Spanish I
Course Description
Students will be introduced to the language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. They will develop proficiency-based skills in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Course Big Ideas
- Students will be able to greet others and say goodbyes. They will be able to identify themselves and others.
- Students will become acquainted with the classroom and school life.
- Students will be able to talk about their families and people's professions and occupations.
- Students will be able to talk about their favorite pastimes.
- Students will talk about travel and vacation experiences.
- Students will be able to talk about clothing and shopping experiences.
Course Essential Questions
- How do Spanish speakers greet one another and carry on basic introductory conversations, and how does culture influence our interactions with others?
- What is a typical school day for students in Spanish-speaking countries like compared with the United States?
- How do families and family relationships vary across cultures?
- What free time and weekend activities are popular with teens in my country and how do these activities compare with those of teens in other Spanish-speaking countries?
- How do weather, climate, and geography affect the activities we do?
- How does shopping for food and clothing in the United States compare to shopping in Spanish-speaking countries?
Course Competencies
- Read for understanding
- Simple writing
- Develop target language speaking skills
- Active listening
- Cultural comparisons
Course Assignments
- VHL Central online resources
- Teacher-generated formative and summative assessments
Course Units
- Preliminary Unit: Preliminar
- Unit 1: ¿qué tal?
- Unit 2: En la Clase
- Unit 3: La Familia
- Unit 4: Los Pasatiempos
- Unit 5: Las Vacaciones
- Unit 6: !De Compras!
Preliminary Unit: Preliminar
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
- Asking people's names and introducing themselves
- Some common Hispanic first names
- Spelling words using the Spanish alphabet
- Present tense of ser
- Asking and saying where people come from
- Names of Spanish-speaking countries and their capitals
- Counting to thirty
- Asking and saying how old people are
- The verb hay
- Common classroom expressions and vocabulary
- Days of the week
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Ask people their names
- Spell my name and other common words
- Ask people where they are from
- Say where I and other people are from
- Interview a classmate and find out basic information about him/her, including age and school classes
- Ask and answer questions about objects in my classroom and class schedules
- Identify a few classroom expressions in Spanish
- Talk about my school schedule, classes, and teachers
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Assessments
Vocabulary
- el almuerzo
- el año/los años
- Argentina
- el arte
- ayer
- la bandera
- Bogotá
- Buenos Aires
- la capital
- Caracas
- la chica
- el chico
- las ciencias
- Ciudad de México
- Ciudad de Panamá
- Colombia
- ¿Cómo se dice __ en españiol?
- ¿Cómo se llama usted?
- ¿Cómo te llamas?
- Con permiso
- Costa Rica
- ¿Cuál es ... ?
- ¿Cuántos años tiene usted?
- ¿Cuántos años tienes?
- ¿Cuántos/cuántas?
- ¿De dónde eres?
- ¿De dónde es usted?
- De nada
- ¿De veras?
- domingo
- ella es
- ellas son
- ellos son
- ¿En qué página estamos?
- Encantado/a
- él es
- España
- el español
- Estados Unidos
- Estudias...
- Estudio...
- el examen
- la geografia
- (Muchas) gracias.
- El gusto es mio
- (no) hay
- la historia
- Hola.
- el horario
- Hoy es
- lgualmente
- el inglés
- jueves
- Lima
- lunes
- Madrid
- mañana
- martes
- Más despacio, por favor
- las matemáticas
- las materias
- Me llamo ...
- México
- mi
- miércoles
- Mucho gusto
- la música
- la nacionalidad
- No entiendo
- No sé
- el nombre
- nosotras somos
- nosotros somos
- el pais
- Panamá
- Perú
- Por favor
- el profesor
- la profesora
- Puerto Rico
- ¿Qué día es hoy?
- ¿Qué significa_?
- República Dominicana
- sábado
- El Salvador
- San José
- San Juan
- San Salvador
- Santo Domingo
- la semana
- el señor (Sr.)
- la señora (Sra.)
- Soy de ...
- Su
- (Yo) tengo [#] años.
- Tengo una pregunta.
- tú eres
- usted es
- ustedes son
- Venezuela
- viernes
- Washington, D.C.
- ¿Y tú?
- ¿Y usted?
