HS Spanish Guide

SPANISH LEVEL 3

UNIT 1 REPASO DE ESPAÑOL 1 Y 2

PACING

PROFICIENCY LEVEL RESOURCE(S)

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

● Entre Culturas ● Realidades 3 Para Empezar (PE)

2 weeks

Intermediate Low

INFORM EXPLAIN NARRATE

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)

CULTURAL CONNECTION(S)

● What strategies and/or resources will help me to communicate in linguistically culturally appropriate ways? ● How do Spanish speakers greet each other, behave courteously, and request essential information? ● How can you discuss daily routines and special events?

● Important life transitions in Spanish speaking cultures ● Cultural differences between families

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE LOW PROFICIENCY LISTENING SPEAKING When students exhibit Intermediate Low listening ability in Spanish, they can understand: 1. short conversations and oral presentations

When students exhibit Intermediate Low speaking ability in Spanish, they can: 1. have a simple conversation on topics of interest 2. express reactions and emotions to others 3. exchange information about school subjects 4. ask questions to gain new information and to keep a conversation going 5. ask for and give examples to help explain something further 6. communicate adequately to take care of daily needs 7. summarize an experience 8. give a presentation on a familiar topic 9. express simple ideas or give an opinion about something being learned 10.tell about something that happens on certain days or at certain events 11.tell about something that happened or will happen (only emerging ability) When students exhibit Intermediate Low writing ability in Spanish they can: 1. write about things they know (e.g., information from subjects being studied; self; family; friends) 2. express opinion or point of view on familiar topics 3. compose questions to clarify 4. write about what happens at certain events or on certain days 5. write about what happened or what will happen in a story or at an event (only emerging ability) WRITING

2. instructions supported with visuals and/or gestures 3. media presentations on topics familiar to them 4. multi-step instructions on how to do something 5. multi-step directions to get to a location 6. information about subjects they are studying or have studied in school

READING

When students exhibit Intermediate Low reading ability in Spanish, they can understand: 1. messages in which the writer tells or asks about familiar topics of interest 2. information useful for practical purposes 3. more detailed directions 4. content-related texts on familiar topics

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS ● Describe daily routines, school life and activities before and after school using the language functions and features: ● present tense irregular and stem-changing re fl exive verbs ● Describe past weekend events, special events and celebrations using the language functions and features: ● verbs like gustar ● el pasado - el pretérito/el imperfecto (eg. Cuando era más joven siempre…..Una vez…..Cuando tenía, etc. ) ● el presente (eg. Mi amigo siempre …, Aunque la familia de mi amigo …, A partir de ahora

*Updated 6.10.24