SPAN 1115 Beginning Spanish
The University of Oklahoma
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Spring 2016
Monday/Wednesday Class Schedule
Abbreviations: PP: Puntos de Partida.
DATE
SM: Supplementary Materials.
HOMEWORK DUE PRIOR TO CLASS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
IN PUNTOS DE PARTIDA
ON CONNECT
TG: Teacher´s Guide
CLASS WORK
OUTSIDE AND INCLASS
ASSIGNMENTS
18 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday-No Class
Introduction to Course: Present students to class format and materials. Syllabus review.
January
1st
Week
20
25
Capítulo 1:
Introducing yourself and finding out
who other people are
Introducing yourself and finding out
who other people are
PP: Conversación A, B, C. p. 6
PP: ¿Cómo es usted? p. 8
PP: Conversación C (Paso 1). p. 9
PP: Reading: ¡Aquí se habla
español! p. 10
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
2nd
Week
27
Expressing likes and dislikes/Telling
Time
PP: Los gustos y preferencias. P. 14
PP: Práctica A, B. p.14
SM: Diálogo p. 6
PP: Los numerous del 0 al 30. p. 12
PP: Práctica A, B, C. p. 13
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
PP: Saludos y expresiones de cortesía.
p. 4
PP: Nota cultural y Nota
comunicativa. p.5
Practicing Greetings in different
contexts.
PP: Conversación D, E. p. 6
TG-Speaking Activities: A p. 3
PP: Conversación A, B. p. 9
TG- Speaking Activities: B p. 3
SM: Exercise p. 2
Listing Spanish-speaking countries
and their capitals.
Working in groups, have students give
examples of uses of Spanish in this
country: place and street names,
restaurants, music, etc.
PP: Conversación A, B. p.15
In your class, find 5 people who share
your likes. Make a list of what you
like creating different categories
(sports, food, etc.)
SM: Compare Diálogo on p. 6 with a
partner.
SM: Bingo p. 7
PP: Conversación 1, 2, 3 p. 13
1
DATE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Telling Time
Chapter Review
HOMEWORK DUE PRIOR TO CLASS
IN PUNTOS DE PARTIDA
ON CONNECT
February
3
OUTSIDE AND INCLASS
ASSIGNMENTS
PP: Nota comunicativa. p. 16.
PP: Práctica A– Conversación A. p.
17
SM: p. 3.
PP: ¿Qué hora es? p. 16
PP: Práctica B–Conversación B. p.17
PP: Alfabeto español. p. 7
PP: Práctica A. p. 7
PP: Reading La geografía del mundo
hispano. P. 20
1
3rd
week
CLASS WORK
PP: En el salón de clase Vocabulary
p. 26
Capítulo 2:
Las materias p. 28
Telling what objects are around you and PP: Conversación A. p. 27
stating who is present and who is not.
PP: Reading p. 33-34
PP: Práctica A, B. p. 34
PP: Práctica A, B, p. 36
Grammar Tutorial 1
Grammar Tutorial 2
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
PP: Los pronombres personales. p.
38-41
PP: Práctica A. p. 41
Being able to ask and answer questions
PP: Práctica C. p. 42
about what classes/credits you are taking
PP: Conversación A, B (paso 1) p.43
& Telling someone what classes you are
PP: Reading Getting Information.
taking.
Auto-prueba p.45-46
PP: Práctica A, B. p. 46
PP: Nota Comunicativa p. 30
Grammar Tutorial 3
Grammar Tutorial 4
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
PP: Práctica B p. 8
PP: Práctica A, B. p. 18
PP: La geografía del mundo hispano.
p. 20.Comprensión p. 21
Listening Activity: Telling Time
PP: Telepuntos. Salu2. p. 19
TG: Listening Comprehension A, B.
p. 2
Working by pairs, describe your
classroom/your room (Vocab Review)
PP: Conversación B. p. 27
Describe the picture.
PP: Conversación A, B. p. 35
PP: Conversación A, B. p. 37
TG: Exercise B p. 10
PP: Práctica B. p. 41
PP: Práctica D. p. 42
PP: Nota Comunicativa C (1-2).