- yo soy
- lunch
- year/years
- Argentina
- art
- yesterday
- flag
- Bogota
- Buenos Aires
- capital city
- Caracas
- girl
- boy
- sciences
- Mexico City
- Panama City
- Colombia
- How do you say_ in Spanish?
- What's your name? (form.)
- What's your name? (fam.)
- Pardon me; Excuse me.
- Costa Rica
- Which is ... ?
- How old are you? (form.)
- How old are you? (fam.)
- How much/many?
- Where are you from? (fam.)
- Where are you from? (form.)
- You're welcome
- Really?
- Sunday
- she is
- they are (all-female group)
- they are
- What page are we on?
- Charmed, Delighted
- he is
- Spain
- Spanish
- United States
- you study ...
- I study ...
- test, exam
- geography
- >Thanks (a lot).
- The pleasure is all mine
- there is (not); there are (not)
- history
- Hello; Hi
- class schedule
- Today is ...
- Likewise
- English
- Thursday
- Lima
- Monday
- Madrid
- tomorrow
- Tuesday
- Slower, please
- math
- subjects
- My name is ...
- Mexico
- my
- Wednesday
- It's a pleasure
- music
- nationality
- I don't understand
- I don't know
- name
- we are (all-female group)
- we are
- country
- Panama
- Peru
- Please
- (male) teacher
- (female) teacher
- Puerto Rico
- What day is it?
- What does mean?
- Dominican Republic
- Saturday
- El Salvador
- San Jose
- San Juan
- San Salvador
- Santo Doming
- week
- Mr.
- Mrs.
- I'm from ...
- your
- I am [#] years old.
- I have a question.
- you are (fam.)
- you are (form.)
- you are (plural)
- Venezuela
- Friday
- Washington, D.C.
- And you? (tarn.)
- And you? (form.)
- l am
Unit 1: ¿qué tal?
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
- Greet new acquaintances, introduce myself, and say goodbye
- Distinguish between formal and informal means of communication
- Name familiar objects and people
- Use numbers to say how many there are of something and tell time
- Understand and elicit simple descriptions of classmates and others
- Identify classroom objects
Do
- Greet new acquaintances, introduce myself, and say goodbye
- Distinguish between formal and informal means of communication
- Name familiar objects and people
- Use numbers to say how many there are of something and tell time
- Understand and elicit simple descriptions of classmates and others
- Identify classroom objects
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Assessments
Vocabulary
- Adiós
- agotador(a)
- Argentina
- el autobús
- la azotea
- (Muy) bien, gracias
- la brocheta
- Buenas noches
- Buenas tardes
- Buenos dias
- Canadá
- la capital
- Chau
- la chica
- el chico
- ¿Cómo está usted?
- ¿Cómo estás?
- ¿Cómo se llama usted?
- ¿Cómo te llamas?
- la computadora
- la comunidad
- Con permiso
- el/la conductor(a)
- la conversación
- la cosa
- Costa Rica
- el cuaderno
- ¿Cuanto(s)/a(s)?
- Cuba
- ¿De dónde eres?
- ¿De dónde es usted?
- De nada.
- ¿de quién ... ?
- ¿de quiénes ... ?
- de todas partes
- el dia
- el diario
- el diccionario
- Ecuador
- Encantado/a
- la escuela
- Espańa
- Estados Unidos (EE.UU.)
- Ésta/Ésta es ...
- el/la estudiante
- las flexiones
- la foto(grafia)
- la gorra
- (Muchas) gracias
- El gusto es mio
- Hasta la vista
- Hasta luego
- Hasta mańana
- Hasta pronto
- (no) hay
- Hola
- el hombre
- lgualmente
- el instituto
- el/la joven
- el lápiz
- Le presento a ...
- la lección
- Lo siento
- la malet
- la mano
- el mapa
- Me llama ...
- México
- Mucho gusto
- la mujer
- la nacionalidad
- Nada
- No hay de qué
- No muy bien
- el nombre
- Nos vemos.
- el número
- el padre
- el pais
- la palabr
- el/la pasajero/a
- Perdón
- por favor
- el/la primo/a
- el problema
- el/la profesor(a)
- el programa
- Puerto Ric
- ¿Oué guay!
- ¿Oué hay de nuevo?
- ¿Qué pasa?
- ¿Qué tal?
- Regular
- Saludos a ...
