Spanish 2 Curriculum Tema 1: Personalidades, la vida de estudiante y la vida personal (9 weeks) Chapters Para Empezar, 1A, 1B and 2A (3B­present progressive) Theme Objectives: ● Talk about what you and other people are like ● Talk about school supplies and school guidelines ● Talk about school activities inside/outside of school ● Talk about daily routines ● Talk about special events and getting ready for them Culture Objective: ● To expose students to a diversity of cultural themes from Spanish speaking countries. Area for this 9 weeks: SPAIN, MEXICO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA *Note: Include country important cultural information and current events. This should be evaluated in the open­ended question part of exams. Grammar: ● Adjectives ● *Ser and Estar (Present in chapter PE ­ para empezar) ● Present tense of regular verbs ● Question Words ● Stem­changing verbs ● Affirmative and Negative words ● Making comparisons ● Saber and Conocer ● Reflexive verbs ● Possessive adjectives ● Present Progressive Vocabulary: ● School and its guidelines ● Extracurricular activities ● Special events ● Getting ready for a special event ● Emotions Created and revised by the Spanish 2 Curriculum Committee ­ Spring Branch ISD Yoset Altamirano, Rafaela Berrones, Guadalupe Morris, Wadey Yaya, Mayerling Zuniaga Summer 2014 Spanish 2 Curriculum Tema 2: ¿Qué hiciste ayer? (9 weeks) Chapters 2B­3B, 5B and 7A Theme Objectives: ● Be able to talk about the past ● Communicate about shopping, clothing, and fashion ● Give and follow directions ● Give and follow informal commands ● Become familiar with the currency exchange rates and names in the different Hispanic countries ● *Be able to talk about foods and food preparation Culture Objective: ● To expose students to a diversity of cultural themes from Spanish speaking countries. Area for this 9 weeks: CENTRAL AMERICA *Note: Include country important cultural information and current events. This should be evaluated in the open­ended question part of exams. Grammar: ● Preterite of regular verbs ● Irregular preterite of ir and ser ● *Preterite of 8 irregular verbs (hacer, estar, tener, poder, decir, poner, traer and venir) ● Irregular affirmative tú commands ● Demonstrative adjectives ● *Direct object pronouns ● *Introduction to accents Vocabulary: ● Shopping ● Places in the community ● Errands ● Monetary names ● *Cooking expressions, foods Created and revised by the Spanish 2 Curriculum Committee ­ Spring Branch ISD Yoset Altamirano, Rafaela Berrones, Guadalupe Morris, Wadey Yaya, Mayerling Zuniaga Summer 2014 Spanish 2 Curriculum Tema 3: Cuando era niño. (9 weeks) Chapters 4A and 4B Theme Objectives: ● Communicate about childhood toys and games. ● Talk about activities you used to do. ● Read and understand fables and childhood songs. ● Describe holiday celebrations and family traditions. ● Have an understanding on the different interaction between people depending on their culture and country. ● Compare holiday celebrations and special events in different Spanish speaking countries (Día de los Muertos, Christmas, Weddings, Carnival, etc) Culture Objective: ● To expose students to a diversity of cultural themes from Spanish speaking countries. Area for this 9 weeks: SOUTH AMERICA *Note: Include country important cultural information and current events. This should be evaluated in the open­ended question part of exams. Grammar: ● The imperfect of regular verbs. ● The imperfect of irregular verbs. ● Reciprocal actions ● Introduction to prefixes ● *Introduction to accents (Llana words, ía/ío words) Vocabulary: ● Toys and games ● Pets ● Manners and customs ● Special Events Created and revised by the Spanish 2 Curriculum Committee ­ Spring Branch ISD Yoset Altamirano, Rafaela Berrones, Guadalupe Morris, Wadey Yaya, Mayerling Zuniaga Summer 2014 Spanish 2 Curriculum Tema 4: En las noticias (9 weeks) Chapters 5A, 5B and 6A (Preterite of stem­changing verbs) Theme Objectives: ● To determine when to use correctly the preterite and when to use the imperfect tenses, given the circumstances and context of reading and or writing. ● To understand written and spoken language through reading passages in the target language that include both tenses. ● To compare and contrast cultural aspects through the use of fairy tales and legends. ● To describe past situations and settings using correctly the imperfect and preterite. ● To create original fairy tales using the preterite and imperfect tenses. *Strategy: Inclusion of familiar fairy tales and legends to aid students in the distinction and practice of the Preterite and Imperfect tenses. Culture Objective: ● To expose students to a diversity of cultural themes from Spanish speaking countries. Area for this 9 weeks: CUBA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO *Note: Include country important cultural information and current events. This should be evaluated in the open­ended question part of exams. Grammar: ● Imperfect vs. Preterite ● The preterite of oir, creer, leer and destruir ● The imperfect progressive ● Imperfect progressive and preterite ● Preterite of stem­changing verbs (6A) Vocabulary: ● Discuss emergencies, crises, rescues, and heroic acts ● Describe past situations and settings ● Describe weather conditions ● Describe an accident scene ● Talk about injuries and treatments ● Talk about what you were doing when an accident occurred. Created and revised by the Spanish 2 Curriculum Committee ­ Spring Branch ISD Yoset Altamirano, Rafaela Berrones, Guadalupe Morris, Wadey Yaya, Mayerling Zuniaga Summer 2014