Hoosic Valley Central School District
Core Curriculum Topics
Grade: 7-12
Subject: Foreign Language
First Semester Units to be covered:
Janet Stark
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French 8
French 2R
French 3
French 4
Chris Kelly
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Spanish 8
Spanish 3
Susan Barbolt -
Spanish 2
Spanish 3
Spanish 4
Kristen McLaughlin - French 7
Spanish 7
Spanish 2
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Core Curriculum Topics
Grade: 8
Subject: French 8
First Semester Units to be covered:
Unit 7 -
Shopping
-vocabulary for clothing
-irregular adjectives
-present tense of acheter
-preferer
-re verba, aller, culture
-readings about shopping habits in France
Unit 8 -
Food shopping
-stores and their products
-present tense of pouvoir, vouloir
-demonstrative adjectives,
-quantity expressions
-reading about typical French foods and how to shop for them
Unit 9 -
The house
-vocabulary for housing
-prendre and mettre forms
-the place setting vocabulary
-readings about French housing
-table settings
Second Semester Uits to be covered:
Unit 10 -
Health
-body parts and health expressions
-present tense of falloir and dewir
-readings about health
Unit 11 -
On vacation
-past tense with itre, ordinal numbers
-present tense of voir
-vocabulary
-readings for traveling
Unit 12 -
Paris
-past tense with voir
-irregular past participles
-adjectives
-vocabulary and readings for travel
Students take the New York State proficiency exam at the end of the 8th grade
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Core Curriculum Topics
Grade: 9
Subject: French 2R
First Semester Units to be covered:
Unit 1 -
Celebrations
-professions
-adjectives
-present tense verb
-review
-telling time
-dates
-possessive adjectives
-culture of Quebec
-Fort-de-France
Unit 2 -
Paris
-identifying professions
-describing physical traits
-character
-emotions
-comparing people and things
-describing past events
-200 animals
-present tense of irregular verbs
-irregular past participles
-demonstrative adjectives
-theme parks
-places
-monuments in Paris
-small research papers of Paris
Unit 3 -
France
-describing past events
-transportation
-making suggestions
-foods and beverages
-restaurant expressions
-past tense of/with etre
-present tense of more irregular verbs
-provinces of France
-research paper
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Second Semester Units to be covered
Unit 4 -
Describing daily routines
-likes, dislikes
-emotions
-bathroom articles
-reflexive verbs
-household appliances
-chores
-grooming articles
-past tense of reflexive verbs
-culture of Haiti
-Guadeloupe and Martinique
Unit 5 -
Sports and Pastimes
-describing talents
-abilities
-daily routines
-movies
-TV shows
-leisure activities
-musical instruments
-more irregular verbs
-culture of Bordeaux
Unit 6 -
Francophone countries
-choosing
-purchasing items
-reporting
-giving opinions
-expressing need
-words for post office
-jewelry
-banking expressions
-more irregular verbs
-culture of Maghreb, Alsea and Strasbourg
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Core Curriculum Topics
Grade: 10
Subject: French 3R
First Semester Units to be covered:
Unit 1 -
School life and pastimes
-present tense review of regular and irregular verbs
-pat tense review of avoir, etre verbs
-extensive readings in French about school life and pastimes
Unit 2 -
Human interactions
-imperfect tense
-present participles
-Reflexive verb review
-negation
-extensive readings about human interactions in the francophone world
Unit 3 -
The arts
-the subjunctive tense
- subjunctive expressions
-vocabulary for the literary and art world
-readings in French based on authors and artists
Second Semester Units to be covered:
Unit 4 -
The world of work
-more subjunctive expressions
-vocabulary and reading about the work force; practice “applying” for
jobs in the francophone world
Unit 5 -
Traveling
-the conditional tense
-more subjunctive expressions and use
-vocabulary for traveling
-readings in French based on travel
Unit 6 -
The future
-technology and the environment
-comparative and superlative of adjectives
-the future tense
-reading based on the technology of France
Level 3 is extensive reading in French; readings are based on the unit themes.
Students take the New York State comprehensive French exam at the end of French 3
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Core Curriculum Topics
Grade:11
Subject: French 4
“College in the High School” Hudson Valley
First Semester Units to be covered:
Each semester has themes corresponding to each marking period.
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2.
3.
The Little Prince – literature – reading of the French novel
Grammar review – follows the guidelines provided by Hudson Valley
Autobiography – 400-500 word French presentation of their life stories with pictures
Second Semester Units to be covered:
1.
