Stone Bank School MS ( 6th, 7th & 8th grade)
Spanish Curriculum Framework
Spanish 6 (One day a week/year long course)
Students will participate in Spanish class one day a week. Student grades will be based on
participation and effort during each class period.
The course will consist of:
 Language immersion activities
 Basic grammar concepts
 Cultural studies
Spanish 7 (M-F)
Text: Realidades 1: Prentice Hall
Course Purpose:
Learning a foreign language (Spanish) allows individuals to communicate
with the people who speak it and to understand and show respect toward
different cultures.
Goals:
1. Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information,
express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
2. Students understand and interpret written and spoken language
and communicate through written language on a variety of topics.
3. Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language and
culture through comparisons of the language and culture studied
and their own.
4. Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the
language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
Objectives:
Introductory Unit
 Greet people at different times of the day
 Introduce self to others
 Respond to classroom directions
 Begin using numbers
 Begin using time telling
 Identify parts of the body
 Use the Spanish alphabet to spell words
 Talk about dates of the week, and dates on the calendar
 Describe weather conditions
 Identify and describe the seasons
Unit 1 My Friends and I
 Talk about activities that one likes and dislikes
 Ask others what activities they like or dislike
 Recognizing cognates
 Talk about personality traits
 Ask and tell what people are like
 Use adjectives to describe people
Unit 2 School
 Talk about school schedules and subjects
 Discuss what students do during the day
 Ask and tell who is doing an action
 Describe a classroom
 Indicate where things are located
Unit 3 Food
 Talk about foods and beverages for breakfast and lunch
 Talk about food likes and dislikes
 Talk about foods and beverages for dinner
 Discuss food, health, and exercise choices
Unit 4 Past-times
 Talk about locations in the community
 Discuss leisure activities
 Talk about where one is going and with whom
 Learn how to ask questions
 Talk about activities outside of school
 Extend, accept and decline invitations
Grammar:
 Infinitives
 Using no and nada
 Expressing agreement and disagreement
 Vowel sounds
 Adjective agreement and placement
 Definite and indefinite adjectives
 Cognates
 Subject pronouns
 Present tense, regular –ar verbs
 Estar (present tense)
 Prepositions (location)
 Present tense, regular –er & -ir verbs
 Ser (present tense) Ir (present tense)
 Question words
 Jugar (present tense)
 Future using (ir+a+infinitive)
Spanish 8 (M-F)
Text: Realidades 1
Course Purpose:
Learning a foreign language (Spanish) allows individuals to communicate
with the people who speak it and to understand and show respect toward
different cultures.
Goals:
1. Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information,
express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
2. Students understand and interpret written and spoken language
and communicate through written language on a variety of topics.
3. Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language and
culture through comparisons of the language and culture studied
and their own.
4. Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the
language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
Objectives:
Unit 5 Family & Celebrations
 Identify family members
 Talk about celebrations and parties
 Ask and tell ages
 Express possession
 Describe family members and friends
 Communicate needs in a restaurant setting
Unit 6 The House
 Identify and talk about rooms in a house
 Describe bedroom furniture and electronic equipment
 Make comparisons
 Name and discuss household chores
 Tell where you live
Unit 7 Shopping
 Talk about clothing items, shopping and prices
 Describe plans
 Talk about what you want and prefer
 Talk about buying gifts
 Tell what happened in the past
 Use direct object pronouns
Unit 8 Experiences (Vacation and Volunteering)
 Talk about things to do on vacation
 Talk about places to visit while on vacation
 Talk about events in the past
 Discuss volunteer work
 Talk about what people say
Talk about what people do and did for others
Grammar:
 Review of previously learned grammar concepts
 Tener (present tense)
 Possessive adjectives
 Venir (present tense)
 Traer (present tense)
 Ser vs Estar
 Making comparisons
 Poder (present tense)
 Dormir (present tense)
 Commands (affirmative, tú)
 Present progressive tense
 Pensar (present tense)
 Querer (present tense)
 Preferir (present tense)
 Demonstrative adjectives
 Preterite (regular –ar verbs)
 Preterite (-car and –gar verbs)
 Direct Object pronouns Preterite (regular –er & -ir verbs)
 Preterite (Ir)
 Personal a
 Decir (present tense)
 Indirect object pronouns
 Preterite (hacer)
To find out more about Spanish classes at Stone Bank School, visit
www.sbspanish.wikispaces.com