Curriculum Map 2006-2007      

The Dwight School
Spanish III / Grade 10 (Franklin House)  

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

Nouns AND ADJECTIVES AS RELATED TO CULTURE Review of: nationalities, introductions,descriptions.

Grammar: nouns,adjectives,def./indef. articles, to be, stem changing and reflexive verbs, progressive tense, impersonal SE.

Literary reading

Idiomatic expressions.
 

Oral and written communication

 

Students presentations
Activities on lap tops
Videos
Portfolios
Artistic creation based on Lit. reading.


 

How can the expressions learned in class, be used in every day life?

(Homo Faber)
 

FORMATIVE:
Students dialogues
Answer from reading
Work sheets

SUMMATIVE:
Verb test
Short paragraphs
Grammar tests
Essay based on art work.
 


October

SAME AS SEPTEMBER
 


 


 


 


 


November

SUBJUNCTIVE Present subjunctive

Domestic life
 

Oral and written communication

 

Portfolios
 

Under what circumstances should we use the present subjunctive?
(ATL)
 

FORMATIVE:
Multiple choice test
Short answers
Conjugation of present subj.
 


December

DOMESTIC LIFE Domestic Life

Literary reading (Anaconda)
 

Global understanding and awareness
 

Internet research

Use of lap tops for environmental article related to the reading
 

How can culture awareness promote understanding?

(Homo Faber)
 

SUMMATIVE:

Paragraphs



 


January

IMPERATIVES, PREPOSITIONS,, AND OBJECTS Imperatives

Prepositions and adverbs

Literary reading

Direct and indirect objects

 

Global understanding
Oral and written communication
Respect for others' customs.
 

Discussions of literary reading
Video
Map directions
 

How can culture awareness promote understanding of others and respect for them?

(Homo faber)
 

FORMATIVE:
Worksheets
Reading comp.
Questions
Real life situations/directions paragraphs

SUMMATIVE:

Multiple choice
Fill in test
 


February

(No Unit Name)   Imperfect-Preterite
Negative expressions
Idiomatic expressions
Present perfect
 

Written communication
Oral and reciprocal communication
 

Dialogues
Interviews
Portafolio letters
Oral activities
Individual presentations

 

How does English grammar differ from that of spanish in these contents?
How are double negatives applied?

(ATL)
 

FORMATIVE:
worksheets
Reading comp. questions
Real life situations
Retella story

SUMMATIVE:
Test
 


March

Same as February
 


 


 


 


 


April

(No Unit Name)   Idiomatic expressions
Other perfect tenses
Other subjunctive
Future and conditional
Literary reading
 

Oral and written communication
 

Mini-dialogues
Oral activities
Oral presentations
Video
Use of lap tops
 

How are the usages of perfect, future and conditional tenses similar in Spanish and English?

(ATL)

 

FORMATIVE:
Reading comp. questions
Real life situations
Worksheets
Paragraphs

SUMMATIVE:

Quizzes
Test
Multiple choice

 


May

(No Unit Name)   Magazines
Opinion pools
Ads
Recipes
Grammar review
 

Cultural awareness
oral expressions
Text and context
 

Presentations
Inernet
Use of lap top for research
 

What impact do magazines have in society?
What elements of Spanish diet can affect peoples' health?

(HOMO FABER)
 

FORMATIVE:
Fill in test
Vocabulary list
Original sentences
Comprehension of ads

SUMMATIVE:

Essay
Final exam


 


June

Same as May
 


 


 


 


 


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