CCSS CURRICULUM MAP Spanish 3

First Grading Period / Second Grading Period / Third Grading Period / Fourth Grading Period
KEY CONCEPTS-
The present tense
The preterit tense
Vocabulary for talking about selves
Effective ways to learn vocabulary and grammar
Effect culture has on language
Poetry in Spanish.
Camping Vocabulary.
Comprehending authentic written and spoken Spanish.
Writing multiple sentences in Spanish.
Oral communication
UNIT CONTENTS
Vocabulary:
* Description
* People and Places.
* Daily Routine.
* Comparisons.
* Camping and outdoors.
Grammar:
*Verbs like gustar
* Interrogative words.
* Present tense of all verbs.
* Reflexive verbs.
* Ser vs. estar.
* Saber vs. conocer
* Comparatives.
* Preterite of all verbs.
Reading and Culture:
*Music and life of Juanes.
* Legends from Mexico.
* Hispanic foods.
* Mexico and what it has to offer for tourism
* Geography and history of Mexico.
* Poetry of Octavio Paz.
ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENTS
* Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Talk tests.
* Numbers quiz.
* Verb and vocabulary quizzes.
* Discuss daily routine and compare with a partner.
* Poetry project- Octavio Paz
* Create a menu.
*Think-pair-share
about camping and the outdoors (nature.)
* Preliminary lesson exam.
* Journals. / KEY CONCEPTS
The Imperfect tense
Both past tenses together.
Differences in past tenses.
Ancient cultures in Latin America.
Family relationships
Community service
Familiar and formal commands
Effect culture has on language
Important Hispanics in USA.
Comprehending authentic written and spoken Spanish.
Writing paragraphs in Spanish.
Oral Communication
UNIT CONTENTS
Vocabulary:
* Family and Relationships.
* At the beach.
*Volunteer activities and
projects.
* Getting others involved in helping the community.
Grammar:
* Imperfect tense.
* Preterite vs. imperfect.
* Familiar commands- affirmative and negative.
* Formal commands and plural commands.
* Making polite requests.
Reading and Culture:
* Read excerpt from “Como Agua Para Chocolate” and compare to the movie.
* “El Museo del Barrio”
* Influence Hispanics have on our culture in every walk of life.
* Latin music in USA.
ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENTS
* Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Talk tests.
* Speaking activities- describe a past vacation and family.
* Create a postcard using vocabulary and the preterit.
* Create a family tree.
* Think- Pair-Share- Community service.
* Write an article in Spanish about a clean-up event.
* Lesson quizzes and unit test.
* Journals. / KEY CONCEPTS
The media and the community.
Commands & pronouns.
Impersonal expressions Passive voice
Environment & issues
Talking about the future
Para vs. Por
Effect culture has on language
Comprehending authentic written and spoken Spanish.
Writing compositions in Spanish.
Oral Communication
UNIT CONTENTS
Vocabulary:
* The media and the community.
* The environment and environmental concerns and solutions.
Grammar:
* Commands with pronouns.
*Double object pronouns.
* Impersonal expressions + infinitives.
* Impersonal “se” construction.
*The future tense .
* Compare and contrast para vs. por
Reading and Culture:
* Cesar Chavez and braceros.
* Read “En la Ocho y la Doce.”
* Effect of endangered species on environment.
* Central American countries, culture and geography.
ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENTS
* Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Readings and discussions about Hispanics in USA.
* React to Cesar Chavez and the bracero movement.
* Composition and discussion (talk test)- famous Hispanic in USA.
*Think-Pair-Share about the environment using the future tense.
* RAFT project.
* Unit quizzes and exams.
* Journals. / KEY CONCEPTS
Describing others.
Professions.
Conjugate in subjunctive mood
Uses of subjunctive mood
Effect culture has on language
Describe heroes
The culture of the Caribbean.
Comprehending authentic written and spoken Spanish.
Writing compositions in Spanish.
Oral Communication
UNIT CONTENTS Vocabulary:
* Social conscience and awareness.
* Environmental concerns.
* Description of people.
* Professions
* Expressions of emotions, wishes and desires.
Grammar:
* The present subjunctive- regular & irregular verbs.
* Subjunctive with Ojala and impersonal expressions.
* Subjunctive with verbs of influence, doubt and emotion.
Reading and Culture:
*Panama Canal & Panama.
* Read “La Tristeza del Maya.”
* Mayan influence in Central America.
* The Caribbean culture.
* Story of Roberto Clemente.
