Year at a Glance

Year at a Glance – 12 Week Course
Program of Study: LOTE
Weeks 1-2
(Para Empezar)
Communication: Review of vowel and consonant
sounds, calendar, weather, gender and number of nouns
and adjectives. Likes and dislikes, origins, question
words, frequency vocabulary, nationalities, adjectives,
ser, and present tense verbs
Cultures: First day of school and Enrique Iglesias
Connections: Six flags of Texas; write a poem; and
percentage of Spanish speakers in the U.S.
Comparisons: Schools in the U.S. and Spanish-speaking
countries
Communities: Nationalities of Spanish speaking
countries
Course: Spanish II
Weeks 3-4 (1A and 1B)
Communication: Review of school vocabulary and irregular yo
verbs. Classroom objects, stem-changing verbs, free time
vocabulary, ir + a + infinitive, saber/conocer, extracurricular
activities, and hace + time expressions.
Cultures: Simón Silva, José Martí, grading system in México,
Antonio Berni, popular sports, Fernando Botero, Celia Cruz,
types of dances, and San Miguel de Allende
Connections: José Martí literature, education in U.S. and
Spanish-speaking countries, coats of arms, extracurricular
activities, computer (design a web page), and nouns and verbs (–
ción and- tion)
Comparisons: Affirmative and negative words, pronunciation of
letters b, v and d, educational differences in U.S. and Spanishspeaking countries, magazine Okapi in Spain, and compare
people or things (tan + adjective + as and tanto(s) + noun +
como)
Communities: Spanish in the job world, Guanajuato México,
and salsa dancing
Weeks 5-6 (2A and 2B)
Communication: Review clothing, parts of the
body, and verbs and expression that use the
infinitive (gusta, encanta, poder, deber, preferir,
querer, pensar, necesitar, tener que, and ir a),
location vocabulary, and cardinal numbers.
Reflexive verbs, special event vocabulary, describe
people and things, express possession, describe
clothing and fashion, preterite, shopping vocabulary,
demonstrative adjectives, and using adjectives as
nouns
Cultures: El Baile en Tehuantepec, el Teatro Colón,
los grandes teatros, making a pancho, Dolores
Hidalgo, La Infanta Margarita de Austria, Narciso
Rodríguez, and la parranda
Connections: Suffix(-ly and –mente), placement of
infinitive after a preposition in Spanish, health
(sleep), history of weaving technology, Arabic
words’ influence, history of jeans, and Hispanic
influence in WWI
Comparisons: Ser and estar, clothing differences for
special occasions, guests for special occasions, and
sizing differences
Communities: Hispanic celebrations in the U.S. and
advertising to Hispanics
Weeks 7-8 (2B and 3A)
Weeks 9-10 (3A and 3B)
Weeks 11-12 (4A and 4B)
Communication: Describe clothing and fashion, talk
about going shopping. Describe events in the past using
the preterit tense of irregular verbs. Demonstrative
adjectives, things you did and where you did them.
Explain why you couldn’t do certain things. Direct
Communication: Discuss things you did and where you did
them. Explain why you couldn’t do certain things. Direct object
pronouns and irregular preterit tense verbs: “ir, ser, hacer, tener,
estar, and poder”. Pronunciation and the written accent.
Irregular affirmative Tú commands. Present progressive
Communication: Celebration vocabulary, childhood
games and toys, imperfect and preterit tense(regular
and irregular), express to whom an action is done,
pronunciation of r and rr, children’s songs, indirect
object pronouns, family vocabulary, and reflexive
Year at a Glance – 12 Week Course
object pronouns and irregular preterit tense verbs: “ire”
and “ser”
Cultures: Margarita Teresa, Narciso Rodríguez and
clothing styles. Buenos Aires, El Palacio de los Correos,
and las farmacias.
Connections: Differences in fashion, family
celebrations, markets. Learn about Sister Cities
International program
Comparisons: Cultural perspectives on shopping and
fashion styles .
Communities: “El español en el mundo del trabajo”,
bilingual advertisements in the United States. El español
en la comunidad".Labels with instructions in English
and Spanish.
irregular forms
Cultures: Diego Rivera, La plaza mayor, El metro de la Ciudad
de México, La carretera Panamericana
Connections: Frida Kahlo, typical bus ride. Communicating
about safe driving habits
Comparisons: Compare important buildings, store product label
information, communities, and information about obtaining a
driver’s license
Communities: “El español en la comunidad” products with
labels of instructions in English and Spanish. “El español en el
mundo del trabajo” and videomisterio “En busca de la verdad”
pronouns
Cultures: Pablo Picasso, Mayan toys, Francisco de
Goya, Leovigildo Martínez, Mexican fable-El grillo
y el jaguar, children’s songs, Antonio Ruiz, fiesta de
San Pedro, holidays, Euskadi language in the
Basque region, el Día de la Raza en Costa Rica, la
Semana Santa en España, el Día de los Muertos,
drawing Tamalada,la ceremonia del lazo en México,
el carnaval, Las Fallas de Valencia, los Reyes
Magos and the 6th of January, el Roscón de Reyes,
and mole in México
Connections: Suffixes –ito, -ísimo, science-Isaac
Newton, and important dates in history for Spanishspeaking countries
Comparisons: Role of pets, childcare options, and
holidays/celebrations
Communities: Observing bilingual schools and
decorations for Hispanic celebrations/holidays