HS Spanish Guide

SPANISH LEVEL 2

UNIT 2 DE VUELTA A CLASES

PACING

PROFICIENCY LEVEL

RESOURCE(S)

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

● Entre Culturas 2 Unit 1 ● Realidades 2 PE, T.1

4-6 weeks

Novice High

INFORM EXPLAIN NARRATE

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)

CULTURAL CONNECTION(S)

● What helps students engage in their school community? ● What factors support student learning and success? ● How do schools in different cultural contexts meet the needs of their students?

● Ecuador ● Role of teachers and students in schools across cultures ● Needs of students in different school settings ● School schedules and course offerings across cultures

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS FOR NOVICE HIGH PROFICIENCY LISTENING SPEAKING When students exhibit Novice High reading ability in Spanish, they can understand: 1. Short, simple conversations about daily life, routines, and familiar topics 2. Short, simple descriptions of people

When students exhibit Novice High speaking ability in Spanish, they can: 1. Ask and give basic information about people, places, daily routines, and events 2. Ask questions to gain new information 3. Exchange information on activities, locations, and meeting arrangements 4. Describe events and explain how to do something 5. Give simple directions and share learned information When students exhibit Novice High writing ability in Spanish, they can: 1. Provide basic information about important people, places, daily routines, and events 2. Describe oneself and recount experiences from school or the community 3. Compose questions to gather information WRITING

3. Short, simple messages, and announcements 4. Information related to subject area content 5. Directions and instructions limited to one or two steps 6. Simple stories following a logical order, supported by props, visuals, and gestures When students exhibit Novice High reading ability in Spanish, they can understand: 1. Basic information on familiar topics 2. Information for completing basic forms 3. Short directions and instructions with visual support 4. Extract ideas and information from texts READING

END OF UNIT COMPETENCIES WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS ● Describe and compare schools, class schedules, teachers, extracurricular activities using the language functions and features: ● las partes de la escuela ● simple notes asking or answering about personal information, class schedule, extracurricular activities, teacher and school buildings. ● include simple questions about class schedule, teachers and extracurricular activities. ● give opinions about extracurricular activities schools should offer ● present tense: regular and irregular verbs ● comparisons with más/menos … que, tan … como … ● Write about and discuss my class schedule using the language functions and features: ● las profesiones en la escuela ● las actividades extracurriculares ● las reglas en la escuela ● el ambiente de la escuela ● present tense: regular and irregular verbs ● hay que, tener que, se prohíbe, debe +in fi nitive ● Write about and discuss preferences in classes, classroom activities including technology and how it meets the needs of students and creates learning opportunities using the language functions and features: ● las actividades del aula ● las asignaturas

*Updated 6.10.24