Entering 8th graders
2014-2015
¡Bienvenidos al español en Trinity!
Before school starts in August, newly entering Trinity 8th graders should have mastered
the material as listed below. They will be given an assessment during JumpStart or at
the beginning of the school year.
We highly recommend using the free ClassZone website (instructions below). It follows
the textbook and accompanying workbook that we refer to in class.
You may request that Trinity issue you a text and workbook to use this summer by
contacting Sarah Burgess at [email protected]. She can also provide you with
a list of tutors and Spanish teachers that can support you.
Textbook: Avancemos, Level 1A, McDougall Littell
Lección Preliminar
Comunicación:
 Greet people and say goodbye
 Ask and say how you and others are doing
 Introduce yourself and others
 Ask and say how to spell names
 Ask and say where you and others are from
 Exchange phone numbers
 Say what day of the week it is
 Describe the weather
 Respond to classroom instructions
 Spanish written accents and punctuation
 Recognizing and identifying cognates
Gramática:
 Pronouns usted vs. tú
Vocabulario:
 Greetings and farewells
 Alphabet
 Spanish-speaking countries and capitals
 Numbers from 0 to 10
 Days of the week
 Weather expressions
 Classroom commands
Unidad 1, Lección 1
Comunicación:
Talk about activities
Tell where you are from
Say what you and others like and do not like to do
Gramática:
Subject pronouns and ser
De to describe where you are from
Gustar with an infinitive
Vocabulario:
Activities
Foods and beverages
Unidad 1, Lección 2
Comunicación:
Describe yourself and others
Identify people and things
Gramática:
Ser to describe what someone is like
Definite and indefinite articles
Noun-adjective agreement
Vocabulario:
Adjectives describing physical characteristics and personalities
Nouns for identifying people
Unidad 2, Lección 1
Comunicación:
Talk about daily schedules
Ask and tell time
Say what you have and have to do
Say what you do and how often you do things
Gramática:
Tener
Tener que
 Present tense conjugation of –ar verbs
Vocabulario:
 Numbers from 11 to 100
 School subjects
 Classroom activities
 Expressions of frequency
Unidad 2, Lección 2
Comunicación:
Describe classes and classroom objects
Say where people and things are located
Say where you are going
Talk about how you and others feel
Gramática:
Estar
Conjugated verb before the subject to ask a question
Ir
Vocabulario:
Classroom objects
Feelings
Places in school
Prepositions of location
Unidad 3, Lección 1
Comunicación:
Talk about foods and beverages
Ask questions
Say which foods you and others like and do not like
Gramática:
Interrogative words
Gustar with nouns
Present tense conjugation of –er and –ir verbs
Hacer
Expressions using tener to describe feelings (tener ganas de; tener hambre;
tener sed)
Vocabulario:
Foods and beverages
Interrogative words
Unidad 3, Lección 2
Comunicación:
Talk about family
Ask, tell, and compare ages
Express possession
Give dates
Make comparisons
Gramática:
Using de to show possession
Possessive adjectives
Comparatives
Vocabulario:
Family members
Months
Numbers from 200 to 1,000,000
Unidad 4, Lección 1
Comunicación:
 Talk about what clothes you and others want to buy
 Say what you and others wear in different seasons
Gramática:
Tener expressions
Present tense conjugation of e ie stem-changing verbs
Direct object pronouns
Vocabulario:
Shopping
Items of clothing
Describing clothing
Seasons
Unidad 4, Lección 2
Comunicacion:
Describe places and events in town
Say what you and others are going to do
Order from a menu
Gramatica:
Present tense conjugation of o
Ir a + infinitive
Present tense conjugation of e
Vocabulario:
In town
In a restaurant
ue stem-changing verbs
i stem-changing verbs
Unidad 5, Lección 1
Comunicación:
Describe a house and household items
Indicate the order of things
Describe people and locations
Gramática:
Ser or estar
Ordinal numbers
Vocabulario:
A house
Household ítems
Furniture
Unidad 5, Lección 2
Comunicación:
Plan a party
Talk about chores and responsibilities
Tell someone what to do
Say what you did
Gramática:
Irregular verbs
Affirmative tú commands
Acabar de and infinitive
Vocabulario:
Parties
Chores
Instructions for ClassZone website.
Go to the website:
ClassZone.com
Click on the first icon for
textbook: Avancemos 1a
Click on @Home Tutor
in blue letters (not white)
Click on
Level A - Beginner
Start with Lección preliminar.
Go through the Flashcards.
Go through the Práctica.
Quiz yourself to make sure
you remember the
vocabulary.
Check your answers.
Say the words aloud.
Go through sections 1-5.
Go through Levels A - C.
Continue with Unidad 1.
There are two Lessons within
Unidad 1: Lección 1 and
Lección 2.
Start with Lección 1.
Go through each section of
Lección 1 -Vocabulario
Telehistoria
Gramática
Lectura
Escuchar
Watch the videos, complete
the questions, and check your
work.
Continue with Lección 2.
Complete all of its sections as
you did for Lección 1.
Continue with
Repaso inclusivo.
Continue with Unidad 2,
Unidad 3, Unidad 4, and
Unidad 5 (Lecciónes 1 and 2
in each).