PROFICIENCY TARGET FOR END OF INSTRUCTION, SPANISH I
NOVICE-MID
Writers at the Novice-Mid level are able to copy or transcribe familiar words or phrases, and reproduce from memory a modest number
of isolated words and phrases in context. They can supply limited information on simple forms and documents, and other basic
biographical information, such as names, numbers, and nationality. Novice-Mid writers exhibit a high degree of accuracy when writing
on well-practiced, familiar topics using limited formulaic language. With less familiar topics, there is a marked decrease in accuracy.
Errors in spelling or in the representation of symbols may be frequent. There is little evidence of functional writing skills. At this level,
the writing may be difficult to understand even by those accustomed to reading the texts of non-natives.
NOVICE MID
Speakers at the Novice-Mid level communicate minimally and with difficulty by using a number of isolated words and memorized
phrases limited by the particular context in which the language has been learned. When responding to direct questions, they may utter
only two or three words at a time or an occasional stock answer. They pause frequently as they search for simple vocabulary or attempt
to recycle their own and their interlocutor’s words. Because of hesitations, lack of vocabulary, inaccuracy, or failure to respond
appropriately, Novice-Mid speakers may be understood with great difficulty even by sympathetic interlocutors accustomed to dealing
with non-natives. When called on to handle topics by performing functions associated with the Intermediate level, they frequently resort
to repetition, words from their native language, or silence.
ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines: Writing & Speaking
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2
Pacing
Pacing
Q1
August
(approx
14 days)
Content
Content
Skill
Skills
¡Hola! :
Greetings
Greet people and say goodbye
Introduce yourself and others (formal and informal)
Alphabet
Ask and say how to spell names/words
PASS
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
4.1
4.2
Pronounce the letters of the Spanish alphabet and understand
the associated sound(s)
Numbers 0-31
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Say what day of the week it is
Music/CD
Teacher-made
worksheets
Describe the weather
Classroom
commands
Realia
Leisure Activities
Talk about activities (including sports from 6.1)
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
•
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
•
Matching
•
Listening
•
Speaking
•
Reading
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Internet
Respond to classroom instructions
Respond to instructions
(approx
14 days)
•
Audio-files/CDs
Say the numbers from 0-31
Exchange phone numbers
¿Qué te gusta
hacer?
Assessments
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
Workbook
Say where you are from
Identify Spanish-speaking countries
Weather
expressions
Sept
Assessment
Supplementary
materials
Videos/DVDs
Days of the week
Basic body parts
Resources
Avancemos I:
Lección Preliminar
(and “body parts”
from Unidad 6,
Lección 2)
Language Lab
Use the Spanish alphabet to correctly pronounce and spell
words
Countries
Resources
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
Avancemos I:
Unidad 1,
Lección 1
(and “sports” from
Unidad 6,
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
•
Recognition:
3
Pacing
Content
Skill
Likes & Dislikes
Say what you like and don’t like to do
Foods & beverages
Say what you like and don’t like to eat/drink
Subject pronouns
Use subject pronouns appropriately
Using “ser”
Learn how to conjugate and use ser appropriately
Using “gustar”
Say what you like and don’t like to do/to eat/to drink
Recycle: Weather
Expressions and
Days of the Week
Explain when you like to do certain activities
PASS
3.1
4.1
4.2
Resources
Assessment
Lección 1)
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
Supplementary
materials
Language Lab
•
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
•
Matching
•
Listening
•
Speaking
•
Reading
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Videos/DVDs
Workbook
Audio-files/CDs
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Music/CD
Teacher-made
worksheets
Internet
Realia
Oct.
(approx
14 days)
Mis amigos y yo:
Adjectives to
describe people and
things
Describe yourself and others
Nouns that identify
people and things
Identify people and things
Using “ser”
Use “ser” to describe what someone is like
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
3.1
4.1
4.2
5.1
Avancemos I:
Unidad 1,
Lección 2
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
Supplementary
materials
•
Language Lab
Videos/DVDs
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
4
Pacing
Content
Skill
PASS
Definite and
indefinite articles
Use definite and indefinite articles appropriately
Noun-adjective
agreement
Practice noun-adjective agreement
Culture: Regional
foods
Resources
Workbook
Assessment
•
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
•
Matching
Music/CD
•
Listening
Teacher-made
worksheets
•
Speaking
•
Reading
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Audio-files/CDs
Compare regional variations of foods
Internet
Realia
Pacing
Q2
Oct/Nov
(approx
14 days)
Content
Skills
¡Vamos a la
escuela!
Numbers 0-100
Use cardinal #s to tell time and discuss class schedules
School subjects
Discuss school schedules and classes
Classroom activities
Say what you do in certain classes
Say what you like and don’t like to do in classes
Adverbs of
frequency
Discuss how often you do certain activities or attend certain
classes
Using “tener” and
“tener que”
Use “tener” to say what you “have” and “tener que” to say
what you “have to” do
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
3.1
3.2
4.1
4.2
Resources
Avancemos I:
Unidad 2,
Lección 1 (and
ordinal #s from
Unidad 5,
Lección 1)
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
•
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
•
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
Supplementary
materials
Language Lab
Videos/DVDs
Workbook
Audio-files/CDs
Assessments
5
Pacing
Content
Skill
Present tense of
“-ar” verbs
Use present tense verbs appropriately
Telling time
Tell time
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Ordinal numbers
(1st -7th)
Use ordinal #s to discuss school schedules and classes
Music/CD
Culture
PASS
Teacher-made
worksheets
Discuss school uniforms and compare school appropriate
attire
Pacing
Nov.
