SPII Curriculum Map
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August
Content and Essential Skills
What if I don't remember anything?
What if we didn't finish the book last year?
Are we going to review?
Are we going to learn something new?
Skills
Listening
The students will:
•respond to recorded exercises drilling vocabulary and grammar
•play Lotería to review vocabulary
•take dictation
Speaking
The students will:
•conduct a peer survey
•perform a picture-cued dialogue
•present a weekly current event
•introduce poem by Antonio Machado
Reading
The students will:
•read questions and provide short answers
•read paragraphs and conversations discussing daily routines
Writing
The students will:
•label pictures
•write a paragraph about their daily routines
•complete cloze activities
•engage in written activities to reinforce verb conjugations learned in Spanish I including present tense verbs, sustituto de futuro, tener + que, present progressive,and regular preterite tense
•record the word of the day
Grammar
The students will:
•identify reflexive verbs and reflexive pronouns
•use these in the present tense as well as the preterite tense
•prepare verb charts for notebooks
Cultural
•introduce map of Mexico
•learn the states
•compare and contrast European and US attitudes about personal hygiene
Assessment
Oral presentations
Oral recitation in class
Chapter written exam
Chapter listening exam
Daily written assignments
Resources
Recorded vocabulary and grammar exercises
Chapter videos
Paired activities
Word puzzles
Optional
September
Content and Essential Skills
Do Hispanics rely on train service more than we do?
Can I ride the rails across Europe and get a good deal?
Does Madrid have a reliable subway system?
Skills
Listening
The students will:
•respond to recorded exercises drilling vocabulary and grammar
•play Lotería to review vocabulary
•take dictation
Speaking
The students will:
•use words and expressions related to train travel
•describe various train services
•talk about events that took place in the definite past
•perform a picture-cued dialogue
•present a weekly current event
•learn poem by Antonio Machado
Reading
The students will:
•read about el AVE
•read about a train trip from Cuzco to Machu Picchu
•read a conversation A la ventanilla
Writing
The students will:
•write a paragraph about summer activities
•complete cloze activities
•record the word of the day
Grammar
The students will:
•review preterite forms
•chart irregular preterite verbs
Cultural
The students will:
•identify Mexican states
•compare and contrast European and US attitudes about train travel
•view a video featuring a train trip from Madrid to Sevilla
Assessment
Oral presentations
Oral recitation in class
Chapter written exam
Chapter listening exam
Daily written assignments
Resources
Recorded vocabulary and grammar exercises
Chapter videos
Paired activities
Word puzzles
Optional
October
Content and Essential Skills
I'm hungry! How do I get some food?
What if I want more than just enchiladas?
Skills
Listening
The students will:
•respond to recorded exercises drilling vocabulary and grammar
•play Lotería to review vocabulary
•take dictation
Speaking
The students will:
•expand their restaurant vocabulary
•identify eating utensils and dishes
•describe a restaurant experience
•explain how they like certain foods prepared
•talk about present and past activities
•perform a picture-cued dialogue
•present a weekly current event
•learn a fable
Reading
The students will:
•read about regional foods
•read a conversation En el restaurante
Writing
The students will:
•write about a recent dining experience
•complete cloze activities
•record the word of the day
Grammar
The students will:
•review stem-changing verbs in the present
•chart stem-changing verbs in the preterite
Cultural
The students will:
•identify Mexican states
•compare and contrast regional cuisines
•compare and contrast Hispanic and US diets
•view a video featuring lunch at a restaurant in Puerto Vallarta
Assessment
Oral presentations
Oral recitation in class
Chapter written exam
Chapter listening exam
Daily written assignments
Recitation of poem
Resources
Recorded vocabulary and grammar exercises
Chapter videos
Paired activities
Word puzzles
Optional
November
Content and Essential Skills
Can I check my e-mail while I'm in Spain?
Can I call home?
Can I fax things?
