COURSE CONTENT
Subject
Spanish I
Grade
Avancemos Level 1
Text: McDougal Littell
CS
Content Standards
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
4.1
4.2
5.1
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Week 1
1.1 Engage in conversation, Acts. 2–3
1.2 Understand language
1.3 Present information, Acts. 2–3, PYP
2.1 Practices and perspectives
4.1 Compare languages, Pronunciation
4.2 Compare cultures
5.1 Identify typical activities and events in
Spanish culture
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
4.2
5.1
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Week 2
1.1 Engage in conversation
1.2 Understand language, Act. 1
1.3 Present information, Acts. 1–2, PYP
2.1 Practices and perspectives
4.2 Compare cultures
5.1 Identify typical activities and events in
Spanish culture
Content Standard Key
1= Communication
2= Culture
3= Connections
4= Comparisons
5= Communities
June 2007
Resources/Instructional Strategies and/or Activities
Pacing
Guide
FIRST NINE WEEKS
Preliminar
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Introduce lesson theme: ¡Hola!
5 days
 Culture: Learn about New York City’s population and
its cultural celebrations
 Present and practice vocabulary: greetings and saying
goodbye
 Learn to say names in Spanish
 Pronunciation: Learn about the letter h in Spanish
 Numbers 1-10
 Exchanging phone numbers
 Days of the Week
 The Weather
 Classroom phrases
Additional Resources: See EZ Planner for additional
resources.
Unidad 1 Leccion 1
5 days
 Culture: compare everyday activities
 Present and practice vocabulary about everyday
activities, snack foods, and likes and dislikes
 State preferences about favorite activities
 Understand what others say about activities
 Practice talking about activities they and others like to
do (gustar)
 Recycle: weather expressions
 Subject pronouns and ser
Additional Resources-DVD 1, CD, see EZ Planner for
other resources.
1
Date
Taught
CS
Content Standards
1.2
1.3
2.1
4.2
5.2
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Week 3
1.2 Understand language, Act. 1
1.3 Present information, Act. 2
2.1 Practices and perspectives
4.2 Compare cultures
5.2 Life-long learners, Juegos y diversiones
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
4.1
4.2
5.2
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Week 4
1.1 Engage in conversation, Act. 2
1.2 Understand language
1.3 Present information, Act. 1
2.1 Practices and perspectives
4.1 Compare languages, Nota gramatical
4.2 Compare cultures
5.2 Life-long learners, Juegos y diversiones
1.1
1.2
1.3
4.2
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Week 5
1.1 Engage in conversation, Act. 3
1.2 Understand language
1.3 Present information, Acts. 1–3, PYP
4.2 Compare cultures
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.2
4.2
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Week 6
1.1 Engage in conversation, Act. 2
1.2 Understand language, Act. 1
1.3 Present information, Acts. 1–2, PYP
2.2 Products and perspectives, CC
4.2 Compare cultures
Resources/Instructional Strategies and/or Activities
Unidad 1 Leccion 2
 Teach about Hispanic culture in the U.S.
 Present and practice vocabulary: adjectives, likes and
dislikes
 Recycle: ser to describe people, gustar with infinitive,
snack foods, after school activities
 Definite and Indefinite articles
 Noun and adjective agreement
Pacing
Guide
5 days
5 days
Unidad 2 Leccion 1
 Introduce lesson theme: Somos estudiantes
 Learn about Mexican culture
 Present and practice vocabulary: time, school and class
schedules, numbers, school subjects, and classroom
activities
 The verb tener
 Present tense of ar verbs
 Recycle: after school activities
Unidad 2 Leccion 2
 Teach classroom vocabulary
 Teach expressions with the verbs estar and ir
 Describing location, expressing feelings
 Recycle: class subjects, adjective agreement and
telling time
5 days
Unidad 3 Leccion 1
 Teach about Puerto Rican culture
 Teach students to express what they like to eat for
breakfast, lunch, and dinner
 Gustar with nouns
 Present tense er and ir verbs
 Recycle: the verb gustar with an infinitive, snack
foods, verb estar and telling time
5 days
2
Date
Taught
CS
Content Standards
1.2
1.3
2.1
4.1
4.2
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Week 7
1.2 Understand language, Act. 2
1.3 Present information, Acts. 1–2, PYP
2.1 Practices and perspectives
4.1 Compare languages, Nota
4.2 Compare cultures
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
4.2
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Week 8
1.1 Engage in conversation, Act. 2
1.2 Understand language
1.3 Present information, Act. 1, PYP
2.1 Practices and perspectives
4.2 Compare cultures
Resources/Instructional Strategies and/or Activities
Unidad 3 Leccion 2
 Teach more about Puerto Rican culture
 Teach dates and numbers from 200–1,000,000
 Express possession using de
 Family, giving dates, possessive adjectives, and
comparatives
 Recycle: tener, 11-100, after-school activities
Unidad 4 Leccion 1
 Teach about Spain
 Have students talk about clothing
 Shopping
 Stem changing verbs e
ie
 Direct object pronouns
 Recycle: numbers 11–100, tener, after-school
activities
Pacing
Guide
5 days
5 days
SECOND NINE WEEKS
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.2
4.1
4.2
1.1
1.3
2.2
3.1
4.2
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Week 9
1.1 Engage in conversation, Act. 2, PYP
1.2 Understand language
1.3 Present information, Acts. 1–2, PYP
2.2 Products and perspectives
4.1 Compare languages
4.2 Compare cultures
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Week 10
1.2 Understand language
1.3 Present information, Acts. 1–2, PYP
2.2 Products and perspectives
3.1 Knowledge of other disciplines
4.2 Compare cultures, CC
Unidad 4 Leccion 2
 Introduce lesson theme: ¿Qué hacemos esta noche?
