Design and Architecture Senior High School

Design and Architecture Senior High School

2013-2014

Spanish 2

Syllabus

Course Description:

This is a second year course for students who are learning the Spanish language in school. If students come from a Spanish-speaking home and are able to comprehend - to a great extent - the spoken language, even if they lack adequate knowledge of written, reading and the communicative aspects of the language, they are considered Heritage Speakers and must take Spanish for Native Speakers I, or Spanish for Native Speakers II.

This course focuses on the acquisition of communicative language competence. Attention is paid to using the language presented in class for communication, where students demonstrate what they can do with the language. Grammatical structures are presented and explained in class to achieve communicative competence. Knowledge about the cultures and practices of the Spanish speaking world and the skills of speaking, reading, writing and listening are developed through an ample amount of activities and extensive exposure to high frequency spoken and written forms. The textbook program Realidades, Level 1 and Realidades, Level 2, will be used.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the year, students should have developed oral, written, reading and listening skills with a novice-high to intermediate-low level of fluency and accuracy in the target language.

Textbook:

Boyles, Peggy P., Met, Myriam, Sayers, Richard S., Wargin Carol Eubanks, Realidades, Levels 1 & 2. Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson, 2008, 1st edition.

Boyles, Peggy P., Met, Myriam, Sayers, Richard S., Wargin Carol Eubanks, Realidades, Levels 1 & 2 Workbook. Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson, 2008, 1st edition.

Course of Study Based is on the Realidades program and Additional Resources from other sources such as (but not limited to) the Internet.

This is a tentative course calendar. Units of study will be modified according to the needs of the class.

Month / Units of Study/Themes / Grammar / Culture / Connections to other Disciplines
August / Review Units covered in Spanish I last year
Chapters 1-4 / Infinitives, negatives, definite and indefinite articles, adjective placement and agreement, subject pronouns, present tense of –ar, -er and –ir ending regular verbs, “gustar”, “encantar”, “ser”, “ir”, “jugar”. The immediate future / Review cultural information about
Spain
Mexico
Caribbean
Central and South America / Geography
September / Una fiesta de cumpleaños
¡Vamos a un restaurante! / The verbs “tener” , “venir”, “ser”, and “estar”. Possessive adjectives / Understand cultural perspectives on family and celebrations / Art
Mathematics
October / En mi dormitorio
¿Cómo es tu casa? / Making comparisons. The superlative, stem-changing verbs: “poder” and “dormir”.
Affirmative “tú” commands. The present progressive / Understand cultural perspectives on homes, different types of housing / Mathematics, History, Social Studies
November / ¿Cuánto cuesta?
¡Qué regalo! / Stem-changing verbs: “pensar”, “querer”, and “preferir”. Demonstrative adjectives. / Understand the cultural perspectives on shopping. gift-giving, / Mathematics
History
December / De vacaciones / The preterit of –ar, -er, and -ir verbs. Verbs ending in –car, and –gar. Direct object pronouns. Preterit of “ir”, the personal “a”. / Understand the cultural perspectives on travel and vacation. / Mathematics,
History, Geography
January/February / Ayudando en la comunidad.
El cine y la televisión
La tecnología / The present tense of “decir”, indirect object pronouns, present of “hacer” and “dar”. “Acabar de + infinitive”. “Gustar” and similar verbs. The present tense of “pedir” and “servir”, “saber” and “conocer”. / Understand cultural perspectives volunteer work, common gestures, using technology / Mathematics,
Technology
March
Realidades, Level 2 / Tu día escolar
¿Qué haces después de la escuela?
¿Qué haces después de las clases? / Stem-changing verbs; affirmative and negative words; making comparisons; the verbs “saber”, “conocer”; hace + time expressions / Compare and contrast school rules and customs in other countries with their own. Understand cultural perspectives in extracurricular activities / Literature
Computer Science
April / Un evento especial
¿Cómo te preparas?
¿Qué ropa compraste? / Reflexive verbs; the verbs “ser” and “estar”; possessive adjectives. / Understand cultural perspectives on clothing / Health
History
May/June / Tú y tu comunidad:
¿Qué hiciste ayer?
¿Cómo se va?
Recuerdos del pasado
Cuando éramos niños
Celebrando los días festivos / Reflexive verbs; “ser” and “estar”; preterit of irregular direct object pronouns; irregular preterit verbs: “ir”, “ser”, “hacer”, “tener”, “estar”, “poder”. Irregular present progressive; irregular “tú” affirmative commands; imperfect tense; indirect object pronouns / Understand cultural perspectives on parties; shopping; and neighborhoods.
Understand cultural perspectives on childhood songs / Literature, Mathematics, Art, and Science