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Spanish – Level 1
8 units plus review
Essential Question (s):
Theme/Unit
Content
1. Preliminary
Unit and Unit
One:
Likes/Dislikes,
Intro
Words/Phrases
and Descriptions
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2. Unit Two:
Daily Schedule
and Class
Subjects and
Activities
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Greetings
Number (1-10_
Classroom
expressions
Days of the week
Colors
Subject pronouns
Weather Intro
Definite and
indefinite articles
The verb “to be”/ser
Noun-Adjective
agreement
Physical descriptions
& personality traits
Time
Numbers (11-100)
School subjects
Classroom activities
Classroom objects
Regular “AR” verbs
The verb “to have”
The verb “to go”
Students can…
(I1, I2, P)
 Greet someone
and say goodbye
 Introduce
someone
 Give/Receive
class commands
 Ask how words
are spelled
 Ask about likes
and dislikes
 Leisure Activities
 Ask about and
describe people
Teaching Strategies
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Ask how old a
person is
Discuss location
of an object
Ask about thinks
in a classroom
Discuss feelings
and emotions
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Resources
Express simple
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likes and dislikes
Simon says with
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class commands
Describe a person 
Demonstrate use
of the subject
pronouns
Use basic words
and phrases
(colors, days, etc.)
Tell correct time
at various parts of
the day
Point out objects
in classroom
Use verbs in
sentences and
“fill-in-the-blank”
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I1-Interpersonal I2= Interpretive P=Presentational
Salt Lake City School District/WL Spanish/8/2011
Assessment
Strategies (I1, I2, P)
Quack and Unit
 Simon Says
Videos
 Spelling Bee
Charts (colors,
 Object
days, #’s, et al)
identification
Pictures of people  Dialogues
and traits
 Charades with
classroom
expressions
Charts (time,
numbers, etc.)
School schedules
Classroom clocks,
objects & school
materials
Illustrations of
emotions
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Dialogues
Able to write
simple sentences
about likes and
dislikes.
3. Unit Three:
Family, Meals,
Dates/Birthdays,
& Interrogatives
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4. Unit Four:
Shopping and
Going about
Town
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5. Unit Five:
Home, Furniture,
Chores, Parties,
and Gifts
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Family and pets
The verb “gustar”
with nouns
Possessive adjectives
Question words
Some idioms with “to
have”
Regular “ER/IR” verbs
Comparatives
Numbers to 1 million
Months
Clothes
Expansion of colors
Seasons
Shopping
Events and places
around town
Birthdays and dates
Restaurants and
dinner foods
Stem-changing verbs
“e-ie”, “o-ou”, “e-l”
More idioms with “to
have”
House
Furniture
Rooms/areas
Parties/invites
Gifts
Ordinal numbers
To be: “Ser vs Estar”
Irregular verbs
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Identify family
members
Ask about
someone’s family
Discuss breakfast
and lunch foods
Contrast and
compare people
and some things
Ask basic
questions
Count to 1 million
Ask about and
give directions
Identify locations
and places
Inquire about and
buy clothes
Order a meal
Arrange a trip
using public
transportation
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Ask about classes
Ask for and give
opinions
Ask others what
they need and tell
what you need
Inquire about and
buy something
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Draw a family
picture
Family photo
albums w/written
Descriptions
Solve a simple
mystery
Compare and
contrast famous
people
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Do a verb char/s
Simple verb
question and
answer
Dialogue about
shopping and/or
ordering and
sharing a meal
Develop a trip
itinerary
Draw and label a
town
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Draw a house
Draw and label
rooms and
furniture in a
house
Pictionary
Plan a party\
Outline daily
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I1-Interpersonal I2= Interpretive P=Presentational
Salt Lake City School District/WL Spanish/8/2011
Charts (poss. Adj,
months, #’s, etc.)
Realia w/foods
Verb conjugation
charts & practice
Illustrations with
idioms
Quack and Unit
videos
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Realia (with
clothes, foods,
seasons, etc.)
Illustrations of
seasons
Verb Charts
Quack and Unit
videos
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Magazines and
pictures of house,
furniture, rooms,
etc.
