Spanish Level 3

Year at a Glance

Theme 1: Rights and Responsibilities

Driving

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Express opinions and preferences about voting and civic responsibilities.
  • Participate in sustained exchanges relating to voting and civic responsibilities.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Comprehend oral and written information relating to voting and civic responsibilities.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Communicate main ideas and supporting details about voting and political issues.
  • Produce and present situations, both spontaneous and rehearsed, which highlight community responsibilities

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss voting practices in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Identify contributions of political figures from Spanish-speaking countries to the world.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare policies and practices regarding voting and civic responsibilities in Spanish-speaking countries with those in the U.S.

Communication Across Communities

  • Investigate voting practices in Spanish-speaking countries via native Spanish-speakers in the community, in print media, or on the Internet.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Conditional
  • Commands
  • Terminology for expressing obligation

Chores

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and give a detailed description of household chores and responsibilities.
  • Participate in sustained conversation about household chores and responsibilities.
  • Exchange information about chores in various time frames (past, present, future).

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Comprehend instructions related to household chores and responsibilities such as labels, advertisements, and instructions on products.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Produce detailed spoken and/or written presentations about household chores and responsibilities of various family members.
  • Produce and present situations that highlight one's personal responsibilities.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Explore traditional attitudes towards household responsibilities in various Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Make connections with responsibilities in other classroom situations, such as cleaning up in art or cooking class and putting away equipment in science and physical education.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast household responsibilities of U.S. teenagers with teenagers' responsibilities in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Compare the Spanish use of reflexive verbs with the English use of to get, to become, and to be to express feelings.

Communication Across Communities

  • Access information about household responsibilities via the Internet or print media.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary related to expressing feelings and opinions
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Impersonal construction with se

Theme 2: Future Plans and Choices

Education Plans

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Discuss educational plans, giving details such as course of study and long-range goals.
  • Participate in sustained exchanges on educational plans in relation to future career goals.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Understand information published by universities or study-abroad programs in Spanish-speaking countries, such as brochures, letters, catalogues, and web sites.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Write or speak about educational opportunities after high school, giving details about courses of study and long-range goals.
  • Produce and present situations which highlight future educational plans and long-range goals.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss the university systems in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss job training and apprenticeship programs in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Identify connections between the study of Spanish and career opportunities in other disciplines (math, science, technology, business, marketing, etc.).
  • Explain how the continued study of Spanish improves verbal skills, abilities, and academic performance.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast post-secondary education systems in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries, including the importance and value of a college degree, testing programs leading to college, admission to schools and career paths to follow based on programs studied.

Communication Across Communities

  • Access information about opportunities for post-secondary study abroad programs, using such resources as the school's career center, public library, and the Internet.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary for expressing intentions
  • Future tense
  • Progressive with ir, andar, and seguir
  • Subjunctive mood
  • Progressive tenses

Careers and Jobs

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions on preferences and plans concerning job or career choices.
  • Ask for and give information regarding job or career choices.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Comprehend information related to finding a job, such as classified ads, applications, and interview questions.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Give details and/or inquire about job opportunities and career paths.
  • Present material related to careers and jobs, such as culturally-authentic stories, poems and skits.
  • Present job descriptions and qualifications.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss attitudes towards work and workplace policies and practices in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Identify uses of Spanish in various professional fields.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare attitudes towards work and workplace policies and practices in Spanish-speaking countries with those in the U.S.
  • Compare formulaic expressions used in English and in Spanish in formal business letters.

Communication Across Communities

  • Locate and share information on the use of Spanish in various professions, workplaces or businesses.
  • Locate and discuss information found on the Internet or in print media about job opportunities in Spanish-speaking countries.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary for writing a formal letter
  • Vocabulary relating to professions, personal background, and the workplace
  • Vocabulary for expressing indecision
  • Vocabulary for requesting information
  • Vocabulary for relating intentions
  • Vocabulary for giving advice
  • Future and conditional
  • Subjunctive mood

Theme 3: Teen Culture

Fashion and Clothes

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Exchange ideas about clothing preferences and personal style, giving details such as patterns, fabrics, and fit.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Comprehend spoken and written information on clothing and personal style presented in advertisements, articles, or Internet sites.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Describe clothing, and fashion styles, both present day and from another time period.
  • Produce and written presentations on the influence of fashion on teen culture.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss modern and traditional dress in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Discuss attitudes towards fashion and traditional dress from various cultures in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Make connections between types of clothing worn in geographic locations in the U.S. and Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Relate knowledge of fashion and clothing issues to information learned in classes such as history, economics and marketing.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast typical clothing in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Identify Spanish clothing and fashion terms used in English and vice-versa.
  • Compare and contrast attitudes toward fashion in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries.