2.
3.
The Phantom of the Opera – French version of the novel, 2 videos
Study of Quebec – the city and the province; finish any grammar not covered the first semester
Film Fest – view and critique in French several films, most based on novels such as
:”Les Miserables” and Madame Bovary”
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Core Curriculum Topics
Grade: 8
Subject: Spanish
First Semester Units to be covered:
Grammar
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Present tense irregulars
Demonstrative adjectives
Present progressive tense
Vocabulary
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Higher numbers
Ordinal numbers
Months, seasons
Holidays
Rooms of house, place settings
States of being
Past times
Weather
Second Semester Units to be covered:
Grammar
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Indirect object pronouns
More irregular present tense verbs
Preterit tense equal and unequal comparisons
Affirmatives negative expressions
Prepositions
Vocabulary
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Chores
Foods, marketing
Shopping
Restaurants
Clothing
Body parts
Travel
Jobs
Students take the New York State Proficiency exam at the end of 8th grade. They should have mastered
the reading, writing, speaking and listening levels named “Checkpoint A” by NYS. Our curriculum
is designed to prepare them for that level.
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Core Curriculum Topics
Grade: 10
Subject: Spanish 3
First Semester Units to be covered:
Grammar
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adverbs
imperfect progressive
subjunctive mood
present and past perfect tenses
Vocabulary
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more clothing
more food
more household chores
more family words
rules of the house
news media
Second Semester Units to be covered:
Grammar
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future tense
conditional tense
passive voice
Vocabulary
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soccer
travel
careers, jobs
computing
Students take the New York State Regents exam at the end of Spanish 3. Our curriculum is designed to
prepare them to the mastery level of “Checkpoint B” as defined by NYS
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Core Curriculum Topics
Grade: 9-12
Subject: Spanish
First Semester Units to be covered:
Spanish 2
A new year
Present tense verbs
Technology vocabulary
Every day
Reflexive verbs
Preterit conjugations
Reflexive vocabulary
The city
Mexico culture
Store vocab/shopping
Commands
Restaurant
Preterit
Spanish 4
Marking Period 1
“Como Agua Para Chocolate”
Like Water for Chocolate
Marking Period 2
Grammar review
Children’s book
Marking Period 3
Research paper
Essay on topics
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Second Semester Units to be covered:
Spanish 2
Neighborhood
Directions
Negative commands
Amusement Park
El Salvador
Imperfect use
animals
Circus Honduras
Possessive pronouns
Do you remember
Preterit vs. imperfect
Menu/restaurant
Supermarket
Spanish 4
Marking Period 4
Puerto Rico
My Life As A Puerto Rican
Autobiographies
Marking Period 5
Puerto Rico continued
Short stories
Grammar review
Marking Period 6
Cultural movies
Children’s literature
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Core Curriculum Topics
Grade: 7
Subject: Spanish
First Semester Units to be covered:
Introduction
-alphabet – letters and sounds
-beginning greetings and courtesies
-cognates – Spanish words that look and sound like English
-numbers
Unit 1 -
Much Pleasure
-greetings and courtesies
- making introductions
Unit 2 -
School
-Classroom vocabulary
-schedules in school
-descriptions
-asking for and stating place of origin
-giving a location
Unit 3 -
The City
-city vocabulary
-modes of transportation
-talk about the future
-order food and beverages
Second Semester Units to be covered:
Unit 4 -
Relationships
-discuss family and friends
-make descriptions of people
-show possession
-express likes and dislikes
Unit 5 -
Daily Life
-discuss the future
-everyday activities
-talk about dates and special days
-seek and provide personal information
*Unit 6* -
Information about Spain and Mexico
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Core Curriculum Topics
Grade: 7
Subject: French
First Semester Units to be covered:
Unit 1 -
Hi/How are you?
– greetings and courtesies
Unit 2 -
What do you like to do?
-beginning verbs and activity vocabulary
Unit 3 -
At the cafe (restaurant)
-food vocabulary
Unit 4
At school
-classroom vocabulary
-telling time
Second Semester Units to be covered:
Continuation of Unit 4
-IR verbs (introduced)
Unit 5 -
Family
-family members
-descriptions of people
-asking for and giving information
Unit 6 -
Where do you come from?
-nationalities
-professions
-expressing emotions
*Unit 7*
-information on France and French speaking countries
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