(approx
14 days)
Content
Realia
Describe your classes and your teachers
Skills
En la escuela :
Classroom Objects
Describe classes and classroom objects
Location words
(prepositions of
place)
Say where things are located in a room or in relation to
another object/place
Feelings
Talk about how you feel
Places in school
Say where things are located in a school
Using “estar”
Use “estar” appropriately
Questions and word
order
Placing the conjugated verb before the subject to ask a
question
Using “ir”
Say where you are going
Culture
Discuss the culture of México
Assessment
•
Matching
•
Listening
•
Speaking
•
Reading
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Internet
Discuss the culture of México
Recycle: Adjectives
to describe people
and things and
nouns to identify
people
Resources
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.2
4.1
4.2
5.1
Resources
Avancemos I:
Unidad 2,
Lección 2
Assessments
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
•
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
•
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
•
Matching
Music/CD
•
Listening
Teacher-made
•
Speaking
Supplementary
materials
Language Lab
Videos/DVDs
Workbook
Audio-files/CDs
6
Pacing
Content
Skill
PASS
Resources
Assessment
worksheets
•
Reading
Internet
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Realia
Pacing
Dec – Jan
(approx.
13 days)
1 day for
Benchmark
(end of
semester)
exam
Content
Mi comida favorita: Skills
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.2
3.1
3.2
4.1
4.2
Resources
Avancemos I:
Unidad 3,
Lección 1
Foods and
beverages
Talk about foods and beverages
Interrogative words
Ask questions
Using “gustar” with
nouns
Say which foods and beverages you like and don’t like
Present tense “-er/ir” verbs
Use “-er/-ir” verbs appropriately
Using “hacer”
Use “hacer” to say what you are doing or making
Audio-files/CDs
Culture
Discuss the culture of Puerto Rico
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Compare traditional foods of Puerto Rico and El Salvador
Supplementary
materials
Assessments
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
•
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
•
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
•
Matching
•
Listening
•
Speaking
•
Reading
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
Language Lab
Videos/DVDs
Workbook
Music/CD
Teacher-made
worksheets
Internet
Realia
7
Pacing
Content
Skill
PASS
Resources
Assessment
and paragraphs
Pacing
Q3
Jan
(approx
12 days)
Content
Skills
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Assessments
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
Supplementary
materials
•
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
•
Make comparisons
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
•
Matching
Explain the Latino tradition of Quinceañera
Music/CD
•
Listening
Discuss the culture of Puerto Rico
Teacher-made
worksheets
•
Speaking
•
Reading
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
Talk about and describe family members
Ask and tell ages
Months and
numbers (2001,000,0000)
Ask and tell birthdays
Possessive
adjectives
Use possessive adjectives to say to whom something belongs
Give dates
Express possession
Using “de” to show
possession
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
3.1
4.1
4.2
Visual display
Avancemos I :
Unidad 3,
Lección 2
En mi familia:
Family members
Resources
•
Use “de” to explain (or clarify) to whom something belongs
Comparatives
Culture
Explain how art reflects the people of its culture
5.1
Language Lab
Videos/DVDs
Workbook
Audio-files/CDs
Internet
Realia
8
Pacing
Content
Skill
PASS
Resources
Assessment
•
Pacing
Feb
(approx
12 days)
Content
Skills
Vamos de
compras:
Shopping
Talk about where you go to buy clothes
Clothing
Talk about what clothes you want to buy
Colors
Use colors appropriately
Seasons
Explain which clothes you wear during which seasons
Recycle: Numbers
1-1,000,000
Say how much something costs
Tener Expressions
Use “tener” expressions appropriately
Stem-changing
verbs: e→ie
Use stem-changing verbs appropriately
Direct object
pronouns
Culture
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
3.1
3.2
4.1
4.2
5.1
Resources
Avancemos I:
Unidad 4,
Lección 1
Assessments
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
•
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
•
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
•
Matching
Use direct object pronouns appropriately
Music/CD
•
Listening
•
Speaking
Discuss the culture of Spain (art, music, foods, history)
Teacher-made
worksheets
•
Reading
Listen for the Spanish “th” in videos and audios
Internet
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Supplementary
materials
Language Lab
Videos/DVDs
Workbook
Audio-files/CDs
Realia
Pacing
Content
Feb/Mar
¿Qué hacemos
esta noche?:
(approx
Places to go and
Quizzes
Skills
Describe places and events in town
Resources
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
Avancemos I:
Unidad 4,
Lección 2
Assessments
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
9
Pacing
12 days)
Content
Skill
PASS
things to do in town
2.2
3.1
4.1
4.2
5.1
Resources
Supplementary
materials
Assessment
•
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
•
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
•
Matching
Modes of
Transportation
Talk about types of transportation
Items in a
Restaurant
Order a meal from a menu in a restaurant
Use vocabulary associated with eating out
Foods
Order a meal from a menu in a restaurant
Stem-changing
verbs: o→ue
Use o→ue verbs appropriately
Give excuses for things you can not do
Ir + a + infinitive
Say what you are going to do
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Stem changing
verbs e→i
Use e→I verbs appropriately
Music/CD
•
Listening
Culture
Discuss the culture of Spain (art, music, foods, history)
Teacher-made
worksheets
•
Speaking
Compare activities teens do on the weekend in different
countries
•
Reading
Internet
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Language Lab
Videos/DVDs
Workbook
Audio-files/CDs
Realia
Pacing
Mar
(approx
12 days)
(6 days
in Q3 for
Chpt 5.1
vocab
Content
Skills
Vivimos aquí:
A house
Describe a house
Household items
Describe furniture and household items
Ser vs. Estar
Describe people and locations
Ordinal #s (1st-10th)
Indicate the order of things
Indicate which floor of a building something is on
Resources
Assessments
Avancemos I:
Unidad 5,
Lección 1
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
Supplementary
materials
•
Language Lab
Videos/DVDs
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
10
Pacing
and
ordinal
#s, and 6
days in
Q4 for
ser vs
estar and
loc.)
