Spanish III Unit, Topic, Content Standards Projects and Assessment Theme Personal Characteristics Communication Topics

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1 Spanish III Unit, Topic, Content Standards Projects and Assessment Personal Characteristics Adjectives and descriptions Describe yourself Describe your best friends Tell how you get along with others Talk about your role in society. Project: Self-description poem Compare/Contrast extra-curricular activities from Spanish-speaking schools with American schools 2.1, 2.2, 4.2 Oral Affirmative tú commands Review: Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns Other uses of lo Give advice to a friend Tell to whom/for whom you do something Talk about an unidentified object City Around town Describe advantages and disadvantages of living in city/suburbs/country Review: Imperfect Tense Other uses of Imperfect Tense 2.1, 2.2, 4.2 Oral: Describe where you live Indicate advantages and disadvantages of living in a certain place Describe a place that you visited Explain why you prefer to live where you live now or move to another place Realia: Pictures of Costa Rica Oral Talk about actions that happened repeatedly in the past Describe people, places and situations in the past Describe conditions of people and things in the past and present

2 Using past participles as adjectives Art Styles of Art (Realism, Surrealism, Impressionism) Types of Art (Still-life, Painting, Mural) Specific pieces of art Specific Artists (Picasso, Dalí, El Greco, Fernando Botero, Diego Velasquez) Review: Preterite of poner Preterite of influir and contribuir Review: Imperfect Progressive Review: Uses of Preterite and Imperfect Progressive Television Types of programs and movie ratings 2.1, 2.2, 4.2 Describe various works of art Project: Create a work of art for class art show. Oral: Describe a work of art and identify the artist that created it Tell where someone put something. Tell how a work of art made you feel. Talk about something that was happening when something else happened. Project: Create a movie poster Project: Plan a trip to movies Television in Spanish Present Perfect Tense Irregular Past Participles Review: Preterite of poder, tener, estar, decir, dar Ancient Civilizations Archeological Sites Mayan Calendar Mayan Math 2.1, 2.2, 4.2 Realia: Discuss programs from TV Guide Tell what someone has done or hasn t done Talk about situations that occur at a certain moment in time. Talk about what someone said Describe contributions of Mayan Civilization Talk about what remains today from the Mayan Civilization Project: Create Class Calendar based on Mayan and

3 Aztec city of Tenochtitlán Aztec Calendars Mayans of past and present Hace que, Hacía que Pluperfect Tense Using seguir with Present Progressive tense Communication Post Offices and Telephones Making a phone call Communication and technology Review: Future Tense (Regular Verbs) Review: Future Tense (Irregular Verbs) Using direct and indirect object pronouns 2.1, 2.2, 4.2 Realia: Aztec Calendar 2.1, 2.2, 4.2 Oral Tell how long ago something happened or how long something was happening over a period of time. Describe an action that happened before something else in the past. Describe something that began in the past and is still happening today. Role play a phone call Use Skype to connect with someone from another country Write and send an to someone from another country Describe an action that will happen in the future. Tell how we will communicate with each other in the future. Respond without repeating words by using direct and indirect object pronouns Geocaching Learning GPS Technology Specific Vocabulary (Coordinates, to hide, and more) Project: Solving Puzzles on Geocaching.com from Spanish-speaking countries Project: Create a cache, Publish on Mohawk Wiki, then hide and seek 2.1, 2.2, 4.2 Recognize and Identify all 20 Spanish-speaking

4 Geography of Spanish-speaking countries countries topics vary by student Creating Cache Descriptions Creating and Solving Puzzles Writing Logs * Projects throughout the year contribute to students being able to show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment. Projects include: concert, field trips, celebrations, scrapbook, researching current events, publishing work on web site and more. Standards for Foreign Language Learning COMMUNICATION: Communicate in Languages Other Than English Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. Standard 1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. Standard 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. CULTURES: Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other s Standard 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. Standard 2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied. CONNECTIONS: Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information Standard 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language. Standard 3.2 Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures. COMPARISONS: Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Standard 4.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. Standard 4.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

5 COMMUNITIES: Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home and Around the World Standard 5.1 Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting. Standard 5.2 Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.