Middle M/J Spanish, Intermediate

Segment 1

Module 1

• My family and me
• Immediate and extended families
• Occupations
• Family traditions in Spanish-speaking countries
• Plural subject pronouns
• Tener and ser irregular forms
• Possessive adjectives
• Contraction del
• Prepositions
• Nationalities and countries
• Written and oral presentation describing family
• Reading and listening comprehension
• Gustar to describe likes and dislikes of friends, family members, and self
• Question words to ask and answer questions about myself and others

Module 2

• My free time and me
• Jugar
• Issuing and accepting an invitation
• Dating customs in Spanish-speaking countries
• Music from Spanish-speaking countries
• Sports from Spanish-speaking countries
• Sports and pastimes
• Using indirect object pronouns with the verbs gustar and encantar
• Weather expressions
• Types of clothing
• Conmigo, contigo
• E to ie, e to i stem-changing of the verbs entender, cerrar, servir, pedir
• Usage and conjugation rules for o-ue and u-ue of the verbs dormir, jugar
• Review of time expressions
• Review of tener expressions
• Celsius vs. Fahrenheit
• Written and oral presentation narrative
• Reading and listening comprehension
• Usage of the verb ir with expressions of destinations and activities
• Frequency expressions

Module 3

• My city and me
• Forms of transportation
• City vs. country
• Weather review
• Review of prepositions
• Review of estar and hay
• Review of ser
• Review of porque vs por que
• Review of estar with feelings and location
• Prepositions al and del
• Transportation in Spanish-speaking countries
• City vs. country life in Spanish-speaking countries
• Introduction of saber vs conocer
• Describe near future with ir + a + infinitive
• Written and oral presentation narrative and travel itinerary 
• Reading and listening comprehension
• Places of interest for sightseeing in Spanish-speaking countries
• Plan for a vacation using an itinerary
• Descriptions of vacations

Segment 2

Module 4

• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Clothing vocabulary
• Cognates
• Daily routine vocabulary
• Getting ready for a special event
• Hygiene and beauty products
• Irregular verbs
• Noun-adjective agreement
• Ordinal numbers
• Parts of the body
• Possessive adjectives
• Reflexive verbs
• Regular verbs
• Ser vs. estar
• Stem-changing verbs
• Time and frequency expressions
• Yo-go verbs

Module 5

• Acabar + de + infinitive
• Cardinal points
• Career vocabulary
• Cognates
• Comparatives of equality
• Comparatives of inequality
• Context clues
• Dar, contar
• Direct objects
• Direct object pronouns
• Directional and traffic vocabulary
• Errand vocabulary
• Indirect objects
• Indirect object pronouns
• Informal affirmative commands
• Informal negative commands
• Noun + estar + preposition
• Parts of a car
• Safe driving commands
• Tener + que + infinitive
• Volunteer vocabulary

 Microphone and speakers or headset

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

 

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the student must pass the exam with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course. 

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.