| Collaborative Curriculum Map 2006-2007 | ||
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The Dwight School |
| Period | Content | Purpose/ Objectives | Activities & Resources | Areas of Interaction | Assessments | |
| September | Getting to know different people : | Names, nationality dates, months, days, Greeting others List of verbs Likes and dislikes |
Introducing yourself, others. Who are you? What day is today? What are the months of the year? What is your name? Oral communication What do you like to do? |
Students exchange personal information. Students make calendar with important dates Listening activity dialogues |
Importance of Spanish language and culture in NY,FLA,CA and other cities in the USA. (ATL) Spanish Holiday celebrations. (Social Educ). "Dia de la hispanidad", "Dia de los difuntos". |
Formative: Fill in worksheets Dialogues Interviews Summative: Dialogues |
| October | See Sep-Oct |
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| November | November-December List of classroon items. Simple commands in class. Vocabulary about school. Verb TO BE Culture: Spanish school system Map of Spain and Latinamerica Article: demostrative Verbs: to have, to be, , ser, estar. Spanish verbs: ar, er, ir. Mexico: Use of ir+a+an infinitive. Activities with AR Verbs:comprar, pasear, visitar, caminar. |
Understanding classroom instruction. What objects and persons do we see in a classroom? Use of verb To Be cultural awareness about shools in Latinoamerica. Why do we need to learn Spanish in USA? Use of verb to have, to be Verb conjugation. Places to go in the city. Use of AR verbs. |
Writing, speaking and practicing simple commands. Description of people and professions. Chapter video/lesson presentation Students learn geography, map skills. Traveling dialogues and writing exercises. Sentences builders. Exercises about Spanissh verbs drills. List of things to do. How to go from place to another. Use of the map. |
Leisure activitities: Indoor and outdoor activities, hobbies, Sports, etc Who are you? What are your favority activities? How latinamerican school differ from USA school? How a report card look like? How is behavior perceive at schools? Grading system Why learning Spanish has an impact in the USA? (ATL) How the use of verb TO BE is different from English language. (ATL) How can we express ourself with basic verbs shills?(ATL). What teenagers like to do in Mexico City? Highlights of Mexico's history, places to visit. Presentation of video:THE AZTECS. |
Formative: Fill in worksheets with dialogues. Cultural readings. Online visist to various shools. Creating a report card in the spanish style. Summative: quizzes, test, readings. Presentation of a cultural reading about schools and questions. Formative: Fill in forms about geography. Learning about countries's location, Vocabulary quizz. Fill in the countries in the American Continent. Summative: Quizz about previous. Formative: Read text, answer questions, discuss things to do, where to go. Summative: Quiz about verbs conjugation and translation. |
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| December | See Nov. |
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| January | Spanish 8 level 1 : | JANUARY-FEBRUARY MEXICO: Mexican food Culture: Spanish dishes Verb "Gustar". use of: me, te, le, nos, os, les. TEXAS Celebrations Verbs: "hacer" and "conocer". SAN ANTONIO Spanish missions "El Alamo" and other historical places. Verb VIVIR, ESTAR. Expressions to show location Possesive adjectives:mi,tu,su,nuestro,vuestro and plural. Music: Musica tejana. |
To learn about traditional dishes, menus and places to eat. To encourage understanting of another culture through the food. Grammar: The use of Gustar to express like and dislike. Preparation practice for our trip to a mexican restaurant. Introduction to Latinamerican History. To tell about traditions, celebrations and to make plans for a celebration.List of things to make and do. To say wether you know or are familiar with someone. Cultural Reading: "Las Misiones". The Spanish heritage of Texas. ------- Communication: to talk about where you live, where things are in your house. Grammar Types of music and instruments. |
Readings: "La comida mexicana" "Historia del chocolate" "Chiles mexicanos" Video presentation about mexican food preparation. How to make "tortillas" and "guacamole". Introdduction of Nahuatl, Spanish and English terms. Visit to "La Cocina" Restaurant. Chart of food & drinks in a school cafeteria. Students ask each other about likes and dislikes. Video presentation segment 1. Students look at the map of Texas, research names, towns, etc. Class divided into groups to discuss facts. ---------- Make invitations Students make a pinata. Students explore the two senses of hacer, to do or to make. Exercises about "conocer" as to know somebody and "conocer" as a fact. Reading comprehension questions. Classroom participation. Video presentation about Texas. ----- Students describe their house. They draw a floor plan explaining each room in the house. They label rooms. List of furniture and objects in the house. Description of relationship with people living in the same hoouse. Video: "Spanish awards". |
