Course Outlines Name of the course: IB SPANISH SL (Two-year sequence) Course description: IB SPANISH SL HIGH HONORS - 2 Credits over two years IB Spanish SL I is taken junior year. IB Spanish SL II is taken senior year. The focus of this course will be the continued acquisition and development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Through the use of a variety of authentic material, students will refine and extend their use of the language and culture. Emphasis will be placed on reading, writing, and speaking skills with students participating in debates, discussions and interviews, as well as individual and/or group oral presentations. Students will extend their reading skills through the use of authentic literary texts. Writing skills will include the perfecting of grammar and structure through varied styles of composition. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Spanish III and/or teacher recommendation Topics: CURRICULUM TO BE COVERED REVIEW OF TENSES: Preterit, irregular preterit, imperfect, formal commands, pronouns, future, conditional, probability, compound tenses, familiar commands, indirect commands NEW TENSES (Spanish IV): present subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive OTHER GRAMMAR POINTS: Hace + tiempo + que + presente = Presente + desde hace + tiempo = Llevar + tiempo + gerund Demostrativos Former and latter Probabilidad con deber Voz pasiva Adjectivos/adverbios Negativos Pronombres de complemento directo/indirecto Pronombres después de preposiciones Posesivos Pero, sino, sino que
Uses of articles Comparación de adjectives Pronombres relativos Gustar Measurements / fractions THEMES / VOCABULARY Typical IB from sample tests Transitive words Vocab for giving your opinions Modismos verbales (hacer, dar, haber, etc.) Cooking Adverbial expressions Partes del cuerpo Diseases / epidemics Bullfighting Immigration Women in society / machismo Lorca poems (gypsies) Addiction / Eating disorders Drugs / Medical systems in Latin America Modismos conversacionales Leisure activities Camping Adolescents in Spain Neologisms Globalization Common errors from compositions Advertisements Censorship Computers / Social Media Censorship TV programming Science and Technology / Ethics of Cloning Environment / Natural Disasters Global Problems House / Apartment / Real Estate Jobs / Applying for a job Clothing / Fashion Food / cuisine Courtesy / Manners as a guest
ORAL ACTIVITIES De interés en España Festivales Giving directions for daily activity Situational dialogs Role playing Picture series Analyze photo Story creation Interviews Paired activities Oral comprehension exercises Americanisms activity Ice breaker activity Comparison of adjectives Human Bingo Survey Index card activity: Commands you would hear in IB Interactive Orals Movie Review Letter of complaint Songs / Teach a song to the class YouTube videos Describe picture Giving advice (index card activity) Drawing shapes game (commands) Conversation with Real Estate Agent City situations / conversations WRITTEN ACTIVITIES Timed writings / Impromptu wrtings Letter to editor Compositions New Identities Compositions Travel in Spain Informational brochure Formal letter / Informal letter E-mail Dictations Advice column Written Assessment (IB) E-mail Blog
News Article Speech Practice for IB Paper II (essay) Travel brochure Letter of interest (job) READING ACTIVITIES Reading comprehension exercises Excerpt from Like Water for Chocolate Hombres necios que acusáis (poem) Sor Juana de la Cruz Excerpt from El Cid Excepts from the Popol Vuh Authentik Magazine IB articles A Julia de Burgos (poem, Nuevas vistas) Want ads Real Estate Ads OTHER Mapa de España cities and Autonomous Regions Mapa de Sudamérica Civilización de España New Identities year-long project History and Civilization of South America Cooking / dinner customs / guests Christmas celebration in Spain The Incas / Machu Picchu Attractions in Madrid Attractions in Barcelona TEXTS Review Spanish III Years, Amsco publications Nuevas vistas Authentik magazine Spanish B Course Companion Bien Dicho Español B (Pearson) Assessment: List core assessments, as well as internal teacher assessments.
ASSESSMENTS Internal assessments: oral quizzes, in-class exercises, written quizzes, unit tests, compositions, National Spanish Exam practice tests, orals on tape, oral presentations, role play, dictations, timed writings, creative writing prompts, spontaneous oral assessments. Standards based assessments: Interactive oral, Individual Oral, Written Assessment, e-mail, Maine Learning Results and National Standards : List the MLRs and National Standards that will be introduced or reinforced in this course. A. Communication 1. Interpersonal 2. Interpretive 3. Presentational 4. Language Comparisons B. Cultures 1. Practices and Perspectives 2. Products and Perspectives 3. Comparisons with Own Culture C. Connections 1. Knowledge of Other Learning Results Content Areas 2. Distinctive Viewpoints D. Communities 1. Communities Resources: List the books and other resource materials and software that will be used in the course. Information should include what is currently available as well as what is being ordered. Teacher created grammar worksheets Practice Tests National Spanish Exams Internet resources such as University of Texas Spanish Proficiency Listening Comprehension exercises and literary passages Teacher created Powerpoint Presentations Realia Music and popular songs from Latin America Old IB tests IB Question Bank Univisión