Content
Skill
PASS
Pronunciation
Accents
Workbook
Culture
Discuss the culture of Ecuador
Audio-files/CDs
Discuss how a country’s location makes it unique
Recycle:
Ordinal #s (1st – 7th)
Indicate the order of things
Resources
Assessment
•
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
•
Matching
Music/CD
•
Listening
Teacher-made
worksheets
•
Speaking
•
Reading
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Internet
Realia
Pacing
Q4
Content
Skills
Una fiesta en casa:
Resources
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
4.1
4.2
Assessments
Avancemos I:
Unidad 5,
Lección 2
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
Supplementary
materials
•
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
•
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
April
Parties
Plan a party
(approx
12 days)
Chores
Talk about chores and responsibilities
Irregular Verbs
Use irregular verbs appropriately
Affirmative “tú”
commands
Tell someone what to do
Acabar de + infinitive
Say what you or someone else just did
Workbook
Recycle “tener que”
and expressions of
frequency
Say what chores you do and how often you have to do them
Audio-files/CDs
Language Lab
Videos/DVDs
Teachers’
11
Pacing
Content
Skill
Culture
Discuss the culture of Ecuador
PASS
Resources
•
Matching
Music/CD
•
Listening
Teacher-made
worksheets
•
Speaking
•
Reading
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Learn how family parties are celebrated in different countries
Learn how different cultures express themselves through
crafts (
Internet
Realia
April
(approx
12 days)
¿Cuál es tu
deporte favorito?:
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
3.1
3.2
4.1
4.2
Assessment
Resource
Book
Avancemos I:
Unidad 6,
Lección 1
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
Supplementary
materials
•
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
•
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
Places where sports
are played
Discuss places where sports are played
Sports equipment
Discuss equipment used for different sports
Using “jugar”
Use “jugar” appropriately
Videos/DVDs
Saber vs. Conocer
Talk about whom and what you know
Workbook
Personal “a”
Use personal “a” appropriately
Audio-files/CDs
Culture
Discuss the culture of the Dominican Republic
Teachers’
Resource
Book
•
Matching
Music/CD
•
Listening
Teacher-made
•
Speaking
Compare which sports are the most popular in different
Spanish-speaking countries
Recycle: Sports
Talk about sports
Language Lab
12
Pacing
Content
Skill
PASS
Discuss which sports you like and dislike
Resources
Internet
Realia
May
(approx
12 days)
(and
5 days
for the
Prof/EOI
Exam)
¿Cuál es tu
deporte favorito?:
Staying healthy
Talk about staying healthy
Outdoor activities
Talk about outdoor activities
Regular Preterite
(-ar/-er/-ir verbs)
Say what you did
Using “doler”
Using “doler” to say what hurts
Culture
Discuss the culture of the Dominican Republic
Learn about the gestures that are unique to Spanish-speaking
countries
Recycle:
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
3.1
3.2
4.1
4.2
5.1
Assessment
worksheets
•
Reading
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes
Avancemos I:
Unidad 6,
Lección 2
Assessments may
include but are not
limited to:
Supplementary
materials
•
Recognition:
Choose the correct
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to best
complete a
statement
•
Teachers’
Resource
Book
Recall: Supply
appropriate
vocabulary word(s)
or verb form to
complete sentences
•
Matching
Language Lab
Videos/DVDs
Workbook
Audio-files/CDs
Parts of the body
Say what hurts
Music/CD
•
Listening
Telling time
Say what time you did something
Teacher-made
worksheets
•
Speaking
•
Reading
•
Writing lists,
sentences, poems,
and paragraphs
Internet
Realia
13
Pacing
Content
Skill
PASS
Resources
Assessment
•
Visual display
•
Unit Exams
•
Quizzes