Ellen Dunn
Theme, Enduring Understandings,
& Essential Questions for this Unit
Theme/Unit:
Review of the Learning from
Spanish I: 4 weeks Etapa
Preliminar
First Week:
Overarching EQ: What are
the benefits and skills
involved in exchanging spoken
and written information in
Spanish?
 EQ: How do I
introduce myself
effectively in Spanish?
 How do I communicate
my likes/dislikes using
gustar?
 How do I effectively
use adjectives in
Spanish descriptions of
school life, people and
places?
Enduring Understandings
Understanding Spanish
structures (greetings,
preferences, and adjectives)
help me exchange spoken and
written info. effectively.
Unit Curriculum Map
Spanish II
August 2014
How Students will Demonstrate
Their Understanding
Standards-based Essential Skills &
Concepts to be Targeted
Strategies / Best Practices Used
to Explicitly Teach the Skills
Resources for
this Unit
Initially, the teacher will
administer a Spanish II preassessment for guiding
future instruction and
determining the amount of
review time required.
Content Standards:
MLII.1.A Express needs
and preferences
ML11.1.D Give descriptions.
ML11.1.F Ask questions
and provide responses based
on topics such as self,
others and immediate
environment.
ML11.2.A Initiate,
participate in, and close an
oral or written exchange.
ML11.2.D Demonstrate
Novice-Mid to Novice-High
proficiency in oral and
written exchanges…
MLII.3.B Interpret
culturally authentic materials
and info.
ML11.5.B. Give brief,
organized oral presentations,
using visual and technological
support as appropriate.
M11.5.D. Demonstrate
Novice-Mid to Novice-High
proficiency in oral and
written presentations…
Each day, students will share
“el Calendario” for building
the daily routine of using the
target language. TSW will
engage in “Repaso y Prevista”,
or a review and preview of
skills to come. This
Smartboard organizer will
consist of five daily questions
to be answered individually in
each student’s spiral notebook
and reviewed as a whole class.
This portion of class will
provide the participation
grade as well as homework.
The teacher will implement
the mini-lesson to introduce
the new learning followed by
independent or dynamic
grouping practice of the
standard/ skill. In closing,
the students will share the
new learning, struggles and
needs for clarification.
The students will be able to
work collaboratively in
developing, editing and
revising their personal
presentations.
En Español, textbook Resource
1. Transparencies for generating
student
participation/discussion
2. Practice book activities for
added practice of current
standards/skills
3. Audio-CDs for listening to
native proficiency
4. Señor Wooly resources
Performance-based
formative assessment
The students will develop a
written and oral presentation
of themselves to share with
the class or the teacher. A
rubric will be used to evaluate
the performance. An outline
is provided on page 24,
exercise 2 in the textbook.
Formative Assessments
(throughout the unit):
Conjugation practice quizzes,
Choosing the correct form in
Smart Exchange
Teacher Observation
Support Materials:
Teacher will model sample
presentations of students and
display as anchor charts.
Word walls for helpful review of
greetings/gustar/adjectives/present
tense verbs.
Theme, Enduring
Understandings, & Essential
Questions for this Unit
Theme/Unit:
Etapa Preliminar continued…
Week 2:
EQs:
Overarching: How can I
initiate, sustain and close
oral and written exchanges
in Spanish?
 Which interrogative
words are used in
asking for and giving
information?
 What are the rules for
conjugating present
tense verbs? Stemchanging verbs?
 In Spanish, what occurs
during my school day?
Enduring Understanding:
Asking questions is vital to
communicating.
How Students will
Demonstrate Their
Understanding
Formative Assessments
Vocab Quiz on interrogative
words and present tense verb
conjugations.
Journal Entry: Stage 1:
Describe your typical day at
school.
Teacher Observation
Standards-based Essential
Skills & Concepts to be
Targeted
Content Standards:
MLII.1.F Ask questions and
provide responses based on
suggested topics.
MLII.1.G Ask questions and
provide responses about plans
and events.
Strategies / Best Practices
Used to Explicitly Teach the
Skills
During mini-lesson, TSW
develop a sample school day
for a fictitious student.
Helpful vocabulary will be
posted and discussed
beforehand.
TSW practice interrogative
words in pairs in a guided
discussion. TSW interview
each other with guided
questions.
Ticket out the door
Resources for
this Unit
Technology: TSW practice
regular/irregular present tense
verbs conjugations using the
interactive board.
Support Materials:
Practice book for HW assignments
Word Wall
Anchor charts
Theme, Enduring
Understandings, & Essential
Questions for this Unit
Theme/Unit: Etapa Preliminar
Week 3:
How Students will
Demonstrate Their
Understanding
Summative Assessment:
Test on Present Tense Verbs
(TSW continue to discuss
school routines while
reviewing verb conjugations.)
Formative: Stage 2: Revise
journal entry on personal
routine with the students’
refined knowledge of verb
conjugations. TSW submit
the journal entry at the end
of the week for grading.
Enduring Understandings:
In Spanish, speaking
effectively means choosing
the correct verb conjugation
for the speaker and situation.
Essential Questions:
Which conjugation in the
present tense matches the
subject?
What are the differences in
regular present tense verbs
and stem-changers?
When is the use of ser or
estar appropriate?
Teacher observation
Standards-based Essential
Skills & Concepts to be
Targeted
MLII.1.A Express needs and
preferences
ML11.1.D Give descriptions.
ML11.1.F Ask questions and
provide responses based on
topics such as self, others and
immediate environment.
ML11.2.A Initiate, participate
in, and close an oral or written
exchange.
ML11.2.D Demonstrate
Novice-Mid to Novice-High
proficiency in oral and written
exchanges…
Strategies / Best Practices
Used to Explicitly Teach the
Skills
Mini-lesson-TTW lead
students in a brainstorming
discussion of when to employ
ser and estar. TSW need to
brainstorm permanent and
conditional situations.
Resources for
this Unit
Cooperative grouping –
Sort verbs into regular or
stem changing, list the
conjugations required on the
organizer. Students may use
anchor charts posted around
the room and resources.
Technology:
Interactive Games for verb
conjugations
Ticket Out the Door
Graphic organizers for
differentiating regular, stemchanging and ser vs. estar
Practice Book: HW for verb
conjugations
Support Materials:
Word walls
Anchor charts
Note-taking
Theme, Enduring
How Students will Demonstrate
Standards-based Essential Skills
Strategies / Best Practices Used
Resources for
Understandings, & Essential
Their Understanding
& Concepts to be Targeted
to Explicitly Teach the Skills
this Unit
Questions for this Unit
Etapa Preliminar
Week 4: Review Days
and Unit Test
Summative Assessment (at
All Content Standards will
TTW conference with
the end of the unit):
be reviewed.
individual students for
Assessment on ser. vs.
estar,
Interrogative words,
present tense verbs and
adjectives
clarification while students
work in pairs to review and
prepare for the test.
Interactive Jeopardy Review