Creekside Middle School World Languages Department

Creekside Middle School
World Languages
Department
Essential Curriculum Map
Essential Questions
How do you conjugate
AR, ER, and IR verbs?
How is ‘gustar’
conjugated different
from regular verbs?
How do you compare
equal and unequal
things in Spanish?
Course: Spanish 7
Q3/4
Week: 1
Unit: Review from Quarters 1/2
Content
Skills
Review of material
from Q1/2 and from
6th grade
Conjugate AR/ER/IR
verbs correctly
Topics Include:
- Regular AR/ER/IR
verbs
- gustar with nouns
- numbers until
1,000,000
- possessive adjectives
- comparatives
- vocabulary from unit
3
Correctly use possessive
adjectives in Spanish
Activities and
Assessments
Review worksheets
Review games
Say and spell numbers
correctly in Spanish
Review Quiz
Creekside Middle School
World Languages
Department
Essential Curriculum Map
Essential Questions
How do you talk about
shopping in Spanish?
How do you describe
what people are
wearing in Spanish?
How do you talk about
seasons and colors?
Course: Spanish 7
Week: 2
Unit: 4.1
Content
Skills
4.1 Vocabulary
(clothing, shopping,
colors, seasons)
Ask & answer basic
questions pertaining to
4.1 vocabulary
Gustar
Discuss payment and
shopping in Spanish
Activities and
Assessments
Listening, reading,
speaking and writing
activities from
Avancemos and other
resources
Fashion Show (Taylor)
Conjugating –AR/ER/ IR
verbs correctly
State in Spanish things
you wear and when you
wear them
Use colors and clothing
vocabulary correctly in
speaking and writing
Skits in Spanish (Moore)
Creekside Middle School
World Languages
Department
Essential Curriculum Map
Essential Questions
Course: Spanish 7
Week: 3
Unit: Unit 4 lesson 1
Content
How is the verb ‘tener’
used in other ways
than to say ‘to have’?
Tener and tener
expressions
How are eie stemchangers different
from regular AR/ER/IR
verbs?
eie stem-changing
verbs
Skills
Correctly conjugate the
verb tener
Correctly use tener with
expressions
Conjugate eie stemchangers correctly
Compare/contrast
Spanish grammar with
English grammar (being
cold vs. having cold)
Make connections to
other content areas and
personal life (art and
social studies through
everyday shopping)
Activities and
Assessments
Listening, reading,
speaking and writing
activities from
Avancemos and other
resources
Quiz 4.1 Vocab
Problem solving
(Lundeen)
Creekside Middle School
World Languages
Department
Essential Curriculum Map
Essential Questions
What is a direct
object?
What is a direct object
pronoun?
How do I correctly
write sentences using
a direct object
pronoun in Spanish?
Course: Spanish 7
Week: 4
Unit: Unit 4 lesson 1
Content
Skills
Direct Object
Pronouns (order and
agreement) in Spanish
Correctly identify a direct
object in a sentence
Be able to accurately
rewrite and/or answer a
question using a direct
object pronoun in
Spanish
Compare/Contrast direct
objects in Spanish and
English
Activities and
Assessments
Listening, reading,
speaking and writing
activities from
Avancemos and other
resources
Quiz- stem-changers and
tener expressions
(Lundeen, Taylor, Moore)
Puppet show (Lundeen)
Creekside Middle School
World Languages
Department
Essential Curriculum Map
Essential Questions
How do I use a direct
object pronoun in
Spanish?
What is daily shopping
life like? (Spain)
Course: Spanish 7
Unit: Unit 4 lesson 1, Unit 4 lesson 2
Content
Direct Object
Pronouns
4.1 Culture- Spain and
Antonio Colinas
4.2 Vocab
What is the night life
like?
Week: 5
Skills
Correctly write
sentences/ answer
questions using direct
object pronouns
Correctly identify and use
food/shopping
vocabulary
Be able to order food in
Spanish
Activities and
Assessments
Listening, reading,
speaking and writing
activities from
Avancemos and other
resources
4.1 Grammar Quiz over
DOPN, review of 3ie
stemchangers (Taylor)
Quiz over DOPN
(Lundeen)
Course: Spanish 7
Creekside Middle School
World Languages
Department
Essential Curriculum Map
Essential Questions
Week: 6
Unit: Unit 4 lesson 2
Content
Skills
Activities and
Assessments
DO Quiz (Moore)
How do you discuss
eating/ shopping/
going places in
Spanish?
4.2 vocabulary
What are o  ue and
ei stem-changers in
Spanish?
How are they similar/
different to eie
stem-changers?
Stem-changers oue
and e i
Talk about food/movies
Order food at a
restaurant
Correctly conjugate all
types of stem-changing
verbs
Listening, reading,
speaking and writing
activities from
Avancemos and other
resources
4.2 Vocab quiz
Course: Spanish 7
Creekside Middle School
World Languages
Department
Essential Curriculum Map
Essential Questions
Week: 7
Unit: Unit 4 lesson 2
Content
Skills
How do you use stemchangers?
4.2 Grammar (stemchangers)
Correctly use stemchangers
How do you talk about
the future? (going
to…)
Ir + a + infinitive
(going to…)
Talk about future by
using present tense
forms of ir
Ver
Activities and
Assessments
Listening, reading,
speaking and writing
activities from
Avancemos and other
resources
Ciudad Proyecto (Taylor)
Restaurant Review
writing prompt (Lundeen)
Course: Spanish 7
Creekside Middle School
World Languages
Department
Essential Curriculum Map
Essential Questions
How do I correctly use
stem-changers?
Week: 8
Unit: Unit 4 lesson 2
Content
Grammar 4.2 (stemchangers, ir)
What is daily life like in Culture 4.2
Spain and Chile?
What are weekends
like?
Skills
Activities and
Assessments
Correctly use and
conjugate stem-changing
verbs
4.2 Grammar Quiz
Know important facts
(weekend activities and
such) about Spain and
Chile
Mixed Stem-Changer quiz
(Taylor)
Ciudad Proyecto (Taylor)
Tic-tac-toe project
(Lundeen)
Listening, reading,
speaking and writing
activities from
Avancemos and other
resources
Course: Spanish 7
Creekside Middle School
World Languages
Department
Essential Curriculum Map
Essential Questions
How do you say foods,
drinks, clothing items,
and shopping words in
Spanish?
Week: 9
Unit: Unit 4
Content
Vocab 4.1 & 4.2
Grammar 4.1 & 4.2
Culture 4.1 & 4.2
Skills
Read and understand
written Spanish
Unit 4 test
Review packet and games
Listen and understand
spoken Spanish
What is a direct object
pronoun and how do I
use it in Spanish?
Activities and
Assessments
Correctly produce
written Spanish
Listening, reading,
speaking and writing
activities from
Avancemos and other
resources
skits (if time-Lundeen)
How do you use ir to
talk about the future?
How do you conjugate
stem-changers?
How do I use tener to
talk about things other
than age/possession
(tener expressions)?