 Present and practice vocabulary about places in town
and items in a restaurant
 Practice ir a + infinitive to talk about what you are
going to do
 Stem-changing verbs o
ue, and e
i
 Recycle: present tense of -er verbs. Understand and
practice using the vocabulary in context. Recycle the
verb ir. Direct object pronouns and tener expressions.
Unidad 5 Leccion 1
 Introduce lesson theme: Vivimos aquí
 Present vocabulary: rooms of a house, furniture,
household items
 Ser or estar
 Ordinal numbers
 Recycle: stem-changing verbs: o
ue, location
words, colors, clothing
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5 days
5 days
Date
Taught
CS
Content Standards
1.2
1.3
2.2
4.2
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Week 11
1.2 Understand language
1.3 Present information, Acts. 1–2, PYP
2.2 Products and perspectives
4.2 Compare cultures
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
4.2
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Week 12
1.1 Engage in conversation, Act. 4, PYP
1.2 Understand language, Act. 1
1.3 Present information, Act. 2
2.1 Practices and perspectives, Act. 7
4.2 Compare cultures
1.2
1.3
2.2
4.2
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Week 13
1.2 Understand language, Act. 1
1.3 Present information, Act. 2
2.2 Products and perspectives
4.2 Compare cultures
Resources/Instructional Strategies and/or Activities
Pacing
Guide
Unidad 5 Leccion 2
 Introduce lesson theme: Una fiesta en casa
5 days
 Culture: learn how family parties are celebrated in
different countries
 Present and practice vocabulary: household chores,
party activities
 More irregular verbs
 Affirmative tú commands
 Recycle: tener que, interrogative words, expressions of
frequency, direct object pronouns
Unidad 6 Leccion 1
 Introduce lesson theme: ¿Cuál es tu deporte
5 days
favorito?
 Present and practice vocabulary: sports, places where
sports are played, sports equipment
 Understand and practice activity vocabulary in context
 Saber and conocer
 Personal a
 Recycle: numbers from 200 to 1,000,000, gustar with
nouns, comparatives
Unidad 6 Leccion 2
 Introduce lesson theme: La salud
5 days
 Culture: Compare healthy outdoor activities with
activities teens do in other parts of the world
 Present and practice vocabulary: activities to stay
healthy, parts of the body. Understand and practice
activity vocabulary in context.
 Practice using doler to say what hurts
 Recycle: stem-changing o
ue verbs, telling time,
gustar with nouns
 Present and practice the preterite of regular -ar verbs
 Preterite of -car, -gar and -zar verbs
 Culture: Discuss how artists reflect their values
through their paintings
4
Date
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CS
Content Standards
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
4.2
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Week 14
1.1 Engage in conversation, Acts. 8–9
1.2 Understand language, Act. 1
1.3 Present information, Act. 2, PYP
2.1 Practices and perspectives, CC
4.2 Compare cultures
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Week 15
1.2 Understand language, Act. 1
1.3 Present information, Act. 2, PYP
4.2 Compare cultures, CC
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Week 16
1.1 Engage in conversation, Act. 2
1.2 Understand language
1.3 Present information, Acts. 1–2, PYP
2.2 Products and perspectives
4.2 Compare cultures
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Week 17
1.2 Understand language
1.3 Present information, Acts. 1–2
2.2 Products and perspectives
4.2 Compare cultures, CC
1.2
1.3
4.2
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.2
4.2
1.2
1.3
2.2
4.2
Resources/Instructional Strategies and/or Activities
Unidad 7 Leccion 1
 Introduce lesson theme: En el cibercafé.
 Present and practice vocabulary: technology-related
activities, parts of a computer
 Present sequence words. Understand and practice
activity vocabulary in context.
 Present and practice using the preterite of regular -er
and -ir verbs
 Recycle: Affirmative tú commands, telling time, foods
and beverages
 Culture: Find out how slang words develop
Unidad 7 Leccion 2
 Introduce lesson theme: Uni dia en el parque de
diversiones
 Present and practice vocabulary: amusement parks,
places of interest and special events, extending and
declining invitations, talking on the phone
 Preterite of ir, ser and hacer
 Pronouns after prepositions
 Recycle: Noun/adjective agreement, places around
town, and stem changing verbs o ue.
Unidad 8 Leccion 1
 Introduce lesson theme: Pensando en las vacaciones
 Present and practice vocabulary: daily routine,
personal-care items, vacation destinations, ways to
travel
 Reflexive verbs, present progressives
 Recycle: preterite of hacer, direct object pronouns,
parts of the body, chores, houses, and telling time
Unidad 8 Leccion 2
 Introduce lesson theme: Vamos de vacaciones
 Present and practice vocabulary: vacation activities,
handicrafts, jewelry, bargaining expressions
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Pacing
Guide
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Date
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CS
Content Standards
Resources/Instructional Strategies and/or Activities
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Pacing
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Indirect Object Pronouns and demonstrative adjectives
Recycle: family, numbers 200-1,000,000, gustar with
infinitive, present progressive and classroom objects
5 days
Week 18
Review and Testing
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Date
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