Course of Study for Spanish 4
Text: Buen Viaje 3, Glencoe Publishing Company 2005
Scope: Spanish 4 will be covering the first 4 Chapters of the text with Spanish 5 covering the last 4
Chapters. In addition to text readings lectures and ancillaries, students will be required to do outside readings in the target language from time to time.
Chapter 1 Scope and Sequence
Topics Culture
The Geography of Spain Trains of the Future
The History of Spain
Spanish Culture
Immigrants in Tarifa
Structure
The preterite of regular verbs.
The preterite of stemchanging verbs
The preterite of irregular verbs
Nouns that begin with a or ha.
Irregular nouns that end in a
Demonstrative
Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Functions
How to express past actions
How to refer to specific items
How to express ownership
Chapter 2 Scope and Sequence
Topics
He geography of
Ecuador, Peru and
Bolivia
The history of Ecuador,
Peru and Bolivia
The culture of Ecuador,
Peru and Bolivia
Culture
Tungurahua Volcano
Peruvian woman who celebrates her 110 th
Birthday.
Structure
The imperfect
Preterite vs. Imperfect
Functions
How to describe habitual past actions
How to talk about past events
Discussing two past actions in the same sentence.
The Subjunctive
Expressing necessity and possibility with the subjunctive
Expressing wishes, preferences and demands with the subjunctive
How to express what may or may not take place
How to express necessity and possibility
How to express wishes possibilities and demands.

Chapter 3 Scope and Sequence
Topics
The geography of Chile,
Argentina, Parguay, and
Chile
The history of Chile,
Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay
The culture of Chile,
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
Culture
Summer fashion in the workplace
Leaving home to go to college.
Structure
Ser vs. estar location,characteristics, origin, and condition
Special uses of ser and estar
Functions
How to state a location, origin,condition, or characteristic
How to express surprise, interest, and annoyance
How to express likes, dislikes, and needs
Using verbs with indirect objects to express surprise, interest, and annoyance
Expressing likes and needs using gustar and faltar
Affirmative and negative words
Using the subjunctive to express emotion, doubt, uncertainty, and in adverbial clauses
How to express affirmative and negative ideas
How to express emotions, doubt, and uncertainty
Chapter 4 Scope and Sequence
Topics
The geography of
Central American
Countries
The history of Central
American Countries
Culture
Social announcements in the Newspaper
Microchip implants in pets for identification
Structure
The future tense
Functions
How to express future events
The culture of Central
American Countries
The conditional tense
Direct and indirect object pronouns
Direct and indirect object pronouns in the same sentence
The imperfect subjunctive
The subjunctive with conjunctions of time.
How to refer to people, places, and things already mentioned
How to express emotions and possibilities about past events
How to use time expressions such as en cuanto and hasta que

Pacing and Leveling: One academic year. The text chapters cover such a large amount of grammar and at such a high level that students will be covering roughly one grammar or one vocabulary group per week so as to ensure understanding. This will also allow them to clear up grammar misconceptions or issues that they have had previously and may continue to struggle with before moving on. Note these are approximations.
Chapter 1: España
Lesson 1: Culture (5-10 days)
Reading
 Vocabulary for the reading
 Geography
 Historical Account
 Historical view
 Would you like to try something
Structure Review
 Past tense of Regular verbs
 Past tense of Irregular verbs
 Use what you have learned performance tasks
 Assessment
Lesson 2: Conversation (5-10 days)
Conversation
 Vocabulary for a trip to Spain
 A trip to Spain
Structure Review
 Past tense of irregular verbs
 Use what you learned
 Assessment
Lesson 3: Media (5-10 days)
Reading
 Vocabulary for the lecture
 Five immigrants die
Advanced Structure
 Feminine nouns beginning with ha or a
 Irregular nouns ending in a
 Demonstrative pronouns
 Possessive pronouns
 Use what you have learned
 Assessment

Proficiency Task (1-5 days)
Video tour (1-2 days)
Literature (5-7 days)
Chapter 2:Países Andinos
Lesson 1: Culture (5-10 days)
Reading
 Vocabulary for lecture
 Geography
 Historical look
 Historical views
 Cuisine
Structural Review
 Imperfect
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Lesson 2: Conversation (5-10days)
Conversation
 Vocabulary for the conversation
 A Robbery
Structure
 Imperfect and Preterite: two actions in the same sentence.
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Chapter 2 Contd.
Lesson 3 (5-10 days)
Reading
 Vocabulary for lecture
 New Explosions ins the Tungurahua Volcano

Reading
 Vocabulary for the lecture
 Aayacuchana celebrates 110 years old
Advanced Structure
 Subjunctive
 Subjunctive with impersonal expressions
 Subjunctive with clauses
Proficiency tasks 1-5 days
Video Tours 1-2 days
Literature (5-10 days)
Chapter 3: El Cono Sur
Culture: (5-10)
Reading
 Vocabulary for the lecture
 Geography
 Historical Look
 Historical view
 Foods
Structure Review
 Location and origin with ser and estar
 Characteristics and condition with ser and estar
 Special uses of ser and estar
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Lesson 2: Conversation (5-10)
Conversation
 Vocabulary for conversation
 Shopping
Structure
 Verbs with special indirect objects
 Gustar and faltar

 Posititive and Negative words
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Lesson 3: Periodismo (5-10)
Reading
 Vocabulary for lecture
 Executives in Short Sleeves
Advanced Structure
 Subjunctive expressions of emotion
 Subjunctive expressions of doubt
 Subjunctive in adverbial clauses
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Proficiency Tasks (1-5)
Videotour (1-2)
Literature (5-10)
Chapter 4: America Central
Lession 1: Cultura (5-10)
Reading
 Vocabulary for the lecture
 Geography
 The Maya
 Central American Capitals
 Historical Views
 Foods
Structure Review
 Future
 Conditional
Te toca a ti
Assessment

Lesson 2: Conversation (5-10)
Conversation
 Vocabulary for the conversation
 Financers
Structure Review
 Object pronouns
 Two pronouns in the same sentence
Te toca a ti
Lesson 3: Periodismo
Reading
 Vocabulary for lecture
 Social announcements
Reading
 Vocabulary for lecture
 Friends
Advanced Structure
 Imperfect Subjunctive
 Subjunctive with conjunctions of time
Te toca a ti
Assessment
Proficiency tasks (1-5)
Videotur (1-2)
Literature (5-10)