Unit 1

August 6-31, 2012

Review---Repaso

  • School subjects
  • Numbers
  • Days, months and season
  • Weather
  • Definite and indefinite article.
  • How to address a person in a polite way in Spanish.
  • Review conversations in Spanish
  • Regular and irregular verbs.
  • Present and past tense.

Lesson’s GPS Standards:

  • MLI.CC3-the students compare basic elements of the target language to the English language. The students:

A Recognize similarities and differences in sound systems, writing systems, cognates, gender, and level appropriate idioms.
b. Recognize basic sound distinctions and intonation patterns and their effect on communicating meaning.

  • MLI.IP1 The students exchange simple spoken and written information in the target language, utilizing cultural references where appropriate. The students:

a. Use basic greetings, farewells, and expressions of courtesy, in both oral and written forms.

f. Comprehend basic descriptions

g. Ask questions and provide responses based on topics such as self, family, school etc.

Objective:

---Students will:

  • Review pronunciation of the Spanish alphabet and vowels.
  • Talk about them self and their families.
  • Review schools subjects, days, months and season.
  • Use of nouns, articles and adjective
  • The verb TENER and SER.
  • Possessive adjectives
  • Vocabulary associates with home and school activities
  • The present tense of regular verbs
  • The present tense of IR, DAR, ESTAR.
  • Possessive adjectives
  • Vocabulary associates with home and school activities
  • Direct and indirect objects pronouns.

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Unit 2

September 4-28, 2012

En Avión / A Bordo del Avión

¡A conocer nuevos lugares! ¡Vamos de viaje! ------Avancemos Level 2

Lesson’s GPS Standards:

MLII.CU1: The students use information acquired in the study of the target language and information acquired in other subject areas to reinforce one another.

C Examine the influence of the geography of the countries studied on cultural elements such as food, clothing, dwellings, transportation, language, and art.

MLII.IP1 the students exchange spoken and written information in the target language, utilizing cultural references where appropriate.

c. Request help and clarification.

f Ask questions and provides responses based on topics such as self, others, and the immediate environment.

g Ask questions and provides responses about plans and events.

MLII.INT1

c. Comprehend and follow oral and written instructions.

Objective:

Students will:

  • Talk about packing for a trip and getting to the airport.
  • Tell what you do at the airport.
  • Talking about being on an airplane.

Students use:

  • Verbs that have g in the yo form of the present tense
  • The present progressive tense.

Unit 3 & 4

October 1st-29, 2012

Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)

Cocina Hispana-Chapter10 !Así se Dice!

De Compras / En el Restaurante / ¡Buen provecho!

Lesson’s GPS Standards:

MLII.CCC4 the students demonstrate an awareness of current events in the target culture(s). The students:

a-Give information regarding major current events of the target culture(s).
b- Understand the impact of current events of the target culture(s).

MLII.CU1 the students develop an awareness of perspectives, practices, and products of the cultures where the target language is spoken. The students:

a. Participate in real or simulated cultural events, such as family activities and holiday celebrations.

b. Identify patterns of behavior typically associate with cultures, such as eating and shopping customs, leisure activities, and celebration of national holidays.

c. Examine the influence of the geography of the countries studied on cultural elements such as food, clothing, dwellings, transportation, language, and art.

MLII.INT1 The students understand spoken and written language on new and familiar topics presented through a variety of media in the target language, including authentic materials. The students:

a. Identify main ideas and essential details when reading and listening.

b. Interpret culturally authentic materials and information.

c. Comprehend and follow oral and written instructions.

d. Demonstrate Novice-Mid to Novice-High proficiency in listening and reading comprehension.

MLII.CCC1 The students use information acquired in the study of the target language and information acquired in other subject areas to reinforce one another. The students:

a. Give examples of the influence of the target language and culture(s) on other subject areas, such as foreign words in the English language.

b. Relate information acquired in other subjects discussed in the language class, such as the use of the metric system.

MLII.IP1 The students exchange simple spoken and written information in the target language, utilizing cultural references where appropriate. The students:

a. Express needs and preferences.

c. Request help and clarification.

d. Give descriptions.

MLII.CCC3-The students develop a better understanding of the English language through the study of the target language.

  1. Use level-appropriate idiomatic expressions in the target language.

MLII.CCC5 The students develop and apply target language skills and cultural knowledge beyond the classroom setting for recreational, educational, and occupational purposes.

  1. Locate and use resources in the target language, such as individuals and organizations accessible through the community or the Internet to reinforce basic cultural knowledge.

