Curriculum Map 2006-2007      

The Dwight School
Advanced Spanish / Grades 9-10 (Franklin House)  

Period  Content  Purpose/ Objectives  Activities & Resources  Areas of Interaction  Assessments 
September

(No Unit Name)   Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 

Homo Faber
 

Readings of his biography
Translator of the writers
Books reviews
 

Who was Garcia Marquez?
 

Internet assigment about biography and current news about the writer
 


October

(No Unit Name)   October
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Introduction of Colombia


 

oral and written communication
Familiarity with the country and the writer
Special study of his short stories
 

Make a collage based on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's life and country
answering questions

 

How does Garcia Marquez reflects his society in his short stories?
 

Writing an critical essay about each short story studied.
Oral examinations in class about the characters and the story plot.
 


November

(No Unit Name)   Sandra Cisneros
 

Spanish American women writers
 

Reading of La casa en Mango Street
 

What style does she use on her narrative?
How the environment and childhood experiences are described?
Compare the woman and the child.
 

Reading, Vocabulary, Comparison of her style with another female writer
 


December

(No Unit Name)   Olga Nolla
 

Female latinamerican writer
 

Reading of La Segunda Hija
History of Puerto Rico
 

How the narrator tells the story?
How is social class described?
How women react to the their traditional role?
 

Reading
Vocabulary
Compare one character with another read already.
 


January

Same as advanced Spanish 6-8 "La fiesta del chivo"
 


 


 


 


 


February

Same as January
 


 


 


 


 


March

Same as February "La Fiesta del Chivo"
 


 


 


 


 


April

Same as March "La Fiesta del Chivo"
 


 


 


 


 


May

Review for the Final Exam
 


 


 


 


 


June

Final exams Week
 


 


 


 


 


Updated: Friday, June 09, 2006
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