Unit 1 Unit Name: Getting Started in Spanish the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make, Spanish names and titles, greetings, farewells, common expressions, the names of countries that speak Spanish and the regions where they are located Greetings and expressions differ for time of day and formal/ informal conversations. There are many possible reasons for learning Spanish and other world languages, including personal and practical reasons. Punctuation in Spanish is similar to and different from English in several ways. Names are a component of culture because they often reflect history, language, religion, and genealogy. speak and write letters and words and with basic punctuation and pronunciation, greet and say goodbye to others and ask and answer simple questions, perform formal and informal dialogues Key Learning: letters and sounds of the alphabet, greetings, farewells, polite words, names, titles, why to learn Spanish, countries that speak Spanish, cognates Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about the basics in Spanish? Concept: alphabet Concept: basic expressions Concept: connections What are the letters and sounds of the Spanish What are some common greetings, farewells, and Why should I learn Spanish? alphabet? other expressions? Which countries in the What are some common world speak Spanish? Spanish names and titles? What do names have to do with culture? What is a cognate? letters, sounds, accent mark greetings, farewells, questions and answers in a basic dialogue, names, titles bilingual, native language, countries that speak Spanish, cognates
Unit 2 Unit Name: Calendar & Weather days of the week, months of the year, words and phrases used with dates, weather The days of the week are printed differently on the Spanish calendar, which often begins on Monday. Spanish comes from Latin, so the words for days of the week come from Roman gods. Spanish-speaking countries celebrate some of the same holidays that we do, as well as some different ones. Holidays reflect the history and beliefs of a culture. express dates on the calendar, respond to questions about the day, date, and weather Key Learning: days of the week, months of the year, seasons, weather expressions, dates, holidays Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about dates and weather? Concept: days & dates Concept: holidays Concept: weather What words and phrases are used to talk about days and dates? What are some holidays celebrated in Spanishspeaking cultures? How do I describe the weather? How do I say the date? How do holidays or birthdays in Spanishspeaking countries compare to those of the days of the week, months of the year, words and phrases used with dates United States? holidays, quinceañera weather expressions, seasons
Unit 3 Unit Name: Numbers and Time numbers, time expressions When telling time in Spanish, the minutes can be subtracted from the hour when it is past 31 minutes on the clock. tell time, identify and convert currency Different countries that speak Spanish use different currency. Key Learning: numbers, time, money Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about numbers and time? Concept: numbers Concept: time Concept: currency How do I count to 30? How do I say what time How does currency in How do I count to 100? it is? Spanish-speaking How do I count to1,000? countries compare to How do I count to one million? the U.S. dollar? numbers words and phrases used in telling time currency/monetary units
Unit 4 Unit Name: the body parts of the body, definite articles In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine. tell if a word is masculine or feminine, Both Spanish and English have singular and plural words, but the rules are different for forming plurals. Day of the Dead is similar to Halloween, but it is not the same. Holidays reflect the history and beliefs of a culture. change a singular word to plural, identify and describe the products and customs associated with Day of the Dead, compare and contrast Day of the Dead with Halloween Key Learning: Day of the Dead, parts of the body, masculine, feminine, singular, plural Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about parts of the body in Spanish? What is Day of the Dead? Concept: parts of the body the parts of the body? parts of the body Concept: gender and number of nouns How do I know if a word is masculine or feminine? How do I make a word plural? definite articles, singular, plural, number, gender, masculine, feminine Concept: Day of the Dead What products and customs are associated with Day of the Dead? How does Day of the Dead compare to Halloween? products and customs of Day of the Dead
Unit 5 Unit Name: Clothing clothing words, colors In Spanish, adjectives come after the nouns they describe. This is opposite of English. Spanish adjectives agree in number and gender with the nouns they describe. Artwork often reflects the history and culture of the artist. make adjectives agree with the nouns they describe, say how much clothing items cost, identify some Spanishspeaking artists Key Learning: clothing, colors, adjective agreement, costar, artists Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about clothing? Concept: clothing Concept: art Concept: prices clothing? Who are some famous Spanish-speaking or How do I say how much something costs? colors? Hispanic artists? How do adjectives agree with nouns? clothing, colors, noun, adjective, gender, number artists, works of art cuesta, cuestan