(modify) p.44
SM: Bingo p. 19
SM: Present Tense p. 11
SM: InfoGapActivity p. 18
PP: Conversación B. p. 47
PP: Un poco de todo – B, C. p. 48-49
PP: Exercise C. p. 30 (Working by
pairs)
2
DATE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
8
4th
Week
10
HOMEWORK DUE PRIOR TO CLASS
IN PUNTOS DE PARTIDA
ON CONNECT
Being able to ask and answer questions
about what classes/credits you are taking PP: Reading Del mundo hisp. p. 53
& Telling someone what classes you are SM: Los artículos p. 10
taking.
SM: Práctica p. 12
SM: Present Tense p. 11
Look for online brochures or
advertisements in Spanish promoting Exercises assigned by your
summer courses. Highlight the most instructor
important information and bring
them to class
Prepare five questions on your own
to interview a classmate about
her/his routine activities.
Being able to interview someone about
his or her basic schedule and activities
(routine behaviors).
Listing some important points about
the Hispanic presence in
Oklahoma/US.
SM: Gramática A, B, C, D p. 14-15
PP: Reading Los Estados Unidos –
Comprensión p. 52
Exercises assigned by your
instructor.
Chapter Review.
15
Capítulo 3:
Talking about your family. Interviewing
a classmate in order to draw that
person’s family tree.
PP: Vocabulario p. 60
PP: Conversación A, B p. 61
PP: Gramática p. 66-68
PP: Práctica B, C p.69-70
Grammar Tutorial 5
Exercises assigned by your
instructor.
Being able to describe what family
members look like.
PP: Expressing to be. p. 72-73
Autoprueba p. 74
PP: Exercises E. p. 70 / E. p. 75
PP: Expressing Possession. p. 77
PP: Práctica A-D. p. 78-79
PP: Expressing Actions. p. 80-82
Autoprueba p. 82
Grammar Tutorial 6
Grammar Tutorial 7
Exercises assigned by your
instructor.
5th
Week
17
CLASS WORK
OUTSIDE AND INCLASS
ASSIGNMENTS
SM: Práctica p. 13
PP: A escuchar. p. 54
In groups of 3 students create your
own brochure for a summer course in
a Latin-American country /Spain and
present it to the class.
TG-Situations and Dialogues. p. 9
PP: Del mundo hispano p. 53
SM: Diálogos p. 17
Interview a classmate about his/her
routine activities.
Reading Activity: Mi primer día en el
instituto
SM: Exercise F p. 16
SM: Listening comprehension p. 9
Group work: Make a list of Hispanic
groups at OU and Oklahoma –
Internet search. Report about findings.
PP: Telepuntos. Salu2. p. 50-51
TG: Listening Comprehension C
Listening passages. p. 6
PP: Describe the picture p. 58
PP: Conversación C p. 61
SM: Family Tree Diagram p. 22
Draw your own family tree
Draw your partner’s family tree
SM: ¿Cómo es esta familia? p. 23
TG: Exercise C p. 15
TG: The Family Reunion Game p. 1819
Reading Comprehension 1
PP: Exercise B Descripciones. p. 71
Práctica A, B, C p. 74
Reading Comprehension
SM: Las nacionalidades. P. 25
1 (In-Class)
PP: Conversación A, B. p. 79-80
SM: Bingo p. 35
PP: Práctica D. p. 84
3
DATE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
22
ON CONNECT
Being able to tell what your family
members do.
PP: Práctica A, B. p. 82-83
PP: Los numerous del 31-100. p. 62
PP: Conversación A. p 62
SM: Una familia grande. p. 27
Bring magazine pictures.
Grammar Tutorial 8
PP: Reading México
Exercises assigned by your
Comprensión p. 90
instructor.
Bring pictures and information about
famous Mexican and American
families (The Slim Family, the
Kennedy family, etc.)
