DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
CURRICULUM
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TOPIC |
ESSENTIAL QUESTION |
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AUGUST |
1. Awareness of Spanish influence
on United States 2. Greetings 3. Classroom objects 4. Alphabet 5. Numbers 1-31 6. Days of week 7. Months of year 8. Calendar dates |
1. How has the culture and language of Spain affected life in the U.S.? 2.
How
can you engage in a conversation with someone you don’t know? 3.
Which
calendar design seems the most logical to you -– ours or the
Spanish? Why? |
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SEPTEMBER |
1. Activity verbs 2. Me/te gusta 3. Personality traits 4. Spanish concept of friend 5. Adjective agreement 6. Ni…ni & tampoco 7. Fifteenth birthday tradition 8. School subjects and supplies 9. Ordinal numbers 10. Telling time 11. Comparison of U.S. and Hispanic
schools 12. Subject pronouns 13. AR verbs 14. Definite articles |
1. How is the American concept of friend different from the Hispanic one? 2.
How
would you describe activities that you like to do? 3.
How
would you describe your class schedule and the supplies for each? |
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OCTOBER |
1. Comparison of Hispanic and U.S.
report cards 2. Seasons and places 3. Comparison of U.S. and Hispanic
parks and leisure time activities |
1. What differences do you perceive between our report cards and Hispanic ones? 2. In comparison to our parks, are Hispanic ones superior? Why or why not? |
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NOVEMBER |
1. El Dia de los Muertos 2. Activity verbs 3. Verb ir 4. Con + pronoun 5. Verb estar 6. Foods 7. Fruits, vegetables, drinks 8. Mealtime differences |
1. In what ways does the “El Dia de los Muertos” conflict with your own religious views? 2. How are our mealtime traditions and schedules different from the Hispanic? 3. If you were a restaurant manager, what would your menu be for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? |
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DECEMBER |
1. Plural nouns 2. “The” with plural
nouns 3. “A, an, some” with
nouns 4. Me encanta (n) 5. Adjectives with plural nouns 6. ER verbs 7. Christmas carols and traditions |
What are some of the basic Mexican and Spanish Christmas traditions? |
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JANUARY |
1. ER and AR verbs 2. Family vocabulary 3. Numbers 60-100 4. He/She likes 5. Physical characteristics 6. Hair and eye color 7. Tener 8. Ser 9. Possessive Adjectives 10. Possession |
1. How would you describe your family, including their actual names and relationship to you? 2. How can you express your age and the age of a friend to a stranger? 3. How would you describe yourself physically? |
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FEBRUARY |
1. Clothing 2. Colors 3. Store names 4. Adjective placement 5. Demonstrative adjectives 6. Direct object pronouns 7. Valentine bingo 8. Tongue twisters |
1. What are the different pieces of clothing that you are wearing right now and the color of each? 2. Where did you buy your clothing and how much did you pay for each piece? |
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MARCH |
1. Vacation spots and activities 2. Weather 3. Clothing 4. Poder |
1. Where have you recently gone on vacation, and what did you do there? 2. What’s the weather like today? |
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APRIL |
1. Para + infinitive 2. Querer 3. Pensar 4. Personal “a” 5. Rooms and household chores 6. IR verbs 7. Furniture 8. Hacer 9. Poner 10. Preferir 11. Tener que 12. Nuestro, su |
1. How would you describe your home to someone including all the rooms and their furnishings? |
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MAY |
1. Animal vocabulary 2. Body parts 3. Physical ailments 4. Numbers 100 – 1,000 5. Don Quixote video 6. Spanish to English translations |
1. While on vacation in a Spanish-speaking country how would you describe a physical ailment? |