Spanish Language Vertical Planner
Unit and
time
period
Unit title
AOI
Pre-MYP Teacher: Ivana Bojnanska
Unit 1
Activities of Environment
September daily living
Health, Social
- December
Significant
concept
Possible
assessment
tasks
Pre- MYP
Modified
Objectives
addressed
Routine
activities and
phrases
A-Common
questions and
answers basic
B-Description of
picture
C-Reading
comprehension
D-Writing: My
typical day,
weekend
Intonation,
accent, basic
grammar, basic
prepositions,
basic verbs,
nationalities
The importance
of family
background,
home, need to
have friends
A-Presentation
leisure:
hobbies,
holidays
B-family tree
C-Reading
comprehension
D-Writing:
ideal holiday
prepositions of
place, making
questions,
irregular verbs
Unit 2:
January February
Family,
friends
Environments,
Health and
social
education
Unit 3
March April
Food
Environments, Healthy
Health and
lifestyle
social
education
Unit 4 May- In the city
June
Environments,
Health and
social
education
Orientation in
the city,
description the
city
A-Presentation
of eating habits
B- Food pyramid
C-Reading
comprehension
D-Writing: diet,
favorite foods
Basic
vocabulary:
food
verbs: gustar,
querer
tambien,
tampoco, time,
months, days
of the week
A- Description of vocabulary
route from
related to
home to school
travel, verb to
B-Reading the
be, close future
map
tense
C-Reading
comprehension
D-Description of
the town where
I live
MYP 1
Unit 1
September
Description
Environments, The need for
of house and Health and
family
-A project, a
description of
Prepositions of
place,
- December my room
social
education
background
living your
verb “to be”,
room
continuous
B-Description
tense
of picture
C- Reading
comprehension
D- Writing:
ideal housing
Unit 2
January
My close
past ,
Pretérito
Perfecto
Environments
Description of
weekend and
holidays
Unit 3
February April
Dreams for
the future
Environments, How I imagine
Human
my future
Ingenuity
A-Presentation:
What my
weekend was
like
B- Description of
picture
C- reading
comprehension
D- Description of
holidays
A-Presentation
of my dreams
for the future,
how I see
myself in the
future
B-watching a
video
presentation
C- Reading
comprehension
D-Writing: My
Life in the
Future
Unit 4
The Weather Environments
MYP 2 Teacher: Andrea Zahorska
Unit 1
Description
Environments
Numbers,
phrases “todo,
cada”, pronoun
groups
Expressing
future,
Pronouns of
the 3rd and 4th
case
Comprehension A Simulationof weather
weather
forecast
forecast
B-Description:
What will the
weather be
like?
C- Reading
comprehension
D- Writing:
What will the
weather be
like?
Vocabulary
related to this
topic, verbs:
hacer, tener
expressing
future, past
tense
Description of a A -
Vocabulary
September- of people,
November appearance,
character,
clothing
person
presentation of
chosen
personalities
B- Description
of picture
C- Reading
comprehension
D- Writing
essays on
selected
figures
The importance A-Choosing a
of sport in our
personality: an
lives
athlete,
describe why
sport is
important
B-Description
of a video
C- Reading
comprehension
D- Write about
your favorite
sport
Unit 2
DecemberJanuary
Sport
Health and
social
education
Unit 3
FebruaryMarch
Past tense:
Pretérito
Indefinido
Environments, The function of
Human
the simple past
Ingenuity
tense
Unit 4
April- June
Food,
famous
Spanish
dishes,
comparing
eating habits
of the
Spanish and
Slovaks
Environments, Healthy
Health and
lifestyle
social
education
APresentation:
My holidays
B-Description
of picture
C- Reading
comprehension
D- Writing: My
holidays
A-Project:
Famous
Spanish food,
Dieta
mediterránea,
dining habits
B- Description
of picture
C- Reading
comprehension
Write text:
favorite foods,
related to the
topic, phrases,