How the study of Spanish is related to other subjects. History: Chocolate, an Aztecs introduction to Europe. How Spanish food and vocabulary contributed to English words and redefine the culture? (ATL) How and what do we eat daily? Daily eating habits. (Health). Spanish exploresr and cultural heritage of Texas. Who were the first Europeans to reach Texas. (ATL) -------------- What is a Rite of Passage. What is La Quinceanera? How this traditional celebration shape our culture? (ATL) What were Spanish Missions during XVIII? (SOCIAL EDUC.) Geography: Where is located "Rio Grande" or "Rio Bravo"? What states does it cross? What is a cowboy "vaqueros"?. Texas culture, history and music. What is a MARIACHI? (ATL) |
Formative: Facts about markets, restaurants, mexican food. Readings articles from the internet about food. Exercises about grammar and vocabulary. Label items of a supermarket. Students say what they like and dislike. Practicing how to order in a restaurant. Visit to "La Cocina" Restaurant. Summative: Proyect: Design a restaurant ad and a menu. Formative: Vocabulary review. Write a menu. Class presentation: Students pantomine a waiter/weitress and client at a restaurant. Summative: Students pantomine situations in a restaurant before our trip. Formative: Reading aloud. Choosing facts about History. Knowing the map. Discussion about North and Central America. Summative: Evaluation questions and answers. Multiple choice quiz. Formative: The making of a Pinata. Drawing and writing formal invitations. Planing a party. Describe guests and preferences. List of thing to buy and do. Select students that will do special chores. Summative: Quiz vocab.I. Students tell in class what activity they do during a party. Classroom participation in the making of a party. Formative: Online research about "El Alamo". Posters about the misssions. Students make a list about different houses, buildings. Sentences describing homes, expressions using the possesive. Writing about a neighborhood in downtown. Places around. Direcctions of how to get there. Summative: Students make a poster of their house floor plan. They describe rooms, furniture and list of things. Quiz: Make a house floor plan. |
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| March | Spanish 8 level 1 : | MARCH-APRIL Puerto Rico introduction. Tropical island. Sports and Leisure activities. Verb "Saber", "Querer", "Gustar". The Weather Use of "Tener que", "no deber". Review numbers. Articles of clothing. Days of the week. El Yunque: A Tropical Rainforest. Flora and fauna. |
Communication To talk about sports, activities and expressions. Grammar: Verbs Informal commands. To tell someone to do o share things. Reading: "El Yunque in Puerto Rico". |
Video chapter Students ask each other waht they like such as sports and hobbies or activities during the seasons. Learn map location and tourist sites for teenagers. Weather forecast online. Listening to the radio for weather report. Watching a news report about weather. Video chapter presentation. Class discussion about flora and fauna. Presentation of new vocabulary. |
What is the political status of Puerto Rico? What does is mean "commonwealth". Tropical storms at the Caribe Islands. What is a storm? "Huracan" "tormenta tropical". (Science) Ecology: Exploring a tropical environment. (Science) |
Formative: Brief history of Pueto Rico. Students meke a list of activities and places that they would like to do in Puerto Rico. Planing a vacation trip. Summative: quuizzes, oral evaluation. Student express their preferences. Formative: Poster displaying a week of weather forecast in countries of Latinoamerica. List of things to take and do. Recommendations guidelines. Summative: group evaluation. Making plans as a group. Writing their own calendar of events for one full week. Students study a list if plants, animals and follow simple commands. Review of vocabulary. Online visit to "El Yunque". |
| April | Spanish 8 level 1 : | 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 |
| May | MAY Culture: Social life in Spain. Teenagers in Sevilla. Nightlife in Madrid. Reflexive verbs and pronouns. Reading poetry: Garcia Lorca |
Communication: To talk about making plans to go out and what to wear. Grammar Use of reflexive verbs in daily activities. Literature |
Students tell about daily routines. They prepare a weekly plan to spend in Sevilla. List of outdoor activities. Conjugation of verbs Biography of Garcia Lorca. Poetry reading. |
How social life varies from cities to towns? How the climate influence people life style? (Social Educ.) How the poet express his perceptions of Andalucia, its people and customs. (Homo Faber) What is a political poem? |
Formative: Cultrual comparison exercises using the grammar. List of reflexive verbs. Summative: Quiz about the past tense. Test about the poetry and the poet's life. |
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| June | JUNE Review and practice for the final Reading comprehension. Grammar review. Vocabulary review. |
To prepare the students for the final exam. |
Grammar review Exercises Dialogues Vocabulary review |
How language and culture help build strengh in adquiring a new language. |
Formative: Group testing Individual evaluations Oral evaluations Writing grammar exercises Reading comprehension practices |
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Updated: Thursday, July 27, 2006
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