Being able to compare family
structures between Mexican and
American cultures
PP: En su comunidad. Interview p.87
-Bring pictures of famous American
people with Mexican background
(Politicians such as Mitt Romney,
TV actresses such as Sara Paxton;
Exercises assigned by your
singers such as Taboo from The
instructor
Black Eyed Peas)
PP: Reading Del mundo hispano
Números útiles p. 91.
Comprensión A, B. p. 91
6th
Week
24
HOMEWORK DUE PRIOR TO CLASS
IN PUNTOS DE PARTIDA
29
7
Week
March
Picture Based List
PP: Conversación A, B. p. 85
SM: Listening Comprehension. p. 21
PP: Conversación B, C. p 63
Reading Activity:
Complete la ficha that your instructor
gives to you. Then compare your
answers with a classmate, and report
your findings to the class.
8
Week
7
Picture-based List
(In class)
SM: Descripciones y preguntas. p. 24
TG: Exercise B. p. 15
Describe ‘tu compañero ideal’
PP: En su comunidad. Compare
interview responses with a classmate
and then report them to the class. p. 87
-Famous people you never knew were
Mexican. Find and describe the
families of famous Americans with a
Mexican background. Present them to
the class.
Listening Exam 1
PP: Telepuntos. Salu2. p. 88-89
TG: Listening Comprehension D.
Listening passages. p. 13
Chapter Review
EXAM 1
th
OUTSIDE AND INCLASS
ASSIGNMENTS
PP: ¡A escuchar! Exercises A, B. p.
92
PP: Exercises B, C. p. 86-87
Reading Activity: Organizing a Text
th
2
CLASS WORK
Capítulo 4:
Being able to describe clothing items.
Listening Exam 1
EXAM 1
PP: Vocabulario p. 98
PP: Conversación A, B. p. 99-100
Exercises assigned by your
Bring catalogues of someone dressed instructor
in interesting clothes.
Conversación A, B, C, D. p. 101-102
SM: El regalo perfecto p. 49
TG: Exercise C. p. 25
SM: Exercises A, B. p. 38 / B p. 45
4
DATE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
HOMEWORK DUE PRIOR TO CLASS
IN PUNTOS DE PARTIDA
ON CONNECT
Describing what people wear
according to the places/circumstances/
activities they do.
PP: Pointing out people and things.
p. 107-108. Autoprueba
PP: Práctica A, B, C. 109-110
PP: Expressing actions and states.
p. 111-112. Autoprueba
PP: Práctica A, B. p. 113
Grammar Tutorial 9.
Grammar Tutorial 10.
Exercises assigned by your
instructor.
Planning to go shopping/do other
activities
PP: Expressing destination and
future actions. P. 116-117.
PP: Práctica A, B p. 117
PP: Los números a partir del 100.
p. 103
PP: Conversación B, C. p. 104
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
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21
Look for some touristic information
about Central America. Select a
place you would like to stay for a
month.
Bring your laptop, phone, or iPad to
the class.
Grammar Tutorial 11.
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
Chapter Review.
23
OUTSIDE AND INCLASS
ASSIGNMENTS
PP: Conversación C. p. 100
PP: Conversación. p. 110
TG: Games. Exercise A. p. 27
PP: Conversación A, B, C. p. 114-5
Script for Oral
PP: Del mundo hispano. P. 123
Presentation (Video)
Your instructor will present some
pictures. Working in groups, you will
describe what people look like, what
they are wearing, and what they do.
PP: Conversación B. p. 118
PP: Exercise C. p. 119
PP: ¡A escuchar! Exercises A, B. p.
124
SM: Entrevista. p. 48
SM: Diálogos. P. 51
Your instructor will provide you with
a copy of some receipts. Ask your
partners for the missing information.
Then confirm what you buy and the
total.
SPRING BREAK
Being able to buy clothing or other
familiar items and ask questions about
them.
10th
Week
CLASS WORK
Capítulo 5:
Being able to describe a place (where
you live, take classes, or study).
