New Albany Global Languages Department
Spanish 4 Graded Course of Study
Unit 1 (Lección 1): Sentir y vivir (Feeling & Living)
Objectives: Las relaciones personales (personal relationships) – Investingating and learning to
communicate about characteristics of personality, inter-personal relationships. civil states and reality
versus our filtered version of reality.
Grammar: The present tense: irregular “yo” forms, stem-changers, -ar/-er/ir verbs. Ser versus estar:
uses of both ser and estar, comparing and contrasting the usages of these verbs, and using these verbs
with adjectives. Gustar and gustar-like verb: discussing the patterns of these verbs, using IOP’s with
them.
Culture: Hispanics in the United States. Gallery of Creators with focus on: Julia Alvarez, Carmen
Lomas Garza, Narciso Rodríguez, and Robert Rodríguez. Reading: Corriente latina.
Additional Resources: Cortometraje Video Program – Momentos de estación; Imagina Audio C.D.’s;
Imagina Interactive Website - http://imagina.vhlcentral.com/; Imagina Student Activities Workbook;
Vocabulary flashcards; communicative student activities; authentic readings –Corriente latina and
Poema 20.
Assessment: Vocabulary quizzes, individual grammar quizzes, lesson quiz, lesson skit, and writing
assessments
Unit 2 (Lección 2): Vivir en la ciudad (Living in the city)
Objectives: En la ciudad (in the city) -Talking about city life in comparison to life in the suburbs or
the country, talking about the activities that are available in a city, and the people that live in the city,
giving directions, and discussing locations in a city.
Grammar: The preterite tense: irregulars; the imperfect tense: irregulars; the preterite tense versus the
imperfect tense
Culture México. Gallery of Creators with focus on: Gael García Bernal, Frida Kahlo, Elena
Poniatowska, and Diego Rivera. Reading: Juchitán: la ciudad de las mujeres.
Additional Resources: Cortometraje Video Program – Adiós mamá; Imagina Audio C.D.’s; Imagina
Interactive Website - http://imagina.vhlcentral.com/; Imagina Student Activities Workbook;
Vocabulary flashcards; communicative student activities; authentic readings –Juchitán: La ciudad de
las mujeres and Aqueronte; Video - The Bronze Screen – 100 years of Latino Image in Hollywood.
Assessment: Vocabulary quizzes, individual grammar quizzes, lesson quiz, lesson skit, and writing
assessments
Unit 3 (Lección 3): La influencia de los medios (Influence of the media)
Objectives: Los medios de comunicación (methods of communication) – discussing the various
methods of communication and their influences in our lives. Talking about all aspects of media: press,
television, movies, etc.
Grammar: The subjunctive in noun clauses; commands, object pronouns
Culture: The Caribbean – Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic. Gallery of Creators with focus
on: Julia de Burgos, Rosario Ferré, Wifredo Lam, Oscar de la Renta. Reading: Ritmos del Caribe.
Additional Resources: Cortometraje Video Program – Encrucijada; Imagina Audio C.D.’s; Imagina
Interactive Website - http://imagina.vhlcentral.com/; Imagina Student Activities Workbook;
Vocabulary flashcards; communicative student activities; authentic readings –Ritmos del Caribe and
Idilio. Documentary film, Buena Vista Social Club.
Assessment: Vocabulary quizzes, individual grammar quizzes, lesson quiz, lesson skit, and writing
assessments
Revised 09/01/10
Unit 4 (Lección 4): Generaciones en movimiento (Generations in movement)
Objectives: Entre familia (among family) – discussing generations and the differences between
generations as well as the comparisons between generations. Different stages of life, personalities,
family life, and family members.
Grammar: the subjunctive in adjective clauses, reflexive verbs, por and para, to become: hacerse,
ponerse, volverse
Culture: Central America – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Gallery of Creators with focus on: Gioconda Belli, Armando Morales, Mauricio Puente. Reading: El
poder de los mayas.
Additional Resources: Cortometraje Video Program – Raíz; Imagina Audio C.D.’s; Imagina
Interactive Website - http://imagina.vhlcentral.com/; Imagina Student Activities Workbook;
Vocabulary flashcards; communicative student activities; authentic readings – El poder de los mayas
and Eclipse; Globe Trekker Cultural Video on Central America – Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Assessment: Vocabulary quizzes, individual grammar quizzes, lesson quiz, lesson skit, and writing
assessments
Unit 5 (Lección 5): Las riquezas naturales (Natural Resources)
Objectives: Nuestro mundo (our world) – discussing natural resources, environmental issues, and
natural phenomenons. Talking about the abuse of nature and resources that are limited.
Grammar: the future tense, the conditional tense, relative pronouns, qué vs. cuál, the neuter lo
Culture: Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Gallery of Creators with focus on: Marisol Escobar,
Gabriel García Márquez, Oswaldo Guayasamín and Carolina Herrera. Reading: El Amazonas: pulmón
del planeta.
Additional Resources: Cortometraje Video Program – El día menos pensado; Imagina Audio C.D.’s;
Imagina Interactive Website - http://imagina.vhlcentral.com/; Imagina Student Activities Workbook;
Vocabulary flashcards; communicative student activities; authentic readings –El Amazonas: pulmón
del planeta and La luna; Globe Trekker Cultural Video on Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands.
Assessment: Vocabulary quizzes, individual grammar quizzes, lesson quiz, lesson skit, and writing
assessments. Public Service Announcement presentation.
Revised 09/01/10