Scope and Sequence
HS Spanish
AP Spanish
Theme
Home
Essential
question:
How is
the place
you live
at?
Health
Essential
question:
Do you
carry a
healthy
life?
Grammar
(Key) Vocabulary
- Verbs
--- Present
--- Ser vs. Estar
--- Gerundio
--- Pasive voice
--- Commands
- Appliances
- Food
- Tools
- Furnitures
- Household choirs
- Clothes
- Past tenses
--- Present perfect
--- Preterite
--- Imperfect
--- Past Perfect
--- Pasive voice
- Accidents
- Body
- Emergencies
- Medicine
- Doctors
Standards and
Benchmarks
(e.g., 1.1a, 2.1b)
1.1, 1.2.a, 1.2.b
1.3.a, 1.3.b, 1.3.c
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1.a,
3.1.b, 4.1.a, 4.1.b,
4.1.c, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
1.1, 1.2.a, 1.2.b
1.3.a, 1.3.b, 1.3.c
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1.a,
3.1.b, 4.1.a, 4.1.b,
4.1.c, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
Assessments
- Listening
--- Short/long dialogues and
narratives
- Reading comprehension
- Informal writing
- Formal writing (integrated skills)
- Informal speaking (simulated
conversation)
- Formal oral presentation
(integrated skills)
- Listening
--- Short/long dialogues and
narratives
- Reading comprehension
- Informal writing
- Formal writing (integrated skills)
- Informal speaking (simulated
conversation)
- Formal oral presentation
(integrated skills)
Instructional
Strategies
Theme
Enviroment
Grammar
- Future tenses
- Conditional
- Outdoor activities
- Animals
- Weather
- Geography (physical)
- Ecology
- Subjuctive
- Airport
- Roads
- Foreign cultures
- Ways of transportation
Essential
question:
Are we
leaving a
better world
for the next
generation?
Tourism
Essential
question:
Does
travelling
abroad helps
you to be a
global
citizen?
(Key) Vocabulary
Standards and
Benchmarks
(e.g., 1.1a, 2.1b)
1.1, 1.2.a, 1.2.b
1.3.a, 1.3.b, 1.3.c
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1.a,
3.1.b, 4.1.a, 4.1.b,
4.1.c, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
1.1, 1.2.a, 1.2.b
1.3.a, 1.3.b, 1.3.c
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1.a,
3.1.b, 4.1.a, 4.1.b,
4.1.c, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
Assessments
- Listening
--- Short/long dialogues and
narratives
- Reading comprehension
- Informal writing
- Formal writing (integrated
skills)
- Informal speaking
(simulated conversation)
- Formal oral presentation
(integrated skills)
- Listening
--- Short/long dialogues and
narratives
- Reading comprehension
- Informal writing
- Formal writing (integrated
skills)
- Informal speaking
(simulated conversation)
- Formal oral presentation
(integrated skills)
Instructional
Strategies
Theme
Leisure
Grammar
- Nouns and articles
- Art
- Science Fiction
- Shows
- Parties
- Music
- Dreams
- Phone, television
- Pronouns
- Possesive pronouns
- Demonstrative
pronouns
- Interrogative and
exclamative words
- Activities
- Exercise
- Teams
- Places
Essential
question:
What do
you like
to do in
your free
time?
Sports
Essential
question:
How
important
is to keep
fit?
(Key) Vocabulary
Standards and
Benchmarks
1.1, 1.2.a, 1.2.b
1.3.a, 1.3.b, 1.3.c
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1.a,
3.1.b, 4.1.a, 4.1.b,
4.1.c, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
1.1, 1.2.a, 1.2.b
1.3.a, 1.3.b, 1.3.c
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1.a,
3.1.b, 4.1.a, 4.1.b,
4.1.c, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
Assessments
- Listening
--- Short/long dialogues and
narratives
- Reading comprehension
- Informal writing
- Formal writing (integrated
skills)
- Informal speaking (simulated
conversation)
- Formal oral presentation
(integrated skills)
- Listening
--- Short/long dialogues and
narratives
- Reading comprehension
- Informal writing
- Formal writing (integrated
skills)
- Informal speaking (simulated
conversation)
- Formal oral presentation
(integrated skills)
Instructional
Strategies
Theme
Business
Essential
question:
Grammar
(Key) Vocabulary
- Relative pronouns - Finance
- Alguien/Nadie/
- Professions
Algún/…
- Shops and
business
- Professions
Standards and
Benchmarks
(e.g., 1.1a, 2.1b)
1.1, 1.2.a, 1.2.b
1.3.a, 1.3.b, 1.3.c
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1.a, 3.1.b,
4.1.a, 4.1.b, 4.1.c, 4.2,
5.1, 5.2
What
options do I
have to
make a
living?
The others
Essential
question:
How other
people
affect my
personality?
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Comparatives
- Superlatives
- Physical
description
- Emotions
- Family
- Personality
1.1, 1.2.a, 1.2.b
1.3.a, 1.3.b, 1.3.c
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1.a, 3.1.b,
4.1.a, 4.1.b, 4.1.c, 4.2,
5.1, 5.2
Assessments
- Listening
--- Short/long dialogues
and narratives
- Reading comprehension
- Informal writing
- Formal writing
(integrated skills)
- Informal speaking
(simulated conversation)
- Formal oral presentation
(integrated skills)
- Listening
--- Short/long dialogues
and narratives
- Reading comprehension
- Informal writing
- Formal writing
(integrated skills)
- Informal speaking
(simulated conversation)
- Formal oral presentation
(integrated skills)
Instructional
Strategies
Theme
A little bit of
everything
Essential question:
How will technology
influence our
future?
Grammar
- Prepositions
- Connectors
(Key) Vocabulary
- Technology
- Law
- Politics
- Future
Standards and
Benchmarks
(e.g., 1.1a, 2.1b)
1.1, 1.2.a, 1.2.b
1.3.a, 1.3.b, 1.3.c
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1.a,
3.1.b, 4.1.a, 4.1.b,
4.1.c, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
Assessments
- Listening
--- Short/long
dialogues and
narratives
- Reading
comprehension
- Informal writing
- Formal writing
(integrated skills)
- Informal speaking
(simulated
conversation)
- Formal oral
presentation
(integrated skills)
Instructional
Strategies
ANNEX
LISTENING SKILLS
Because in the AP exams students will have to listen different accents from the Spanish-speaking world, the following sources for
authentic listening activities are recommended:
- Radio Naciones Unidas
- Yabla (paid subscription)
- BBC
- CNN en español
: http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/spanish/
: http://www.yabla.com/
: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/
: http://edition.cnn.com/espanol/
READING SKILLS
Students in this course begin to develop a familiarity with literary analysis vocabulary, to compare and contrast overarching themes,
and to write critically about literature –beyond a plot summary.
The following readings are suggested:
- First quarter
: Guillén - ¨Balada de los dos abuelos¨, ¨Sensemayá¨
- Second quarter
: Machado - ¨He andado muchos caminos¨, ¨La primavera besaba¨, ¨Caminante, son tus huellas¨
- Third quarter
: Borges - ¨El sur¨, ¨La muerte y brújula¨
- Fourth quarter
: García Marquez - ¨Un día de estos¨, ¨La siesta del martes¨
Additionally, students should use authentic reading resources.
- El Mundo Today
: http://www.elmundotoday.com/
- El País
: http://www.elpais.com/global/