schedule)
and E) correctly
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lectures)
Become familiar with basic
political, physical, and
Puerto Rico
cultural characteristics of
Puerto Rico
Objective2
Ask and tell where
someone is from
Objective3
Objective4
Describe opinions about
classes
Use plural forms of nouns
and adjectives that agree
in number
Describe people and things
Tell at what time an event
takes place
Ask and tell what time it is
Ask and tell what time
events take place
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic
Lesson
Objective
Objective2
Become familiar with the
Recognize the artist's
Celia Cruz
artist's background and
major accomplishments
path of celebrity
Las compras para la escuela (Shopping for school supplies and clothes)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Los materiales escolares Identify and talk about
(School Supplies)
school supplies
La ropa y los colores
Identify and describe
Identify different colors
(Clothes and Colors)
articles of clothing
Count and use numbers in
Más números (More
the hundreds and
Numbers)
thousands
Gramática y Conversación ((Grammar and Conversation)
¿Tú o usted? ¿Ellos o
Understand the social
Use formal and informal
ustedes? (Speaking
differences implied by the
forms appropriately
Formally and Informally)
two forms
El presente de verbos de
-ar en el singular
Recognize and conjugate - Use forms of -ar verbs
(Singular -AR Verbs in
ar verbs
correctly
the Present Tense)
En la tienda (While
Pronounce the l, f, p, m,
Shop for clothing
Shopping)
and n correctly
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lectures)
Become familiar with basic
political, physical, and
Texas
cultural characteristics of
Texas
Compare the number of
Recognize the presence of
El español en EEUU
Spanish speakers in the
Spanish speakers in the
(Spanish in the U.S.)
U.S. to other Hispanic
U.S.
countries
Objective3
Objective4
State color and size
preferences
Shop for clothing
Understand the differences
in context between ellos
and ustedes forms
State color and size
preferences
Become familiar with some
of the historical events that
led to the strong presence
of Spanish in the U.S.
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic Lesson
La escuela (In School)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Vamos a la escuela (Let's
Go to School)
En la escuela (Within the
School)
Objective
Talk about going to school
Identify some common
objects found in school
Count and use numbers
Más números (More
from the thousands to the
Numbers)
millions
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
Presente de verbos de ar en el plural (Plural -AR Use plural forms of -ar
Verbs in the Present
verbs correctly
Tense)
Presente de ir, dar, y
estar (The Present of "to Conjugate and use new
Go", "to Give", and "to verbs in context
Be")
Las contracciones "al" y
"del" (Contractions in
Form contractions
spanish)
Pronounce the Spanish "t"
¿Qué tal? (What's up?)
correctly
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lectures)
Become familiar with basic
Costa Rica - Parte 1 de 2 political, physical, and
(Part 1 of 2)
cultural characteristics of
Costa Rica
Los beneficios del
Understand the personal,
bilingüismo (The
academic, and cognitive
benefits of being
benefits of learning a
bilingual)
second language
Objective2
Objective3
Objective4
Talk about some activities
that take place in school
Talk about some activities
that take place in school
Talk about school-related
activities using -ar verbs
Describe where you and
others go
Describe where you and
others are
Use "al" and "del" to show Describe where you and
direction and possession
others go
Greet people and ask how
Tell how you feel
they feel
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic Lesson
¡Que rico! (That's Delicious!)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Objective
Identify some different
foods
En el mercado (In the
Identify different foods
Market)
sold at markets
Gramática y Conversación ((Grammar and Conversation)
El presente de verbos de
-er (The Present of -ER Use -er verbs in context
Verbs)
El presente de verbos de
-ir (The Present of -IR
Use -ir verbs in context
Verbs)
En el café (In the café)
Objective2
Objective3
Objective4
Become familiar with the
three phases of a typical
bullfight
Understand a little about
the controversy
surrounding the tradition
Order food or a beverage
at a café
Shop for food
Talk about activities
Talk about activities
Participate in casual
En la terraza de un café Pronounce the Spanish "d"
conversation related to a
(On the Café Terrace)
correctly
café
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lecture)
Become familiar with basic
Costa Rica - Parte 2 de 2 political, physical, and
(Part 2 of 2)
cultural characteristics of
Costa Rica
Understand who the
Know the basic
La corrida de toros
different participants are in characteristics of
(Bullfighting)
a bullfight
bullfighting
La familia y su casa (The Family and the Home)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
El árbol familiar (The
Identify the different
Talk about your family
Family Tree)
members of a family
Identify the rooms of the
Mi casa es su casa
Describe your home
house
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
Tener (The Verb "to
Tell your age and find out
Talk about your family
Have")
someone else's age
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic
Lesson
Objective
Tener + que + inf.; Ir + a
Tell what you and others
+ inf. ("To Have to…; To
have to do
Be Going to…)
Adjetivos posesivos
Identify the different
(Possessive Adjectives) possessive adjectives
¿Vas a la fiesta? (Are
Pronounce the Spanish "b"
you Going to the Party?) and "v" correctly
Lecturas Culturales (Cultural Lectures)
Become familiar with basic
political, physical, and
Chile
cultural characteristics of
Chile
La vida y poesía de
Become familiar with some
Pablo Neruda (The Life
of the major events in the
and Poetry of Pablo
life of Pablo Neruda
Neruda)
Los deportes (Sports)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Los deportes de equipo Identify some parts of the
(Team Sports)
body
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
Recognize stem-changers
Stem-changers
and conjugate them
correctly
Objective2
Objective3
Objective4
Tell what you and others
are going to do
Tell what belongs to you
and to others
Discuss going to a party
Recognize some of the
influences of Neruda’s
poetry
Talk about team sports and
other physical activities
Tell what you and others
want to do, begin to do,
and prefer to do
Converse about
¿Te gusta? (Likes and
Use "gustar" forms
preferences regarding
Dislikes)
correctly
sports and other topics
¿Qué deportes te
Converse about
Pronounce the "s", "c", and
gustan? (What sports do
preferences regarding
"z" correctly
you like?)
