HS Spanish Guide

SPANISH LEVEL 4/AP

UNIT 5 LOS DESAFÍOS MUNDIALES

PACING 4-6 weeks

PROFICIENCY LEVEL RESOURCE(S)

KEY LANGUAGE USE

Intermediate Mid

● Entre Culturas 4 Unit 5 ● 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 listening ability in Spanish, they can understand the main idea and supporting details in present, past, and future timeframes from: 1. Introductions and announcements related to environmental initiatives, humanitarian efforts, or community events. 2. Short speeches or presentations about climate change, migration, or environmental sustainability. 3. Discussions about environmental challenges, global migration, and humanitarian assistance. 4. Interviews with environmental advocates, humanitarian workers, migrants, refugees, or community leaders. 5. Web-based presentations, such as virtual tours of environmental projects, conservation efforts, or humanitarian organizations. 6. Video presentations (e.g., documentaries, public service announcements, news reports, or educational programs) related to climate change, migration, and humanitarian issues. 7. Information connected to science, geography, civics, environmental studies, or other subjects they are studying or have studied in school. When students exhibit Intermediate Mid reading ability in Spanish, they can: 1. Understand authentic articles, infographics, advertisements, reports, and informational texts about climate change, migration, and humanitarian assistance. 2. Identify the main idea and supporting details in texts about environmental challenges and global migration. 3. Interpret information about sustainability, humanitarian efforts, and community responses. 4. Make simple comparisons between cultural perspectives on environmental responsibility and support for migrants and refugees. READING

When students exhibit Intermediate Mid speaking ability in Spanish, they can: 1. Participate in conversations about climate change, migration, and humanitarian issues. 2. Compare environmental challenges and migration experiences across cultures. 3. Exchange opinions about environmental responsibility and humanitarian assistance. 4. Ask and answer questions about climate change, migration, and community action. 5. Explain the causes and effects of environmental and humanitarian challenges. 6. Recommend actions that support environmental sustainability and migrant or refugee communities. 7. Support opinions with simple reasons and examples. 8. Present information about environmental or humanitarian issues affecting individuals or communities. 9. Compare how communities respond to environmental and migration challenges. 10.Discuss environmental changes, migration, and community responses using present, past, and future timeframes. When students exhibit Intermediate Mid writing ability in Spanish, they can: 1. Write organized paragraphs expressing opinions about climate change, migration, and humanitarian issues. 2. Compare environmental challenges and migration experiences using appropriate vocabulary. 3. Explain the causes, effects, and possible solutions to environmental and humanitarian issues. 4. Recommend actions that promote sustainability and support migrants and refugees. 5. Demonstrate increasing control of present, past, and future timeframes while incorporating unit grammar, including inde fi nite expressions ending in -quiera, re fl exive verbs, impersonal expressions with se, the passive voice, and the appropriate use of ser and estar. WRITING

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS Students demonstrate their ability to compare environmental and global migration challenges across cultures, explain the impact of climate change and migration on communities, and express informed opinions about humanitarian solutions and environmental responsibility. Students: ● Compare environmental challenges and migration issues in their own and other cultures. Students use the language functions and features: ● vocabulary related to environmental issues, climate change, migration, refugees, and humanitarian assistance *Updated 6.30.26