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Outcome: Students will be able to recognize/identify/reproduce several grammatical structures,

such as regular and irregular verbs in both present and preterite tenses. Additionally, students will
learn new vocabulary related to body parts, travelling and feelings.
Interest Packet: During this first term of the year, we will be doing a general review of
grammatical structures, vocabulary and culture learned during Spanish 1. It is expected from each
student, to dedicate time to memorize all the forms of the verbs at home, so that in class he/she
feels confident and can work independently. This year, students will be learning the use of the
preterite tense in Spanish. By the end of Term#1 students will be able to produce sentences both in
writing and speaking and provide accurate descriptions of things that happened in a past time. At the
same time, students will be learning vocabulary related to body parts, feelings, reflexive verbs and
travelling.
Essential Questions:
How can you conjugate different verbs in Spanish?
What are the different types of preterite tense?
What are some of your routine activities?
How do you express and use reflexive verbs in Spanish?
What do you need when you travel?
***SUMMATIVE ASSESMENT ITEMS***

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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:
Throughout term #1 you will be receiving several rubrics that will help you to make a self evaluation
of your own learning progress in Spanish. Grading rubrics and other activities will be presented to
you periodically, so that you can reflect about your learning. Also, I have included a new section in
powerschool called: Behaviour where I will be including some weekly valuable feedback for you, to
give you some friendly suggestions about how you could improve the way you do, talk and act in
class. Most of the times, the way you act and talk in class have a lot to do with what is going on
inside of you, personally. Sometimes you are aware of it, others you are not. When you are aware
about how you talk and act, you are more likely going to make good choices for yourself. Your
objective in class should be to learn not only the subject in question, but how to behave in a
respectful, kind and safe way. Once you are there, you learn easily and feel good about yourself! I
am here to support you, so feel free to ask me how do you behave at any time!
Grading Breakdown:
1. Quizzes: 30%
2. Project #1: 30%
3. Participation, Attendance and Behaviour in class: 20%
4. Assignments: 20%
Grading Rubrics
Attendance and participation, behavior in class, homework completion, project preparation and
presentation, and performance in quizzes.
SKILLS: These rubric grid offers the student a clear list of expectations, and how to fulfill
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GRADING RUBRICS
SPEAKING TEST/QUIZ - RUBRIC TABLE
SKILLS

0-4 points

5-7 points

8-10 points

Listening:

I have lots of
difficulties
understanding the
question/s

I can understand
question/s

I can understand right

away what I am being
asked

Creativity:

I am not able to
answer the question/s

I am able to answer
most of the question/s

I am able to answer all

the question/s

Speaking:

I am not able to
pronounce with clarity

I can speak with clear

pronunciation

I can speak with a

native-like fluency

Language
Awareness:

I am not aware of how

I use grammar

I choose the right

grammar for most
sentences in my

I am able to use
grammatically correct
sentences for each of

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speech

the question/s

PROJECT AND PRESENTATION RUBRIC:

SKILLS

Sufficient (4 points)

Good (8 points)

Outstanding (12
points)

Listening

Student answers slowly

Student is able to
answer right away

Student answers and

give clear
explanations

Speaking

Student is able to say

some words in Spanish

Student is able to
express some
complete sentences in
Spanish

Student is able to link

sentences in Spanish

Reading

Student reads in a slow

pace

Student reads without

effort

Student pronounce
clearly and effortlessly

Writing

Student writes with

minor spelling errors

Student writes some

words without errors

Student writes
complete sentences
without errors

Total Score (Max.

24 points)

ABSOLUTELY NO LATE HOMEWORK is accepted!

HOMEWORK: All assignments are to be kept in a 3 ring binder, so that the student can review them
daily, and also for quiz/test preparation. The binder can be collected at any time, so students need to
keep their homework, class notes, in-class assignments, handouts, quizzes, and tests well-organized
in their binders.
If a student is absent and therefore fails to present an assignment, a make up is typically required. It
is the students responsibility to arrange the make-up with the teacher within the allotted time span.
(This time span is usually two days for every day absent, with exceptions for unusual circumstances
verified by parental contact or a doctors note).

