Spanish Level 2

Year at a Glance

Theme 1: Home Life

Daily Routine

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about daily routines in the home.
  • Exchange information about family routines in the home.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Identify daily routines based on spoken and written description.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Describe daily routines.
  • Describe family members in relation to daily routines.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss daily routines in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss the importance of family in daily routines in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Explore differences in health and fitness in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Compare daily routines of typical American teenagers and teenagers from Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Compare the use of myself in English to the use of reflexive verbs in Spanish.
  • Compare the use of possessives in English to the use of definite articles in Spanish in relation to body parts.

Communication Across Communities

  • Comprehend information about daily routines of individuals in Spanish-speaking countries from print and Internet sources (journal entries, magazine articles, etc.).

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary related to personal care
  • Vocabulary for parts of the body
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Use of definite articles with body parts
  • Sequencing vocabulary
  • Adverbs of frequency
  • Review of time and time expressions

Rooms of the House and Household Chores

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about rooms of the house, furnishings and chores.
  • Discuss the home including its rooms, furniture, and household objects.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Identify the rooms of the house and/or furniture based on spoken and written description.
  • Comprehend comments and commands about daily chores and the house, including rooms and furnishings.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Describe the home including its rooms, furniture and household objects.
  • Describe family members in relation to daily chores.
  • Describe household responsibilities for self and/or family members.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss different styles of houses and living arrangements in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Make connections between styles of houses and geographic locations.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Compare household responsibilities of typical American teenagers and teenagers from Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Compare and contrast home design (space allocation, floor plan, etc.) in homes in the U.S. and Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Identify differences in architecture of homes in Spanish-speaking countries and in the U.S.
  • Identify home-related cognates and false cognates (toilette, cuisine, salon, armoire, garage, etc.).

Communication Across Communities

  • Explore information about homes in Spanish-speaking countries in print and Internet resources.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary related to furniture and furnishings
  • Affirmative and negative commands
  • Sequencing vocabulary
  • Prepositions of location
  • Adverbs of frequency
  • Hay

Food

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions relating to food.
  • Ask and answer questions about food at a celebration.
  • Order or take an order for a meal in a variety of dining situations.
  • Exchange opinions about food.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Identify foods based on spoken and written description.
  • Understand comments and commands about foods and/or celebrations.
  • Identify foods based on visual aids.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Describe foods and/or shopping for food.
  • Describe foods and menus in relation to celebrations.
  • Describe a menu or recipe from a Spanish-speaking country or region.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss the different eating customs for formal and informal meals in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss the different food shopping patterns in Spanish-speaking countries (frequency, specialty shops, etc.).
  • Discuss typical mealtime schedules in Spanish-speaking countries.

Communication Across Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss the influence of Spanish foods and cooking styles in the United States.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Compare the differences between Americans and Spanish cuisines.
  • Compare the role of food in celebrations in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Contrast the eating habits and food preparation in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss the influence of American fast food on Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss the increasing popularity within the American diet of food items from Spanish-speaking countries and the effect on vocabulary (baguette, quiche, crêpe, croissant, etc.).

Communication Across Communities

  • Describe recipes and menus for celebrations in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Identify typical food products from Spanish-speaking countries.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary related to table settings
  • Vocabulary related to opinions about food (bueno, delicioso, dulce, picante, rico, sabroso)
  • Direct and indirect objects
  • Courtesy expressions (me gustarra, quisiera, quu me recomendaría?, prefiere Ud.?, etc.)
  • Affirmative and negative commands

Childhood Experiences

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about childhood experiences.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Understand communication about a childhood experience.
  • Comprehend and respond to prompts about childhood experiences.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Produce spoken and written presentations about childhood experiences.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss childhood experiences in Spanish-speaking countries.

Communication Across Communities

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast typical childhood experiences in Spanish-speaking countries with the United States.
  • Compare narrating in the past using the preterite and the imperfect in Spanish versus English past tenses.

