Suggested 7th grade Spanish Curriculum Pacing
Core Skills:
Semester 1
Language Competencies
1st Nine Weeks
*Interpretive Listening (IL) &
Reading (IR) I can interpret
information, concepts, and ideas
from a variety of culturally
authentic sources on a variety of
topics.
*Interpersonal Communication
(IC)
I can exchange information,
concepts, and ideas with a variety
of speakers or readers on a variety
of topics in a culturally
appropriate context.
PRELIMINARY LESSONS (Review) :
*Presentational Speaking (PS) &
Writing (PW) I can present
information, concepts, and ideas
to an audience of listeners or
readers on a variety of topics in a
culturally appropriate context.
Intercultural Competencies
*Investigation of cultural
Products and Practices (CPP) I can
use my language skills to
investigate the world beyond my
immediate environment.
*Understanding of Cultural
Perspectives(CP) I can use my
language skills to recognize and
understand other´s ways of
thinking as well as my own.
*Participation in Cultural
Interaction (CIA) I can use my
language skills and cultural
understanding to interact in a
cultural context other than my
own.
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Greeting people
Saying goodbye to people
Finding out and telling days of the week, months, and date
Expressing simple courtesies
Unit 1: AMIGOS Y ALUMNOS
Topics:
 Describing people and places
 Nationalities
 Numbers 1-30
 School subjects and courses
Culture:
 Schools in Spanish speaking countries
 Enrique Iglesias Y Gloria Stefan
Learning Targets:
 I can ask who someone is
 I can ask or tell what something is
 I can ask or tell where someone is from
 I can describe people or things
 I can identify people or things
 I can count from 1-30
 I can discuss classes in school
 I can express opinions about classes
Structures:
 Singular and plural forms of definite and indefinite articles—
el, la/un, una
 Singular and plural forms of adjective, nouns and “ser”
Core Skills:
Language Competencies
2nd Nine Weeks
*Interpretive Listening (IL) &
Reading (IR)
I can interpret information,
concepts, and ideas from a variety
of culturally authentic sources on
a variety of topics.
*Interpersonal Communication
(IC)
I can exchange information,
concepts, and ideas with a variety
of speakers or readers on a variety
of topics in a culturally
appropriate context.
UNIT 2: MIFAMILIA Y MI CASA
*Presentational Speaking (PS) &
Writing (PW) I can present
information, concepts, and ideas
to an audience of listeners or
readers on a variety of topics in a
culturally appropriate context.
Intercultural Competencies
Topics:
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Family relationships
Telling your age
Numbers 31-100
Rooms in a house or apartment
Culture:
 Quinceañera
Learning Targets:
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I can talk about my family
I can count from 31-100
I can describe my home
I can tell and find out ages
I can talk formally and informally
I can talk about birthdays
I can talk about what belongs to me and others
I can talk about families in Spanish speaking countries
*Investigation of cultural
Products and Practices (CPP) I can
Structures:
use my language skills to
investigate the world beyond my
 Singular and plural forms of the verb tener
immediate environment.
 Tu vs Usted
*Understanding of Cultural
Perspectives(CP)
 Possessive adjectives
I can use my language skills to
recognize and understand other´s
ways of thinking as well as my
own.
*Participation in Cultural
Interaction (CIA)
I can use my language skills and
cultural understanding to interact
in a cultural context other than my
own.
Core Skills:
Semester 2
Language Competencies
3rd Nine Weeks
*Interpretive Listening (IL) &
Reading (IR)
I can interpret information, concepts,
and ideas from a variety of culturally
authentic sources on a variety of
topics.
*Interpersonal Communication (IC)
I can exchange information, concepts,
and ideas with a variety of speakers
or readers on a variety of topics in a
culturally appropriate context.
UNIT 3: EN CASA Y EN CLASE
*Presentational Speaking (PS) &
Writing (PW) I can present
information, concepts, and ideas to
an audience of listeners or readers on
a variety of topics in a culturally
appropriate context.
Intercultural Competencies
*Investigation of cultural Products
and Practices (CPP) I can use my
language skills to investigate the
world beyond my immediate
environment.
*Understanding of Cultural
Perspectives(CP)
I can use my language skills to
recognize and understand other´s
ways of thinking as well as my own.
*Participation in Cultural Interaction
(CIA)
I can use my language skills and
cultural understanding to interact in a
cultural context other than my own.
Topics:
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Activities at home
Going to school
Activities at school
Numbers 100-1000
Places you go
Culture:
 Daily activities in the Spanish speaking world compare to in
the United States
 Gabriela Mistral
 Computer terms in Spanish
Learning Target:
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I can talk about afterschool activities
I can talk about what I and others do at home
I can talk about going to school
I can talk about school activities
I can count from 100-1000
I can say where I and others go
I can say where I and other are
Structures:
 Singular and plural forms –ar verbs
 Singular and plural forms of ir, dar, estar
 Contraction al
Core Skills:
4th Nine Weeks
Language Competencies
UNIT 4: DE COMPRAS
*Interpretive Listening (IL) &
Reading (IR)
I can interpret information,
concepts, and ideas from a variety
of culturally authentic sources on
a variety of topics.
*Interpersonal Communication
(IC)
I can exchange information,
concepts, and ideas with a variety
of speakers or readers on a variety
of topics in a culturally
appropriate context.
Topics:
*Presentational Speaking (PS) &
Writing (PW) I can present
information, concepts, and ideas
to an audience of listeners or
readers on a variety of topics in a
culturally appropriate context.
Intercultural Competencies
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School supplies
Shopping
Numbers 1000-2000000
Clothing
Colors and size
Culture:
 Similarities between the clothes young people wear in the
United States and the Spanish speaking countries
 Oscar de la Renta
 Indigenous clothing in central and south America
 Discussing school uniforms
Leaning targets:
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I can identify and describe school supplies
I can count from 1000-2000000
I can describe articles of clothing
I can state colors and sizes
I can discuss what I am going to do
I can tell what I have to do
*Investigation of cultural
Products and Practices (CPP) I can
use my language skills to
investigate the world beyond my
Structure:
immediate environment.
*Understanding of Cultural
 Ir a, tener que
Perspectives(CP)
 Adjective agreement of colors
I can use my language skills to
 Expressing amazement using Que… Mas…
recognize and understand other´s
 La contraction del
ways of thinking as well as my
own.
*Participation in Cultural
Interaction (CIA)
I can use my language skills and
cultural understanding to interact
in a cultural context other than my
own.