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Participation & Attendance: Every day we have class, each student has the opportunity to obtain
up to 2 points for Participation & Attendance. Your grade will be determined by how you share your
ideas, get involved with your classmates, answer questions and complete tasks in class.
By the end of the week, I will be putting students grades on Powerschool. Students are graded on
their daily participation & attendance. It is absolutely necessary for each student to be participative,
engaged and responsive while the class is on. I expect students to raise hands and ask questions, to
come to the board or in front of the class, to share opinions and talk with classmates in SPANISH.
Learning a language means SPEAKING it and USING it (reading, listening and writing) as much and as
frequent as possible. Participation grades will be assigned based on effort, overall command of the
language, pronunciation, attitude and behavior in class.
Project and Oral Presentations: Given that the class has an emphasis on developing
communicative skills in Spanish, students will be required to give an oral presentation. This will be
graded on pronunciation, fluency, grammatical structure and content.
Students will prepare a project during Term #1 and will be asked to give an oral presentation about it.
The project will cover cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking countries.
Quizzes and Exams: approximately every 7 days of class, depending on the rhythm of each group,
students will be taking a short quiz. Students are expected to study for the quiz, and to pass it with
good grade, as the GPA will be depending on students effort. So please keep yourself together and
hold on to your learning!!!
PLEASE: From Friday 7:30 pm to Monday morning no e-mails!
PLEASE: Respect your classmates learning in class: DO LISTEN WHEN TEACHER GIVES
INSTRUCTIONS
Skills List: (California Department of Education, 2010)
Communication: Listening and Speaking:
Exchange information about personal events, memorable experiences, and/or other
topics. (1.1c)
Communication: Reading and Listening:
Identify principal characters and main ideas in oral and written narratives in the target
language (1.2b)

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Communication: Speaking and Writing:
Perform short plays and skits, recite selected poems and anecdotes, or sing songs and
share them with an audience orally or writing (1.3b)
Cultures: Practices and Perspectives:
Identify the relationship between the practices and perspectives of common cultural
activities and holiday celebrations. (2.1b)
Connections: Interdisciplinary connections:
Summarize articles or short videos in the target language on topics being studied in
other classes. (3.1c)
Communities: Language Use for Personal Enjoyment and Enrichment:
Explore hobbies, activities and topics of personal interest related to the target
language. (5.2b)
Required Text: Avancemos 2 (2010: Holt McDougal) & Workbook

Homework: Students should check regularly the Spanish 1 class website to find their assigned
homework:
https://classroom.google.com/c/MTI0OTY2MDgw

READING AND LISTENING SOURCES:

http://www.edelsa.es/aula_aventuraspara3_elenigmadelacarta.php
http://www.portal-espaol.es/es/Alumnos.php?id=6&type=2
http://www.colorincolorado.org/lectura_espanol/
https://charlaenespanol.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/textos-en-espanol-para-leer-y-escuchar/

Daily Lesson and Assignment Overview

Day 1 (17/08/15): Review and Class Presentation (1.1a, 1.2a, 2.2a)
Goal: Review basic grammars that we learned last year and explanation of Assignment packet and
expectations.
To be able to ask and answer questions using previously learned grammar and
vocabulary.

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Day 2: (18/08/15): Grammar (Present tense of ar, er & ir verbs) & possessive adjectives (p. 169)
Goal: Use present tense verbs to say what people do. (1.2a, 1.2c, 2.2a)
Learn different ar, er and ir verbs (words of classroom activities) and form the
present tense of changing the ending of the verb.
Los adjetivos posesivos: mi, tu, su, nuestro, vuestro,

it with me.

Tarea #1: Make a table with all the verbs you have learned so far and share

Day 3: (20/08/15): Reflexive verbs and daily routines (1.1b, 1.1d, 4.1b, 4.2c)
Goal: To learn the rule of using reflexive verbs.
Learn about the reflexive pronouns: -self, -selves.
Use of definite article instead of possessive adjectives in reflexive verbs
Music and Culture from the Spanish-speaking countries (Pages C1-C25 of your
textbook)
Day 4: (24/08/15) Practising free speech and writing in Spanish (2.2a, 3.1b. 5.1.a)
Goal: To read, listen and discuss: what are some typical icons of Spain and other
Spanish-speaking countries.
Each student brings a laptop and do individual research based on a worksheet that will
be given in class
Writing in class: student chooses a topic and practices free writing in Spanish. A

Tarea #2: Complete your writing activity at home (Min. 200 words in
Spanish-NO GOOGLE TRANSLATE OR ANY OTHER HELP, PLEASE. I WANT TO SEE YOUR
MISTAKES!!!)
Day 5: (25/08/15) Reflexive verbs and daily routines (2.1a, 2.1b, 2.2b)
Goal: Indirect Object Pronouns. (pp. 46-47)
Complete exercises pag. 48 textbook
At the travel agency (Listening and talk: p.50)
Day 6: (27/08/15) Vamos de viaje! (3.2a, 4.1a, 4.1b)
Goal: To be able to use travel related vocabulary to discuss travel preparations.
Talk about things you do at an airport. (Ej. Voy al mostrador, enseno mi pasaporte,
facturo mis maletas)

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Ask how to get around town. (Ej. Perdone, Como se va al metro?)