- señor (Sr.); don
- señora (Sra.); dona
- señorita (Srta.)
- ser
- Soy de ...
- Te presento a ...
- todo/a
- tomando
- el/la turista
- el video
- ¿Y tú?
- ¿Y usted?
- Goodbye.
- exhausting
- Argentina
- bus
- rooftop
- (Very) well, thanks
- shish kebab
- Good evening; Good night
- Good afternoon
- Good morning
- Canada
- capital city
- Bye
- girl
- boy
- How are you? (form.)
- How are you? (fam.)
- What's your name? (form.)
- What's your name? (fam.)
- computer
- community
- Pardon me; Excuse me
- driver
- conversation
- thing
- Costa Rica
- notebook
- how much/many?
- Cuba
- Where are you from? (fam.)
- Where are you from? (form.)
- You're welcome.
- whose ... ? (sing.)
- whose ... ? (plural)
- everywhere
- day
- diary
- dictionary
- Ecuador
- Delighted; Pleased to meet you
- school
- Spain
- United States
- This is ...
- student
- push-ups
- photograph
- baseball cap
- Thank you (very much); Thanks (a lot)
- The pleasure is mine
- See you later
- See you later
- See you tomorrow
- See you soon
- there is (not); there are (not)
- Hello; Hi
- ma
- Likewise
- high school (in Spain)
- youth; young person
- pencil
- I would like to introduce you to (name). (form.)
- lesson
- I'm sorry
- suitcase
- hand
- map
- My name is ...
- Mexico
- Pleased to meet you
- woman
- nationality
- Nothing
- You're welcome
- Not very well
- name
- See you
- number
- father
- country
- word
- passenger
- Pardon me; Excuse me
- please
- cousin
- problem
- teacher
- program
- Puerto Rico
- How cool!
- What's new?
- What's happening?; What's going on?
- How are you?; How is it going?
- So-so; OK
- Greetings to ...
- Mr.; sir
- Mrs.; ma'am
- Miss
- to be
- I'm from ...
- I would like to introduce you to (name). (fam.)
- all
- taking
- tourist
- video
- And you? (fam.)
- And you? (form.)
Unit 2: En la Clase
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1 .2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
Unit Essential Questions
- What is a typical school day for students in Spanish-speaking countries?
- How does the school experience for students in Spanish-speaking countries compare to the different experiences of students in my school and schools in the United States?
- How do everyday activities vary between different cultures?
Lesson Essential Questions
- ¿Qué clases tomas tú?
- ¿Qué clases tienes después def almuerzo?
- ¿Cuándo es la clase de ... ? / ¿A qué hora es la c/ase de ... ?
- ¿Qué clases tomas los Junes, los martes?
- ¿Qué necesitas para las clases ?
- ¿Qué clases te gustan?
- ¿Te gusta la c/ase de . . . ?
- ¿Caminas a la escuela?
- ¿Qué dia es hoy
- ¿Qué te gusta hacer?
- ¿Dónde está ... ?
- ¿Cuál es tu clase favorita? ¿Por qué?
Materials/Resources
Assessments
Vocabulary
- a la derecha de
- a la izquierda de
- adelante
- a administración de empresas
- ¿Adónde?
- ahora
- al lado de
- allá
- allí
- el arte
- bailar
- las bellas artes
- la biblioteca
- la biología
- el borrador
- buscar
- la cafetería
- la calculadora
- la cama
- el cambio climático
- caminar
- cantar
- a casa
- el casco
- cenar
- cerca de
- las ciencias
- la clase
- el/la compañero/a de clase
- el/la compañero/a de cuarto
- comprar
- la computación
- con
- la contabilidad
- contestar
- conversar
- ¿Cuál?, ¿Cuáles?
- ¿Cuándo?
- el curso, la materia
- debajo de
- delante de
- desayunar
- descansar
- desear
- detrás de
- dibujar
- el dibujo
- domingo
- la economia
- en
- encima de
- la energía eólica
- enseñar
- entre
- el escritorio
- escuchar la radio/música
- el españiol
- la especialización
- esperar (+ inf.)
- el estadio
- estar
- el/la estudiante
- estudiar
- el examen
- explicar
- la facultad
- a física
- la geografía
- gustar
- hablar
- la historia
- el horario
- Hoy es ...
