| Curriculum Map 2006-2007 | |||
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The Dwight School |
| Period | Content | Purpose/ Objectives | Activities & Resources | Areas of Interaction | Assessments | |
| Getting to know people : | Personal Information (telling name, expressing age, telling their birthdays, and exchanging phone numbers) Greeting others Giving dates Months and days of the week Numbers 1 - 100 Use of tú and usted Grammar: Ser and Tener |
Students will be able to express their names, age, nationality, birthday and phone numbers in the Target Language. To tell the days and dates in Spanish. To use basic communication skills to have a conversation with another person in the Target Language. |
-Students introduce themselves and exchange their names, phone numbers, etc.(Mini plays) -Students make a calendar with birthdays and other important events. -Students will choose a Spanish speaking country and will create their own passport. -Culture: Reading "Important Celebrations in the Spanish speaking world" and "Why do Spanish speakers have two last names?" -Writing activity: Students will write a paragraph about one of their classmates (name, nationality, phone number, birthday, age) |
How are names in Hispanic countries different from those in American culture? (Health and Social Education). What holidays are found in Spanish-speaking cultures? (Health and Social Ed.) |
FORMATIVE: - Writing Dialogues - Students read their paragraph and stand in front of the class -Students fill in important information and dates on their own calendar SUMMATIVE: - Oral presentation evaluation - Writing a dialogue - Quiz on vocabulary, numbers, days, months and seasons. -reading comprehension -Exams |
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| Our likes and dislikes : | Grammar: "Gustar", "Tener" and "Ser" conjugations. Adjectives to describe themselves and other people. Vocabulary about different activities students can perform as a hobby. Family members vocabulary. |
Students will be able to express their likes or dislikes in Spanish. Students will be able to describe different people in Spanish (personality and physical traits). Students will be able to exchange information about their family members. |
-Memory game with the adjectives. -Crossword puzzles (adjectives and family members vocabulary. -Acrostic creation. -Describing pictures of famous people in the target language. -Family photo album mini project(description of each memmber of their family) -Culture Reading: "La Familia" "México y sus jóvenes" Interview your classmate (name, age, brithday, information about family, descriptions, likes and dislikes) |
How do mexican teenagers spend their free time? (Health and Social) What is the importance of the family in the Hispanic society? (Health and Social) |
FORMATIVE: Dialogues Picture description Mini project (Photo Album) Interview your classmate SUMMATIVE: Quizzes Tests Reading Comprehension Writing skills |
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| Our activities : | "Gustar" conjugation. "Tener" conjugation. -AR verbs in the present tense. Subjects in school. "Tener que ..." expressions. Adverbs of frequency (sometimes, once in a while, never, etc). |
-Students will be able to express what classess they like or dislike and why. -Students will use -AR verbs as well as adverbs of frequency to talk about their activities during the day (sing, dance, study everyday, etc). -Students will make use of "tener que..." expressions in order to tell their obligations (home and school). |
1. Students comjugate verb list and learn the meanings of verbs 2. Conversations and dialogues between two and three students about their daily activities, class schedules and obligations. 3. Creation of their own schedules in Spanish. |
How is school life in Latin American countries different than the one in America? (Social) |
FORMATIVE SUMMATIVE - Verb test - Vocabulary test 2. FORMATIVE - Review days of the week, months of the year. dates and time SUMMATIVE - Quiz about time and Calendar/Schedule - Multiple Choice quiz |
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| January - February : | 1. Places, cities Transportation Use of commands Prepositions of locations 2. Clothing Shopping Giving gifts |
1. Identify places Choose transportation Request and give directions Give instructions 2. Indirect object pronouns Ariticles of clothing |
1. Online visit to places and cities Listening activities Following directions Poster presentations and displays 2. Dialogues List items in their closets and rooms |
1. How can we compare and contrast public transportation in Europe/Latin America and New York? (Homo Faber) |
1. FORMATIVE - Practices using phrases and variety of directions - Students listen to tapes ad follow directions SUMMATIVE - Quiz about vocabulary relating to transportation and places. 2. FORMATIVE - Students get information about shopping in stores - Practice phrases, make recommendations - Vocabulary of useful expressions SUMMATIVE - Students must be able to tell orally: when, where and why |
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| March - April : | 1. Reflexive verbs Commands Affirmative and Negative 2. Art Art Celebraties |
1. Students describe daily routines and chores Students tell others to do something 2. Culture |
1. Students say sequences of events from morning until night. 2. Excercises about common knowledge |
2. Wht do we know about the life and work of famous artists? (Homo Faber). |
1. FORMATIVE Students write their daily routine for a week. Students make paragraphs about themselves. Read aloud what they have written. SUMMATIVE Quiz: students tell their own routine. 2. FORMATIVE Students do projects about a particular Spanish artist. Research online about one Spanish or Latino artist. SUMMATIVE Quiz about the artist. |
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| May - June : | stem-changing verbs present progressive vocabulary on sports |
Students will be able to express themselves by using stem-changign verbs which are a major part of the Spanish language. Students wil be able to talk about sports and different activties they like to do. Students will be able to tell someone what they are doing right now by using the present progressive tense. Students wil be able to express what they want by using stem changing verbs |
memory games mini plays (restaurants, talking on the phone, playing a sport, school setting) Spanish Bingo hand-outs with grammar activities speaking activities |
How important are sports in the Spanish culture? What is the impact of sports in the Hispanic society? |
SUMMATIVE Quiz: on stem-changing verbs and the present progressive Vocabulary on sports FORMATIVE List of favorite sports Interviews List of likes and dislikes |
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