Tarea #3: Study for QUIZ #1

Day 7: (31/08/15) Review a personal & Indirect object pronouns (2.1a, 4.2b, 5.1a)
Goal: To clarify whom or for whom an action takes places.
Compare direct object pronouns with indirect pronouns: use the same words as POD except for le &
les.

Study for**Quiz 1**

Day 8: (01/09/15) Practice of POD & POI (1.3a, 5.2a, 5.2c) Take QUIZ#1
Goal: To recognize different use of POD vs. POI.
Review for POD and compare with POI in sentences. (Ej: Te comes la ensalada- Te la
comes)
Day 9: (03/09/15) Cuntame de tus vacaciones (4.1e, 5.1b, 5.2b)
Goal: To be able to describe vacation activities and lodging.
Learn new vocabulary of vacation activities and vacation-related. (Ej. maletas, vuelo,
nadar, descansar)
Say where you went and what you did on vacation. (Ej. Fui de vacaciones a las islas
Canarias)

Tarea #4: Worksheet on POD, POI and verbs.

Day 10: (07/09/15) Review of interrogative words (p. 64) & introduction of Preterite of ar verbs (p.
65) (1.2a, 1.3a, 2.1a)
Goal: To be able to tell what happened at a particular moment in the past.
Identify and practice regular ar verbs in preterite tense. (Ej: hablar, nadar, estudiar)
Compare present-tense and past-tense verb endings in English and Spanish.
Day 11: (08/09/15) Preterite of IR, SER, HACER, VER, & DAR (p. 70) & Review (2.2a, 2.2b, 5.1b)
Goal: To be able to use irregular in the preterite tense.
Learn the preterite forms of IR and SER are exactly the same.
No accents in these irregular verbs.

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Tarea #5: Workbook activities, to be announced on classroom website

Day 12: (10/09/15) Time expression (3.1a, 4.1a, 5.1a)

Goal: To describe activities using time expression and preterite verbs.
Draw a time line in order to organize different expressions.
Day 13: (14/09/15) Reading activity (p. 76-7) (4.2a, 4.2b, 4.2c)
Goal: To compare Costa Rica and Chile about vacation-related information (Cultural aspect).
Read about climate and geographic differences between Costa Rica and Chile.
Discuss how these differences influence vacation activities and what people do for
vacation where you live.

Tarea #6: STUDY FOR QUIZ# 2

Day 14: (15/09/15) Writing activity (p. 82-3) (2.1b, 3.1a, 3.2b)
Goal: To review vocabulary and grammar structures and improve critical thinking.
Start with sentences, questions, and then paragraphs.
Use mind map or other pre-writing materials.
Prepare Costa Rican brochures, pictures

**Quiz 2**
Day 15: (17/09/15) Oral presentation (1.3b, 4.2d, 5.2a)
Goal: To be able to tell your vacation that you went using preterite tenses.
Describe your favorite trip you took with your family, friends, or any other organized
group using preterite tenses.
Write your experience in a short paragraph in Spanish.
Day 16: (21/09/15) Culture day (2.2a, 2.2b, 3.1c)
Goal: Read about Costa Rica and its culture in order to explore different places to go in the country.
Goal: Explore different brochures from Costa Rica and get an idea for the following project.
Read about brief information about Costa Rica.

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Explore different ideas about tourism.

Tarea #7: PROJECT PREPARATION

Day 17: (22/09/15) Project #1 (Preparation) Individual/pair project (1.3b, 2.1a, 2.2b)
Goal: MUSIC of the Spanish-Speaking countries (Check Pages C1-C25 of your textbook)
Create a show, sing, dance, play an instrument that belongs to the Spanish Speaking
countries.

Day 18: (24/09/15) Project #1 (Preparation) (3.2b, 4.1b, 5.1b)

Goal: Select your choice and start working individually or with another student.
Find the information necessary, start collecting information, think about how you are
going to present it.

