JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
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1st
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SUBJECT: Spanish 3
Content Material Covered
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Welcome/Introductions/Review of
Syllabus & Expectations
Lección Preliminar: Spanish 1 & 2
Review “My busy life”
Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing Skills
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Talk about yourself and your
friends
Say what you know how to do
Talk about people and places
you know
Describe your daily routine
Make comparisons
Grammar Objectives
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Verbs like gustar
Presente Tense (regular & irregular)
Preterite tense (regular & irregular)
Verbs decir, tener & venir
Saber vs. conocer
Ser vs. estar
Reflexive verbs
Comparisons (equal vs. unequal)
La Cultura:
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Standards Addressed
Review of some famous people
Discussion of summer activities and any
interactions/observations of the Spanish
culture outside of the classroom
Compare and Contrast vacation activities
GRADE: 9-12
Resources
Textbook & CD-ROM:
Holt McDougal: Avancemos 3
Lección Preliminar & Unidad 1:
Proficiency Level = Novice Mid – Novice
High
NM.CLL.1; NM.CLL.2; NM.CLL.3;
NM.CLL.4; NM.COD.1; NM.COD.2;
NM.COD.3; NM.COD.4
NM.CMT.1; NM.CMT.2; NM.CMT.3;
NM.CMT.4;
NH.CLL.1; NH.CLL.2; NH.CLL.3;
NH.CLL.4; NH.COD.1; NH.COD.2;
NH.COD.3; NH.COD.4
NH.CMT.1; NH.CMT.2; NH.CMT.3;
NH.CMT.4
IL.CLL.1.2; IL.CLL.2.1; IL.CLL.2.3;
IL.CLL.3.1; IL.CLL.3.4; IL.COD.2.2;
IL.COD.2.3; IL.COD.2.4; IL.COD.2.5;
IL.CMT.3.1
NOTE: Every lesson should incorporate
the essential skills of reading, writing,
listening and speaking on a daily basis.
Throughout each unit, the four Essential
Standards should be addressed along
with the strands.
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Interpersonal Communication
(Person-to-Person)
o Connections to language
& literacy (CLL)
o Connections to other
disciplines (COD)
Supplemental Materials:
Cuaderno: Avancemos 3
Lecturas Para Todos: Avancemos 3
LinguaFolio Documents & worksheets (from
DPI website)
Online Resources (subject to
availability):
www.classzone.com
www.studyspanish.com
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.
php
Formative Assessment:
www.polleverywhere.com
Dry-Erase mini boards
Exit-Tickets
K-W-L charts
Linguafolio checklists
Technology:
Computers,Tablets or Smartphones with
video capabilities
Essential Vocabulary
Intro & Lección
Preliminar:
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People
Places
Activities
Foods
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
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SUBJECT: Spanish 3
Unidad 1: Outdoor Fun
Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing Skills
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Describe a camping trip
Talk about what you did with your
friends
Talk about nature
Talk about family vacations
Discuss skills and abilities
Describe a place and its climate
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Grammar Objectives:
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Review of Preterite Tense
Review of Preterite vs. Imperfect
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GRADE: 9-12
Communities (CMT)
Interpretive Communication
(Listening & Reading)
o Connections to language
& literacy (CLL)
o Connections to other
disciplines (COD)
o Communities (CMT)
Presentational Communication
(Speaking & Writing)
o Connections to language
& literacy (CLL)
o Connections to other
disciplines (COD)
o Communities (CMT)
Unidad 1:
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Camping
Nature
Animals
Family
relationships
Beach
Culture
La Cultura: Mexico
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Camping in Mexico
Nature
Art
Famous Parks
Writers & Literature
Ancient Ruins
Family Structure Differences
Unidad 2: A call for social action
Unidad 2:
Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing Skills
o Describe volunteer activities and
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opportunities
o Organize people to do a social
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action project
Persuade or influence others
Make requests and
recommendations
Express opinions
Talk about media and the
community
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Volunteer
activities and
projects
Phrases for
requests and
recommendation
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media
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Grammar Objectives:
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Forming polite requests
Review of Commands
Impersonal “se”
Review of pronouns and pronoun
placement
Impersonal expressions + the
infinitive
La Cultura: Estados Unidos
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Volunteer opportunities in the
Spanish speaking community
Famous Museums
Spanish Newspapers
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9 WEEK Interdisciplinary Tie-Ins:
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Math:
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ELA:
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Poverty Statistics
Dialogue writing
Essay writing
Identifying key grammatical terms
and structures
Cultural Literature, electronic media
& newspapers
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Science:
o Discussion about nature preserves
and the different types of species of
insects/animals that inhabit Spanish
speaking countries and why
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SS:
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Arts:
Ancient Civilizations
History of Spanish media and how it
evolved in the US
SUBJECT: Spanish 3
GRADE: 9-12
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SUBJECT: Spanish 3
GRADE: 9-12
create a brochure of a place
Film “Como Agua Para Chocolate”
Murals
Make a music video
Technololgy
By the end of this 9 weeks, students continue to
add to their online ELinguaFolio and produce
videos and audio representations of all of the skills
obtained.