Skills
Listening
The students will:
•respond to recorded exercises drilling vocabulary and grammar
•play Lotería to review vocabulary
•take dictation
Speaking
The students will:
•learn computer terminology
•learn fax terminology
•learn telephone terminology
•discuss telephone etiquette
•talk about habitual past actions
•perform a picture-cued dialogue
•present a weekly current event
•learn a fable
Reading
The students will:
•read an essay about a gal that wants to become an engineer
•read an essay about telephone cards
•read a conversation Una llamada internacional
Writing
The students will:
•write about their childhood
•write sentences with the new vocabulary
•complete cloze activities
•record the word of the day
Grammar
The students will:
•be introduced to the imperfect tense
•chart models
•chart irregular imperfect verbs
•review selection and placement of direct object pronouns
Cultural
The students will:
•identify Mexican states
•compare and contrast technological advances in Spain and in the US
•view a video featuring a computer repair shop in Madrid
Assessment
Oral presentations
Oral recitation in class
Chapter written exam
Chapter listening exam
Daily written assignments
Resources
Recorded vocabulary and grammar exercises
Chapter videos
Paired activities
Word puzzles
Optional
December
Content and Essential Skills
I love to shop! But what do I say if no one speaks English?
Do most people shop at markets?
Are there malls?
Do they have good buys?
Skills
Listening
The students will:
•respond to recorded exercises drilling vocabulary and grammar
•play Lotería to review vocabulary
•take dictation
Speaking
The students will:
•expand their vocabulary of clothing
•discuss shopping for clothing, jewelry, and food
•learn how to ask about size, quantity, and price
•talk about different types of past actions
•perform a picture-cued dialogue
•present a weekly current event
•recite a fable
Reading
The students will:
•read an essay about shopping
•read a conversation Naranjas para abuelita
Writing
The students will:
•narrate an experience including both past tenses
•write sentences using new vocabulary
•complete cloze activities
•record the word of the day
Grammar
The students will:
•learn to select between the preterite and the imperfect
•be introduced to the passive voice
•review selection and placement of indirect object pronouns
Cultural
The students will:
•identify Mexican states
•discuss shopping practices in Hispanic countries
•view a video featuring shopping in Puerto Vallarta
Assessment
Oral presentations
Oral recitation in class
Chapter written exam
Chapter listening exam
Daily written assignments
Semester written exam
Semester oral exam
Recitation of poem
Written map test on Mexican states
Resources
Recorded vocabulary and grammar exercises
Chapter videos
Paired activities
Word puzzles
Optional
January
Content and Essential Skills
What do Hispanic teens like to do?
Do they have a lot of spare time?
Do they play games?
Skills
Listening
The students will:
•respond to recorded exercises drilling vocabulary and grammar
•play Lotería to review vocabulary
•take dictation
Speaking
The students will:
•talk about leisure activities
•discuss hobbies
•talk about sights in an amusement park and at a zoo
•talk about things that haven't happened yet
•give a short presentation- your uncle left you a large sum of money; what will you do with it?
•compare things
•conduct a survey of favorite activities
•present a weekly current event
•learn poem Si yo fuera
Reading
The students will:
•read an essay a Sunday in the park
•read an essay about game rooms
•read an essay about dominos
•read a conversation about a difference of opinion
Writing
The students will:
•write an essay about their favorite pastime
•write sentences using new vocabulary
•create a poster illustrating the comparative and the superlative
•complete cloze activities
•record the proverb of the day
Grammar
The students will:
•chart the future tense
•record the irregular future verbs
•compare people and things
Cultural
The students will:
•be introduced to capitals of Mexican states
•discuss leisure activities in various Hispanic countries
•read about parks in various Hispanic cities
•view a video featuring two young people discussing what they would like to do
Assessment
Oral presentations
Oral recitation in class
Chapter written exam
Chapter listening exam
Daily written assignments
Resources
Recorded vocabulary and grammar exercises
Chapter videos
Paired activities
Word puzzles
Optional
February
Content and Essential Skills
If I travel abroad, where can I find lodging?
Will it be comfortable and reasonable?
Skills
Listening
The students will:
•respond to recorded exercises drilling vocabulary and grammar
•play Lotería to review vocabulary
•take dictation
Speaking
The students will:
•talk about checking in and out of a hotel
•discuss things you might need for your hotel stay
•role-play asking for things at a hotel
•give a short presentation- if I were a pig, what three things would I do?