Communication Across Communities

  • Identify examples of children's literature in Spanish.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Preterite and imperfect tenses

Theme 2: Student Life

Classes and School Routines

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about classes and school routines.
  • Give and understand basic instructions on class and school procedures.
  • Exchange information about past, present and future school plans.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Understand announcements related to the school day and schedule.
  • Understand procedures for using the computer.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Produce spoken and written presentations in relation to classes and school routines.
  • Present rehearsed and unrehearsed material, such as role-plays, skits, poems, plays, short narratives, and songs.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

  • Identify some aspects of school systems of Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Identify educational and vocational options for students in Spanish-speaking countries.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast school routines in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Identify cognates and false cognates related to classes.

Communication Across Communities

  • Describe school routines of teenagers in Spanish-speaking countries.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Asistir a
  • Computer terminology

School-Related Activities

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about school-related activities.
  • Exchange information about past school-related activities compared to current school-related activities.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Interpret spoken and written materials about school-related activities.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Produce spoken and written presentations about school-related activities.
  • Present rehearsed and unrehearsed material about school-related activities, such as role-plays, skits, plays, short narratives, and songs.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

  • Describe school-related activities in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Identify after-school activities and extracurricular sports available in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Identify differences in the PE curriculum and other school-related activities in Spanish-speaking countries.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast the popularity of school-related activities such as yearbook, band, and theater in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.
  • Identify cognates and false cognates related to school activities.

Communication Across Communities

  • Identify activities offered through community clubs in Spanish-speaking countries.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Past tenses

Health and Fitness

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about fitness and exercise.
  • Ask and answer questions about a nutritional diet.
  • Exchange information about maintaining good health.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Understanding directions of a fitness or diet plan.
  • Comprehend information advocating a healthy lifestyle.
  • Identify body parts based on oral or written information.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Produce spoken and written presentations about health and fitness.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

  • Discuss the importance of health and fitness in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss health and fitness issues as presented in P. E. class.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast what is perceived as a healthy lifestyle in Spanish-speaking countries and in the U.S.
  • Compare fitness activities and sports complexes in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.
  • Identify cognates and false cognates for health and fitness items.
  • Compare structures used to express pain and injury in Spanish and English.
  • Compare use of reflexive and nonreflexive verbs to discuss health conditions in Spanish and English.

Communication Across Communities

  • Interpret authentic Spanish language material related to health and fitness.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary for giving advice for good health
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Commands
  • Use of definite articles with body parts

Theme 3: Leisure Time

Indoor and Outdoor Activities

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about indoor and outdoor activities.
  • Share opinions about indoor and outdoor leisure time activities.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Comprehend spoken or written narratives about indoor and outdoor leisure time activities.
  • Understand announcements and advertisements about indoor and outdoor leisure time activities.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Present information about indoor and outdoor leisure time activities.
  • Describe when, where, and how often one participates in indoor and outdoor leisure time activities.
  • Tell about indoor and outdoor leisure time activities that took place in the past.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss how and where young people spend leisure time in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss popular sports and sporting events in Spanish-speaking countries, such as Le Tour de France, boules, etc.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss famous Spanish-speaking individuals studied in other classes (sports figures, musicians, artists, etc.).

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Compare indoor and outdoor leisure time activities in Spanish-speaking and American cultures.
  • Compare the amount of time and money spent on indoor and outdoor leisure time activities in Spanish-speaking and American cultures.
  • Identify cognates and false cognates for indoor and outdoor leisure time activities.
  • Compare the use of the past tense in Spanish and English.

Communication Across Communities

  • Explore information about indoor and outdoor leisure time activities in Spanish-speaking countries.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary for locations for leisure time activities
  • Vocabulary for expressing opinions
  • Sequencing vocabulary
  • Preterite and imperfect tenses
  • Formal and informal questions
  • Adjectives of description

Shopping

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions related to shopping.
  • Ask for and give a detailed description of an item being purchased.
  • Ask and answer questions regarding where items can be purchased and for how much.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Identify and comprehend descriptions of items in an advertisement.
  • Comprehend oral and written information about where specific items can be purchased.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Tell about the purchase and/or sale of an item.
  • Relate a shopping experience.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Identify currencies in various Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss the origins and the incorporation of the Euro in the European Union.
  • Identify shopping customs in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Compare merchandise prices in the U.S. to prices in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Identify currencies in various Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Identify famous people studied in humanities classes who are portrayed on Spanish-speaking currency.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Compare the custom of bargaining in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.
  • Compare shopping venues in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S. (e.g., boutiques vs. malls).
  • Discuss the American influence on stores and products in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Identify cognates and false cognates related to shopping.
  • Discuss unique crafts and specialties in Spanish-speaking countries (baskets, pottery, culinary specialties, etc.).

