Approximate Length: ~ 5-6 weeks
Brief description of unit:
Sports and leisure activities
NH Frameworks/Proficiency Standards to be addressed:
Communication Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Culture Standards 2.1, 2.2
Connection Standards 3.1, 3.2
Comparison Standards 4.1, 4.2
Communities Standards 5.1
NECAP GLEs/GSEs to be addressed:
Under Construction
Unit Essential Questions:
What sports do people do/watch? How do we use our bodies?
Core Unit Content:
Team sports, some body parts
stem changing verbs
passive-use verbs
Core Unit Skills:
Discuss team sports, physical activity, and the role of sports and athletes in hispanic cultures, discuss interests and preferences
Unit Title:Unit 2
Enfermedades y emociones
(Last Revision 1-19-06)
Approximate Length: ~ 5-6 weeks
Brief description of unit:
Illness, emotions, body parts
NH Frameworks/Proficiency Standards to be addressed:
Communication Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Culture Standards 2.1, 2.2
Connection Standards 3.1, 3.2
Comparison Standards 4.1, 4.2
Communities Standards 5.1
NECAP GLEs/GSEs to be addressed:
Under Construction
Unit Essential Questions:
How do we express feelings in Spanish?
Core Unit Content:
Emotions, common illnesses, more parts of the body, medicines,
Ser vs estar
Indirect object pronouns
Core Unit Skills:
Describe feelings, health, tell where things are, describe what happens to someone, discuss health care in US and Spanish-speaking countries
Unit Title: Unit 3 Viajes
(Last Revision 1-19-06)
Approximate Length: ~ 5-6 weeks
Brief description of unit:
Air travel
NH Frameworks/Proficiency Standards to be addressed:
Communication Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Culture Standards 2.1, 2.2
Connection Standards 3.1, 3.2
Comparison Standards 4.1, 4.2
Communities Standards 5.1
NECAP GLEs/GSEs to be addressed:
Under Construction
Unit Essential Questions:
How do we travel around the world?
Core Unit Content:
Air travel and related activities, basic geography of Latin America, 24 clock
Present progressive
“Go-go” verbs
saber vs conocer
Core Unit Skills:
Describe travel needs and activities, talk about getting through an airport, say what people are in the process of doing, talk about who and what one knows
Unit Title: Unit 4
El tiempo y otros deportes
(Last Revision 1-19-06)
Approximate Length: ~ 5-6 weeks
Brief description of unit:
Weather and more leisure activities
NH Frameworks/Proficiency Standards to be addressed:
Communication Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Culture Standards 2.1, 2.2
Connection Standards 3.1, 3.2
Comparison Standards 4.1, 4.2
Communities Standards 5.1
NECAP GLEs/GSEs to be addressed:
Under Construction
Unit Essential Questions:
How do we talk about the weather? What have we done?
Core Unit Content:
Summer + Winter weather, seasonal sports and leisure activities
Preterite ~ar verbs
Preterite of ir and ser
Direct object pronouns
Core Unit Skills:
Describe weather, discuss past actions and events, talk about seasonal sports and leisure, refer to previously mentioned people and things
Unit Title: Unit 5
Pasatiempos culturales
(Last Revision 1-19-06)
Approximate Length: ~ 5-6 weeks
Brief description of unit:
Attending concerts, museums, and movies
NH Frameworks/Proficiency Standards to be addressed:
Communication Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Culture Standards 2.1, 2.2
Connection Standards 3.1, 3.2
Comparison Standards 4.1, 4.2
Communities Standards 5.1
NECAP GLEs/GSEs to be addressed:
Under Construction
Unit Essential Questions:
What shall we do in our free time?
Core Unit Content:
Vocabulary for movies, video rental, going to concerts and museums
Negative words (nunca, nada, nadie)
Preterite of leer and oír
Preterite ~er and ~ir verbs
Core Unit Skills
Discuss movies & concerts, arts + music and famous artists and musicians, discuss what does and doesn’t happen, talk about more past actions and events
Unit Title: Unit 6
El camping y la rutina
(Last Revision 1-19-06)
Approximate Length: ~ 5-6 weeks
Brief description of unit:
Daily routines, personal care and camping
NH Frameworks/Proficiency Standards to be addressed
Communication Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Culture Standards 2.1, 2.2
Connection Standards 3.1, 3.2
Comparison Standards 4.1, 4.2
Communities Standards 5.1
NECAP GLEs/GSEs to be addressed:
Under Construction
Unit Essential Questions:
Under Construction
Core Unit Content:
Daily routines, personal grooming, camping
Reflexive verbs (reg. and stem-changing)
Core Unit Skills:
Discuss daily routine, grooming, camping, and basic ecology of Spanish speaking world, talk about what one does for onesself