* Music of Juan Luis Guerra
ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENTS
* Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Talk tests.
* Speaking activities- discuss professions and use the subjunctive mood.
* Write description of an admired person and a paragraph using the subjunctive.
* Lesson quizzes and tests.
* Journals.
MONTH / UNIT CONTENTS / SKILLS / ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENTS
September
/ Vocabulary:
* Description
* People and Places.
* Daily Routine.
* Comparisons.
Grammar:
*Verbs like gustar
* Interrogative words.
* Present tense of all verbs.
* Reflexive verbs.
* Ser vs. estar.
* Saber vs. conocer
* Comparatives.
Reading and Culture:
*Music and life of Juanes.
* Hispanic foods.
* Mexico and what it has to offer for tourism / * Describe self and others.
* Use vocabulary to discuss daily routines.
* Compare people and things.
* Create questions and answer questions- asking for basic information by using interrogative words, verbs and gustar.
* Greet others and introduce selves and express likes and dislikes and discuss preferences.
* Recall meaning of, conjugate and apply regular and irregular verbs.
.* Describe a person’s conditions, location and what they are doing using estar.
* Read about Juanes and his career.
*Listen to and interpret songs by Juanes. Discuss their meaning.
* Describe landmarks in Mexico. / * Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Talk tests.
* Numbers quiz.
* Verb and vocabulary quizzes.
* Discuss daily routine and compare with a partner.
* Create a menu.
* Preliminary lesson exam.
* Journals.
October / Vocabulary:
* Camping vocabulary.
* Outdoor activities.
* Talking about the past.
Grammar:
* Preterit of regular verbs.
* Preterit of irregular & stem –changing verbs.
Reading and Culture:
* Legends from Mexico.
* Tourism in Mexico.
* Geography and history of Mexico.
* Poetry of Octavio Paz. / * Apply vocabulary to describe people, places, and things.
* Discuss the outdoors and camping.
* Talk about actions that occurred in the past using correctly the preterit tense.
* Conjugate regular and irregular verbs in the preterit.
* Describe Mexico and all it has to offer.
* Read and discuss poetry. / * Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Talk tests.
* Verb and vocabulary quizzes.
* Poetry project- Octavio Paz
*Think-pair-share
about camping and the outdoors (nature.)
* Unit 1 lesson 1 exam.
* Journals.
November / Vocabulary:
* Family and Relationships.
* At the beach- vacations.
* Vocabulary associated with narration in the past.
Grammar:
* Imperfect tense.
* Preterite vs. imperfect.
* Narration in the past.
Reading and Culture:
* Read excerpt from “Como Agua Para Chocolate” and compare to the movie.
* Compare our family relationships to Hispanic family roles.
* Discuss touristic destinations in Mexico.
* Geography and culture of Mexico. / * Describe family members.
* Discuss family and relationships.
* Describe family vacations and the beach.
* Conjugate verbs in the imperfect and understand this tense.
* Compare and contrast preterit and imperfect tenses and narrate in the past using the correct tense.
* Continue Mexico – geog. and culture
* Read and discuss part of a short story in Spanish. Watch an excerpt of a movie in Spanish. / * Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Talk tests.
* Speaking activities- describe a past vacation and family.
* Create a postcard using vocabulary and the preterit.
* Create a family tree.
* Lesson quizzes and unit test.
* Journals.
December / Vocabulary:
*Volunteer activities and
projects.
* Getting others involved in helping the community.
Grammar:
* Familiar commands- affirmative and negative.
* Formal commands and plural commands.
* Making polite requests.
Reading and Culture:
* “El Museo del Barrio”
* Influence Hispanics have on our culture in every walk of life.
* Latin music in USA. / *Describe volunteering and helping out in the community.
* Persuade others to help out by making requests and recommendations.
* Create and apply commands in all forms.
* Understand tú vs. Usted.
* Use “podria” to make polite requests.
* Read about the influence of Hispanics in the USA and identify their contributions in music, art and other areas. / * Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Talk tests.
* Think- Pair-Share- Community service.
* Write an article in Spanish about a clean-up event.
* Lesson quizzes and unit test.
* Journals.
January / Vocabulary:
* The media and the community.
* How the media supports community service.
Grammar:
* Review of all commands
*Use commands with pronouns.
* Double object pronouns.
* Impersonal expressions + infinitives.
* Impersonal “se” construction.
Reading and Culture:
* Cesar Chávez and braceros.
* Read “En la Ocho y la Doce.” / * Apply new vocabulary associated with the media and understand the influence of the media.