Communication Across Communities

  • Identify merchandise available on the Internet, through catalogs and/or in advertisements from Spanish-speaking countries or local retail establishments.
  • Identify international job opportunities related to retail and marketing.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Expressions of quantity
  • Expressions of politeness
  • Descriptive adjectives
  • Expressions of comparison
  • Affirmative and negative commands
  • Stem-changing verbs querer and preferir

Special Events

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions related to special events (e.g. holidays, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, etc.).
  • Ask for and give a detailed description of a special event.
  • Ask and answer questions regarding plans for a special event.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Comprehend descriptions of items needed for a special event.
  • Comprehend invitations and announcements for special events.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Invite others to attend a special event.
  • Describe a past, present or future celebration.
  • Present rehearsed and nonrehearsed material related to a special event, such as a skit, poem, play or song.
  • Respond to an invitation orally or in writing.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Identify holidays and typical celebrations of Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss traditional foods served at special events in Spanish-speaking countries.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast holidays and celebrations in Spanish-speaking countries and the United States.
  • Identify cognates and false cognates related to holidays.

Communication Across Communities

  • Identify opportunities to attend special events or celebrations of Spanish-speaking countries in the metropolitan area.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary related to celebrations and special occasions (food, activities)
  • Extending, accepting, and refusing invitations
  • Extending good wishes

Theme 4: Vacation and Travel

Travel Plans and Activities

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Discuss and make travel plans.
  • Ask and answer questions about travel and vacations, to include transportation schedules, modes of transportation, destinations and activities.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Interpret materials providing travel information.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Describe past travel experiences and future travel plans.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss common modes of transportation in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss typical vacation spots and resorts in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss what teens in Spanish-speaking countries enjoy doing while on vacation.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss temperature and weather in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss the use of the  24-hour clock Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Identify the geographical locations of Spanish-speaking countries and their neighboring countries.
  • Do mathematical computations to figure travel costs.
  • Discuss the impact of current events on foreign travel.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Compare travel and vacations in the U.S. and Spanish-speaking countries.

Communication Across Communities

  • Utilize authentic materials to make travel plans to go to or travel within Spanish-speaking countries.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Modes of transportation
  • Affirmative and negative commands
  • Prepositions with places and transportation
  • Vocabulary for places of interest

Countries and Nationalities

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about nationality and country of origin.
  • Ask and answer questions about countries.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Identify various countries and nationalities.
  • Interpret maps of Spanish-speaking regions.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Discuss countries, cities, languages, and dialects spoken in Spanish-speaking regions.
  • Give geographical locations for countries, cities, and geographical features in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Present information about nationalities and/or origins in Spanish-speaking countries.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss the impact of geography of daily life.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss or write about news events related to the geography of Spanish-speaking countries.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Identify cognates for countries and nationalities.
  • Contrast the use of capitalization with adjectives of nationality and languages in Spanish and English
  • Identify various ethnic groups in Spanish-speaking countries and in the U.S.

Communication Across Communities

  • Locate and use resources with information about Spanish-speaking countries (Internet, brochures, etc.).

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary for geographic locations (N, S, E, O, etc.)
  • Ser and estar
  • Adjective agreement and placement
  • Prepositions of location with cities and countries

Asking for and Giving Directions

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask for and give directions.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Understand written and spoken directions.
  • Interpret directions with the assistance of a map.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Tell about going to specific places using various time frames (past, present and future).
  • Give directions to a destination.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss typical modes of transportation and places found in Spanish-speaking cities and countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Use map-reading skills to interpret a map of a Spanish-speaking city or region.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Identify similarities and differences between American cities and Spanish-speaking cities.

Communication Across Communities

  • Access and interpret maps from Spanish-speaking countries.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary for places in a city
  • Prepositions of location
  • Affirmative and negative commands