Week

Year/Level
2

Standard(s)

Subject(s)

1FL-P1. Comprehend
the main ideas and
significant details in
both oral presentations
and written text

Welcome to
class

Expectations
and
requirements

Activity example(s)

Assessment(s)

Review syllabus

Syllabus quiz

TPR - Practice class

procedures

Participation
in class
procedures

Create and present a

family tree which
includes
grandparents, greatgrandparents,
cousins, and
descriptions of
immediate family
Describe your home
as it is now and the
ideal home you
hope to have in the
future

Fluency,
grammar,
length, and
content of
presentation

Play Bingo

Participation
in Bingo
game

Greeting and
farewells
School vocab

4FL-P2. Use formal

and informal language
appropriately in a
variety of settings

Articles
Adjectives
Family and
friends vocab

2FL-P1. Express and

support opinions on a
variety of topics,
concepts and ideas
5FL-P2. Acquire
information from a
variety of sources
written in the target
language about a topic
being studied in other
subjects
1FL-P1. Comprehend
the main ideas and
significant details in
both oral presentations
and written text

Present tense
Punctuation
Home and
garden vocab
Present tense
irregular verbs
(car, gar, zar)

Mini math quiz

Reflexive
pronouns
Numbers, time,
and math vocab
Present
progressive
tense
Ser vs. Estar

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Spelling,
grammar, and
content of
descriptions

Mini math
quiz

Create a menu for a

restaurant with
descriptions of main
dishes and lists of
ingredients included

Spelling,
grammar, and
content of
menu

4FL-P4. Investigate
and explain the
function of products of
the culture (e.g.,
institutions, crafts,
laws, music) and their
relationship to cultural
perspectives
1FL-P1. Comprehend
the main ideas and
significant details in
both oral presentations
and written text

Foods vocab
Present perfect
tense

Create a shopping
skit in which students
go to three different
kinds of stores and
buy what they need
while staying inside
their budget

Fluency,
grammar,
length, and
content of skit

Likes and
dislikes (gustar)

Record weather
patterns for a week
and create a chart
comparing it to that
of previous years

Spelling,
grammar, and
content
accuracy of
weather
pattern chart

Climate vocab

Virtual tour of Spain

Direct vs.
indirect object
pronouns
City and
shopping vocab
Imperfect tense

Modern Spain

2FL-P2. Use complex

sentences with
connective expressions
and idioms in oral and
written communication
2

4FL-P5. Identify the

target languages
literary masterpieces
and their authors
2

Write a letter to a pen

pal from Spain
Create a daily habits
Preterite
log including time
(regular) and
spent sleeping, doing
Imperfect
a morning routine, at
(irregular) tenses school, studying and
doing homework, and
Introduce Da de on leisure activities
la Hispanidad
(October 12)
Research a famous
Hispanic person and
Daily habits and prepare to give a 2
chores vocab
minute presentation
on Oct. 12
Preterite
Present a famous
(irregular) and Hispanic person to
Imperfect tenses the class
Da de la
Hispanidad
(October 12)
Classical
Spanish
literature
Literature vocab

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Read and summarize

major Spanish works

Letter written
to pen pal
Spelling,
grammar, and
content of
daily habits
log

Fluency,
grammar,
length, and
content of
presentation
Spelling,
grammar, and
content
accuracy of
summary

End of 1st Term

10

Fall break
4FL-P5. Identify the
target languages
literary masterpieces
and their authors

11

2FL-P3. Compare and

contrast ideas, people,
places and things

Read and summarize

major Spanish works
Past progressive
tense
Classical
Spanish
literature (cont.)
Pre-colonization
Spain

1FL-P1. Comprehend
the main ideas and
significant details in
both oral presentations
and written text

12

13

5FL-P2. Acquire
information from a
variety of sources
written in the target
language about a topic
being studied in other
subjects

1FL-P1. Comprehend
the main ideas and
significant details in
both oral presentations
and written text
4FL-P1. Explain how
the target language and

Create timeline of
major historical
events
Make a travel
itinerary, including
companions,
locations, flight dates,
activities, costs, and
sites.