•compare things
•conduct a survey of favorite activities
•present a weekly current event
•learn poem Si yo fuera
Reading
The students will:
•read an essay about inns in Spain
•read an essay about youth hostels
•read a conversation about arriving at a hotel
Writing
The students will:
•write a skit about a hotel stay with a major problem
•write sentences using new vocabulary
•complete cloze activities
•record the proverb of the day
Grammar
The students will:
•chart the conditional tense
•record the irregular conditional verbs
•compare people and things
•learn what do with double object pronouns
Cultural
The students will:
•identify capitals of Mexican states
•compare and contrast hotels in Hispanic countries and in the US
•view a video featuring checking out of a hotel in Puerto Vallarta
Assessment
Oral presentations
Oral recitation in class
Chapter written exam
Chapter listening exam
Daily written assignments
Resources
Recorded vocabulary and grammar exercises
Chapter videos
Paired activities
Word puzzles
Optional
March
Content and Essential Skills
What vocabulary is essential for air travel?
How can I discuss things I have and have not done?
How do I explain that there are no mountains in eastern Colorado?
Skills
Listening
The students will:
•respond to recorded exercises drilling vocabulary and grammar
•play Lotería to review vocabulary
•take dictation
Speaking
The students will:
•review airport vocabulary
•learn more about air travel
•discuss services aboard a flight
•learn a few geographical terms
•discuss things that have happened
•engage in a survey finding out if students have done specific things
•learn poem Si yo fuera
Reading
The students will:
•read an essay about El Alto
•read an essay about La Paz
•read an essay about two aviators
Writing
The students will:
•write a paragraph about air travel
•complete cloze activities
•engage in written activities to reinforce vocabulary
•record the proverb of the day
Grammar
The students will:
•be introduced to the present perfect
•discuss how past participles are formed
•learn irregular past participles
•prepare verb charts for notebooks
Cultural
The students will:
•become familiar with air travel in various Hispanic countries
•identify capitals of Mexican states
•view a video featuring a flight from Puerto Vallarta to Mexcio City
Assessment
Oral presentations
Oral recitation in class
Chapter written exam
Chapter listening exam
Daily written assignments
Resources
Recorded vocabulary and grammar exercises
Chapter videos
Paired activities
Word puzzles
Optional
April
Content and Essential Skills
What if I get sick or injured while I'm in Spain?
What is medical care like abroad?
I'm not smarter than him. I'm not less smart. How do I say that I'm just as smart as he?
Skills
Listening
The students will:
•respond to recorded exercises drilling vocabulary and grammar
•play Lotería to review vocabulary
•take dictation
Speaking
The students will:
•discuss accidents and medical problems
•converse about hospital stays
•acquire additional vocabulary to refer to parts of the body
•make comparisons of equal value
•learn poem Si yo fuera
Reading
The students will:
•read an essay El hospital Buena Vista
•read an essay about problemas médicos de hoy
•read a conversation about una fractura
Writing
The students will:
•write a paragraph about an injury or illness they have sustained
•complete cloze activities
•engage in written activities to reinforce vocabulary
•record the proverb of the day
Grammar
The students will:
•be introduced to other perfect tenses
•review formation of past participles
Cultural
The students will:
•discuss health issues in Hispanic countries
•view a video featuring emergency room treatment
Assessment
Oral presentations
Oral recitation in class
Chapter written exam
Chapter listening exam
Daily written assignments
Resources
Recorded vocabulary and grammar exercises
Chapter videos
Paired activities
Word puzzles
Listening
Optional
May
Content and Essential Skills
What if I go to an urban area?
What if I go to a rural area?
What vocabulary might I need in each setting?
Skills
Listening
The students will:
•respond to recorded exercises drilling vocabulary and grammar
•play Lotería to review vocabulary
•take dictation
Speaking
The students will:
•converse about life in the city
•converse about life in the country
•point out people and things
•request classmates to do specific things
•recite poem Si yo fuera
Reading
The students will:
•read essays about Buenos Aires, Lima, and Santa Fe
•read a conversation entitled El campo y la ciudad
Writing
The students will:
•write a paragraph stating their preference- country life or city life
•complete cloze activities
•engage in written activities to reinforce vocabulary
•record the proverb of the day
Grammar
The students will:
•review demonstrative adjectives
•review demonstrative pronouns
•introduce the imperative forms
Cultural
The students will:
•compare and contrast rural VS urban life
•discuss the demographics of Latin America
•view a video featuring a tour of downtown Mexico City
Assessment
Oral presentations
Oral recitation in class
Chapter written exam
Chapter listening exam
Daily written assignments
Semester written exam
Semester oral exam
Recitation of poem
Written map test on Mexican capitals
Resources
Recorded vocabulary and grammar exercises
Chapter videos
Paired activities
Word puzzles
Optional
