ROSE TREE MEDIA SCHOOL DISTRICT COURSE CURRICULUM COURSE TITLE: Spanish GRADE LEVEL: III CREATION DATE: June, 2004 Essential Question, Concept or Theme: A. Engaging in conversations, providing and obtaining information, expressing feelings and emotions, and exchanging opinions. Understanding and interpreting written and spoken language on a variety of topics. Presenting information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. PA Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Aligned Materials/ Resources/Technology Benchmark/Skills Assessment Medical vocabulary including parts of the body, illnesses, allergies and treatment, Insects, Imperfect progressive, Preterite with imperfect progressive, Irregular preterite (caerse, creer, leer, poner), Natural disasters, Moviemaking vocabulary, types of films, t.v. programs, use of preterite vs. imperfect, preterite of the verb decir, environmental vocabulary, professions, future of the world and of homes, future tense, irregular future tense verbs; travel vocabulary including making arrangements, plane trip, accommodations, tourist activities; tú commands- positive and negative, naming foods, dishes and ingredients, cooking terminology, nutrition vocabulary, formation and uses of the subjunctive, camping vocabulary, nature, outdoor activities, plants and animals, irregular verbs of the subjunctive. Produce and perform brief guided conversations related to student’s needs and interests (e.g.. medical references, movies and t.v., professions, travel, foods, camping, nature, and outdoor activities) Create brief conversations related to public place functions in simulation- (e.g. in the hospital, in the airport or hotel, in a restaurant, ect...) Narrate in the past tense using the preterite and imperfect tenses Discuss the future of homes and the world using the future tense. Use the subjunctive to make suggestions, recommendations, express wants, and impersonal expressions Prepare and respond to basic directions, instructions, commands, and requests in the classroom Create a trip making travel arrangements and accommodations and planing tourist activities Propose and answer topic related questions Explain a recipe to someone Create a menu with food descriptions of traditional Latin American foods Role play a conversation in a traditional Latin American kitchen or restaurant Interpret nutrition labels written in Spanish List environmental concerns and propose solutions to those problems Prepare and discuss a camping trip Demonstrate comprehension of short face to face and audio conversations on familiar topics Assess main idea of simple oral/written narratives and texts on familiar topics Distinguish words and phrases heard or seen in songs and movies Utilize appropriate responses to oral and/or written requests, directions and other information Demonstrate comprehension and use for contextualized Spanish III Page 1 Text: Paso a Paso II (Prentice Hall, 2000) and all ancillaries: Student text Teacher’s annotated edition Overhead transparencies Audio tapes and CD’s Vocabulary Art Blackline Masters for Hands-On Learning Video Series Student Practice Workbook Writing, Audio, and Video Activities Communicative Activity Blackline Masters TPR Storytelling Assessment Program Test Generator Internet Scholastic Magazine: El Sol Verbsheets Realia Hardware: CD player Cassette tape recorder VCR Computer DVD Overhead projector -1- Approx. Time Allotment: Instructional Strategies Oral presentations from memory Simulated activities through role playing Paired communicative activities Memorization Drilling Writing with peer/teacher correction then revision TPR activities Personalization Visual and Verbal cues (situation cards) Modeling Realia Verb sheets Audio tapes activities Videotapes activities Computer software Overhead transparencies activities Songs, skits, games and puzzles Cloze activities Speaking and writing activities ( e.g. workbook exercises, taking notes, listing, categorizing, labeling, summarizing, comparing, contrasting) Cooperative learning groups Activating prior knowledge Interviewing Reading (authentic newspaper, magazines, ect…) Reading aloud-teacher Reading aloud-student Brainstorming Internet activities June, 2004 Essential Question, Concept or Theme: A. Engaging in conversations, providing and obtaining information, expressing feelings and emotions, and exchanging opinions. Understanding and interpreting written and spoken language on a variety of topics. Presenting information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. PA Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Benchmark/Skills Aligned Materials/ Resources/Technology Assessment Approx. Time Allotment: Instructional Strategies understanding of isolated words or phrases in authentic but unfamiliar printed material or announcements from target culture Repeat unfamiliar words that recombine familiar sound patterns and letter combinations Use knowledge of linguistic system (grammar, word patterns) to derive meaning from unfamiliar material Use cognates to facilitate comprehension Read aloud familiar stories, passages, dialogues etc. with appropriate intonation and comprehensible pronunciation Recite proverbs, nursery rhymes, short poems, and songs Compose and present simple guided texts on familiar topics Reproduce in written form most language that is used orally Use oral or written language to give messages, write reports, etc. Use oral and written language to produce and share illustrated stories or projects Use target language pronunciation and spelling for specific vocabulary imbedded in native language presentations (e.g.. names of places, things that appear in more complex presentations made in English ) Interpret and use gestures germane to the language Practice skills “Teacher of the Day” Evaluate communicative skills using discrete point quizzes and pro-achievement chapter tests Recite dialogues Create role-plays Produce projects Produce book reports focusing on verb tenses and grammar points used Develop oral presentations Assess listening skills through TPR Assess aural comprehension via dictations Spanish III Page 2 -2- June, 2004 Essential Question, Concept or Theme: A. Engaging in conversations, providing and obtaining information, expressing feelings and emotions, and exchanging opinions. Understanding and interpreting written and spoken language on a variety of topics. Presenting information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. PA Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Adaptations/Inclusion Techniques Point out features of the program Review prior knowledge and skills Emphasize cognates as a learning strategy Model pronunciation Use organizers Employ TPR Extend or adapt written practice Allow extra time for practice and assessment Limit or modify activities, assignments and assessments Examine patterns Reinforce and review Clarify expectations and goals Provide tutoring and peer mentoring Explain unfamiliar concepts in terminology Use contextual clues Assist in developing possibilities Support with realia Color code or highlight Employ memory techniques Give advanced notice regarding future assignments Note taking by classmate for reproduction Engage in ongoing communication with case worker and or parent Spanish III Enrichment Strategies World Language Departmental Initiatives Immersion trips to Mexico Reciprocal exchange program to Spain District World Language Contest and Fete (award program) Phyllis Kavanaugh Scholarship National Contests World Language Honor Society Fun Day Level III Opportunities Immersion trips to Mexico Reciprocal exchange program to Spain Field trips Music Challenge for placement Enhancement activities (e.g. provide extra reading material, extra listening and speaking opportunities) Guest speakers/visiting artists Student designed activities Out of class enhancement activities ( e.g. movies related to or in target language, language luncheon groups) Page 3 Remediation Strategies Approx. Time Allotment: Multicultural/Interdisciplinary Connection World Languages: French, German, Latin, and Spanish. Compare and contrast languages within the discipline. Mathematics: monetary exchange, measurement systems, and ancient math systems Geography: maps, demographics, and climate Language Arts: etymology, linguistics, literature, writing, public speaking, grammar and syntax, theater and cinema Social Studies: culture, civics, history, humanities, economics, ethnicity, government Music: folk songs and dances, popular music, native instruments Art: art history, folk art, crafts, student art projects, and architecture Science: famous scientists, ecology, biology, anatomy, and natural sciences Consumer Science: cuisine, etiquette Physical Education: recreational activities, health and fitness Technology Education: student projects and research utilizing all phases of technology -3- June, 2004 Essential Question, Concept or Theme: B. CONNECTIONS: Reinforcing and furthering knowledge of other disciplines through the World Language. Acquiring information and recognizing the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the world language and its culture. COMPARISONS: Recognizing that different languages use different ways to communicate and can apply that knowledge to their own language. Demonstrating an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of cultures studied and their own. COMMUNITIES: Using the language both within and beyond the school setting. Using language for leisure and personal enrichment. PA Standards: 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 Aligned Materials/ Resources/Technology Benchmark/Skills Assessment Medical vocabulary including parts of the body, illnesses, allergies and treatment, Insects, Imperfect progressive, Preterite with imperfect progressive, Irregular preterite (caerse, creer, leer, poner), Natural disasters, Moviemaking vocabulary, types of films, t.v. programs, use of preterite vs. imperfect, preterite of the verb decir, environmental vocabulary, professions, future of the world and of homes, future tense, irregular future tense verbs; travel vocabulary including making arrangements, plane trip, accommodations, tourist activities; tú commands- positive and negative, naming foods, dishes and ingredients, cooking terminology, nutrition vocabulary, formation and uses of the subjunctive, camping vocabulary, nature, outdoor activities, plants and animals, irregular verbs of the subjunctive. CONNECTIONS Use every day number skills to do simple math problems and to calculate currency equivalencies in the target language Make, label and read maps using appropriate geographical terms in the target language Manipulate the applications of the metric system in talking about weather, height, weight, distance Recognize famous historical events, people, landmarks, places, and products from the target culture Examine American historical events, place names, famous people and events from the target culture perspective and influence Discuss and express preferences about outdoor activities Demonstrate knowledge of other forms of government Apply as appropriate language arts skills to the target language-punctuation, dictionary skills, reading and writing skills Demonstrate awareness of artistic and musical contributions, and practices present in the target culturefamous works of art, special musical instruments, famous artists or composers, well