SPANISH III
PACING GUIDE 2015-2016
Semester One
First Quarter
AP Theme: Global Challenges
AP SUBTHEME: Environmental Issues / Health issues
Time suggested: 4 weeks
Theme: Natural Disasters
 Express and explain information about natural disasters
 Explore natural disasters and emergency preparation
 Discuss the impact and effects of natural disasters in our daily lives and the environment
Language Structure: Review preterite and imperfect tenses
Time suggested: 4 weeks
Theme: Health Issues
 Discuss health issues and accidents
 Ways to report an accident specific to parts of the body
 Express and explain information about an accident or emergency that occurred (use preterite)
 Compare and contrast emergency medical care and ambulance services
Language Structure: Imperfect progressive.
Second Quarter
AP THEME: Contemporary Life
AP SUBTHEME: Leisure and Sports, Ideals of Beauty, & Music
Time suggested: 4 weeks
Theme: Leisure and sports
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Discuss and debate about beauty pageants, sports, competitions related with daily life
Express opinions about feelings and reactions to information about sporting events and competitions
Compare and contrast Hispanic sporting events to U.S. sporting events
Language Structure: Preterite stem-changing and reflexive verbs
Time suggested: 4 weeks
Theme: Movies
 Television and movies
 Movie genres and television programming
 Movie themes, plots, television programs and shows
 Explore attitudes when reacting to the impact of Spanish films/actors in the entertainment industry
 The impact of Spanish actors in the United States and the world
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Compare and contrast the film rating industry, award ceremonies, habits between the United States
and Spanish-speaking countries
Identify local Spanish- speaking communities and cultural events
Language Structure: Introduction to present perfect, review of verbs used with indirect object
pronouns.
SEMESTER TWO
Third Quarter
AP THEME: Families and Communities
AP SUBTHEME: Customs and Values
Time suggested: 4 weeks
Theme: Meals, foods, traditional dishes, recipes, and cooking
 Camping and cooking outdoors vs. indoors
 Information about cooking and recipes
 Traditional Hispanic foods and recipes
 The regional cuisine of Spanish- speaking countries
 Compare and contrast traditional dishes and foods of the United States and Spanish- speaking
countries
 Explore Hispanic restaurants and regional cuisine in the community or at school
 Recipes and traditional dishes
 How to cook a traditional dish
 The preparation of cooking recipes
Language Structure: Review affirmative, negative and informal commands. Introduction to formal
commands, impersonal “se” and “por” vs. “para”.
AP THEME: Contemporary Life
AP SUBTHEME: Travel
Time suggested: 4 weeks
Theme: Travel and international travel
 Vacation plans and travel
 Information about travel reservations, airports, and flights
 Travel recommendations
 Demonstrate comprehension of content from authentic audio visual texts relating to vacation and
travel
 Evaluate and interpret written texts and materials on vacation and travel recommendations
 Tourism and travel arrangements
 Travel reservations, airports, and flights
 Modes of transportation in Spanish- speaking countries
 International tourism and travel accommodations
Language Structure: Introduce the present tense of the subjunctive (including stem changing
subjunctive) and subjunctive expressions.
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Fourth Quarter
AP THEME: Contemporary Life
AP SUBTHEME: Professions
Time suggested: 4 weeks
Theme: Professions
 Jobs and future professions
 Information about various careers
 Express opinions and react to information about future career choices
 Job description and interviews
 Trends and/or attitudes in society related to interviews, career and education choices
 Various education systems and teenage employment in Hispanic countries
 Future career and education choices
Language Structure: Review the subjunctive with verbs of emotions, doubt, disbelief, and denial.
Introduction to future tense (including the irregulars)
AP THEME: Global Challenges
AP SUBTHEME: Environmental Issues
Time suggested: 4 weeks
Theme: Environment and nature
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Plants, animals, and the natural world
Recycling and hopes/plans for the future
Environmental issues
Recycling and conservation practices
Endangered animals
The ways to conserve and protect the environment
Recycling and conservation practices
Impact of conservation and protection of the ecosystem, wildlife, and future use of energy in the
United States and the world.
Language Structure: Review future tense and irregular verbs. Present tense of the subjunctive and its
expression.
Repaso -Review for Final Exam
*Be cautious in your planning and double check the school’s SOL schedule to ensure that students
will be present for lessons/assessments.
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