CANYONS SCHOOL DISTRICT
WORLD LANGUAGES: SPANISH Middle School
Beginning Language – Level 1A
Language Elements
Tema
Capítulo
A
Para
Empezar
1
Mis
Amigos y
Yo
2
La
Escuela
3
La
Comida
B
En la escuela: greetings;
introductions; leave-takings;
numbers; time
En la clase: procedures and
essential phrases, date, asking for
help, weather, seasons, age
(formula); origin
¿Qué te gusta hacer?
Y tú, ¿Cómo eres?
Vocabulary: expressions for
Vocabulary: adjectives and
saying what you like and don’t like; vocabulary to ask about and describe
origin
someone’s personality and physical
characteristics
Grammar: infinitives; making
negative statements; ser (origin,
Grammar: adjectives; word order
singular only)
Tu día en la escuela
Tu sala de clases
Vocabulary: class subjects;
Vocabulary: classroom items and
school activities; school supplies;
furniture; prepositions of location;
ordinal numbers
ordinal numbers (from p. x)
Grammar: subject pronouns; the
present tense of –ar verbs, the
verb jugar; definite vs. indefinite
articles
¿Desayuno o almuerzo?
Vocabulary: foods; beverages;
adverbs of frequency
Grammar: present tense of –er
and –ir verbs; me gusta(n); me
encanta(n)
Grammar: the verb estar; plurals of
nouns and articles
Para mantener la salud
Vocabulary: food; beverages;
expressions to discuss health;
expressions to discuss preferences,
agreement, disagreement, and
quantity
Grammar: the plural of adjectives;
the complete verb ser
CANYONS SCHOOL DISTRICT
WORLD LANGUAGES: SPANISH Middle School
Beginning Language – Level 1B
Language Elements
Tema
Capítulo
Para Empezar
Bienvenidos a la clase de espanol:
review of 1A “I Can” communication skills, classroom routines and
essential phrases, date, weather.
¿A dónde vas?
¿Quieres ir conmigo?
Vocabulary: leisure activities;
Vocabulary: leisure activities;
places; expressions to tell where feelings; expressions for extending,
and with whom you go;
accepting, and declining invitations;
expressions to talk about when
expression to tell when something
things are done
happens
A
4
Los
Pasatiempos
Grammar: the verb ir ;
interrogative words
5
Fiesta en
Familia
Una fiesta de cumpleaños
Vocabulary: family and parties
Grammar: the verb tener;
possessive adjectives;
comparisons *mayor / menor”
(from Tema 6A, p.278)
Tema
2
Un Evento
Especial y la
rutina diaria
B
Grammar: ir + a + infinitive; the
stem-changing verbs jugar, the
verb dormir and poder (from Tema
6, p.284); the stem-changing verbs
pensar, querer, preferir (Tema 7,
p.330), servir, perder, decir (from
Tema 7)
¡Vamos a un restaurante!
Vocabulary: describing people;
ordering a meal
Grammar: the verb venir; the verbs
ser and estar, stem changers
pensar, querer, decir, servir (food),
pedir, preferir, poder, dormir
Capítulo
Vocabulary: shopping vocabulary, prices, money, clothing & body
parts, daily routines, getting ready for an event
Grammar: reflexive verbs; demonstrative adjectives; stem changing
verbs (review)
CANYONS SCHOOL DISTRICT
WORLD LANGUAGES: SPANISH Middle School
Developing Language- Level 2
Language Elements
Tema
1
¿Quién soy yo?
3
Tú y tu
comunidad
4
Recuerdos del
Pasado: Cuándo
éramos niños
Capítulo
A
B
Vocabulary: adjectives to
Vocabulary: extracurricular
describe people ; leisure
activities
activities; full date and seasons;
nationalities; functioning in the
Grammar: making
classroom to reduce the use of
comparisons; (Repaso) the
verbs saber and conocer;
English; classroom items,
(Repaso) the verbs ser and
activities, and rules
estar;
Grammar: (Repaso) adjective
agreement; the verb ser; regular
–ar, -er, and –ir verbs; affirmative
and negative words
Vocabulary: directional words,
locations in downtown; items
purchased (review: food,
clothing), places in a city or town;
modes of transportation; ask for
and give directions;
Grammar: affirmative tú
commands; present progressive,
hace + time expressions
4A:
Vocabulary: toys, play items;
describing children
Grammar: the imperfect tense:
regular and irregular verbs,
describing a situation; indirect
object pronouns
Vocabulary: review all verbs
(use in preterit)
Grammar: Preterite of regular
verbs (from Ch. 2B); the
irregular preterite of verbs ir,
ser, hacer, tener, estar
Imperfect extension/project
Suggestions:
 Fairytales- read and
create
 Service learning activities
Cultural Unit
5
OPTIONAL: Theme of storytelling (narration) in the past
Vocabulary: Thematic vocabulary unit of your choice
Grammar: The imperfect tense and preterite tense; the irregular preterites: venir, poner;
decir, traer; the irregular preterites: oír, leer, creer, and destruir