Realia with gifts
and party items
Illustrations using
ser vs estar
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Describe a person
from a picture
Draw a given
description of a
person
Fill out a blank
family tree
w/relationships
and possessive
adjectives
Draw a town
Give directions
Complete a
dialogue on
ordering a meal
and taking a trip
via public
transportation
Create a menu
Create a shopping
list
Label rooms and
areas of a house
Identify furniture
in a house
Dialogue on
giving/following
directions
Outline daily
6. Unit Six:
Free Time
Activities and
Sports, Body
Parts and Health
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Affirmative you “tú”
commands
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Sports and activities
 Ask about
 Simon says
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interests
w/body parts
Sports equipment
 Ask how often
 Demonstrate a
Sports fields courts
someone does an
sport
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Parts of a body
activity
 Identify different
Health vocabulary
fields, etc. for
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Expansion of weather  Make plans to
attend
a
sports
different
sports
words
event/contest
 Pictionary with
The verb “to play” a
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Draw
and
label
sports and/or
sport
body parts
body parts
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The verb/s to know:
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Ask
about
the
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Draw
and
label
a
“Saber vs. Conocer”
weather and
weather map
“AR” verbs and recent
describe the
past tense
current weather
Preterit of
“CAR/GAR/and
ZAR” verbs
Technology
 Discuss and
 Describe and
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inquire about
label modern
Events
technology
technological
Amusement part
words
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Make
and
receive
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Telephone manners
a telephone call
 Dialogue about
and conversations
one’s visit to an
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Respond
to
an
Places of interest
amusement park 
invitation
Make and receive an
 Develop a phone
 Discuss actions
invitation
conversation
and activities in
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“ER & IR” verbs and
the recent past
 Summary of a trip
recent past tense
and/or outing in
 Use popular
Negative and
the recent past
irregular verbs in
affirmative words
tense w/popular
the
recent
past
Irregular verbs in the
irregular verbs
 State opposite
recent past tense
adjective/adverb
Pronouns after
 Use pronouns
prepositions
I1-Interpersonal I2= Interpretive P=Presentational
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7. Unit Seven:
Technology, Past
Events, Phone
Conversations,
Amusement
Parks
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Plan a party
Give gifts
chores, etc.
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chores around
the house
Charts (ordinal
#’s, verbs, etc.
Realia: sports
equipment, pics
of fields
Realia: picture of
unlabeled body
Realia: pictures
of weather
and/or
illustrations
Charade or
picture of a
sport/body part
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Realia: tech
items and
equipment
Charades give
and receive an
invitation
Realia: phone
conversation
Realia: pictures of
an amusement
partk
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Draw and label a
body w/parts
Draw and label a
sport, with
equipment
Label words on a
weather map
Fill-in-the-blank
with a phone
conversation
Describe an
outing to an
amusement park
Label parts of
technological
equipment
8. Unit Eight:
Daily Routine,
Grooming, Trip
and Vacation
Vocabulary;
Jewelry and
Handicrafts
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Daily routine
Grooming
Cacation activities
Trip locations and
travel words
Jewelry
Handicrafts
Bargaining
Position
words/demonstrative
adjectives/pronouns
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after prepositions
Describe one’s
daily routine and
grooming
Ask about and
describe vacation
activities
Use adjectives to
describe the
location of an
object
Ask about
purchasing
souvenirs,
handicrafts, etc.
via bargaining
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Create mini store
windows nad/or
outdoor vendor
locales
Create a mini
vacation itinerary
Develop a
dialogue using
bargaining
Develop a
demonstration to
illustrate the use
of adjectives and
pronouns re: the
location of object
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I1-Interpersonal I2= Interpretive P=Presentational
Salt Lake City School District/WL Spanish/8/2011
Use realia:
jewels,
handicrafts,
pictures of trip
locales
Charade/act out
daily routine with
accessories
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Label parts of a
demonstration on
grooming & daily
routine
Complete
sentences on
trip/travel
activities
Identify a
bad/good bargain