Objectives:

Students will learn:

  • Different Spanish –speaking Countries.
  • Examine the influence of the geography of the countries studied on cultural elements such as food, clothing, dwelling, transportation, language, and art
  • Speaks the Spanish words for several family members.
  • Examine the influence of the geography of the countries studied on cultural elements such as food, clothing, dwelling, transportation, language, and art.
  • Talk about Hispanic recipe.
  • Basic food vocabulary and the names of some important food items.
  • Vocabulary associated with various types of shops common in the Spanish-speaking world.
  • Vocabulary needed to order specific quantities.
  • The contrasting uses of the preterit and the imperfect.
  • Vocabulary associate with food and the preparation
  • Vocabulary associated with kitchen appliances and cooking equipment.
  • Identify popular dishes of the Spanish-speaking countries

Students will use:

  • The subjunctive
  • Formal commands
  • Negative informal commands

October 30-November 2nd, 2012

Día de Los Muertos------México

Canción: Ofrendas------NOVEMBER 2 DAY OF THE DEATH

Lesson’s GPS Standards:

MLII.INT1 The students understand spoken and written language on new and familiar topics presented through a variety of media in the target language, including authentic materials. The students:

a. Identify main ideas and essential details when reading and listening.

b. Interpret culturally authentic materials and information.

MLII.CCC4 The students identify current events and issues in the target culture(s). The students:

a. Give information regarding major current events of the target culture(s).

b. Understand the impact of major current events on the target culture(s).

Objectives:

Students will know to do the following:

  • The meaning of the Day of the Death for Mexicans

November 5-15, 2012

Assessment for the 1st 4 units

Subject to change.

December

Review for Finals and maybe start unit 5. But unit 5 will not come on the final.

Portfolio (Binder) and notebook due on: Friday December 7, 2012

FELIZ NAVIDAD Y PRóSPERO AñO NUEVO

Second Semester

Unit 5

January 3rd-29 2013

Fiestas Familiares y Día de Fiesta.

3 Kings Day

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Lesson’s GPS Standards:

MLII.CCC4 The students identify current events and issues in the target culture(s). The students:

a. Give information regarding major current events of the target culture(s).

b. Understand the impact of major current events on the target culture(s).

MLII.CCC2 The students demonstrate an understanding of the similarities and differences between the culture(s) studied and those of the students’ own culture. The students:

a. Compare and contrast traditions, such as holidays, foods, and celebrations.

c. Compare and contrast the geography of the countries of the target language and the students’ own country and discuss its impact on culture.

MLII.INT1 The students understand spoken and written language on new and familiar topics presented through a variety of media in the target language, including authentic materials. The students:

a. Identify main ideas and essential details when reading and listening.

b. Interpret culturally authentic materials and information.

c. Comprehend and follow oral and written instructions.

d. Demonstrate Novice-Mid to Novice-High proficiency in listening and reading comprehension

MLII.CU1 The students understand perspectives, practices, and products of the cultures where the target language is spoken and how they are interrelated. The students:

a. Participate in real or simulated cultural events, such as family activities and holiday celebrations.

Objectives:

  • The student will know vocabulary associate with holidays and celebrations. Like: Nacimiento(birth), Bautismo(baptisms), Cumpleaños(birthday), Quinceañero(15 birthday for girls),Matrimonio (marriage), Muerte (death)—we will not talk about the death, but the vocabulary from the cemetery word like grave, head stone etc.
  • The students will talk about and describe many family celebrations.
  • Discuss some important holidays.
  • Navidades and the celebration of Los Tres Reyes Magos in Latin America on January the 5th. The Three Kings
  • Talk about and describe many family celebrations
  • Discuss some important holidays
  • Give advice and make suggestions to others
  • Express doubt, uncertainty, or belief
  • Express emotional reactions to the actions of others.
  • Practice the present subjunctive
  • Learn Martin Luther King Jr. quotations and “I have a Dream” in Spanish.
  • Be able to recite Martin Luther King quotations (some of them) in Spanish.

Unit 6

January 30-February 13, 2013

Black History in Puerto Rico----Celebrating BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Lesson’s GPS Standards:

MLII.CCC4 The students identify current events and issues in the target culture(s). The students:

A. Give information regarding major current events of the target culture(s).

B. Understand the impact of major current events on the target culture(s).

MLII.INT1 The students understand spoken and written language on new and familiar topics presented through a variety of media in the target language, including authentic materials. The students:

A. Identify main ideas and essential details when reading and listening.

Objectives:

  • How African culture influence Puerto Rico culture now days as far as music, food language and religion.
  • Learn some notable Puerto Ricans of African Ancestry and be able to talk about their life and influence in Puerto Rico now days.
  • Expose to difference kind of music.
  • Spanish worlds use in Puerto Rico that were heritage from the Africans.

Unit 7

February 19-March 15, 2013

Una Llamada telefónica

Tecno mundo

Avancemos level 2 / Unidad 6 /lección 2

Lesson’s GPS Standards:

MLII.IP1 the students exchange spoken and written information in the target language, utilizing cultural references where appropriate. The students:

A. Express needs and preferences.

B. Express feelings and emotions.

D. Give descriptions.

MLII.IP2 the students demonstrate skills necessary to initiate, sustain, and close oral and written exchanges in the target language. The students:

A. Initiate, participates in, and closes an oral or written exchange.

B. Use simple paraphrasing to convey and comprehend messages.

D. Demonstrate Novice-Mid to Novice-High proficiency in oral and written exchanges with respect to proper pronunciation, intonation, and writing mechanics.

