SPANISH LANGUAGE 3
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Program Organization
Text Book: Realidades 3/Prentice Hall, 2005
Lenth of program: Two semesters
*According to student development, school activities, and number of sessions during school year.
2nd. Semester
1st. Semester
Theme
Para empezar

Chapter
Tu vida diaria: daily routines; school life; leisure activities; present tense verbs; reflexive verbs

Días especiales: weekend activities; celebrations; special events; verbs like gustar; possessive adjectives
1. Días
Inolvidables
1A
Vocabulary: hiking objects, activities, and perils;
weather
Grammar: preterite verbs with the spelling change
i►y; preterite of irregular verbs; preterite of verbs
with the spelling change e►I and o►u
1B
Vocabulary: getting ready for an athletic or
academic competition; emotional responses to
competition; awards and ceremonies
Grammar: the imperfect; uses of the imperfect
2. ¿Cómo te
expresas?
2A
Vocabulary: describing art and sculpture; tools for
painting; describing what influences art
Grammar: the preterite vs. the imperfect; estar +
past participle
2B
Vocabulary: musical instruments; describing
dance; describing drama
Grammar: ser and estar; verbs with special
meanings in the preterite vs. imperfect
3. ¿Qué haces
para estar en
forma?
3A
Vocabulary: nutrition; illnesses and pains;
medicine; habits for good health
Grammar: affirmative tú commands; affirmative
and negative commands with Ud. and Uds.
3B
Vocabulary: exercises; getting and staying in
shape; health advice
Grammar: the subjunctive: regular verbs; the
subjunctive: irregular verbs; the subjunctive with
stem-changing –ar and –er verbs
4. ¿Cómo te
llevas con los
demás?
4A
Vocabulary: personality traits; interpersonal
behavior; friendship
Grammar: the subjunctive with verbs of emotion;
the uses of por and para
4B
Vocabulary: expressing and resolving interpersonal
problems; interpersonal relationships
Grammar: commands with nosotros; possessive
pronouns
5. Trabajo y
comunidad
5A
Vocabulary: after-school work; describing a job
Grammar: the present perfect; the past perfect
5B
Vocabulary: volunteer activities; the benefits and
importance of volunteer work
Grammar: the present perfect subjunctive;
demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
6. ¿Qué nos
traerá el futuro?
6A
Vocabulary: jobs and professions; qualities of a
good employee
Grammar: the future; the future of probability
6B
Vocabulary: technology; inventions; jobs in the
future
Grammar: the future perfect; the use of direct and
indirect object pronouns
7. ¿Mito o
realidad?
7A
Vocabulary: archaeological terms and activities;
describing archaeological sites
Grammar: the present and past subjunctive in
expressions of doubt
7B
Vocabulary: myths and legends; ancient beliefs;
pre-Columbian scientific discoveries
Grammar: the subjunctive in adverbial clauses
8. Encuentro
entre culturas
8A
Vocabulary: architecture and history of Spain
Grammar: the conditional
8B
Vocabulary: Spain in the Americas; the encounter
between Cortés and the Aztecs; family heritage
Grammar: the past subjunctive; the past
subjunctive with si clauses
9. Cuidemos
nuestro planeta
9A
Vocabulary: caring for the environment
Grammar: present subjunctive with conjunctions
(mientras, tan pronto como, etc.); relative pronouns
9B
Vocabulary: environmental issues; endangered
animals
Grammar: present subjunctive with other
conjunctions (a menos que, sin que, para que, etc.)
Vocabulary: rights and responsibilities
Grammar: the past voice: ser + past participle;
the present vs. the past subjunctive
10B
Vocabulary: government; the role of government;
individual rights
Grammar: the past perfect subjunctive; the
conditional perfect
que, quien, lo que
10. ¿Cuáles son
tus derechos y
deberes?
10A