Spanish Classes At EHS

¿ Por qué estudias español?

Porque es

¡ DIVERTIDO!

Desfile de Moda

• Create a Fashion Show in Spanish II

Spanish Level 1 Learning Essentials

• Students will learn to communicate using the following thematic vocabulary……..

• Countries and their locations• Basic phrases• Numbers 1 – 100• School• City/transportation• Food/restaurant• Family

Grammatical structures:

• Subject pronouns • Noun genders/adjective agreement• Present tense verb conjugation• interrogatives/word order for present tense

questions• The verb ir & future construction (ir+a+infinitive)• Possessive Adjectives• ser vs estar

Field Trips Spanish I

• Festival of Nations 2nd Semester in May

Spanish Level 2 Learning Essentials

• Students will learn to communicate using the following thematic vocabulary……..

• *Clothing & Body parts• *Holidays & weather• *Months, days, dates• *Numbers 100 – 1,000• *Sports and activities• *House, rooms & Kitchen items

Grammatical Structures

• Direct object pronouns• Stem changing verbs & tener & venir • Gustar• Beginning level past tense• Demonstratives• Present progressive tense• Intermediate level of present tense verb

conjugation

Field Trips Spanish II

• Festival of Nations 2nd Semester in May

Spanish III Learning Essentials

• Advance level of verb definitions

• Increase vocabulary knowledge

• Students will practice “real-life” communications using verbal and nonverbal in the Spanish language.

• Restaurant & advance food vocabulary

• Daily routine vocabulary

Grammatical Structures

* Advance level of stem changing and irregular verbs in the present tense.

* Master Ser and Estar usage in sentences and conversations

* Advance questions in sentences and conversations.

* Intermediate level of regular preterite tense* Beginning level of all irregular verbs in the

preterite tense & expressions* Advance level word order in present tense

sentences

Spanish IIIField Trips & Activities

• Visit a Spanish restaurant

• Cook Spanish Food

Spanish IV Quarter 1 Learning Essentials

• Airplane Airport vocabulary

• Advance daily vocabulary

• Students will practice “real-life” communications using verbal and nonverbal in the Spanish language.

• Airport skit

Grammar Structures

• Advance level of preterite versus imperfect tenses and expressions

• Intermediate level of all verbs in the preterite tense

• Intermediate level of IDOP, DOP and DDOP object pronouns

• Intermediate level of Tú commands• Beginning level of Formal commands• Beginning level of Por and Para uses.• Advance level of Imperfect tense & expressions

IMPORTANTINFORMATION!

You DO NOT have to take quarter 1 Spanish IV before

quarter 2!

Spanish IV Quarter 2Learning Essentials

• Students will practice “real-life” communications using verbal and nonverbal in the Spanish language.

• Hotel Vocabulary• Car/transportation Vocabulary• Computer/technology in • the Spanish language• Hotel skit• News broadcast

Grammar Structures

• Beginning level of Future tense

• Beginning level of the present perfect tense

• Beginning level of Subjunctive tense

Why take 4 years of Spanish?

• Take a FREE advance placement exam at the college level.

• What does that give you?

• Opportunity to receive retroactive credit. 8 credits for the price of 4

Advantages of 4 years of Spanish

•What does that mean?

• If you test into a 200 level Spanish class or higher at your college & receive a grade of a B or higher (depending on the college)

• You could SAVE $800 dollars or MORE!

Advantages of taking Spanish

• Taking as much Spanish as possible in high school can SAVE YOU!

• TIME! &

• MONEY! In college

Careers • Medical field Law Enforcement

• Business Travel Industry

• Education Farming

• Military Government

•Anyone who can speak Spanish is more employable & has a distinct advantage over someone who can not.