Western Wayne School District
Planned Course
Spanish IV
Course Name: Spanish IV
Days-Number _____1-180_______________Grade(s)_____11-12________________
Or Check One ( )
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___________Semester
_____X____ Full Year
Course Description:
Meetings Per Week: 5
Length of Each Session: 42 minutes
Materials: Textbooks, teacher-made exams and worksheets
Text:
 Abriendo Paso: Lectura (José Díaz)
 Abriendo Paso: Gramática (José Díaz)
Western Wayne School District
Planned Course Overview
Spanish IV
Course Name: Spanish IV
Grade: 11-12
Check one ( )
_____Quarter _____Semester __X___Full Year
Time
Standards Categories
(Days)
1-180 Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
Evaluation(s)
 Textbook exercises and activities
 Independent & group activities and
projects
 Teacher and text-designed written tests
 Teacher made worksheets
 Final autobiography project
Western Wayne School District
Unit Overview
Course Name: Spanish IV
Grades: 11-12
Focus Question: (This refers to the “big” question(s) or themes/units. Phrase as a question. What is the problem to be solved?)
Essential Question
Time
(Days)
1-45
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46-90
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Is the student able to describe events taking place currently in
Spanish (present & present progressive tense)?
Is the student able to describe specific and repeated events in the
past (preterite and imperfect tenses)?
Can the student discuss future plans in Spanish?
Can the student explain what they would do in a given situation in
Spanish (conditional tense)?
Can the student explain events that have occurred or will occur,
using a variety of compound tenses?
Can the student differentiate between por and para to describe their
daily activities?
Can the student interpret and provide opinions on current events and
newspaper articles in Spanish?
Can the student use correct gender and number articles when using
nouns in speech and writing?
Can the student interpret and provide opinions on current events and
Evaluations(s)
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91-135
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136-180
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newspaper articles in Spanish?
Can the student employ a variety of prepositions in speech and
writing?
Can the student compare and contrast the cultures in different cities
in Spain?
Can the student express desires and doubts, using the present
subjunctive mood?
Can the student identify the “catchphrases” which require the use of
the subjunctive?
Can the student explain the particular geographical and cultural
elements of a city in Spain (brochure project)?
Can the student interpret and provide opinions on current events and
newspaper articles in Spanish?
Can the student express desires and doubts, using the imperfect
subjunctive mood?
Can the student describe “if/then” relationships, using if clauses?
Can the student create an autobiography in Spanish, using a variety
of tenses and grammar learned this year?
Western Wayne School District
Curriculum Map
Spanish IV
Grade Level: 11-12
Marking Period: 1-4
Days of
Instruction
Instructional Time: 42 minutes/day
Instructional Programming
(content/method)
Evaluation
Introduction to class and class procedures
Week 1
Week 2
Diagnostic Test on material from Spanish I-IV
Review differences between preterite and imperfect
ActivInspire flipcharts
Teacher made worksheets
Gramática exercises
Teacher made worksheets
Week 3
Preterite vs. imperfect
Discuss reading strategies used in Spanish
Lectura reading comprehension activities
Week 4
Preterite and imperfect quiz
Read short story from Lectura text
Begin taking notes on present perfect tense
Teacher made worksheets
Gramática exercises
Irregular participles in the present perfect tense
Teacher made worksheets
Gramática exercises
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Quiz on present perfect tense
Read short story from Lectura
Lectura reading comprehension activities
Written and oral quiz
Week 8
Past perfect tense
Conjugation of haber
Flash card drills
Study guides
Week 9
Discuss conjugations of haber in future and conditional tenses
Future perfect and conditional perfect
Teacher made worksheets
Gramática exercises
Conversation circle
Week10
Begin discussing differences in uses between para and por
Quiz on perfect tenses
Read current event—students produce rough draft
Lectura reading comprehension activities
Written and oral quiz
Week 11
Para & por
Peer edit and produce additional drafts of essays
Day of the Dead activities
Spanish Language & Culture worksheets
Para & por bulletin board
Para & por quiz
Written and oral quizzes
Begin reading article on Madrid
Begin reviewing gender of nouns
Gramática exercises
Week 12
Week 13
Thanksgiving Break
Week 14
Week 15
Gender of nouns
Discuss new current event article—create 1st draft
Gramática exercises
Written essay
Week 16
Gender of nouns
Peer edit essay—produce 2nd draft
Dame diez activities to review gender of
nouns
Written essay
Gender of nouns
Teacher conferences on essays—produce final draft
Repaso grammar packet
Written essay
Gender of nouns
Christmas activities
Christmas Break
Teacher made worksheets
Week 19
Read and discuss article on Barcelona
Gender of nouns—words that change meaning depending on article used
Teacher made worksheets
Gramática exercises
Week 20
Gender of nouns
Students create questions for next oral quiz
Gramática exercises
Conversation circle
Written and oral quiz
Week 21
Gender of nouns quiz
Start notes on prepositions
Week 17
Week 18