known songs Use computer, multimedia, traditional texts and printed material to find information on familiar themes to integrate in other target language activities (menus, phone book ads, TV and movie listings) Analyze form, presentation, and layout of target culture products to examine culturally imbedded features COMPARISONS Recognize borrowed words from the target language Recognize Anglicisms present in the target language Compare grammatical structures, pronunciation and writing systems between native and target languages Identify different social conventions( e.g. forms of Spanish III Approx. Time Allotment: Page 4 Instructional Strategies Text: Paso a Paso II (Prentice Hall, 2000) and all ancillaries: Student text Teacher’s annotated edition Overhead transparencies Audio tapes and CD’s Vocabulary Art Blackline Masters for Hands-On Learning Video Series Student Practice Workbook Writing, Audio, and Video Activities Communicative Activity Blackline Masters TPR Storytelling Assessment Program Test Generator Internet Scholastic Magazine: El Sol Verb sheets Hardware: CD player Cassette tape recorder VCR Computer DVD Overhead projector -4- Oral presentations from memory Simulated activities through role playing Paired communicative activities Memorization Drilling Writing with peer/teacher correction then revision TPR activities Personalization Visual and Verbal cues (situation cards) Modeling Realia Verb sheets Audio tapes activities Videotapes activities Computer software Overhead transparencies activities Songs, skits, games and puzzles Cloze activities Speaking and writing activities ( e.g. workbook exercises, taking notes, listing, categorizing, labeling, summarizing, comparing, contrasting) Cooperative learning groups Activating prior knowledge Interviewing Reading (authentic newspaper, magazines, ect…) Reading aloud-teacher Reading aloud-student Brainstorming Internet activities June, 2004 Essential Question, Concept or Theme: B. CONNECTIONS: Reinforcing and furthering knowledge of other disciplines through the World Language. Acquiring information and recognizing the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the world language and its culture. COMPARISONS: Recognizing that different languages use different ways to communicate and can apply that knowledge to their own language. Demonstrating an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of cultures studied and their own. COMMUNITIES: Using the language both within and beyond the school setting. Using language for leisure and personal enrichment. PA Standards: 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 Benchmark/Skills Approx. Time Allotment: Aligned Materials/ Resources/Technology Assessment Instructional Strategies address, idiomatic expressions, phone, pharmacy and restaurant etiquette) Demonstrate understanding that vocabulary terms mean different things in different cultures Identify and understand cognates between languages Understand and use appropriate nonverbal communication of the target language Use the target language in a manner appropriate to the etiquette of the native speaker Compare and contrast basic conditions in the various target cultures( e.g. weather, seasons, food customs) Speculate and defend perceptions on why certain products are important in the target culture Compare target culture products such as t.v. and foods with those in native culture Compare target culture daily practices (e.g. going to the doctor’s office or a restaurant) with native culture Compare celebrations and holidays common to the cultures of the target language and the native culture (U.S.) COMMUNITY Identify the target language in the students’ daily life (e.g. Restaurant menus, recipes, TV commercials, travel programs, movies) Find connections with the target culture through the use of technology, media and authentic sources Participate in structured curricular programs designed to extend learning beyond the classroom (e.g. Visiting artists, field trips, community resource speakers) Discover and utilize rich resources within the RTM community Explore and interface with Hispanic communities in close proximity to RTM (e.g. Wilmington, Philadelphia, West Chester, Kennett Square, Lancaster, New York City) Spanish III Page 5 -5- June, 2004 Essential Question, Concept or Theme: B. CONNECTIONS: Reinforcing and furthering knowledge of other disciplines through the World Language. Acquiring information and recognizing the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the world language and its culture. COMPARISONS: Recognizing that different languages use different ways to communicate and can apply that knowledge to their own language. Demonstrating an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of cultures studied and their own. COMMUNITIES: Using the language both within and beyond the school setting. Using language for leisure and personal enrichment. PA Standards: 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 Benchmark/Skills Approx. Time Allotment: Aligned Materials/ Resources/Technology Assessment Instructional Strategies Use target language to respond to basic target language situations encountered in the students’ daily life (e.g. Read various realia, communicate with international visitors) Listen to music, sing songs, and/or play instruments from target culture Share native songs cross culturally with exchange students Participate in games and sports from target culture Read age-appropriate and linguistically appropriate films from target culture Appreciate target culture elements that are related to travel experiences Demonstrate survival skills in an immersion experience Spanish III Page 6 -6- June, 2004 Essential