MLII.INT1 the students understand spoken and written language on new and familiar topics presented through a variety of media in the target language, including authentic materials. The students:

A. Identify main ideas and essential details when reading and listening.

C. Comprehend and follow oral and written instructions.

D. Demonstrate Novice-Mid to Novice-High proficiency in listening and reading comprehension.

Objectives:

Students will know

  • Vocabulary associated with making and receiving telephone calls.
  • Vocabulary associated with various types of phones, both older and more modern.
  • To talk about computers, the internet, and email.
  • To talk about digital camera and an MP3 player.
  • The formation of imperfect
  • The use of imperfect.
  • Make phone calls from Spanish speaking countries.
  • The proper phone etiquette

Unit 8 &9 days are subject to change due to Smash down, GHSGT and EOCT test.

Unit 8

March 18-April 12, 2013

La Naturaleza y la Limpieza

Una rutina diferente.

Cuéntame tus vacaciones

Lesson’s GPS Standards:

MLII.IP1 The students exchange spoken and written information in the target language, utilizing cultural references where appropriate. The students:

d. Give descriptions.

e. Give and follow directions and instructions.

f.. Ask questions and provide responses based on topics such as self, others, and the immediate environment.

MLII.IP2 The students demonstrate skills necessary to initiate, sustain, and close oral and written exchanges in the target language. The students:

a. Initiate, participate in, and close an oral or written exchange.

b. Use simple paraphrasing to convey and comprehend messages.

MLII.P1 The students present information orally and in writing using familiar and newly-acquired vocabulary, phrases, and patterns. The students:

a. Relate main ideas and essential details from level-appropriate print or non- print material.

b. Give brief, organized oral presentations, using visual and technological support as appropriate.

MLII.P2 The students present rehearsed and unrehearsed material in the target language, such as skits, poems, short narratives, and songs. The students:

b. Demonstrate comprehension of material.

MLI.INT: The students demonstrate understanding of simple spoken and written language presented through a variety of media in the target language and based on topics such as self, family, school, etc. The students:

  1. Identify main ideas and some details when reading and listening.

d. - Demonstrate Novice-Mid proficiency in listening and reading comprehension.

MLI.IP2 the students demonstrate skills necessary to sustain brief oral and written exchanges in the target language. The students:

a. Initiate, participates in, and closes a brief oral or written exchange.

b. Use formal and informal forms of address.

c. Demonstrate Novice-Mid proficiency in oral and written exchanges with respect to proper pronunciation, intonation, and writing mechanics.

Objectives:

Students will learn to do the following:

  • vocabulary associated with camping and nature
  • describe nature walks
  • vocabulary associated with doing laundry or having it done, including visiting dry cleaners or Laundromats
  • express wishes, preference, and demands concerning oneself and others
  • use the subjunctive versus the infinitive when expressing wishes and preference
  • review the formation and use of the preterit with regular verb

Unit 9

Present subjunctive, Present Progressive, Reflexive verbs, Commands, future tense, and past participles

Songs-----“Ojalá que llueva café en el campo”-Juan Luis Guerra

No hago más na”-El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

¿Dónde jugaran los niños? –Maná

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php

Avancemos level 2 unidad

Objectives:

After listening to the song: ¿Dónde jugarán los niños? By the Mexican Group Maná. Students will be able to:

2) Learn the song in Spanish.

3) Expose to the translation in English.

4) Practice Commands, future tense, present subjunctive, and past participles.

5) Expose to a song that talk about the global warming.

6) Look for pictures and information that talks about the global warming.

7) Metaphors in a song.

Portfolio (Binder) and notebook due on: FRIDAY MAY 14, 2013

We will practice pronunciation all year long. Oral exercises will be given in between units. Units are tentative. In case of changes, the students will be informed with advance.

Ms. Natalivette C. Ratcliffe

JULY 2012

Tentative Unit

Los Buenos Modales

Las Carreras y El Trabajo

Lesson’s GPS Standards:

  • MLII.IP1D

Gives descriptions

  • MLII.IP2A
  • MLII.P1A
  1. Relate main ideas and essential details from level-appropriate print or non-print material.
  2. Give brief, organized oral presentations, using visual and technological support as appropriate.
  • MLII.P2B

Demonstrate comprehension of material.

Objectives:

Students will know:

  • Vocabulary associated with good and bad manners
  • Vocabulary associated with some parts of the body
  • Talk about courtesy
  • Compare good manners in the Hispanic world with those of the United States
  • Vocabulary associated with professions and trades
  • Vocabulary associated with job hunting and the workplace
  • Talk about professions and occupations
  • Discuss the advantage of learning a foreign language for future employment