Grade level

Course Content

Instructional Methods

Skills (What will the students be

able to do upon mastery?)

Resources

Assessment

9

Spanish I

Basic and Thematic Vocabulary

     (See Skills)

Teacher presentation of vocabulary and grammar

Transparencies

Paired activities

Cooperative Learning

TPR / Storytelling

Online activities

Video and Audio activities

Introductions:  Greetings, Responses, Feelings

Use correct pronunciation

Recite alphabet

Count 1-100

Tell time

Give the date, days, months etc.

Express weather conditions, temperature

Identify seasons

Identify colors, animals, body parts

Describing oneself and others

Identify classroom objects and follow classroom commands

Food

Places and transportation

Family

House (bedroom)

Clothing and shopping

Textbook:  Realidades 1

Teacher's Resource book:

Clip art

Communicative      activities

Situation cards

Audio program

Video program

Computer test bank

TPR Stories

Reading and Writing for Success

Transparencies

Technology:

Interactive textbook

Mindpoint Quiz Show

Realidades Website

Workbooks

Basic conversations with partners

Quizzes/Tests:  oral & written

Oral drills

Dictation

Posters

Maps

Short dialogs

Presentations

Theme Projects

Written assignments

TPR

Self-Expression:

Cultural Awareness

Describe daily activities (conjugation of  –ar, -er, -ir verbs)

Likes/Dislikes (gustar, encantar)

Yes/No Questions

Interrogative expressions

Identification of Spanish-speaking countries

Knowledge of customs, celebrations

Recognize important figures from the Spanish-speaking world:  past & present

Knowledge of the arts:  (music, art, literature)

Grammatical Accuracy:

Sentence writing with adjectives in the correct position/form

Contractions

Ser vs. Estar  (to be)

Singular/plural forms of nouns

Definite/Indefinite articles

Irregular verbs:  gustar, ir, tener

Preterite

Comparisons and Superlatives

Stem-changing verbs

Tu commands

Present Progressive

ir a + infinitive

venir - to come

Possessive adjectives