High School Spanish I
Curriculum Guide
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Course Description
Students!begin!their!introduction!to!Spanish!by!focusing!on!the!four!key!areas!of!foreign!language!study:!
listening,!s p ea k in g,!re a din g ,!a nd !writing.!!Th e !c ou r se !re p res e nt s!a n !id e al!b le n d !of !lan g u ag e !le arn in g !
pedagogy!and!online!learning.!Each!unit!consists!of!a!new!vocabulary!theme!and!grammar!concept,!
reading!and !listenin g!comprehen sion !activ ities,!spea kin g!and !w riting!ac tivities,!m ultim e dia !cultu ral!
presentations,!and!interactive!activities!and!practices!which!reinforce!vocabulary!and!grammar.!!There!is!
a!strong!emp hasis!on!pro viding!context!and !conversationa l!examples!for!the!language!con cepts!
presented!in!each!unit.!!Students!should!expect!to!be!actively!engaged!in!their!own!language!learning,!
become!familiar!with!common!vocabulary!terms!and!phrases,!comprehend!a!wide!range!of!grammar!
patterns,!participate!in!simple!conversations!and!respond!appropriately!to!basic!conversational!
prompts,!analyze!and!compare!cultural!practices,!products,!and!perspectives!of!various!Spanish@
speaking!countries,!and!take!frequent!assessments!where!their!language!progression!can!be!monitored.!!
The!course!has!been!carefully!aligned!to!national!standards!as!set!forth!by!ACTFL!(the!American!Council!
on!the!Teaching!of!Foreign!Languages).!!
!"#$%&'(&)*+,-'Two!semesters.!!Each!semester!consists!of!18!we eks !(90!da ys)!o f!con ten t.!
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Overall Course Objectives
The!High!School!Spanish!I!cours e!h e lp s !st u d ents:!
• Master!common!vocabulary!terms!and!phrases,!including!personal!contexts!such!as!greetings,!
family,!schoo l,!hob bie s,!and !go ing!o ut !
• Comprehend!a!wide!range!of!grammar!patterns,!including!the!conjugation!of!regular!verbs!in!
the!present,!using !reflexive !verb s,!asking !qu estion s,!and !m ak ing!co m pa rison s!
• Analyze!and!compare!cultural!practices,!products,!and!perspectives!of!Mexico,!Spain,!Argentina,!
and!Puerto!Rico!
• Participate!in!simple!conversations!and!respond!appropriately!to!basic!conversational!prompts!
• Generate!language!incorporating!basic!vocabulary!and!grammar!patterns!
• Read,!write,!speak,!and!listen!for!meaning!in!basic!Spanish!
• Regularly!assess!progress!in!proficiency!through!quizzes,!tests,!and!speaking/writing!submissions!
Recurring Content
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o Each!unit!presents!a!new!set!of!vocabulary!words!pertaining!to!a!particular!theme.!!Each!
topic!is!first!presented!in!co nte xt!an d!th en !the!vo ca bu lary!is!furth er!pra cticed!through!a!
variety!of!interactive!activities!and!practices.!!A!printable!vocab u lar y!list!is!a lso !p ro vid e d .!
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o Each!unit!introduces!a!new!grammar!pattern.!The !con ce pt!is!first!introd uc ed !in!a!
contextualized!situation!and!then!presented!in!a!multimedia!grammar!animation.!!The!
concept!is!then!further!practiced!in!several!interactive!activities!throughout!the!unit.!!!A!
printable!explanation!of!the!pattern!is!also!provided.!
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