Syllabus
Spanish II
2007-2008
Course Overview:
Spanish II is a fun and interactive learning environment that integrates language with culture. Instruction is communicative, motivating and real. The goal of the Spanish II classroom is to build on the concepts learned in Spanish I to further teach the student to interpret and comprehend the target language when reading or writing, speak the target language effectively, write in the target language, to take risks and to work cooperatively with others.
First Nine Weeks
In the introductory chapter, Para Empezar, the student will review concepts such as what people are like, where they are from, things people do and how often they do them. In the first chapter, the student will study the classroom objects and rules, learn to express in the affirmative and the negative, talk about extracurricular activities, make comparisons, say what people know and who they know, and learn time expressions.
Grammar objectives include the verb tener, verbs with irregular first-person forms, comparisons, the verbs saber and conocer, and time expressions. Cultural perspectives regarding school and extracurricular activities are reviewed.
Second Nine Weeks
Chapter 2A,2B,3A,3B
In these chapters the student will learn to describe events and daily routines, fashion and clothing, how to talk about things in the past, what happened in the past, and will learn how to give specific directions. They will talk about driving and driving habits, shopping, and possession.
Grammar objectives for these chapters are: reflexive verbs, ser and estar, possessive adjectives, preterite tense of verbs, demonstrative adjectives, direct object pronouns, irregular affirmative commands, and the present progressive tense of verbs. Cultural perspectives are about clothing, parties, shopping and neighborhoods.
Third Nine Weeks
Chapter 4A,4B,5A,5B
The information included in these chapters reviews childhood toys and games, what the student was like as a child and what the student did as a child, holiday celebrations, family and relatives, personal interactions, emergencies, crises, rescues and heroic acts, weather conditions, and injuries and treatments. They will discuss what they were doing when an accident occurred and past situations and settings.
Grammar objectives are: imperfect tense, indirect object pronouns, reciprocal actions, irregular preterite verbs and the imperfect progressive and preterite. Cultural perspectives will emphasize childhood, holidays, natural disasters and legends, and cultural perspectives on health.
Fourth Nine Weeks
Chapter 6A,6B,7A,7B
The last chapters we will cover for the year encompass the following information: television, the movies, food and cooking, descriptions of what people usually do, expressions that indicate exchange and reason and duration. These chapters also show how to express opinions, and how to tell people what to or what not to do.
The final grammar items to be covered for the year include: the preterite, more reflexive verbs, the present perfect, negative commands, the impersonal se, usted/ustedes commands, and uses of por.