Question, Concept or Theme: B. CONNECTIONS: Reinforcing and furthering knowledge of other disciplines through the World Language. Acquiring information and recognizing the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the world language and its culture. COMPARISONS: Recognizing that different languages use different ways to communicate and can apply that knowledge to their own language. Demonstrating an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of cultures studied and their own. COMMUNITIES: Using the language both within and beyond the school setting. Using language for leisure and personal enrichment. PA Standards: 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 Adaptations/Inclusion Techniques Point out features of the program Review prior knowledge and skills Emphasize cognates as a learning strategy Model pronunciation Use organizers Employ TPR Extend or adapt written practice Allow extra time for practice and assessment Limit or modify activities, assignments and assessments Examine patterns Reinforce and review Clarify expectations and goals Explain unfamiliar concepts and terminology Use contextual clues Assist in developing possibilities Support with realia Color code or highlight Provide tutoring and peer mentoring Employ memory techniques Provide Individualized Instruction Give advance notice regarding future assignments Note taking by classmates for reproduction Engage in ongoing communication with case workers. Spanish III Enrichment Strategies World Language Departmental Initiatives Immersion trips to Mexico Reciprocal Exchange program to Spain District World Language Contest and Fete (award program) Phyllis Kavanaugh Scholarship National Contests World Language Honor Society Fun Day Community concert series Level III Opportunities Field trips Immersion trip to Mexico Reciprocal exchange program to Spain Challenge for placement Enhancement activities (e.g. provide extra reading material, extra listening and speaking opportunities) Guest speakers/ Visiting artists Page 7 Remediation Strategies Approx. Time Allotment: Multicultural/Interdisciplinary Connection World Languages: French, German, Latin, and Spanish. Compare and contrast languages within the discipline. Mathematics: monetary exchange, measurement systems, and ancient math systems Geography: maps, demographics, and climate Language Arts: etymology, linguistics, literature, writing, public speaking, grammar and syntax, theater and cinema Social Studies: culture, civics, history, humanities, economics, ethnicity, government Music: folk songs and dances, popular music, native instruments Art: art history, folk art, crafts, student art projects, and architecture Science: famous scientists, ecology, biology, anatomy, and natural sciences Consumer Science: cuisine, etiquette Physical Education: recreational activities, health and fitness Technology Education: student projects and research utilizing all phases of technology -7- June, 2004 Essential Question, Concept or Theme: C. Culture: Demonstrating an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture. Demonstrating an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture. PA Standards: 2.1, 2.2 Aligned Materials/ Resources/Technology Benchmark/Skills Assessment Medical vocabulary including parts of the body, illnesses, allergies and treatment, Insects, Imperfect progressive, Preterite with imperfect progressive, Irregular preterite (caerse, creer, leer, poner), Natural disasters, Moviemaking vocabulary, types of films, t.v. programs, use of preterite vs. imperfect, preterite of the verb decir, environmental vocabulary, professions, future of the world and of homes, future tense, irregular future tense verbs; travel vocabulary including making arrangements, plane trip, accommodations, tourist activities; tú commands- positive and negative, naming foods, dishes and ingredients, cooking terminology, nutrition vocabulary, formation and uses of the subjunctive, camping vocabulary, nature, outdoor activities, plants and animals, irregular verbs of the subjunctive; Learning about pharmacies in Latin America, types of t.v. programs including telenovelas, exploring paradores of Spain, discovering a traditional Latin American kitchen, and the dangers of drinking water in other countries Produce and perform brief guided conversations related to student’s needs and interests (e.g.. medical references, movies and t.v., professions, travel, foods, camping, nature, and outdoor activities) Create brief conversations related to public place functions in simulation- (e.g. in the hospital, in the airport or hotel, in a restaurant, ect...) Narrate in the past tense using the preterite and imperfect tenses Discuss the future of homes and the world using the future tense. Use the subjunctive to make suggestions, recommendations, express wants, and impersonal expressions Prepare and respond to basic directions, instructions, commands, and requests in the classroom Create a trip making travel arrangements and accommodations and planing tourist activities Propose and answer topic related questions Explain a recipe to someone Create a menu with food descriptions of traditional Latin American foods Role play a conversation in a traditional Latin American kitchen or restaurant Interpret nutrition labels written in Spanish List environmental concerns and propose solutions to those problems Prepare and discuss a camping trip Demonstrate comprehension of short face to face and audio conversations on familiar topics Assess main idea of simple oral/written narratives and texts on familiar topics Distinguish words and phrases heard or seen in songs and movies Utilize appropriate responses to oral and/or written requests, directions