Here is what we're trying to accomplish by the end of the school year:
Curriculum Calendar Guideline for Spanish I
2009-2010
Use the following guideline to assist in your planning. Approximately 12 days are given per chapter. We may take more time in some areas and less time in others depending on a variety of factors.
Chapters Dates Objectives
Para Emp. 12 days Greetings, numbers, time, body parts, classroom, date,
weather, and seasons
Tema 1A 13 days Vocabulary: Saying what you like and don’t like to do
Grammar: infinitives and making negative statements
Tema 1B 13 days Vocabulary: adjectives and personality questions
Grammar: adjectives, definite and indefinite articles, and
word order
Tema 2A 13 days Vocabulary: Classroom items and prepositions of location
Grammar: Subject pronouns and the present –ar verb tense
Tema 2B 13 days Vocabulary: Classroom items, furniture, classroom parts
Grammar: the verb estar; noun and article plurals
Tema 3A 13 days Vocabulary: foods, beverages, adverbs of frequency, and
expressions to show surprise
Grammar: present tense of –er and – ir verbs; me gusta(n),
and me encanta(n)
Tema 3B 13 days Vocabulary: Food, beverages, health expressions,
Preferences agreement / disagreement, quantity, adjectives
to describe
Grammar: the plural of adjectives, the verb ser
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Tema 4A 13 days Vocabulary: leisure activities, places, expressions to tell
where and with whom you go, expressions to talk about
when things are done
Grammar: the verb ir, interrogative words
Tema 4B 13 days Vocabulary: leisure activities, feelings, expressions for
extending/accepting/declining invitations, expressions to
tell when something happens
Grammar: ir + a + infinitive, the verb jugar
Tema 5A 13 days Vocabulary: family, parties
Grammar: the verb tener, possessive adjectives
Tema 5B 13 days Vocabulary: describing people, ordering a meal
Grammar: the verb venir, the verb ser and estar
Add these:
tener - hambre, sed, frío, calor, miedo, ganas de, razón
Tema 6A 13 days Vocabulary: bedroom items, electronic equipment,
colors, adjectives to describe things
Grammar: comparisons & superlatives, stem-changing
verbs, poder and dormir
Tema 6B 13 days Vocabulary: rooms in a house, household chores
Grammar: affirmative tú commands, present progressive
tense
Tema 7A 12 days Vocabulary: clothing, shopping, numbers 200 - 1,000
Grammar: stem-changing verbs; pensar, querer, preferir;
DO NOT DO demonstrative adjectives
ADD direct & indirect object pronouns (introductin only)
ADD hacer and dar in the present tense
Grammar: Skip the preterite (HS request) the personal a
2nd Sem.Final June 9-16