Quaker Valley School District
Course Syllabus
School: Quaker Valley Middle School
Course Title: Spanish 1b
Course Number: 3580
Course Description: In Spanish Novice B, students will continue to acquire and improve proficiency in
listening, speaking, reading and writing the language with major emphasis being placed on oral communication.
Students will further enhance their study and understanding of the Spanish language through more complex
linguistic tasks and verb tenses while working towards more advanced proficiency.
Text and Materials: ¡En español!
DVDs
Videos
Dialogue CDs
Music CDs
Teacher created materials
On-line websites
On-line videos
Take Home Tutor software
Major Units:
Review: Introductory Questions
• Answering questions about yourself
• Answering questions about the world around you
• Answering questions about others
• Demonstrating comprehension of how to manipulate the words in a question to form an answer
• Speaking in complete sentences/thoughts in Spanish
• Listening & responding appropriately in Spanish
• Reading & writing questions & responses in Spanish
Review: Activities
• Describing activities using verbs
• Demonstrating comprehension of how to conjugate –ar, -er, & -ir verbs
• Demonstrating comprehension of how to create complete sentences in Spanish
• Demonstrating comprehension of how to conjugate stem changing verbs (e=>ie)
• Speaking in complete sentences/thoughts in Spanish
• Listening & responding appropriately in Spanish
• Reading & writing complete sentences in Spanish
Oaxaca, Mexico
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Describing places in Oaxaca
Describing the indigenous people of Oaxaca
Describing the art of Oaxaca
Describing famous historical people from Oaxaca
Describing famous historical facts of Mexico
Describing food of Mexico & Oaxaca
Demonstrating familiarity with the geography & cultural practices of Mexico
Speaking in complete sentences/thoughts in Spanish
Listening & responding appropriately in Spanish
Reading & writing facts on Oaxaca in complete sentences & short historical paragraphs in
Spanish
Hispanic Transportation & Places
• Giving Directions using Commands
• Describing places & where they are located
• Comparing transportation forms
• Comparing transportation in Mexico, other Spanish-speaking countries & the U.S.
• Demonstrating awareness of dialectal differences in vocabulary choice among various Spanishspeaking countries
• Stating why one leaves for or from places in the community using the verb salir
• Demonstrating comprehension of expressing the future using “ir a” + infintive
• Stating your opinion & that of others using the verb ‘decir’
• Demonstrating awareness of differences in how addresses are written in speaking countries
versus in the U.S.
• Speaking in complete sentences/thoughts in Spanish
• Listening & responding appropriately in Spanish
• Reading & writing in complete sentences & short paragraphs in Spanish
The Mexican Marketplace
• Describing gift-giving using indirect object pronouns & stem-changing verbs (o=>ue & e=>ie)
• Practicing the art of bargaining (as is done in Spanish-speaking countries) through a simulated
marketplace with authentic cultural items
• Fundraising for less fortunate countries
• Demonstrating awareness of the U.S. financial situation in comparison with the rest of the world
• Speaking in complete sentences/thoughts in Spanish
• Listening & responding appropriately in Spanish
• Reading & writing in complete sentences & multiple narrative paragraphs in Spanish
Hispanic Restaurants
• Ordering food/drinks in an authentic Spanish-speaking restaurant (or simulated experience if
student is unable)
• Stating likes and dislikes using the verb gustar
• Requesting the check & talking about food using (e=>i) stem-changing verbs
• Speaking in complete sentences/thoughts in Spanish
• Expressing extremes while talking about food & demonstrating comprehension of spell changes
for the sake of maintaining pronunciation
• Listening & responding appropriately in Spanish
• Reading & writing in complete sentences & multiple paragraphs in Spanish
• Reading & writing in original dialogue & multiple free creation paragraphs in complete
sentences in Spanish
Culture of Spain
• Describing historic & cultural landmarks of Barcelona & other major Spanish cities
• Discussing food & other cultural similarities & differences of Spain & U.S.
• Describing the art of famous Spanish artists & comparing major modern artistic movements
• Discussing Spain’s most famous writer his major work
• Listening & understanding dialectal differences in vocabulary usage & pronunciation in Spain
• Speaking in complete sentences/thoughts in Spanish
• Listening & responding appropriately in Spanish
• Reading & writing facts on Spain in complete sentences & short historical paragraphs in
Spanish
Daily Routines
• Describing daily routines using reflexive verbs
• Telling others to do activities using command & direct object pronouns
• Discussing daily chores
• Speaking in complete sentences/thoughts in Spanish
• Listening & responding appropriately in Spanish
• Reading &writing in complete sentences in Spanish
Around the Home & Chores
• Describing what people are doing using the present progressive and direct object pronouns with
multiple placement
• Persuading others using the verb deber
• Negotiating responsibilities using adverbs
• Speaking in complete sentences/thoughts in Spanish
• Listening & responding appropriately in Spanish
• Reading &writing in complete sentences in Spanish
Talking about the Past
• Describing past activities using the preterite tense (-ar, -er, -ir & exposure to irregulars)
• Expressing extremes using the superlative
• Describing professions & buildings using y spell change preterite
• Speaking in complete sentences/thoughts in Spanish
• Listening & responding appropriately in Spanish
• Reading &writing in complete sentences & multiple free creation paragraphs in Spanish
Major Assessments and Projects:
Homework
Comprehensive Tests
Reading Comprehension & Vocabulary Quizzes
Journals
Oral Assessments
Listening Assessments
Paragraphs
Essays
Stories
iMovie Projects