Communication Across Communities

  • Acquire information on traditional dress from an authentic source (an individual, Internet site, or article).

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary related to wearing and purchasing clothing
  • Vocabulary for expressing interest, disinterest, and indifference
  • Vocabulary for detailed descriptions of clothing, including specific color, pattern and style
  • Comparatives and superlatives
  • Verbs like gustar
  • Por and para
  • Adjective-noun agreement
  • Use of de to ask and tell about what something is made of

Leisure Time

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Express preferences and elicit those of others about leisure time activities.
  • Exchange points of view and support opinions about leisure time activities.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Demonstrate understanding of culturally-authentic selections on teen interests from the media of Spanish-speaking countries, such as key pal letters, leisure time advertisements, videos, print or Internet articles, and news features.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Produce well-organized spoken and written presentations with supporting details appropriate to the type of audience and the purpose of the presentation in relation to teenage leisure activities.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss patterns of teen behavior and recreational pastimes in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss information learned in courses such as biology about the connection between active pastimes and good health.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast patterns of teen behavior and recreational pastimes in Spanish-speaking countries with those of teens in the United States.
  • Identify words related to leisure time activities that are derived from the same root in English and Spanish.

Communication Across Communities

  • Expand Spanish language skills and cultural knowledge by viewing programs and videos in Spanish related to leisure time activities in the Spanish-speaking world.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary related to pastimes, sports, and leisure
  • Expressions of excitement, disappointment, and opinions

Theme 4: The Environment

Nature and Wildlife

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Participate in a sustained exchange about plant and animal life and natural resources in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Listening and Reading for Understanding
  • Understand information on nature and wildlife from a variety of sources, such as TV, news, atlases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, magazines, newspapers, and the Internet.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Describe the animal life in a Spanish-speaking country, giving details about characteristics, habitat, and status (i.e., endangered or not).

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Examine the importance of indigenous wildlife to a particular Spanish-speaking country or region.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Examine the importance of indigenous wildlife to a particular Spanish-speaking country or region.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Share information learned about endangered species in another class (e.g., biology).

Communication Across Communities

  • Locate and share information from Spanish-speaking sources on endangered species.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary for natural resources
  • Subjunctive mood

Ecology

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Participate in a sustained conversation about environmental and ecological issues such as pollution, recycling, acid rain, and the destruction of rain forests.
  • Ask and give information about environmental and ecological concerns.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Comprehend spoken and written information on environmental and ecological issues as presented in the media.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Communicate problems about and solutions to environmental and ecological issues.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Explain practices related to environmental and ecological issues in Spanish-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Relate knowledge of environmental and ecological issues gained in science, social studies and health classes to information learned in Spanish class.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare environmental practices among various world cultures.
  • Identify cognates related to ecological issues.

Communication Across Communities

  • Access information on the Internet and environmental and ecological issues in Spanish-speaking countries.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Ecology vocabulary
  • Vocabulary related to cities and development (traffic, etc.)
  • Expressions related to giving opinions
  • Subjunctive mood

Theme 5: Humanities

Current Events

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions concerning current events.
  • Express and exchange reactions to current events.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Identify main ideas and pertinent details when reading or listening to newscasts or reading selections from written news sources.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Communicate main ideas and supporting details orally and in writing when presenting a current event.
  • Produce and explain opinions and reactions to current news events.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss how the viewpoints of people from Spanish-speaking countries are reflected in their news broadcasts and publications.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Relate knowledge of current events gained in social sciences, history, government, and science classes to information learned in Spanish class.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast attitudes of people in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries towards world events.

Communication Across Communities

  • Locate and use authentic resources (TV news programs, Internet, newspapers, and magazines) to broaden understanding of current events.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary related to the specific current events

History, Holidays, and Traditions

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about historical events, holidays, and traditions.
  • Sustain a detailed conversation about historical events, holidays, and traditions.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Comprehend culturally-authentic spoken and written information related to history, holidays, and traditions (e.g., articles, information from the Internet, songs, poems, and narratives from well-known authors).

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Produce a detailed spoken and/or written presentation about a historical event, a traditional celebration, or a holiday.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss customs related to celebrations in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Explore the role of traditional elements of celebrations in Spanish-speaking countries, such as music, poetry, and dance.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast the origins of celebrations in the United States and Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Contrast the use of the subjunctive in English and Spanish.
  • Compare and contrast U.S. celebrations such as July 4, Halloween, New Year's, etc., with similar celebrations in Spanish-speaking countries (e.g., el Día de los Muertos).

Communication Across Communities

  • Explore opportunities to participate in an authentic Hispanic celebration in the local community.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Subjunctive mood
  • Subjunctive vs. indicative moods
  • Conditional