- as humanidades
- el inglés
- jueves
- el laboratorio
- lejos de
- las lenguas extranjeras
- la librería
- el libro
- listo/a
- la literatura
- llegar
- llevar
- lunes el
- mapa
- martes
- las matemáticas
- la mesa
- miércoles
- mirar
- la mochila
- la música
- necesitar (+ inf.)
- el papel
- la papelera
- el periodismo
- la pizarra
- la pluma
- ¿Por qué?
- porque
- practicar
- preguntar
- preparar
- el/la profesor(a)
- la prueba
- la psicología
- la puerta door
- ¿Qué día es hoy?
- la química
- regresar
- el reloj
- la residencia estudiantil
- sábado
- la semana
- el semestre
- la silla
- sin
- sobre
- la sociología
- tarde
- la tarea
- terminar
- la tiza
- todavía
- tomar
- trabajar
- el trimestre
- la universidad
- la ventana
- viajar
- viernes
- to the right of
- to the left of
- go ahead
- business administration
- Where (to)?
- now
- next to
- over there
- there
- art
- to dance
- fine arts
- library
- biology
- eraser
- to look for
- cafeteria
- calculator
- bed
- climate change
- to walk
- to sing
- house; home
- helmet
- to have dinner
- near
- sciences
- class
- classmate
- roommate
- to buy
- computer science
- with
- accounting
- to answer
- to converse, to chat
- Which?; Which one(s)?
- When?
- course
- below; under
- in front of
- to have breakfast
- to rest
- to wish; to desire
- behind
- to draw
- drawing
- Sunday
- economics
- in; on
- on top of
- wind
- energy
- to teach
- between; among
- desk
- to listen (to) the radio/music
- Spanish
- major
- to wait (for); to hope
- stadium
- to be
- student
- to study
- test; exam
- to explain
- department/school of a university
- physics
- geography
- to like
- to talk; to speak
- history
- schedule
- Today is ...
- humanities
- English
- Thursday
- laboratory
- far from
- foreign languages
- bookstore
- book
- ready
- literature
- to arrive
- to carry
- Monday
- map
- Tuesday
- mathematics
- table
- Wednesday
- to look (at); to watch
- backpack
- music
- to need
- paper
- wastebasket
- journalism
- blackboard
- pen
- Why?
- because
- to practice
- to ask (a question)
- to prepare
- teacher
- test; quiz
- psychology
- door
- What day is it?
- chemistry
- to return
- clock; watch
- dormitory
- Saturdayweek
- semester
- chair
- without
- on; over
- sociology
- late
- homework
- to end; to finish
- chalk
- still
- to take; to drink
- to work
- trimester; quarter
- university; college
- window to travel
- Friday
Unit 3: La Familia
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Talk about family members and their relationships to each other
- Introduce my family to a friend
- Write a personal profile to post on social media
- Describe the members of my extended family, including how they are related to one another
- Describe my activities on a typical day
- Talk about things I have to do
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Assessments
Vocabulary
- abrir
- el/la abuelo/a
- las abuelos
- ahora
- alemán, alemana
- alto/a
- amarillo/a
- el/la amigo/a
- antipático/a
- el apellido
- aprender (a+ inf.)
- argentino/a
- el/la artista
- asistir (a)
- azul
- bajo/a
- beber
- el/la bisabuelo/a
- blanco/a
- bonito/a
- el bate de remos
- buen, bueno/a
- canadiense
- el/la casero/a
- chino/a
- las ciencias ambientales
- comer
- compartir
- comprender
- correr
- costarricense
- creer (en)
- cubano/a
- el/la cuńado/a
- deber (+ inf.)
- decidir (+ inf.)
- delgado/a
- describir
- dificil
- divertido/a
- el/la doctor(a), el/la medico/a
- ecuatoriano/a
- escribir
- español(a)
- el/la esposo/a
- estadounidense
- el estanque
- fácil
- la familia
- feo/a
- francés, francesa
- el/la gemelo/a
- la gente
- gordo/a
- gran, grande
- guapo/a
- el/la hermanastro/a
- el/la hermano/a
- el/la hijastro/a
- el/la hijo/a
- los hijos
- importante
- el/la ingeniero/a
- inglés, inglesa
- inteligente
- interesante
- italiano/a
- japonés, japonesa
- joven (sing.), jóvenes (pl.)
