MS Spanish Guide

SPANISH LEVEL 1A

REVIEW

PACING

PROFICIENCY LEVEL

RESOURCES

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

4-6 weeks

Novice Mid

Auténtico or Realidades A

INFORM

CULTURAL CONNECTION(S)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)

Review some of the main themes throughout the course. For example: ● How do languages allow people to communicate? ● How can learning a foreign language enrich life? ● How can your current communication skills help you learn a new language? ● How will I go about having a conversation with a native Spanish speaker?

● What is culture? How are language and culture related? ● How does understanding of culture help me learn a language? ● How do culture and language affect one another? ● Why is it valuable to understand other cultures? ● What values are central to the culture of Spanish speaking countries? ● What is different about Spanish culture compared to my own?

● What can I do to sound more like a native Spanish speaker? ● How can I improve my Spanish skills in listening, reading, speaking and writing?

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS

● Review previously taught content

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION

● Group students to allow opportunity for them to speak in Spanish. Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters with word banks. ● Check for understanding in different ways (eg. TPR, whiteboards, hand signals or gestures). ● For listening activities provide Cloze activity sheets with word banks for students to reference. Provide the responses on the back or in a separate document for the student to receive immediate feedback. ● For writing responses provide exemplars of possible student responses highlighting key language and structure (eg. if a student is writing sentences, include an example highlighting the differences in the English and Spanish alphabet and/or grammatical structures). ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialog.

Skill Building

Extension

● Provide the student more complex texts for the student(s) to read. ● Students can build and categorize word lists (eg. synonyms, antonyms). ● Have students record themselves speaking the language and re fl ect on their progress. ● Students can practice translating from English to Spanish in speech or writing.

*updated 7.12.23