Unit 6 Unit Name: Food food vocabulary Food and meals are a component of culture. use indefinite articles with nouns, use the phrases I like and I don t like, identify some foods of Spanish-speaking cultures compare and contrast meals of other countries with our own Key Learning: foods, indefinite articles, likes and dislikes Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about food? Concept: food Concept: indefinite articles Concept: likes & dislikes foods? How do I say a, an, and some? How do I say that I like or do not like something? How are meals of Spanish-speaking countries the same and different from our own? food, special dishes indefinite articles me gusta, no me gusta, me gustan, no me gustan
Unit 7 Unit Name: School objects at school, classes, subject pronouns Subject pronouns are words that take the place of the subject. In both Spanish and English, the form of the verb depends on the subject. There are five different words for "you" in Spanish depending on to whom you are speaking. School systems in other countries have similarities and differences when compared to this school. conjugate the verb tener Key Learning: objects in a classroom, subject pronouns, tener Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about school? Concept: school Concept: subject pronouns Concept: have or has objects in a classroom? What are the subject pronouns? How do I say what object or classes people have? classes? How are schools in Spanish-speaking countries similar to and different from my school? objects in a classroom, classes subject pronouns forms of tener
Unit 8 Unit Name: Sports & Activities sports, activities, interrogative words Soccer is the most popular sport in many Spanishspeaking countries. Baseball is very popular in the Caribbean. Hispanics like to play and do many of the same sports and activities that we do, but there are also some differences. There are many famous Hispanic athletes. use indirect object pronouns with the verb gustar and singular activities (infinitives) Key Learning: sports, activities, gustar with others, interrogative words, athletes Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about sports and activities? Concept: Sports and Activities sports? a variety of other activities? Who are some famous Hispanic athletes? How do some sports or activities in Spanishspeaking countries compare to those of the U.S.? sports, other activities, athletes Concept: Indirect object pronouns How do I say what sports and activities I like and don t like? How do I say what sports and activities others like and don t like? indirect object pronouns Concept: Questions What words are used to form questions? interrogative words
Unit 9 Unit Name: Places places in the community and home To conjugate a verb is to change a verb to agree with its subject. An infinitive is a verb that ends in -ar, -er, or - ir in Spanish, and in English it has the word "to." Every verb has a stem and an ending. Negative sentences have the word "no," which is like "not" in English. Christmas is celebrated with different customs in Spanishspeaking countries. conjugate regular -ar verbs in the present tense, make sentences negative with the word "no" Key Learning: places in the community and home, regular-ar verbs, the holiday season Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about places in Spanish? How is the holiday season celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries? Concept: places Concept: regular -ar verbs Concept: Christmas some places in the home and community? How do I conjugate regular ar verbs in the present tense? What products and customs are associated with the holiday season How do I make a sentence negative? in Spanish-speaking countries? places in the community, rooms of a home infinitive, -ar verb, stem, ending, conjugate, present tense products, customs, and greetings of the holiday season
Unit 10 Unit Name: Animals animals habitats and places animals might live Examples of onomatopoeia change depending on the language. However, the actual sound remains same. There is a different pattern to follow of ar, -er, and ir verbs. Alebrijes are a form of folk art from Mexico. conjugate regular er and ir verbs in the present tense Key Learning: animals, habitats, onomatopoiea, -er and ir verbs in the present tense Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about animals? Concept: animals Concept: -er and ir verbs Concept: animal folk art animals? How do I conjugate regular er and -ir verbs What are alebrijes? some common places where animals might live? in the present tense? How does Spanish onomatopoeia compare to that of English? What are some adjectives that describe animals? animals, habitats & places, animal sounds, animal adjectives -er and ir verbs alebrijes
Unit 11 Unit Name: People family relationships, jobs, feelings There are some irregular verbs that don't follow the usual pattern, and estar is one of them. Both vocabulary and grammar are important when communicating. The peoples of Spanishspeaking countries have various ethnic histories. Spanish originated in Spain. Spain has its own unique history and culture, which are reflected in its products and customs. conjugate the verb estar, make feelings (adjectives) agree with the person they describe Key Learning: family, jobs, feelings, estar, literature Unit Essential Question: How do I begin to communicate about people? Concept: people Concept: feelings Concept: literature family members? feelings? Who are some famous writers from Spanishspeaking What are the forms of countries? some common jobs? the verb estar? What is Don Quixote de la How do I say how someone feels? Mancha about? family members, jobs feelings, forms of estar authors, Don Quixote de la Mancha