Simon says game

Past perfect
tense
Christopher
Columbus and
conquistadors
Body and illness
vocab

Future tense
Geography of
the New World
(w/ modern
names)
Conquistadors

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Choose and present

an illness including
how it affects people,
who it affects, how it
can be treated, and
how it can be
prevented

Spelling,
grammar, and
content
accuracy of
summary
Spelling and
accuracy of
timeline
Spelling,
grammar, and
content
accuracy of
travel
itinerary
Fluency,
grammar,
length, and
content of
presentation

Research a
conquistador
including where he
was from, where he
went in the New
World, and what he
did
Present over a
conquistador
including where he
was from, where he
went in the New
World, and what he
did

Fluency,
grammar,
length, and
content of
presentation

its culture add to the

richness of our cultural
diversity

14

5FL-P1. Discuss topics

from other school
subjects or the
workplace in the target
language including
political and historical
concepts, world-wide
health issues and
environmental
concerns
1FL-P1. Comprehend
the main ideas and
significant details in
both oral presentations
and written text

15
4FL-P1. Explain how
the target language and
its culture add to the
richness of our cultural
diversity
1FL-P3. Identify
characteristics of a
variety of literary
genres including poetry

16

4FL-P5. Identify the

target languages
literary masterpieces
and their authors

Da de los
Muertos
(November 2)
Compare Aztec sports
to modern day sports
Conditional
mood
Aztecs
Sports vocab

Conditional
mood (cont.)
Mayans and
Incans

17

4FL-P3. Identify,
analyze and discuss
various patterns of
behavior or
interactions typical of
the culture studied

Documentary about
indigenous
architecture and
government
Create a Mayan
calendar
Recreate the Incan
method of counting
and doing math

Accuracy of
picture
according to
the legends of
Aztln
Accuracy of
Mayan
calendar
Participation
in Incan math
activity

Animal and
nature vocab

Early Mexico
(Nueva Espaa)
Early Mexican
literature
Introduction of
literary genres
Government and
politics vocab

Draw a picture of
what the mythical
land of Aztln might
look like

Spelling,
accuracy, and
grammar of
Venn diagram
about sports

Mexican
Independence
Early Mexican
literature (cont.)

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Create timeline of
major historical
events in early
Mexico

Spelling and
accuracy of
timeline

Spelling,
Read, summarize, and accuracy,
analyze early
grammar, and
Mexican literature
content of
summaries
Write summaries or
mind maps for pieces
of literature read in
class
Write a short essay
Spelling,
about what kinds of
accuracy,
themes are common
grammar, and
in Mexican literature content of
essay
Prepare a skit in

4FL-P5. Identify the

target languages
literary masterpieces
and their authors
*

17

18

Government and
politics vocab

which students will

re-create the major
occurrences during
the Mexican War of
Independence

Thanksgiving
7FL-P4. Perform a
short play in the target
language for parents,
visitors or a
community group

Formal and
informal
commands
(regular)

Perform skit/play of
major historical
events during the
Mexican War of
Independence

Fluency,
grammar,
length, and
content of skit

Modern Mexico

19

4FL-P4. Investigate
and explain the
function of products of
the culture and their
relationship to cultural
perspectives

Los corridos
Formal and
informal
commands
(irregular)

Listen to examples of
corridos
Total Physical
Response

Performance
during TPR

Play Simon Says

Performance
during Simon
Says

Fill in a Venn
diagram with
comparing when to
use the indicative and
subjunctive moods

Spelling,
accuracy,
grammar, and
content of
Venn diagram

Belize
Vacation vocab

20

20

6FL-P1. Compare and

contrast various
elements of the target
language, such as time
or tense, with parallel
linguistic elements in
English

Indicative vs.
Subjunctive
moods
Guatemala

Virtual tour of
Guatemala
End of 2nd Term and 1st Semester

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