HS Spanish Guide

● Explain the causes and effects of climate change and global migration. ● Exchange opinions about humanitarian assistance and environmental solutions. ● Present recommendations and possible solutions to support migrants, refugees, and environmental sustainability. ● Support ideas with examples using appropriate vocabulary and grammar.

● words and expressions to compare environmental challenges, migration, and cultural perspectives across cultures ● expressions to discuss causes, effects, and possible solutions to environmental and humanitarian issues ● expressions to persuade, recommend, and justify opinions about sustainability and humanitarian action ● inde fi nite expressions ending in -quiera (e.g., cualquiera, dondequiera ) ● re fl exive verbs to describe movement, personal actions, and changes related to migration ● impersonal expressions using se to discuss recommendations and general responsibilities ● passive voice ( ser + past participle and se + third person ) to describe processes and actions ● ser and estar to distinguish characteristics from conditions when describing people, places, and situations ● connected sentences and paragraph-length language to compare, explain, justify opinions, recommend solutions, and present information about environmental and humanitarian challenges

Possible Evidence of Learning: ● presentation ● Infographic ● podcast ● video ● debate ● public service announcement (PSA)

● digital campaign ● advocacy proposal

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION Skill Building

● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate vocabulary, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & vocabulary. ● Pair with partners to practice conversation/group students to allow opportunity for them to practice speaking. Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters. ● Use gestures and oral repetition of key phrases and words in multiple contexts. ● Provide opportunities for more conversation with fl uent speakers via Zoom or Google Meet. ● Interview or survey other students about a chosen topic in Spanish, then present your fi ndings to the class. ● Provide more complex text in Spanish for students to read. ● Have students record themselves speaking the language and re fl ect on their progress. ● Students can practice translating from English to Spanish in speech or writing.

Extension

*Updated 6.30.26