* Understand direct and indirect object pronouns as well as double object pronouns.
* Use pronouns with commands.
* Use impersonal expressions with infinitives to express opinions.
* Understand the importance of the bracero movement and César
* Discuss immigration of Cuban Americans to USA. / * Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Readings and discussions about Hispanics in USA.
* React to Cesar Chavez and the bracero movement.
* Composition and discussion (talk test)- famous Hispanic in USA.
* Unit quizzes and exams.
* Journals.
February / Vocabulary:
* The environment.
*Environmental concerns and solutions.
Grammar:
*The future tense formation.
* Use the future tense to talk about the future.
Reading and Culture:
* Effect of endangered species on environment.
* Central American countries, culture and geography. / *Describe the environment and identify new vocabulary words.
*Describe solutions for environmental problems.
*Talk about the future using the future tense.
* Read and discuss short stories.
* Discuss the Maya and their contributions to Latin America.
* Discuss the environment and its problems. Compare problems in Latin America to ours. / * Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
*Think-Pair-Share about the environment using the future tense.
* RAFT project about Central America.
* Unit quizzes and exams.
* Journals.
March / Vocabulary:
* Social conscience and awareness.
* Environmental concerns.
Grammar:
* Compare and contrast para vs. por
* Use the future tense to discuss our future.
Reading and Culture:
* Effect of endangered species on environment.
* Central American countries, culture and geography.
*Panama Canal & Panama.
* Read “La Tristeza del Maya.”
* Mayan influence in Central America. / *Describe solutions for environmental problems.
* Apply vocabulary relating to social themes and conscience of society.
* Compare and contrast para and por.
* Use the future tense to discuss how the world will be.
* Read and discuss short stories.
* Describe the Panama canal- its benefits and drawbacks.
* Discuss the influence of the Maya in Central America. / * Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Readings and discussions about the cultures of Central America.
* Debates about the environment using the future tense and para vs. por.
* Discuss effects of Panama canal.
* RAFT project.
* Unit quizzes and exams.
* Journals.
April / Vocabulary:
* Description of people.
* Professions
* Expressions of emotions, wishes and desires.
Grammar:
* Compare and contrast indicative and subjunctive moods.
* Conjugation in the present subjunctive- regular & irregular verbs.
* Subjunctive with Ojalá and impersonal expressions.
* Use subjunctive for reactions.
Reading and Culture:
* The Caribbean culture.
* Story of Roberto Clemente.
* Music of Juan Luis Guerra / *Describe other people.
*Name professions in Spanish.
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*Use the subjunctive mood correctly with UWEIRDOS.
* Compare and contrast subjunctive and indicative.
* Express wishes and hopes with the subjunctive mood.
* Review comparatives and use comparatives.
* Use subjunctive to express feelings.
* Read about and understand the Caribbean- its culture, people and history.
* Describe Roberto Clemente.
* Discuss music and career of Juan Luis Guerra. / * Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Talk tests.
* Speaking activities- discuss professions and use the subjunctive mood.
* Give advice to a friend using the subjunctive mood.
* React to daily situations using subjunctive.
* Lesson quizzes and tests.
* Journals.
May / Vocabulary:
* Continue with professions and employment.
* Expressions of emotions, wishes and desires.
Grammar:
* The present subjunctive- regular & irregular verbs.
* Compare the subjunctive and indicative moods.
* Subjunctive with verbs of influence, doubt and emotion.
Reading and Culture:
* The Caribbean culture.
* Poetry of the Caribbean.
* African influences in Caribbean. / *Describe other people.
*Name professions in Spanish.
*Use the subjunctive mood correctly with UWEIRDOS.
* Express wishes and hopes with the subjunctive mood.
* Use subjunctive to express feelings and doubts.
* Give orders and advice with the subjunctive mood.
* Read about and understand the Caribbean- its culture, people and history.
* Read about and describe the American Dream.
* Read short stories and poems from writers from the Caribbean. / * Listening comprehension activities.
* Reading comprehension activities.
*Grammar practice and writing activities.
* Talk tests.
* Present desired profession and state why.
* Write description of an admired person and a paragraph using the subjunctive.
* Give advice using the subjunctive.
* Lesson quizzes and tests.
* Journals.
June / *Pull all subjunctive rules and uses together.
*Explore Hispanic foods. / * Use subjunctive in all forms to express doubts, wants, needs, emotions and to give advice.
* Prepare a dish to share with the class. / *Subjunctive exam.
*Recipe project.