- leer
- la madrastra
- la madre
- mal, malo/a
- el/la media/a hermano/a
- mexicano/a
- mismo/a
- moreno/a
- el/la muchacho/a
- mucho/a
- negro/a
- el/la nieto/a
- el/la niño/a
- norteamericano/a
- el/la novio/a
- la nuera
- el padrastro
- el padre
- as padres
- las parientes
- pelirrojo/a
- pequeño/a
- el/la periodista
- la persona
- el/la primo/a
- el/la programador(a)
- el proyecto
- puertorriqueño/a
- recibir
- rojo/a
- rubio/a
- ruso/a
- el salvavidas
- simpático/a
- el/la sobrino/a
- el/la suegro/a
- también
- tener
- el/la tío/a
- tonto/a
- trabajador(a)
- vais
- vamos
- el/la vecino/a
- venir
- verde
- viejo/a
- vivir
- el yerno
- to open
- grandfather/grandmother
- grandparents
- now
- German
- tall
- yellow
- friend
- unpleasant
- last name
- to learn
- Argentine
- artist
- to attend
- blue
- short (in height)
- to drink
- great-grandfather/great-grandmother
- white
- pretty
- rowboat
- good
- Canadian
- landlord/landlady
- Chinese
- environmental science
- to eat
- to share
- to understand
- to run
- Costa Rican
- to believe (in)
- Cuban
- brother-in-law/sister-in-law
- should; must; ought to
- to decide
- thin; slender
- to describe
- difficult; hard
- fun
- doctor; physician
- Ecuadorian
- to write
- Spanish
- husband/wife; spouse
- from the U.S.
- pond
- easy
- family
- ugly
- French
- twin
- people
- fat
- big; large
- good-looking
- stepbrother/stepsister
- brother/sister
- stepson/stepdaughter
- son/daughter
- children
- important
- engineer
- English
- intelligent
- interesting
- Italian
- Japanese
- young
- to read
- stepmother
- mother
- bad
- half-brother/half-sister
- Mexican
- same
- brunet(te)
- boy/girl
- much; many; a lot of
- black
- grandson/granddaughter
- child
- (North) American
- boyfriend/girlfriend
- daughter-in-law
- stepfather
- father
- parents
- relatives
- red-haired
- small
- journalist
- person
- cousin
- computer programmer
- project
- Puerto Rican
- to receive
- red
- blond(e)
- Russian
- life jacket
- nice; likeable
- nephew/niece
- father-in-law/mother-in-law
- also
- to have
- uncle/aunt
- silly; foolish
- hard-working
- you (fam. pl.) are going
- let's go
- neighbor
- to come
- green
- old
- to live
- son-in-law
Unit 4: Los Pasatiempos
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1 : Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Assessments
Vocabulary
- almorzar (o:ue)
- andar en patineta
- el baloncesto
- el béisbol
- bucear
- el café
- el centro
- cerrar (e:ie)
- el ciclismo
- el cine
- comenzar (e:ie)
- conseguir (e:i)
- contar (o:ue)
- decir (e:i)
- deportivo/a
- la diversión
- dormir (o:ue)
- empezar (e:ie)
- encontrar (o:ue)
- entender (e:ie)
- el equipo
- escalar montañas (f., pl.)
- escribir un mensaje electrónico
- escribir una carta
- el esqui (acuático)
- esquiar
- favorito/a
- el fin de semana
- el fútbol
- el fútbol americano
- ganar
- el gimnasio
- el golf
- hacer
- el hockey
- la iglesia
- ir
- ir de excursión
- el/la jugador(a)
- jugar (u:ue)
- leer el correo electrónico
- leer un periódico
- leer una revista
- el lugar
- mostrar (o:ue)
- el museo
- nadar
- la natación
- oir
- el parque
- el partido
- el pasatiempo
- pasear
- pasear en bicicleta
- patinar (en línea)
- pedir (e:i)
- la pelota
- pensar (+ inf.)
- pensar en
- perder ( e:ie)
- a piscina
- la plaza
- poder (o:ue)
- poner
- practicar deportes (m., pl.)
- preferir (e:ie)
- querer (e:ie)
- os ratos libres
- recordar (o:ue)
- repetir (e:i)
- el restaurante
- salir
- seguir (e:i)
- suponer
- el tenis
- tomar el sol
- traer
- ver
- ver peliculas (f., pl.)
