Renton High School
Spanish 3-4 Curriculum Map 2013-14
Grading Policy:
Scope and Sequence
Significant Knowledge (K), Skill (S) and
Understanding (U) aka ‘Big Ideas’.
International
mindedness
Semester 1
Sept – early/mid Oct.
(Weather and
appropriate clothing,
expressions of feeling,
talking about what is
happening)
Communication (S):
Conversion of Celsius
to Fahrenheit inowledgeable
Review geography of
Spanish speaking
world, with
“tiempo mundial”
map - thinkers
Learn about El
Yunque Nat’l
park in Puerto
Rico –
knowledgeable
Learn about el coquí,
a symbol of
Puerto Rico knowledgeable
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Describing the
weather
Describing
weatherappropriate
clothing
Describinghow
you feel
Saying what is
happening
Oct/Nov
(Places in a city,
addresses,
transportation,
directions, giving
instructions)
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Identifying
common types
of businesses
and services in a
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Talk about current weather conditions
Talk about each season of the year
Talk about what clothing you need for a trip to
different places or in different seasons
Discuss how you are feeling and why
Tell what is happening right now
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Structures and vocabulary (K):
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Weather expressions
Seasons
Weather-specific clothing
Feeling expressions with tener
Present progressive tense – formation and use
Use direct object pronouns to make speech &
writing more natural
Communication (S):
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Asking for and following directions
Giving directions & instructions
Describing where things are located (near
the bank, on the corner, etc.
Structures and vocabulary (K):
Learn about
Guelaguetza
(Oaxacan
celebration) –
open-minded,
caring
Learn how to write an
address in
Spanish knowledgeable
Unit Questions
Major Assessments
FORMATIVE:
Vocabulary quizzes
Short grammar quizzes
Writing/drawing assessments
with unit vocab & structures
SUMMATIVE:
Writing Assessment
Write a letter to a Chilean friend,
recommending the best season
of year to visit Renton (based on
typical weather), what she’ll need
to pack for her visit, and the
activities you’ll do during her
visit.
Speaking test- recorded
interview about favorite vacation
locations
Etapa Test
Assessment including multiple
choice items that test
understanding of vocabulary and
grammatical concepts, along
with critical thinking; Reading
passage with comprehension
questions.
SUMMATIVE:
Writing Assessment
Write a letter to a friend in
which you: tell 3 important
places in your community, along
with what you can see/do there;
discuss transportation options
for touring your community;
give your friend directions to
your house from downtown.
Reading Assessment
TEKS
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Spanish 3-4 Curriculum Map 2013-14
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city
Giving
addresses
Choosing
appropriate
transportation
Requesting
directions
Giving and
following
instructions
Nov/Dec
(Shopping, choosing
gifts, bargaining)
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Talking about
shopping
Making
purchases
Talking about
giving gifts
bargaining
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Communication (S):
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Review time expressions
Describe gift items
Talk about shopping/purchasing/method of
payment
Bargain
Contradict politely
Give a negative opinion
Structures and vocabulary (K):
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Read a selection from a Oaxaca
guide book, answer 5
comprehension and 2 opinion or
inference questions about the
selection
Regular affirmative tú commands
Vocabulary for businesses/services
Vocabulary related to location (street, avenue,
corner, block, etc.)
Prepositions of location (in front of, to the
right, near, etc.)
Conjugations of the verb decir
Review of hay
Review of sequencing words
Vocabulary for jewelry, electronics, and
handicrafts
Phrases used in bargaining
Vocabulary related to money and payment
Stem-changing verbs o ue (almorzar, contar,
costar, devolver, dormer, encontrar, poder,
recorder, volver)
Indirect object pronouns
Conjugations of dar
Etapa test
Assessment including listening,
reading, vocabulary-grammar
comprehension exercises
Learn how to bargain
in an open-air
market – risktakers,
communicators
Learn about
traditional
Oaxacan
animalitos inquirers
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SUMMATIVE:
Writing Assessment
This week you will attend three
birthday parties, and your
mother wants to know how
much money you will need to
buy all the gifts. Write your
mother a note to tell her: who
the parties are for; the gift you
intend to buy for each person;
where you plan to purchase the
gifts; how much you expect each
gift to cost; and how you are
going to pay
Speaking Assessment
Bargain with a classmate to
buy/sell a gift item. One
classmate is the seller, one is the
shopper. Each should try to get
the best price possible
Etapa Test
Assessment including listening,
reading, vocabulary-grammar
comprehension exercises
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Spanish 3-4 Curriculum Map 2013-14
Dec/Jan
(Ordering food in a
restaurant, describing
food)
Communication (S):
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Order food
Talk about the bill
Talk about foods and other things you
like/don’t like
Tell where you went
SUMMATIVE:
Learn about Monte
Alban (Zapotec
ruins) –
knowledgeable
Learn about
Coyotepec
pottery - inquirers
Structures/Vocabulary (K):
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Semester 2
Feb/Mar
(Describing daily
routine, giving
commands, discussing
chores
Using gustar to talk about things people like
(me gusta/me gustan)
Affirmative words (algo, alguién, algún,
siempre, también) and negative words (nada,
nadie, ningún, nunca, tampoco); using double
negatives
Expressing extremes with –ísimo(a)
Stem-changing verbs e-i (pedir, repetir, seguir,
server)
Use fui/fuiste to ask and tell about where you
went
Communication (S):
 Describe your daily routine
 Talk about grooming
 Tell someone what to do and what not to do
 Talk about household chores
Structures/Vocabulary (K)
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Use reflexive verbs to talk about
grooming/daily routine
Writing Assessment
You are a newspaper food critic.