sports
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic Lesson
Objective
Objective2
Lectura culturales (Cultural Lectures)
Become familiar with basic
political, physical, and
Argentina
cultural characteristics of
Argentina
Become familiar with some
Recognize the location and
of the technological
Chichen Itza
origin of ancient ruins in
advances of the Mayan
Mexico
people
La salud (Health)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Condiciones (HealthDescribe characteristics
Describe some feelings
Related Conditions)
and conditions
De la consulta a la
farmacia (From the
Explain a minor illness to a Describe characteristics
Doctor's Office to the
doctor
and conditions
Pharmacy)
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
Ser y estar:
Use “ser” and “estar” to
Characteristics and
Distinguish between the
describe characteristics
conditions (The Two
two Spanish verbs “to be”
and conditions
Verbs "to Be")
Ser y estar: Origin and Use "ser" and "estar" to
Use “estar” to tell where
location (The Two Verbs tell where things are and someone or something is
"to Be")
where they're from
now
Who does what to
Tell what happens to you
Recognize object pronouns
whom?
or someone else
Una visita al médico (A
Pronounce the "c"
Explain a minor illness to a
Visit to the Doctor's
correctly
doctor
Office)
Objective3
Objective4
Have a prescription filled at
a pharmacy
Tell what happens to you
or someone else
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic Lesson
Objective
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lectures)
Become familiar with basic
Mexico - Parte 1 de 2
political, physical, and
(Part 1 of 2)
cultural characteristics of
Mexico
Understand basic traits of
Frida Kahlo y Diego
the lives of Frida Kahlo and
Rivera
Diego Rivera
El verano y el invierno (Summer and Winter)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Diversión en el verano
Describe summer weather
(Fun in the Summer)
Diversión en el invierno
Describe winter weather
(Winter Fun)
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
El pretérito de los
Conjugate –ar verbs in the
verbos de -ar (The
preterite
Preterite of -AR Verbs)
Pronombres de
Identify and use
complemento directo - appropriate direct object
lo, la, los, las (Direct
pronouns to replace direct
Object Pronouns)
objects
Más pretérito: Ir y ser
(More Preterite: The
Conjugate ir and ser in the
Verbs "to Go" and "to
preterite
Be")
Ayer en la playa…
Pronounce the "g"
(Yesterday at the
correctly
Beach…)
Lectura culturales (Cultural Lectures)
Become familiar with basic
Mexico - Parte 2 de 2
political, physical, and
(Part 2 of 2)
cultural characteristics of
Mexico
Objective2
Objective3
Objective4
Become familiar with some
of the major works of both
artists
Talk about summer
activities and sports
Talk about winter activities
and sports
Discuss past actions and
events
Refer to people and things
already mentioned
Talk about past events
Explain what you did and
what happened yesterday
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic
Lesson
El día de los muertos
(Day of the Dead)
Objective
Understand what the Day
of the Dead is and who
celebrates it
Objective2
Objective3
Become familiar with some
of the ways Day of the
Dead is celebrated
Objective4
Diversiones culturales (Cultural Activities)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Vamos al cine (Let's Go Discuss activities inside the
to the Movies)
movie theater
¡Qué arte! (What Art!)