PP: Vocabulario p. 130
PP: Conversación A. p. 131
PP: Las casas en el mundo hispano.
p. 132
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
With a classmate select a place you
would like to visit for a month. Do
Composition 1
some research by visiting different
First draft
Spanish websites in order to buy what
(Writing & Peer Review)
you need for this trip. Make a list and
(In class)
write down the prices. Then explain
why you select that place; what you
plan to do and to buy.
PP: Telepuntos. Salu2. p. 120-121
TG: Listening Comprehension. p. 39
(SM p. 38)
PP: Conversación B, C, D. p. 131
Describing different places:
classroom, home, and the OU library.
Composition 1
PP: Reading review.
Final Version
PP: A escuchar. p. 158
SM: Una casa nueva. P. 53
SM: Exercise D. p. 61
5
DATE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Being able to talk about what you are
doing at a specific time of day (Routine
behaviors).
28
Being able to talk about what you are
doing at a specific time of day (Routine
behaviors).
th
11
Week
30
Being able to tell what someone is
doing at a specific time of day
(Routine behaviors).
HOMEWORK DUE PRIOR TO CLASS
IN PUNTOS DE PARTIDA
PP: Reading ¿Qué día es hoy? p. 132
PP: Conversación A. p. 133
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
PP: Expressing actions. p. 136-138
PP: Práctica A, B. p. 139
Grammar Tutorial 12.
PP: Expressing actions. p. 142-144
PP: Práctica A, B (Paso 1)
p. 144-145
PP: Reading Expressing –self/selves.
Reflexive Pronouns. p. 147-149
PP: Práctica A, B. p. 149-150
SM: Práctica de verbos. p. 56
Un lunes difícil para.... p. 58
Reflexive actions. p. 59
Indicating what and where you do
certain activities around town.
April
12th
Week
6
Grammar Tutorial 13.
Grammar Tutorial 14.
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
PP: Exercise B (Reading El día de
la cruz). P. 152-153
Comprensión. p. 153
Select and describe 6 places people
should visit in Norman and OKC.
CLASS WORK
OUTSIDE AND INCLASS
ASSIGNMENTS
PP: Conversación. Exercise B. p. 135
PP:¿Cuándo? Las preposic. p. 134
PP: Conversación A. p. 135
Comparing and contrasting your
typical activities with those of
someone else.
4
ON CONNECT
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
PP: Reading El Salvador y
Being able to compare house/apartments
Nicaragua. p. 156
characteristics between some Latin
PP: Comprensión. p. 156
Exercises assigned by your
American countries and Oklahoma/US Bring real state ads about renting &
instructor
selling houses/apartments in Norman
Famous Hispanic people’s lives.
& Oklahoma City
Reading Comprehension 2
PP: A escribir. Preparar. p. 159
(Only this section)PP:
Reading Comprehension
Conversación A, B. p. 140
2 (In Class)
PP: Práctica C. p. 139
SM: Bingo: Mi casa y mi rutina. p. 66
SM: ¡A conversar! En una fiesta. p.
63
SM: Exercise B. p. 61
PP: Exercise C. p. 145
PP: Conversación A, B. p. 146
PP: Exercise C, D. p. 150-151
PP: Conversación B. p. 151
SM: La rutina de Marisol y Carlos. p.
60
PP: Conversación A. p. 151
PP: Un poco de todo. P. 152
SM: La rutina de Chela. p. 54
SM: Diálogo. p. 62
SM: Communicat. Goals Practice #2.
P. 67
PP: Reading review. P. 153
-Work with a partner. There is an
exchange student from Chile and you
will be his/her tourist guide, so you
should tell him/her what people do in
Norman & OKC, and describe the
most important places to visit. Present
your guide plan to the class.
Phone message
PP: Del mundo hispano. p. 157
With a classmate, compare those
rental state ads you brought to class
with the ones on p. 157.
Make a list of the differences and
similarities between the two.
Phone message
(In class)
6
DATE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
HOMEWORK DUE PRIOR TO CLASS
IN PUNTOS DE PARTIDA
ON CONNECT
CLASS WORK
PP: Telepuntos. Salu2. p.154-155
TG: Preguntas personales (Only
10). p. 28
Chapter Review.