Write a review of a Mexican
restaurant. Include: the name of
the restaurant, several examples
of main dishes, beverages, and
desserts they serve; your opinion
of different dishes – whether
you like them or not and why. communicators
Speaking test
You are a restaurant owner.
Record a radio announcement
encouraging listeners to visit
your restaurant. Mention several
dishes you serve, your prices,
and your location –
communicators, risk-takers
Etapa Test
Assessment including listening,
reading, vocabulary-grammar
comprehension exercises
Discuss vocabulary
differences
between
Spain/Latin
America –
thinkers, inquirers
Practice use of
vosotros –
communicators
Describe the art of
Pablo Picasso reflective
SUMMATIVE:
Writing Assessment
Your friend needs advice about
how to better organize his/her
daily routine, so he/she has
more time for homework and
other activities. Write your friend
a letter, telling him/her how to
organize his/her daily routine
and household chores more
efficiently. Tell him/her what to
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Mar/Apr
(Describing houses,
persuading others,
negotiating
responsibilities)
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Communication (S):
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Negotiate who should do which household
chores
Describe your home – what rooms look like,
what furniture you have
Use adverbs to tell how chores should be done
Etapa Test
Assessment including listening,
reading, vocabulary-grammar
comprehension exercises
Describe homes in
different parts of
the world – openminded
Learn about tapas –
traditional
appetizers in
Spain knowledgeable
SUMMATIVE:
Writing Assessment
Students draw a floorplan of
their home (real or imaginary)
and write a description of the
floorplan and furniture
placement, and include a
description of what they need to
do to maintain the home.
Structures/Vocabulary (K):
Etapa Test
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Assessment including listening,
reading, vocabulary-grammar
comprehension exercises
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Apr/May
(Planning a party,
talking about past
activities
do, and what not to do.
Vocabulary related to daily routine/grooming
(verbs and nouns)
Vocabulary for body parts
Vocabulary for daily household chores
Irregular affirmative tú commands
Negative tú commands
Pronoun placement with commands
Vocabulary for rooms of the home and
furniture
Vocabulary for household chores
Placement of direct and indirect object
pronouns with the present progressive tense
Use of deber + infinitive to express what
people should or ought to do
Convert adjectives to adverbs using –mente
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Communication (S):
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Plan a party: tell how to prepare party foods,
how to prepare the house
Describe past activities
Express extremes (the most fun, the most
delicious, the best, etc)
Learn about European
currency –
knowledgeable
Learn about metric
measurement –
knowledgeable
Learn about culture of
Barcelona –
open-minded
SUMMATIVE:
Writing Assessment
Imagine that you just gave a
surprise party for your best
friend. Describe what you did
to prepare, and what
happened during the party.
Include: What you bought for
the party, what you did to
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prepare the house, and what
happened during the party
Structures/Vocabulary (K):
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May/June
(Talking about the past,
making suggestions to a
group, talking about
cities & professions)
Using superlatives
Preterite tense of regular –ar verbs
Preterite tense of –car, -gar, and –zar verbs
Vocab. related to the past (last night, last week,
etc)
Numbers 200-1,000,000
Vocab. related to quantity (dozen, package,
gram, liter, etc)
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Communication (S):
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Describe past activities
Describe buildings/architecture
Discuss types of jobs, and what people do at
work
Agree & disagree, ask if someone agrees
Use vamos a….. to suggest an activity in a
group
Structures/Vocabulary (K):
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Preterite tense of regular –er and –ir verbs
Preterite tense of verbs with a “y” spelling
change (verbs with a stem ending in a vowel)
Preterite tense of hacer, ir, ser
Vocabulary for professions
Etapa Test
Assessment including listening,
reading, vocabulary-grammar
comprehension exercises
Learn about culture of
Ecuador –
knowledgeable,
open-minded
SUMMATIVE:
Writing Assessment
Write a paragraph about what
you and your friends did last
weekend. Tell where you went,
what you did, who came, and
how it went.
Etapa Test
Assessment including listening,
reading, vocabulary-grammar
comprehension exercises