Discuss cultural events
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
El pretérito de los
verbos de -er e -ir (The Conjugate -er and -ir verbs
Preterite of -ER and -IR in the preterite
Verbs)
Pronombres de
complemento indirecto Identify indirect objects
le, les (Indirect Object
Pronouns)
Discuss activities inside
theaters and the museums
Relate past actions or
events
Use indirect object
pronouns to replace the
indirect objects
Tell for whom something is
done
Have a telephone
Pronounce the "j" and the
conversation about what
"g" correctly
happened last night
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lectures)
Become familiar with basic
political, physical, and
Florida
cultural characteristics of
Florida
Understand Univision’s
Become familiar with the
Univisión
background and general
scope and size of Univisión
audience
¡Voy volando! (Traveling by Plane)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Antes de despegar
Use vocabulary associated
Check in for a flight
(Before Takeoff)
with airplane travel
Una llamada telefónica
(A Phone Call)
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic
Lesson
Objective
Después de
Talk about activities
desembarcar (After
involved with international
Takeoff)
flights
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
Verbos irregulares en el
Conjugate irregular verbs
presente (Irregular
in the present
Verbs in the Present)
Acciones en progreso
Form the present
(Actions in Progress)
progressive
Saber y conocer (The
Conjugate saber and
Two Verbs "to Know") conocer
Nuestro vuelo (Our
Pronounce the "r"
Flight)
correctly
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lectures)
La República
Become familiar with basic
Dominicana - Parte 1 de political, physical, and
2 (The Dominican
cultural characteristics of
Republic - Part 1 of 2)
the Dominican Republic
Refranes y proverbios
(Sayings and Proverbs)
Understand what a refrán
is
Vamos de gira (On excursion)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
La rutina diaria (The
Describe your personal
Daily Routine)
grooming habits
Artículos de aseo
Identify common toiletry
(Toiletry Items)
items
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
Verbos reflexivos
Form reflexive verbs
(Reflexive Verbs)
Stem-changing
reflexives
Form stem-changing
reflexives
Objective2
Objective3
Use vocabulary associated
with post-flight airplane
travel
Objective4
Use irregular verbs in the
present in context
Tell what you or others are
currently doing
Tell what you know and
whom you know
Talk about catching a flight
on time
Recognize and interpret
some common Spanish
sayings
Compare Spanish sayings
and proverbs to English
sayings and proverbs
Talk about your daily
routine
Talk about a backpacking
trip
Talk about your daily
routine
Identify which verbs are
the stem-changing
reflexive verbs
Tell some things you do for
yourself
Become familiar with
reflexive and non-reflexive
meanings of verbs
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic
Lesson
Objective
Objective2
¿A qué hora te
Pronounce the "h", "y",
Talk about morning
despertaste? (What
and "ll" correctly
activities in the past
Time did you Wake Up?)
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lectures)
La República
Become familiar with basic
Dominicana - Parte 2 de political, physical, and
2 (The Dominican
cultural characteristics of
Republic - Part 2 of 2)
the Dominican Republic
Become familiar with the
El Camino de Santiago Discuss the origin of the
reasons for which the path
(The Way of St. James) Way of St. James
is walked
¡Todos abordo! (All aboard!)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Purchase a train ticket and
En la estación de tren (In Use expressions related to
request information about
the Train Station)
train travel
arrival, departure, etc.
Use expressions related to
En el tren (On the Train)
train travel
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
Verbos irregulares en el
Conjugate irregular verbs Talk about more past
pretérito (Irregular
in the preterite
events or activities
Verbs in the Preterite)
Conjugate communication
¿Qué dices? (What do
verbs in the present and
Express what was said
you say?)
preterite
¿Sencillo o de ida y
Pronounce the "ñ" and the Request travel information
vuelta? (One Way or
"ch" correctly
(arrival, departure, etc.)
Round Trip?)
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lecture)
Become familiar with basic
Perú - Parte 1 de 2 (Part political, physical, and
1 of 2)
cultural characteristics of
Perú
Objective3
Objective4
Talk about a typical day in
the life of a "pilgrim"
Conduct a transaction in
Spanish involving the
purchase of a train ticket
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Spanish I - EL959
Unit
Topic
Lesson
Influencia y contacto
entre el español y el
inglés (Influence and
contact between
spanish and English)
¡A comer! (Let's Eat!)
Vocabulario (Vocabulary)
Objective
Objective2
Understand the regions of
Discuss causes of contact
the U.S. with the greatest
and influence of Spanish on
historical contact between
English
English and Spanish
Identify people, eating
En el restaurante (In the
utensils, dishes, and other
Restaurant)
restaurant items
Comidas frescas,
comidas calientes (Fresh Purchase food at a market
Foods, Hot Foods)
Gramática y Conversación (Grammar and Conversation)
Conjugate e - i and o - u
More stem-changers
stem-changers
Stem-changers en el
pretérito (StemConjugate stem-changers
Changers in the
in the preterite
Preterite)
En el restaurante (In the Pronounce the "x"
Restaurant)
correctly
Order food or a beverage
Objective3
Objective4
List reasons for which one
language adopts or
borrows words from
another
Explain how linguistic
contact and influence is
made easier in the 21st
century
Make a reservation at a
restaurant
Identify more foods
Use new stem-changers in
context
Use stem-changers to talk
about past events
Carry out a typical
conversation for arriving
and eating at a restaurant
Lecturas culturales (Cultural Lecture)
Become familiar with basic
Perú - Parte 2 de 2 (Part political, physical, and
2 of 2)
cultural characteristics of
Perú
Variedad culinaria en el Recognize the variety of
Define and describe some
mundo hispano
foods found in two major
foods common to two
(Culinary Variety in the countries of the SpanishSpanish-speaking countries
Hispanic World)
speaking world
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