Course of Study for Spanish 4
Text: Buen Viaje 3, Glencoe Publishing Company 2005
Scope: Spanish 4 will be covering the first 4 Chapters of the text with Spanish 5 covering the last 4 Chapters. In addition to text readings lectures and ancillaries, students will be required to do outside readings in the target language from time to time.
Chapter 1 Scope and Sequence
Topics / Culture / Structure / FunctionsThe Geography of Spain / Trains of the Future / The preterite of regular verbs. / How to express past actions
The History of Spain / Immigrants in Tarifa / The preterite of stem-changing verbs / How to refer to specific items
Spanish Culture / The preterite of irregular verbs / How to express ownership
Nouns that begin with a or ha.
Irregular nouns that end in a
Demonstrative Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Chapter 2 Scope and Sequence
Topics / Culture / Structure / FunctionsHe geography of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia / Tungurahua Volcano / The imperfect / How to describe habitual past actions
The history of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia / Peruvian woman who celebrates her 110th Birthday. / Preterite vs. Imperfect / How to talk about past events
The culture of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia / Discussing two past actions in the same sentence. / How to express what may or may not take place
The Subjunctive / How to express necessity and possibility
Expressing necessity and possibility with the subjunctive / How to express wishes possibilities and demands.
Expressing wishes, preferences and demands with the subjunctive
Chapter 3 Scope and Sequence
Topics / Culture / Structure / FunctionsThe geography of Chile, Argentina, Parguay, and Chile / Summer fashion in the workplace / Ser vs. estar location,characteristics, origin, and condition / How to state a location, origin,condition, or characteristic
The history of Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay / Leaving home to go to college. / Special uses of ser and estar / How to express surprise, interest, and annoyance
The culture of Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay / Using verbs with indirect objects to express surprise, interest, and annoyance / How to express likes, dislikes, and needs
Expressing likes and needs using gustar and faltar / How to express affirmative and negative ideas
Affirmative and negative words / How to express emotions, doubt, and uncertainty
Using the subjunctive to express emotion, doubt, uncertainty, and in adverbial clauses
Chapter 4 Scope and Sequence
Topics / Culture / Structure / FunctionsThe geography of Central American Countries / Social announcements in the Newspaper / The future tense / How to express future events
The history of Central American Countries / Microchip implants in pets for identification / The conditional tense / How to refer to people, places, and things already mentioned
The culture of Central American Countries / Direct and indirect object pronouns / How to express emotions and possibilities about past events
Direct and indirect object pronouns in the same sentence / How to use time expressions such as en cuanto and hasta que
The imperfect subjunctive
The subjunctive with conjunctions of time.
Pacing and Leveling: One academic year. The text chapters cover such a large amount of grammar and at such a high level that students will be covering roughly one grammar or one vocabulary group per week so as to ensure understanding. This will also allow them to clear up grammar misconceptions or issues that they have had previously and may continue to struggle with before moving on. Note these are approximations.
Chapter 1: España
Lesson 1: Culture (5-10 days)
Reading
Vocabulary for the reading
Geography
Historical Account
Historical view
Would you like to try something
Structure Review
Past tense of Regular verbs
Past tense of Irregular verbs
Use what you have learned performance tasks
Assessment
Lesson 2: Conversation (5-10 days)
Conversation
Vocabulary for a trip to Spain
A trip to Spain
Structure Review
Past tense of irregular verbs
Use what you learned
Assessment
Lesson 3: Media (5-10 days)
Reading
Vocabulary for the lecture
Five immigrants die
Advanced Structure
Feminine nouns beginning with ha or a
Irregular nouns ending in a
Demonstrative pronouns
Possessive pronouns
Use what you have learned
Assessment
Proficiency Task (1-5 days)
Video tour (1-2 days)
Literature (5-7 days)
Chapter 2:Países Andinos
Lesson 1: Culture (5-10 days)
Reading
Vocabulary for lecture
Geography
Historical look
Historical views
Cuisine
Structural Review
Imperfect
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Lesson 2: Conversation (5-10days)
Conversation
Vocabulary for the conversation
A Robbery
Structure
Imperfect and Preterite: two actions in the same sentence.
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Chapter 2 Contd.
Lesson 3 (5-10 days)
Reading
Vocabulary for lecture
New Explosions ins the Tungurahua Volcano
Reading
Vocabulary for the lecture
Aayacuchana celebrates 110 years old
Advanced Structure
Subjunctive
Subjunctive with impersonal expressions
Subjunctive with clauses
Proficiency tasks 1-5 days
Video Tours 1-2 days
Literature (5-10 days)
Chapter 3: El Cono Sur
Culture: (5-10)
Reading
Vocabulary for the lecture
Geography
Historical Look
Historical view
Foods
Structure Review
Location and origin with ser and estar
Characteristics and condition with ser and estar
Special uses of ser and estar
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Lesson 2: Conversation (5-10)
Conversation
Vocabulary for conversation
Shopping
Structure
Verbs with special indirect objects
Gustar and faltar
Posititive and Negative words
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Lesson 3: Periodismo (5-10)
Reading
Vocabulary for lecture
Executives in Short Sleeves
Advanced Structure
Subjunctive expressions of emotion
Subjunctive expressions of doubt
Subjunctive in adverbial clauses
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Proficiency Tasks (1-5)
Videotour (1-2)
Literature (5-10)
Chapter 4: America Central
Lession 1: Cultura (5-10)
Reading
Vocabulary for the lecture
Geography
The Maya
Central American Capitals
Historical Views
Foods
Structure Review
Future
Conditional
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Lesson 2: Conversation (5-10)
Conversation
Vocabulary for the conversation
Financers
Structure Review
Object pronouns
Two pronouns in the same sentence
Te toca a ti
Lesson 3: Periodismo
Reading
Vocabulary for lecture
Social announcements
Reading
Vocabulary for lecture
Friends
Advanced Structure
Imperfect Subjunctive
Subjunctive with conjunctions of time
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Proficiency tasks (1-5)
Videotur(1-2)
Literature(5-10)