- el videojuego
- visitar monumentos (m., pl.)
- el vóleibol
- volver (o:ue)
- to have lunch
- to skateboard
- basketball
- baseball
- to scuba dive
- cáfe
- downtown
- to close
- cycling
- movie theater
- to begin
- to get; to obtain
- to count; to tell
- to say; to tell
- sports-related
- fun activity; entertainment; recreation
- to sleep
- to begin
- to find
- to understand
- team
- to climb mountains
- to write an email
- to write a letter
- (water) skiing
- to ski
- favorite
- weekend
- soccer
- football
- to win
- gymnasium
- golf
- to do; to make
- hockey
- church
- to go
- to go on a hike
- player
- to play (a sport or a game)
- to read e-mail
- to read a newspaper
- to read a magazine
- place
- to show
- museum
- to swim
- swimming
- to hear
- park
- game; match
- pastime; hobby
- to take a walk; to stroll
- to ride a bicycle
- to (inline) skat
- to ask for; to request
- ball
- to intend
- to think about
- to lose; to miss
- swimming pool
- city or town square
- to be able to; can
- to put: to place
- to play sports
- to prefer
- to want; to love
- spare (free) time
- to remember
- to repeat
- restaurant
- to leave
- to follow; to continue
- to suppose
- tennis
- to sunbathe
- to bring
- to see
- to watch movies
- video game
- to visit monuments
- volleybal
- to return
Unit 5: Las Vacaciones
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5. 1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Assessments
Vocabulary
- abierto/a
- aburrido/a
- acampar
- el aeropuerto
- la agencia de viajes
- el/la agente de viajes
- ahora mismo
- alegre
- amable
- el año
- el ascensor
- avergonzado/a
- el/la botones
- la cama
- la campana
- el campo
- cansado/a
- caribeño/a
- cerrado/a
- cómodo/a
- confirmar una reservación
- confundido/a
- contento/a
- ¿Cuál es la fecha (de hoy)?
- cuarto/a
- de buen humor
- de mal humor
- décimo/a
- el desayuno
- desordenado/a
- disculpa
- dulce
- el/la empleado/a
- enamorado/a (de)
- enojado/a
- el equipaje
- equivocado/a
- la estación
- la estación de autobuses
- la estación de tren
- la estación del metro
- estar de vacaciones (f. pl.)
- extrañar
- feliz
- la habitación doble
- la habitación individual
- hacer las maletas
- hacer (wind)surf
- hacer un viaje
- el hostal
- el hotel
- el/la huésped
- igual
- el/la inspector(a) de aduanas
- ir de compras (f. pl.)
- ir de vacaciones
- ir en auto(móvil) (m.)
- ir en autobús (m.)
- ir en avión (m.)
- ir en barco (m.)
- ir en moto(cicleta) (f.)
- ir en taxi (m.)
- judio/a
- jugar a las cartas
- limpio/a
- listo/a
- la llave
- la llegada
- el mar
- el mes
- montar a caballo (m.)
- musulmán, musulmana nervioso/a
- novena/a
- octavo/a
- ocupado/a
- ordenado/a
- el paisaje
- el pasaje (de ida y vuelta)
- el pasaporte
- pescar
- el piso
- a planta baja
- la playa
- preocupado/a (par)
- primer, primero/a
- próximo/a
- el puente
- quinto/a
- sacar/tomar fotos (f. pl.)
- la salida
- segundo/a
- seguro/a
- séptimo/a
- sexto/a
- sonar
- open
- bored; boring
- to camp
- airport
- travel agency
- travel agent
- right now
- happy; joyful
- nice; friendly
- year
- elevator
- embarrassed
- bellhop
- bed
- bell
- countryside
- tired
- from the Caribbean
- closed
- comfortable
- to confirm a reservation
- confused
- happy; content
- What is the date (today)
- fourth
- in a good mood
- in a bad mood
- tenth
- breakfast
- disorderly
- Forgive me
- sweet
- employee
- in love (with)
- mad; angry
- luggage
- wrong
- season
- bus station
- train station
- subway station
- to be on vacation
- to miss
- happy
- double room
- single room
- to pack (one's suitcases)
- to (wind)surf
- to take a trip
- guesthouse
- hotel
- guest
- just the same
- customs inspector
- to go shopping
- to go on vacation
- to go by car
- to go by bus
- to go by plane
- to go by boat
- to go by motorcycle
- to go by taxi
- Jewish
- to play cards
- clean
- ready; smart
- key
- arrival
- sea
- month
- to ride a horse
- Islamic
- nervous
- ninth
- eighth
- busy
- orderly
- landscape
- (round-trip) ticket
- passport
- to fish
- floor (of a building)
- ground floor
- beach
- worried (about)
- first
- next
- bridge
- fifth
- to take photos
- departure; exit
- second
- sure; safe
- seventh
- sixth
- to ring
Unit 6: !De Compras!