Tarea # 8: Project #1 preparation

Day 19: (01/10/15) **Project #1 (Presentation)**(3.1c, 4.1a, 5.2a)
Goal: Present the information orally, using the appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
Oral presentation of the project
Day 20: (05/10/15) Review day for unit test (3.1a, 4.1d, 5.1a)
Goal: Learn how to use time effectively in order to prepare for this terms unit test.
Review terms and/or grammar that are needed to be practiced more.
**To be responsible to study all materials covered in this term.

Tarea #9: STUDY FOR QUIZ #3

Day 21: (06/10/15) **Unit Test** * (4.2a, 5.1a, 5.2c)
Goal: Assess all skills acquired throughout the term.
Take a written assessment on Unit 1, lesson 1 of your textbook plus all the verbs and
grammatical structures we have learned throughout term #1.

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**Quiz 3**

CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION (DAILY)

We are a group of different young and adult members which very different characters and ways of
being. School life can feel a bit stressful sometimes. In order to go smoothly in Spanish class, I want
you to please memorize these daily routines, so that there is no need to receive detention or
embarrassment in front of the class.
Class Rythm: as you will notice, in Spanish, most of the time you are the MAIN CHARACTER!!!
LEARNING IS YOURS!
- YOU ARE ACTIVE: (10 minutes of class)
space to be

(Time to take a deep breath, and get some

1) Take your challenge and read it (Toma tu Reto)

2) Write on the board a topic you need clarification on (optional)
3) Sit, hang your backpack on the hanger of your desk, get your book, notebook, pencil
case and binder out
4) Work on your Reto individually
-TEACHER IS ACTIVE, YOU OBSERVE AND LISTEN (No interruptions, SILENCIO please!) (20
minutes)
5) I present the outcomes and goals of the class to all of you (in English)
6) I introduce new vocabulary/grammar/content (in Spanish)
-YOU ARE ACTIVE:
You can talk in Spanish (not important whether you make
mistakes...just use the language)
7) You are given some exercises to work (individually, in pairs, in groups) (15 minutes)
8) You are requested to share your results with your classmates & teacher (10 minutes)
-WE ALL LISTEN/OBSERVE/READ/WRITE
SILENCIO please!)

(10 minutes)

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9) Every day we will be presented to some cultural aspect of the Spanish-speaking countries,
followed by some individual activities to explore and develop creative skills in Spanish.
-YOU ARE ACTIVE: the last 5 minutes of the class, will be used to get ready for your next
class/lunch/home
10) Leave your tarea in the basket, pack your things, put your books in the shelves (optional),
get ready to go.

TAREA: this year we are going to deposit your tarea in a designated basket during the last 5min. of
class. TAREA is due the day after EXCLUSIVELY!!! (No exceptions, please)
LAB:
My lab time will be available in our Classroom page. Please leave a message on the wall.
During this year, I am going to be calling everyone to have a chat where we can share things.
Basically to offer you my support on how you can improve your Spanish.
BATHROOM:
When can you use the bathroom? At the beginning and end of each period in between classes.
When can you not use the bathroom? When the class starts, when the teacher is explaining the
lesson, when you are working in groups.
Other than that, only 2 people can use the bathroom in each lesson, and it will be exclusively when
we are working in groups.
Procedure: 1) Stand up 2) go to the front and grab the hall pass 3) leave the class in silence, open
and close the door quietly
4) do your business and come back quickly
5) quietly return to your
seat.
DELEGATE: Every term, some individuals will volunteer to be selected DELEGAD@. This person will
be working with me to support me with small tasks such as: keep track of people going to bathroom,
collect info/ideas when necessary, explaining rules to students, discuss possible issues, help organize
cultural events, and so on. Basically, you will be the link between students and teacher. What you get
from this experience is to learn to be organized, mature and responsible. It will be also part of your
presentation letter when you apply to university. I will be supporting you in everything. No worries!
PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS FROM ME TO YOU:
1)
2)
3)
4)

Respect me, respect others and their belongings, respect yourself

Be kind, supportive, open-minded, optimistic and fun if possible
Use your passion, intelligence and creativity to learn Spanish
Expect from yourself not only a high grade but a high responsibility: this is your LIFE!!!

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5) We are both getting paid to do what we are doing: me from the school, you from your
parents. So, we are equally in need to be grateful and do our utmost to succeed in every way
possible. LETS GROW TOGETHER!!!

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