ISS Course Syllabus
Teacher:
Grace Hurtado
Grade: Intermediate
Course Title: Spanish as a Second Language
Course Description: The Spanish as a Second Language program will be divided into reading, writing and
oral communication.
Course Contents:
Reading: SSL
Reasoning and Critical thinking
 Teacher direct stories
 Predicting a story ‘s outcome.
 Understand the main idea of the story
 Listen and retell specific details of a story (who, what, where)
 Read and respond journals
 Respond to literature through drama, by illustrating and retelling
 Identify the structure of a given text
Writing: SSL
Word Analysis
 Be aware of the differences between English and Spanish
intonation and the Spanish stress rules
Grammar: Structural Analysis
Nouns
 Gender and number
 Common and Proper
 Singular and plural
 Especial Endings
Articles
 Definite and Indefinite
 Use of “del” and “al”
Pronoun
 Subject and personal
 Interrogatives, prepositional and demonstratives
 Direct and Indirect combine
Adjectives
 Singular and plural
 Possessive and demonstrative
 Qualifying pronouns
 Making comparisons
Adverbs
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Manner, place and time
Verbs
 Infinitives
 Infinitives after preposition
 Use of there is/are
 AR-ER-IR verb conjugations present tense
 Simple past of regular and irregular verbs
 Future
 Conditionals
Prepositions and conjunctions
 Por – para,
 Preposition of location and time
 Common coordinating conjunctions
Writing productions
 Ideas organization
 Sentence fluency
 Spell correctly words when writing
 Conventions
 Read and respond
Vocabulary:
 Greetings and introductions
 Clothes and colors
 Ordinal and cardinal numbers
 Days, months, and seasons of the year
 Specific animals (sea, farm, etc)
 Parts of the body
 Health
 Shapes
 Family
 Feelings
 Time
 Fruits
 Places
 Community helpers
 Classroom objects
 Food
 Stores
 Expressions of courtesy
 Countries and nationalities
 Sports
 House objects
Oral Communication: SSL
 Oral reports
 Oral contributions in class
 Use the vocabulary learned during SSL class
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Verbalize personal experiences.
Answer questions related to a specific subject
Associate meaning of words to pictures
Express feelings and opinions
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Resources: Various texts and books that equally combined grammar and oral language, audiovisual
aids, computers, web sites, games
Evaluation System: Students will be regularly assessed throughout the year. This will include but
not limited to homework, self-evaluation, quizzes, exams, teacher observations, and participation
Curriculum Document – Scope and Sequence
- Teacher: -Grace Hurtado
- Grade Level:
August/Sept.
Beginners
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Intermediate
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Advanced
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October
Greetings
Expression
s of
courtesy
The
alphabet
Numbers
0- 10
Subject
pronouns
Vocabular
y and
grammar
review
Numbers
to 100
Nouns and
articles:
singular
and plural
Indicative
Tense:
AR-ER
verbs
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Reflexive
Verbs
Talking
about
routines in
the present
Commonl
y used
idiomatic
expression
s
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-Subjects: Spanish
-Semester: 1st
November
December
Colors
Months
Days of the
week
Seasons
Animals
To be verb
(Ser)
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Parts of the
body
Health
Clothing
Feelings
Qualifying
adjectives
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Interrogati
ve words
Simple
negative
Pronouns
Conventio
nal
punctuatio
n
Simple
present
tense
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Calendar
Time
Appointme
nts
Indefinite
Articles
Adverbs
Superlative
s
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Preterite of
the regular
and
irregular
verbs
Use of
”acabar
de” in the
imperfect
indicative
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Compound
tenses
Participle
Present
perfect,
past perfect
Adverbs of
time and
places (
more)
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January
Shapes
Family
Numbers 029
Conjugatio
ns: verb –
subject
agreement
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Time
Fruits
Adjectives
: singular
and plural
Animals
Parts of the
body
(more)
Three Dshapes
Preposition
s: por Para
Simple
Present
tense
Irregular
verbs
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Occupatio
ns
Places
Ordinal
Numbers
Use of
Prepositio
n “de - Al”
To be
Verb “Ser
o Estar”
contrastin
g uses
Future
tense:
Regular
and
Irregular
verbs
Reflexive
Verbs
Pronouns
Proper
names in
Spanish
and English
Conditional
s
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Condition
als +
participle
Possessive
adjectives
and
pronouns
Subjunctiv
e
Curriculum Document – Scope and Sequence
- Teacher: - Grace Hurtado
- Grade Level:
February
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Beginners
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Intermediate
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-Subjects: Spanish
-Semester: 2nd
March
Places
Communit
y helpers
Proper and
Common
nouns
Use of
would
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Family
(more)
Adjectives:
demonstrat
ives and
possessives
Making
compariso
ns of
equality
and
Inequality
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April
Classroo
m objects
Use of
there
is/are
Genre of
Nouns
Personal
Pronouns
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Giving
Direction
s
Adverbs:
manner,
place and
time.
Stem
changing
verbs of
AR-ER
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Advanced
Subjunctiv
e
(continue)
 Subjunctiv
e with
expression
s
 Imperative
moods
 Negative
commands
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Imperfect
of the
subjuncti
ve
Uses of
“gustar”
Saber Vs
Conocer
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Sports
Action
words
Possessive
adjectives
and “de”
use
Past tense
May/June
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Food
Stores
Expressing
likes and
dislikes
Future
tense
The
 Hispanic
infinitive
nationalitie
after
s
preposition
 Diminutive
Direct and
s and
Indirect
Superlative
object
s
pronouns
 Future
Interrogativ
 Conditiona
e and
ls
demonstrati
ve
pronouns
Simple
Past
Present
Perfect
tense
Passive voice:
Present
progressive tenses and moods
Active Vs Passive
Past
progressive
Hay and its
other forms
Just finish
use
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June
House
object
Future
tense (
contin
ue)