HS Spanish Guide

SPANISH LEVEL 4/AP

UNIT 1 LA VIDA ACTUAL

PACING 4-6 weeks

PROFICIENCY LEVEL RESOURCE(S)

KEY LANGUAGE USE

Intermediate Mid

● Entre Culturas Unit 1 ● Temas ● HS DLI/WL PL Canvas Course ● USBE Standards ● World Language Readiness

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LEARNING PROGRESSIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE MID PROFICIENCY LISTENING SPEAKING

When students exhibit Intermediate Mid speaking ability in Spanish can understand the main idea and some details that occur in present, past, and future timeframes of: 1. Conversations about friendship, communication, travel, and daily life. 2. Advice and recommendations given in everyday situations. 3. Interviews or podcasts discussing travel experiences and cultural perspectives. 4. Authentic videos, travel programs, or social media content about life in Spanish-speaking communities. 5. Presentations comparing products, practices, and perspectives across cultures. 6. Discussions about travel experiences, cultural customs, and relationships. 7. Authentic informational texts presented orally, including announcements, news clips, and travel guides. When students exhibit Intermediate Mid reading ability in Spanish, they can: 1. Understand authentic texts related to friendship, communication, travel, and daily life. 2. Identify main ideas and supporting details in articles, blogs, advertisements, travel resources, and cultural texts. 3. Interpret information from authentic sources that compare cultural practices and perspectives. 4. Derive meaning from connected texts describing travel experiences, relationships, and everyday life in Spanish-speaking cultures. READING

When students exhibit Intermediate Mid speaking ability in Spanish, they can: 1. Exchange information and express opinions about friendship, communication, travel, and daily life. 2. Compare cultural products, practices, and perspectives from their own culture and Spanish-speaking cultures. 3. Give advice and recommendations using familiar and formal expressions. 4. Ask and answer follow-up questions to maintain conversations about travel, relationships, and cultural experiences. 5. Describe and compare travel experiences using present, past, future, and conditional timeframes. 6. Present information about cultural experiences and explain similarities and differences between cultures. 7. Express preferences, recommendations, and hypothetical situations using appropriate language structures. When students exhibit Intermediate Mid writing ability in Spanish, they can: 1. Write organized paragraphs about friendship, communication, travel, and daily life. 2. Compare cultural products, practices, and perspectives using connected sentences. 3. Give advice, recommendations, and opinions using appropriate vocabulary and grammar. 4. Describe experiences and discuss present, past, future, and hypothetical situations. 5. Produce writing that incorporates present subjunctive, commands, and conditional expressions with increasing accuracy and organization. WRITING

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS Students demonstrate their ability to communicate about friendship, communication, travel, and daily life across cultures by interpreting authentic resources, exchanging opinions, and presenting cultural comparisons using appropriate vocabulary and advanced language structures. Students:

Students use the language functions and features: ● vocabulary related to friendship, communication, travel, and daily life ● words and expressions to compare cultural products, practices, and perspectives ● present subjunctive to refer to unknown people or things and express recommendations ● familiar and formal commands to give advice and directions

● Interpret authentic texts, audio, or video related to friendship, communication, travel, and daily life in Spanish-speaking cultures. ● Exchange information and express opinions about relationships, communication, travel experiences, and cultural practices. ● Compare products, practices, and perspectives from their own culture and Spanish-speaking cultures.

*Updated 6.30.26