conditionals,
comparison
and superlative
adjectives
Vocabulary
related to the
topic,
expressing an
opinion, verbs:
gustaria,
preferir,
encantar,
interesar,
dolerite
Simple past
tense, irregular
verbs
Vocabulary
related to this
topic
recipe
MYP 3 Teacher: Andrea Zahorska
Unit 1
Health,
Environments, The importance
September- visiting a
Health and
of health,
October
doctor, the
social
prevention
human body education
Unit 2
November
My
childhood
(Pretérito
Imperfecto)
Environments
Comparison of
childhood and
the present
Unit 3
DecemberMarch
The function
of past
tenses
Human
Ingenuity
The past tenses
Unit 4
April- May
Comparing
Human
the past with Ingenuity,
the present
Environments
MYP 4 Teacher: Andrea Zahorska
The change of
time
A Role-play
(doctorpatient)
B-Description
of picture
(Dangers of
smoking)
C-Reading
comprehension
D- Writing an
essay: The
importance of
health
A-Speaking: My
childhood
B-Image
Description
C- Reading
comprehension
D- Writing an
essay
-A comparison
of the past
with the
present
B-Image
Description
C- Reading
comprehension
D- Writing:
(childhood
experiences, a
story)
A-Projects (life
changes)
B-Image
Description
C-Reading
comprehension
D-Writing
Vocabulary
related to this
topic, verb
“doler”
Pretérito
imperfecto –
meaning and
the function
Revision of past
tenses, the
sequence of
time
The functions
of all past
tenses
Unit 1
September
-November
Spain, the
geopolitical
map,
important
facts on the
provinces,
climate
Unit 2
Customs and
December - traditions of
January
Spain
environments
Getting to
know the
geography of
Spain
A-Project
presentation
B-Description
of pictures
C-Reading
comprehension
D- Writing
Environments Cultural
A-Project
knowledge of
presentation
Spanish
B-Description
of pictures
C-Reading
comprehension
D- Writing
Unit 3
Occupations Human
Job interview,
A-Role-play
FebruaryIngenuity,
the ideal job
B-Description
March
Health and
of pictures
social
C-Reading
education
comprehension
D- Writing
Unit 4
Conversation Environments, Communication A-Role-play
April-June
topics
Health and
in different
B-Description
the social
situations (in
of pictures
education
food, boutique, C-Reading
at the airport in comprehension
the city,
D- Writing
restaurants,
etc.).
MYP 5 Teacher: Andrea Zahorska
Central
Environments Getting to
A-Project
Unit 1
America, the
know the facts presentation
September- Caribbean
about the
B-Description
October
(geography,
countries
pictures
tradition)
C- Reading
comprehension
D-Writing
Unit 2
NovemberJanuary
South
America
(geography,
traditions,
customs)
Environments Getting to
know the
facts about
the
countries
Unit 3
February -
Ancient
American
Environments Getting to
know pre-
A-Project
presentation
B-Description
pictures
C- Reading
comprehension
D-Writing
A-Project
presentation
Basic
knowledge of
the country,
orientation on
the map
Cultural
information
(holidays,
traditions,
calendar)
Vocabulary,
job interviewthe course
(questions,
answers)
Communication
in real life
situations
Basic
knowledge of
the countries,
orientation on
the map
Basic
knowledge of
the countries,
orientation on
the map
Basic
knowledge of
March
civilization,
discovery of
the New
World
Unit 4
April-June
Literature
(selected
works of
Spanish and
Latin
American
Literature)
Community
and Service
Columbian
civilizations
(benefits,
monuments,
attractions),
the
discovery of
the New
World,
Christopher
Columbus
Selected
bibliography
(reading,
the analysis)
B-Description
pictures
C- Reading
comprehension
D-Writing
the
civilizations in
the Americas,
the discovery
of the New
World,
Christopher
Columbus,
conquerors
A-Presentation of
diaries in
B-Description of
pictures
C-Reading
comprehension
D-Writing
Analysis of
read works