Cultural Goals: To begin developing an appreciation for the Spanish language. To learn the significance of some traditions and celebrations of Hispanic people in our community. Communication, Reading, + Writing Goals: Students will learn basic vocabulary and expressions and will be able to apply them in context, in oral and written form. Students will know how to introduce themselves, ask and respond simple questions, and express likes and dislikes. Also, students will learn vocabulary that will enable them to read, understand and write about a series of basic stories. Content: likes, dislikes, days of the week, colors, animals, and adjectives, introductions, farewells, expressions. Basic grammar concepts: masculine/feminine, singular, plural, and most common verbs and adverbs."; var sub8gr5="
Cultural Goals: To be aware of the importance and usefulness of learning Spanish as a second language. To begin to acknowledge the diversity that exists amongst Hispanic spoken cultures. Understand basic geography (where Spanish speaking countries are located.) Communication, Reading, + Writing Goals: Specifically, students will develop listening and comprehension skills, verbal skills, basic vocabulary as well as the study skills necessary to succeed in the furthering of their Spanish language acquisition. Students will recognize, understand, and articulate sounds of vowels and consonants from the alphabet in Spanish. Students will know how to count in Spanish (numbers) and Communicate in basic sentences. Content: telling time, days of the week, months of the year, colors, animals, and adjectives, introductions, farewells. Basic grammar concepts: masculine/feminine, singular, plural, and basic verb conjugation (regular verbs in present tense) and basic adverbs.
"; var sub8gr6="Cultural Goals: To identify the makeup of Latin America and the overarching similarities among Spanish speaking countries. To know what constitutes Hispanic culture and be able to recognize its influences over the United States. Communication, Reading, + Writing Goals: To articulate personal information, ask and respond to basic questions, and describe characteristics of people and places. Also, to distinguish between the informal and formal structures; and to speak, read, and write in the present tense using complete sentences. Content: Compound subjects, present and near future tenses of both regular and irregular verbs, adjectives, definite and indefinite articles, introduction to direct and indirect objects, personal pronouns, prepositions, telling time, discussing schedules, and sentence construction.
Cultural Goals: To identify the rich and different cultural nuances that exist among Hispanic countries, and to get to know these differences through literature, poetry, songs, movies, geography, and history of Central America. Communication, Reading, + Writing Goals: Basic Spanish literature analysis will lead students to master the skills of reading comprehension, and written expression using techniques for summarizing, extracting main ideas, and for essay and creative writing. Students will also learn to master the dictionary use and the creation of glossaries to expand their lexis in Spanish. Spanish will be applied orally in the forms of poetry, story telling, performing plays, singing, and during class discussions. Students will also start expressing opinions about movies, literature and culture. Content: Review of the correct use of the following tenses in Spanish: past tenses: preterit/imperfect, present perfect; future and conditional tenses. Reflexive verbs, direct and indirect objects; accentuation in Spanish.
"; var sub8gr7="Cultural Goals: To effectively compare and contrast aspects of the different Latin American countries. To identify the various traditions, famous sites, and foods of the Spanish-speaking world. Communication, Reading, + Writing Goals: To express oneself in a couple of ways and articulate thoughts more automatically. Students have a breadth of vocabulary that assists in making themselves understood and they are now using the language not only to transfer information, but to be convincing and speak with more depth of thought. Their reading is a tool for vocabulary building and to understand concepts. Students are now writing in paragraph form and concentrating on refining their sentence structure. Content: present progressive and preterite verb tense conjugations, commands (formal, informal, and plural), possessive and demonstrative adjectives, por vs. para, direct and indirect objects and their combinations, family, traveling, activities, discussing likes and dislikes.
Cultural Goals: To identify the rich and different cultural nuances that exist among Hispanic countries, and to get to know these differences through literature, poetry, songs, movies, geography, and history of South America, Communication, Reading, + Writing Goals: Literature reading and analysis, research projects, essay writing techniques, summaries, main ideas, and glossaries. Oral exercises through plays, class discussions to state and support opinions, give advise, express doubts, and in oral presentations of given subjects or projects to help students master grammatical concepts and fluidity in the language. Content: To review Past Tenses (Preterit/Imperfect), the Future and Conditional Tenses in the Indicative Mode, to provide instructions, advice, orders through the study of the negative and affirmative uses of the Imperative Mode, to study the Present Subjunctive Mode and some of its typical expressions, and to review accent placement in Spanish.
"; var sub8gr8="Cultural Goals: Students will continue to learn about the similarities and differences among Spanish speaking countries. They will begin to develop a broader understanding of these comparisons and see their impact on the Latin world. Projects will move beyond finding facts, to producing written and presented ideas and opinions on several subjects that are culture specific. Communication, Reading, + Writing Goals: Students are now speaking, reading, and writing entirely in Spanish with fluidity and refinement. Their writing has more clarity and they are now able to write a paper and can communicate their ideas in multiple ways. Content: Preterite and Imperfect tenses (past), reflexive verbs, time phrasing, comparatives, superlatives, debating opinions, giving advice and directions, health, community, media, and restaurants.
Cultural Goals: To identify the rich and different cultural nuances that exist among Hispanic countries, and to get to know these differences through literature, poetry, songs, movies, geography, and history of Spain. Communication, Reading, + Writing Goals: Students will advance in their Spanish oral fluidity and analytical skills to express opinions, doubts, dreams, questions, and regrets, as well as hypothetical situations in the present and the past tenses of the Subjunctive Mode. They will express their opinion in debates and class discussions, and will be able to present subjects orally in class. Reading comprehension skills will be enhanced through reading fiction and non- fictional literature, essays, articles and informative texts. Writing skills will be refined through the writing of essays, research papers, articles, summaries and creative writing. Students will learn to recognize and use figures of speech in creative writing, and will learn how to write informative, persuasive, and opinion essays applying more advanced and sophisticated connecting words in their speech. Content: Students will be introduced to Advanced Structures of Spanish syntax to be prepared to High School Spanish placement exams; this will be done through the review of Conditional Tense, Imperative Mode, and Present Subjunctive Mode, and the Study of Imperfect, Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses in the Subjunctive Mode. The use of the passive and active voice will be studied as well as Indirect and Direct Speech.
"; var sub8="Beginning in fourth grade, students take Spanish classes designed to help them to appreciate the Spanish language and Spanish speaking cultures. With an emphasis on communication, students learn to understand the structure of the spoken and written language, and express themselves verbally and in writing. Advanced Spanish classes are available for students in grades 6 through 8.
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