and other information Spanish III Approx. Time Allotment: Page 8 Instructional Strategies Text: Paso a Paso II(Prentice Hall, 2000) and all ancillaries: Student text Teacher’s annotated edition Overhead transparencies Audio tapes and CD’s Vocabulary Art Blackline Masters for Hands-On Learning Video Series Student Practice Workbook Writing, Audio, and Video Activities Communicative Activity Blackline Masters TPR Storytelling Assessment Program Test Generator Internet Scholastic Magazine: El Sol Verb sheets Hardware: CD player Cassette tape recorder VCR Computer DVD Overhead projector -8- Oral presentations from memory Simulated activities through role playing Paired communicative activities Memorization Drilling Writing with peer/teacher correction then revision TPR activities Personalization Visual and Verbal cues (situation cards) Modeling Realia Verb sheets Audio tapes activities Videotapes activities Computer software Overhead transparencies activities Songs, skits, games and puzzles Cloze activities Speaking and writing activities ( e.g. workbook exercises, taking notes, listing, categorizing, labeling, summarizing, comparing, contrasting) Cooperative learning groups Activating prior knowledge Interviewing Reading (authentic newspaper, magazines, ect…) Reading aloud-teacher Reading aloud-student Brainstorming Internet activities June, 2004 Essential Question, Concept or Theme: C. Culture: Demonstrating an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture. Demonstrating an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture. PA Standards: 2.1, 2.2 Benchmark/Skills Approx. Time Allotment: Aligned Materials/ Resources/Technology Assessment Instructional Strategies Demonstrate comprehension and use for contextualized understanding of isolated words or phrases in authentic but unfamiliar printed material or announcements from target culture Repeat unfamiliar words that recombine familiar sound patterns and letter combinations Use knowledge of linguistic system (grammar, word patterns) to derive meaning from unfamiliar material Use cognates to facilitate comprehension Read aloud familiar stories, passages, dialogues etc. with appropriate intonation and comprehensible pronunciation Recite proverbs, nursery rhymes, short poems, and songs Compose and present simple guided texts on familiar topics Reproduce in written form most language that is used orally Use oral or written language to give messages, write reports, etc. Use oral and written language to produce and share illustrated stories or projects Use target language pronunciation and spelling for specific vocabulary imbedded in native language presentations (e.g.. names of places, things that appear in more complex presentations made in English ) Interpret and use gestures germane to the language Practice skills “Teacher of the Day” Evaluate communicative skills using discrete point quizzes and pro-achievement chapter tests Recite dialogues Create role-plays Produce projects Produce book reports focusing on verb tenses and grammar points used Develop oral presentations Assess listening skills through TPR Spanish III Page 9 -9- June, 2004 Essential Question, Concept or Theme: C. Culture: Demonstrating an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture. Demonstrating an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture. PA Standards: 2.1, 2.2 Adaptations/Inclusion Techniques Point out features of the program Review prior knowledge and skills Emphasize cognates as a learning strategy Model pronunciation Use organizers Employ TPR Extend or adapt written practice Allow extra time for practice and assessment Limit or modify activities, assignments and assessments Examine patterns Reinforce and review Clarify expectations and goals Provide tutoring and peer mentoring Explain unfamiliar concepts in terminology Use contextual clues Assist in developing possibilities Support with realia Color code or highlight Employ memory techniques Give advanced notice regarding future assignments Note taking by classmate for reproduction Engage in ongoing communication with case workers. Spanish III Approx. Time Allotment: Enrichment Strategies World Language Departmental Initiatives Immersion trips to Mexico Reciprocal exchange program to Spain District World Language Contest and Fete (award program) Phyllis Kavanaugh Scholarship National Contests World Language Honor Society Fun Day Level III Opportunities Immersion trips to Mexico Reciprocal exchange program to Spain Field trips Music Challenge for placement Enhancement activities (e.g. provide extra reading material, extra listening and speaking opportunities) Guest speakers/visiting artists Student designed activities Out of class enhancement activities ( e.g. movies related to or in target language, language luncheon groups) Page 10 Remediation Strategies Multicultural/Interdisciplinary Connection World Languages: French, German, Latin, and Spanish. Compare and contrast languages within the discipline. Mathematics: monetary exchange, measurement systems, ancient math systems Geography: maps, demographics, climate Language Arts: etymology, linguistics, literature, writing, public speaking, grammar and syntax, theater and cinema Social Studies: culture, civics, history, humanities, economics, ethnicity, government Music: folk songs and dances, popular music, native instruments Art: art history, folk art, crafts, student art projects, architecture Science: famous scientists, ecology, biology, anatomy, natural sciences Consumer Science: cuisine, etiquette Physical Education: recreational activities, health and fitness Technology Education: student projects and research utilizing all phases of technology - 10 - June, 2004