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics •
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Talk about shopping and clothing preferences
- Participate in a conversation at an open-air market and negotiate a price
- Talk about people, places, and things I know
- Discuss clothing, fit, and price in order to make a purchase
- Exchange information about activities that took place in the past
- Exchange opinions about specific clothing items and their location
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Assessments
Vocabulary
- a la medida
- el abrigo
- acabar de(+ inf.)
- el almacén
- anaranjado/a
- el año pasado
- anoche
- anteayer
- ayer
- ayudar
- barato/a
- la blusa
- la bolsa
- la bota
- bueno/a
- cada
- a caja
- los calcetines (el calcetin)
- cambiar
- la camisa
- la camiseta
- caro/a
- la cartera
- el centro comercial
- la chaqueta
- el cinturón
- el/la cliente/a
- el color
- conducir
- conocer
- la corbata
- corto/a
- costar (o:ue)
- dar
- de rayas/lunares
- de repente
- el/la dependiente/a
- el descuento
- desde
- el dinero
- dos veces
- (en) efectivo
- elegante
- la estrella
- la falda
- las gafas (de sol)
- la ganga
- gastar
- gris
- los guantes
- hace años
- hacer juego (con)
- hasta
- hermoso/a
- el impermeable
- los (blue )jeans
- largo/a
- llevar
- loco/a
- marrón, café
- las medias
- el mercado (al aire libre)
- morado/a
- nuevo/a
- ofrecer
- otro/a
- pagar
- os pantalones
- las pantalones cortos
- un par (de zapatos)
- parecer
- pasado/a (adj.)
- pobre
- por fin
- el precio (fijo)
- prestar
- el probador
- el puesto
- la rebaja
- el regalo
- regatear
- rico/a
- la ropa
- la ropa interior
- rosado/a
- saber
- las sandalias
- la semana pasada
- el sombrero
- el suéter
- la talla
- la tarjeta de crédito
- la tienda
- traducir
- el traje
- el traje de banó
- usar
- vale
- el/la vendedor(a)
- vender
- el vestido
- una vez
- ya
- los zapatos de tenis
- custom-made
- coat
- to have just done something
- department store
- orange
- last year
- last night
- the day before yesterday
- yesterday
- to help
- cheap
- blouse
- purse; bag
- boot
- good
- each
- cash register
- sock(s)
- to exchange
- shirt
- t-shirt
- expensive
- wallet
- shopping mall
- jacket
- belt
- customer
- color
- to drive
- to know; to be acquainted with
- tie
- short (in length)
- to cost
- to giv
- polka-dotted/striped
- suddenly
- clerk
- discount
- from
- money
- twice; two times
- cash
- elegant
- star
- skirt
- (sun)glasses
- bargain
- to spend (money)
- gray
- gloves
- years ago
- to match (with)
- until
- beautiful
- raincoat
- jeans
- long
- to wear; to take
- crazy
- brown
- pantyhose; stockings
- open-air) market
- purple
- new
- to offer
- other; another
- to pay
- pants
- shorts
- a pair (of shoes)
- to seem
- last; past
- poor
- finally
- (fixed; set) price
- to lend; to loan
- dressing room
- stall
- sale
- gift
- to bargain
- rich
- clothing; clothes
- underwear
- pink
- to know; to know how
- sandals
- last week
- hat
- sweater
- size (in clothes)
- credit card
- shop; store
- to translate
- suit
- bathing suit
- to wear; to use
- OK (in Spain)
- salesperson
- to sell
- dress
- once; one time
- already
- sneakers