Exam 2
11
13
Week
Capítulo 6:
Being able to talk about the weather
and activities you do
PP: Reading ¿Qué tiempo…? p. 164 Exercises assigned by your
PP: Conversación A, B, C. p. 164-5 instructor.
Being able to talk about the weather
and activities you do.
PP: Reading Los meses y las
estaciones del año.
PP: Las preposiciones p. 168
Exercises A, B. p. 166-167.
PP: Reading El clima en el mundo
hispano. p. 167
PP: Answer the questions after
reading Nota Cultural: ¿Cómo es el
clima de su estado? ¿Están las
estaciones bien diferenciadas?
Comparing and contrasting your
favorite season with that of someone
else.
PP: Describing. p. 182-185
PP: Práctica A. p. 185
Comparing and contrasting your
favorite season with that of someone
else.
Bring paper and color pencils to
class.
Expressing actions that are happening
right now / Being able to compare
people, things, and actions.
PP: Reading ¿Qué están haciendo?
p. 170-171
PP: Práctica A, B. p. 172
SM: Práctica. p. 71
PP:¿Ser o estar? p. 175-177
Autoprueba.
PP: Práctica A, B. p. 178
PP: Exercise F. p. 180
(paso 1 and 2)
13
14th
Week
Exam 2
PP: Exercise D. p. 165
PP: A escuchar. p. 194
SM: Exercise B. p. 77
SM: El boletín metereológico. p. 69
th
18
OUTSIDE AND INCLASS
ASSIGNMENTS
Grammar Tutorial 17.
Exercises assigned by your
instructor.
Grammar Tutorial 15.
Grammar Tutorial 16.
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
PP: Práctica B (In pairs) and C (paso
1). p. 186
PP: Conversación B. p. 187
PP: A escribir. (Only) Preparar. p. 195
SM: Las comparaciones. Exercise II.
p. 76 Exercise A. p. 77
Then in groups, design a poster for an
elementary class comparing the
seasons and showing activities that
should and should not be done in a
season.
PP: Práctica C. p. 173
SM: En casa. p. 64
Exercises D, E. p. 79
SM: En la residencia. Exercise A. p.
83
SM: Picture descriptions. P. 75
Game: Partners, music, and telling
what everybody is wearing.
PP: Práctica C. p. 178
Práctica D, E (Paso 1). p. 179
Conversación A. p. 181
7
DATE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
20
Being able to compare people, things,
and actions.
HOMEWORK DUE PRIOR TO CLASS
IN PUNTOS DE PARTIDA
SM: Práctica I, II. p. 76
SM: Exercise C. p. 78
SM: ¿Ser o estar? p. 72
Verbos: Ser vs. Estar. p. 74
CLASS WORK
ON CONNECT
Exercises assigned by your
instructor
PP: Conversación B. p. 181
PP: Conversación A. p. 187
PP: Un poco de todo. Exercise A. p.
188
SM: ¿Quién es? p. 70
¿Cómo estás? p. 81
PP: Exercise B. p. 188
Exercise C. p. 189
PP: Comprensión. p. 192
Listening Exam 2
25
Being able to compare people, things
and actions
Listening Exam 2
Print and bring handouts to class
from D2L page.
15th
Week
27
May
16th
Week
2
4
10
Being able to compare and contrast
Costa Rica and OK/US weather
Chapter review.
Review
OUTSIDE AND INCLASS
ASSIGNMENTS
PP: Reading Costa Rica. p. 192
Reading/Speaking Activity: La Mejor
Idea
Listening Activity: Tocando el cielo
Writing Activity: Adivina la película
PP: Comprensión. p. 192
Listen to the weather news in any city
in Costa Rica. Make a list of the
recognizable words or expressions.
-Working in pairs, select a city in
Costa Rica and create your own
weather forecast. Report to the class.
.
PP: Telepuntos. Salu2. p.190-191
TG: Preguntas personales (Only 10).
p. 36
Oral Presentations (Video)
Review
Review
FINAL EXAM Tuesday May 10th 7:30-9:30 PM Location TBA
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