8TH GRADE SPANISH – LIST OF TOPICS
These are the topics for this year, and a list of outcomes for Spanish.
UNIT #
Review A
Review B
Review C
4-1
TOPIC
Alphabet & vowel sounds
Numbers 0-100
OUTCOMES
Say the alphabet, spell words in Spanish
Say phone numbers, addresses, and how old
people are
Days of the week
Ask & answer what day is today, tomorrow
Months & Dates
Ask & answer questions that have dates
Telling the time of day
Tell the time of day, the time events happen
Subject pronouns
Identify and use the subject pronouns
Forms & uses- Ser- to be
Use forms of Ser correctly in sentences
Forms & uses-Estar –to be Use forms of Estar correctly in sentences
AR verbs
Use AR verbs correctly in sentences
ER verbs
Use ER verbs correctly in sentences
IR verbs
Use IR verbs correctly in sentences
Read “Pobre Ana” novel
Extend reading comprehension skills
Interrogative words, Q/A
Form questions with who, what, when,
where, etc. correctly
The verb to have – tener
Ask & answer what things people have
Uses of tener – anos, que
Express age, and to have to do something
Ir + a + place
Ask & answer where various people go
Ir + a + infinitive
Ask & answer what people are going to do
Pre-Assessment Test
Assess what you know in Spanish so far,
and get practice taking a multiple choice
exam in Spanish in order to be prepared for
the upcoming high school Spanish
placement exams
Travel & Places vocab
Discuss travel plans with someone
Specialty stores vocab
Discuss which stores sell bread, pastries, etc
Decir – to say, to tell
Ask & answer what people say & tell
Salir – to leave, to go out
Discuss where people leave from
Means of transport vocab Discuss how to get to various places
Prepositional Phrases of
Say where things are in relation to others
location
Positive Tú commands
Give correct commands to friends
Commands with direct
Give commands to others with object
object pronouns
pronouns
High school placement
Determine placement in high school
exam for district 218
Spanish
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8TH GRADE SPANISH – LIST OF TOPICS
These are the topics for this year, and a list of outcomes for Spanish.
UNIT #
4-2
4-3
5-1
5-3
TOPIC
Market vocab
Shoe verbs: O to UE
Bargaining vocab
Indirect Object Pronouns
Dar – to give
Music, video store vocab
Placement of IOPs
High school placement
exam for district 229
Restaurant vocab
More food vocab
Me/te/le/nos/les gusta(n)
Affirmative & Negative
words
Shoe verbs: E to I
Daily Routine vocab
Reflexive verbs
Irregular positive tú
commands
Chores vocab
Negative tú commands
Commands with object
pronouns
Read “Patricia” novel
Kitchen & Food vocab
Superlatives
Preterite (past) tense of
AR verbs
CAR, GAR, ZAR verbs
Numbers up to 1 million
OUTCOMES
Discuss what happens at the open market
Ask & answer using o to ue verbs
Bargain back and forth for sale items
Use to him, to her, to them, etc. in sentences
Ask & answer who gives what to whom
Discuss purchasing videogames, VCRs, etc.
Use to him, etc. correctly with two verbs
Determine placement in high school
Spanish
Talk about items in a restaurant
Talk about food items
Express likes and dislikes
Ask & answer questions correctly with
something, nothing, etc.
Ask & answer using e to i verbs
Discuss getting ready in the morning
Discuss actions that people do to themselves
Give correct commands to friends
Discuss chores that people must do
Tell friends not to do things
Give positive and negative commands to
various people using object pronouns
Extend your reading comprehension skills
Discuss food preparation and planning
Compare at least 3 people or objects using
correct vocabulary
Have simple conversations using AR verbs
in the past tense
Conjugate, spell and write the past tense of
verbs that contain spelling changes
Have conversations using higher numbers