HS Spanish Guide

SPANISH LEVEL 1

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION

PACING

PROFICIENCY LEVEL RESOURCE(S)

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

● Entre Culturas ● Realidades 1 PE ● Auténtico 1 PE

5-6 weeks/unit

Novice-Mid

INFORM

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

CULTURAL CONNECTION(S)

● Why study Spanish? ● 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?

● Spanish speaking countries ● Greetings and expressions of courtesy used in Spanish Speaking countries

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS FOR NOVICE MID PROFICIENCY LISTENING SPEAKING When students exhibit Novice Mid listening pro fi ciency in Spanish, they can understand: 1. Simple words and phrases about daily activities 2. Simple questions on familiar topics 3. Multi-step directions or instructions, especially when accompanied by gestures and repetition 4. What people say in a short conversation on familiar topics

When students exhibit Novice Mid speaking ability in Spanish, they can: 1. greet someone in a culturally appropriate manner 2. introduce self 3. ask “how are you?” 4. respond appropriately to the question “how are you?” 5. answer simple questions to provide basic information 6. ask simple, formulaic questions 7. provide simple information on subject matter content When students exhibit Novice Mid writing ability in Spanish, they can write: 1. basic personal information (name, address, phone number, birth date) 2. brief descriptions of people or places mostly in list form 3. responses to simple questions 4. simple information related to subject matter content WRITING

READING

When students exhibit Novice Mid reading ability in Spanish, they can read: 1. words on a list from very familiar topics 2. very simple information on familiar topics 3. short, simple descriptions, especially if there are pictures or other supportive visuals

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS ● Navigate Canvas and access online language resources using: ● Spanish terms and accents ● Follow classroom commands and procedures. ● Greet others with expressions using: ● common greetings (eg. hola, buenos dias, buenas tardes, buenas noches) ● questions words (quien, que, cuando, donde, como) ● Use calendar vocabulary (día, noche, tarde) and numbers in short phrases ● Tell about the weather using: ● weather terms (eg. estar + nublado; hacer + sol) & seasons (eg. es el invierno)

https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/ fi les/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION Skill Building

● Use a variety of visuals to de fi ne meaning of words and phrases (ie. pictures of people greeting one another, etc.). ● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate vocabulary, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & vocabulary. ● Use Total Physical Response to review new 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 *Updated 6.10.24