Curriculum Map
Course Title: Spanish
Grade Eight – meeting 2x’s per weeks = 68 class periods
Revised:
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
(17 class meetings)
(17 class meetings)
(17 class meetings)
(17 class meetings)
August 1, 2010
What’s your daily routine?
How do stay fit and healthy?
How do you feel? Can you
give me some advice? Can
you use informal commands?
What is an example of a stem
changing verb? Are you able
to form verbs with reflexive
pronouns?
What’s you opinion? What What are your plans? Can
do you need help with while you tell me about your past
shopping? Where’d you go holidays? What do you need
and what did you do? Can to prepare for your party?
you speak politely on the
Can you use proper
phone? Can you make
introductions and farewells?
comparisons? Can you
Can you properly form the
conjugate “quedar”? How do preterit tense for “ar”, “er”, &
you form preterits?
“ir” verbs? Can you properly
form the present progressive
tense? How do you form
direct object pronouns?
Can you ask for, or give,
directions? Will you remind
me to do that later? Are you
sure I’m doing the right
thing? Will you tell me all
about your trip? What are
your hopes and wishes?
Essential Questions
Can you talk about the past
using the preterit tense?
What is the proper way to
place direct object pronouns?
Are you able to use the
informal commands of verbs
with spelling changes and
irregular forms?
Vocabulary relating to health Vocabulary for giving an
Vocabulary necessary to refer Vocabulary for asking or
and exercise.
opinion. Vocabulary needed to upcoming plans.
giving directions.
Concepts/ Knowledge/
Vocabulary for giving advice. to offer or ask for help in a Vocabulary related to
Vocabulary for reminding
Content
Reflexive pronouns.
store.
discussing past holidays.
and/or reassuring someone.
Infinitives with verbs &
Vocabulary for speaking on Vocabulary used to discuss Vocabulary necessary to
prepositions. Negative
the phone & telling where
preparations for a party.
describe a trip. Vocabulary
informal commands.
you went & what you did.
Vocabulary for proper
required to reveal your hopes
The verb “quedar”.
introductions, & farewells.
and wishes. Placement of
Comparisons. Numbers 0 – Direct object pronouns.
direct object pronouns.
one million.
Present progressive tense.
Informal commands of verbs
Preterites.
Preterit tense.
with spelling changes and
irregular forms.
Peru: architecture, food,
Cultural
Argentina: food, art,
Florida: culture, map, food, Dominican Republic:
map, art, rivers, & 3
Connections/Geography
celebrations, map, &
the everglades, food, art, & iguanas, city, map, food, art, languages used there.
penguins.
celebrations.
celebrations.
Skills
Assessments
Standards and
Benchmarks
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Demonstrate
comprehension of:
vocabulary to discuss daily
routines, health, & fitness.
vocabulary related to advice.
proper conjugation of stem
changing verbs.
forming negative commands.
proper use of the verbs
“estar”, “sentirse”, & “tener”.
Demonstrate
Demonstrate
comprehension of:
comprehension of:
vocabulary to state an
vocabulary to refer to
opinion, ask/offer help in a upcoming plans, past
store, tell where you go &
holidays, preparations for a
what you do, making
party, introductions, &
comparisons, & speaking on farewells.
the phone.
the proper formation of the
formation of preterit tense. preterit tense.
conjugation of “quedar”.
the proper formation of the
numbers from zero to one
progressive tense.
million.
the use of object pronouns.
Publisher produced exam for Publisher produced exam for Publisher produced exam for
Chapter 7.
Chapter 8.
Chapter 9.
Quiz: integration of Chapters Quiz: integration of Chapters
7 & 8.
7, 8, & 9.
Demonstrate
comprehension of:
Vocabulary to ask for or give
directions, reveal hopes and
wishes, tell about a trip, to
remind or reassure someone.
the use of irregular preterit
tense.
the correct placement of
direct object pronouns.
using verbs followed by
infinitives.
Publisher produced exam for
Chapter 10.
Quiz: integration of Chapters
7, 8, 9, & 10.
Communication: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Cultures: 2.1
Connection: 3.1, 3.2
Comparisons: 4.1, 4.2
Communities:
Communication: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Cultures: 2.1, 2.2
Connections: 3.1, 3.2
Comparisons: 4.1, 4.2
Communities:
Communication: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Communication: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Cultures: 2.1, 2.2
Cultures: 2.1, 2.2
Connections: 3.1, 3.2
Connections: 3.1, 3.2
Comparisons: 4.1, 4.2
Comparisons: 4.2
Communities: 5.1
Communities: 5.2
Note: Depending on the course, length of units, and available supplies, some months of curriculum mapping may be altered to meet the needs of the
students, teachers, and/or District Essential Curriculum.
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