2nd
9
Weeks
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Unidad 3: Saving our Planet
Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing Skills
o Discuss the impact of technology
o Express environmental concerns and
possibilities
o Make predictions about the future and
discuss causes and effects
o Discuss obligations and responsibilities
o Present and support opinion
o Express a point of view and make
recommendations
Grammar Objectives:
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Review of formal commands
Review of “ir+a+infinitive”
Present Subjunctive Tense
La Cultura: Centroamerica
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Tropical Rainforests
Endangered species
Art
Literature
The Panama Canal
Indigenous art
The Mayan Civilization
Unit 3 & 4:
Proficiency Level = Novice High –
Intermediate Mid
All of the above +
IL.CLL.1.1; IL.CLL.2.2; IL.CLL.2.3;
IL.CLL.3.1; IL.CLL.3.2; IL.CLL.3.3;
IL.CLL.3.4; IL.CLL.4.1; IL.CLL.4.2;.
IL.CLL.4.3; IL.COD.1.1; IL.COD.1.2;
IL.COD.2.1; IL.COD.3.1; IL.COD.3.2;
IL.COD.3.3; IL.COD.4.1 & 4.2;
IL.CMT.1.1&1.2; IL.CMT.2.1&2.2; IL.CMT.3;
IL.CMT.4
IM.CLL.1.2; IM.CLL.2.1& 2.3;
IM.CLL.3.2&3.3; IM.CLL.4.3;
IM.COD.3.2&3.3; IM.COD.4.1;. IM.CMT.1.1;
IM.CMT.3.1&3.2
Textbook & CD-ROM:
Holt McDougal: Avancemos 3
Supplemental Materials:
Cuaderno: Avancemos 3
Lecturas Para Todos: Avancemos 3
Online Resources (subject to
availability):
www.classzone.com
www.studyspanish.com
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.
php
Formative Assessment:
www.polleverywhere.com
Dry-Erase mini boards
Exit-Tickets
K-W-L charts
Technology:
Computers,Tablets or Smartphones with
video capabilities
Unidad 3:
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Environmental
concerns
Social awareness
Presenting and
supporting
opinions
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SUBJECT: Spanish 3
GRADE: 9-12
Unidad 4:
Unidad 4: Literature & Film
Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing Skills
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Describe people
tell others what to do
express wishes and desires
express doubt, denial and disbelief
express positive and negative emotion
Grammar Objectives:
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Continue Subjunctive
“Ojalá”
La Cultura: Mexico
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famous athletes and how they contribute
to society
Style and fashion
Art
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9 WEEK Interdisciplinary Tie-Ins:
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Math:
o ??
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ELA:
o Dialogue writing
o Essay writing
o Identifying key grammatical terms and
structures
o Cultural Literature
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Science:
o Recycling & other environmental issues
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SS:
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Describing others
Positive and
negative
emotions
opinions
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SUBJECT: Spanish 3
Art History
Social Problems and policies
Arts:
o Make a PSA for social change
o Continual study of music and art
Technololgy
By the end of this 9 weeks, students should be
able to continue to add to their online ELinguaFolio. They will continue to have video and
audio representations of their skills in the target
language. Also, they will have searched various
places via Google earth and possibly used SKYPE
to contact real Spanish speaking people.
MINIMUM EXIT PROFICIENCY LEVEL:
**By the end of this semester students should have reached the following levels for each standard:
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Interpretive (Listening) = Intermediate Low
Interpretive (Reading) = Intermediate Low
Interpersonal (person-to-person) = Intermediate Low
Presentational (speaking) = Novice High
Presentational (writing) = Intermediate Low
**Individual levels will differ depending on the outside contact hours for each student.
GRADE: 9-12