Cultural Goals: To begin developing an appreciation for the Spanish language. To learn the significance of some traditions and celebrations from Spanish-speaking countries. Communication, Reading, + Writing Goals: Students will learn basic vocabulary and expressions; they 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, body parts, the family, the house, colors, animals, introductions and farewells, classroom expressions, numbers 1-10. Grammar: masculine, feminine, singular and plural nouns, most common verbs, adjectives 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 cultural diversity that exists amongst Spanish speaking countries. Understand basic geography (where Spanish-speaking countries are located.) Communication, Reading, + Writing Goals: Students will develop further their listening and verbal skills. They will expand their vocabulary range, as well as the necessary skills to be able to communicate orally in Spanish. Students will recognize, understand, and articulate sounds of vowels and consonants from the alphabet in Spanish. Students will know how to count in Spanish from 1 to 30. Students will write basic sentences to describe situations. Students will write original stories. Students will read aloud and translate text. Content: the school, telling time, months of the year, types of weather and the seasons, expressions of courtesy. Grammar: definite and indefinite articles, personal pronouns, introducing third persons, masculine, feminine, singular, plural, basic verb conjugation (regular verbs in present tense), common adverbs and prepositions.
"; 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; 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. Literature: Pobre Ana, and Patricia va a California.
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 “read aloud”, poetry, story telling, performing plays, singing, and during class discussions. Students will also start expressing opinions on 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. Literature: Mayan Safari by Aubrey Smith, El Ascenso de Europa by Daniela Forni, Doña Josefa y sus conspiraciones by Ediciones Tecolote, De lo que le contaron al fraile by Ediciones Tecolote,Escudos Rotos by Ediciones Tecolote, Mafalda by Quino, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
"; 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 variety of ways and articulate thoughts more automatically. Students have a breadth of vocabulary that assists them in accurate expression and to use the language not only to transfer information, but also to be convincing and speak with more depth of thought. Reading is a tool for vocabulary building and to understand concepts. Students write in paragraph form and concentrate on refining their sentence structure. Content: simple present, present progressive and preterite verb tense conjugations, commands (formal, informal, and plural), possessive and demonstrative adjectives, por vs. para, direct and indirect objects, idiomatic expressions with tener, and their combinations, family, traveling, activities, discussing likes and dislikes. Literature: Casi se Muere, and El Viaje de su Vida.
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. Literature: Incas by Ediciones Tecolote, Cuentos de la Selva by Horacio Quiroga, El Dueño de los Animales by Jorge Accame, Lo que cuentan los Tehuelches by Miguel Ángel Palermo, Lo que cuentan los Onas by Miguel Ángel Palermo, Lo que cuentan los Iroqueses by Márgara Averbach, Lo que cuentan los Inuit by Olga Monkman, El Ojo de Cristal by Cornell Woolrich, Charlie saldrá esta noche by Cornell Woolrich, Aprendiz de Detective by William Irish, Un Robo muy Costoso by William Irish. El Eternauta by H.G. Oesterheld.
"; 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, recent past, immediate future, time phrasing, comparatives, superlatives, debating opinions, giving advice and directions, health, community, media, and restaurants. Literature: Mi Propio Auto and ¿Dónde está Eduardo?
Cultural Goals: To identify the rich and different cultural nuances that exists 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. Literature: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, Lorca y su Duende by Sara Cordón, Pizarro, El hijo del sol by Patxi Irurzun, El Cid Campeador by Esteban Rodríguez Serrano, Cervantes, El ingenioso by Sara Cordón, Goya y sus caprichos by Esteban Rodríguez Serrano, Pequeña Historia de España by Manuen Fernández Álvarez, El Capitán Alatriste by Perez-Reverte.
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