MS Spanish Guide

SPANISH LEVEL 2

UNIT 6 REVIEW

PACING

PROFICIENCY LEVEL RESOURCE(S)

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

● Entre Culturas Units 1-5 ● Realidades Tema 1-5

2-3 weeks

Novice High

NFORM EXPLAIN NARRATE

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)

CULTURAL CONNECTION(S)

Review some of the main themes throughout the course. For example: ● How do languages allow people to communicate meaning? ● In what ways do people communicate nonverbally? ● 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 can I do to sound more like a native Spanish speaker? ● How can I improve my Spanish skills in listening, speaking and writing? ●

What is a culture? How are language and culture related? ● How does understanding of culture help me learn that culture's 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?

END OF UNIT COMPETENCIES WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS Review the language functions and features from Units 2-5: - Who am I?

- Daily Routines - Communities - Growing up

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION Skill Building ●

Use a variety of visuals with captions to de fi ne meaning of words and phrases. ● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate vocabulary, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & vocabulary. ● Pair with partners to practice conversation/group students to allow opportunity for them to practice speaking. Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters. ● Use gestures and oral repetition of key phrases and words in multiple contexts. ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation in Spanish aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialogue. Provide opportunities for more conversation with fl uent speakers via Zoom or Google Meet.. ● Provide more complex text in Spanish for students to read. ● 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.

Extension

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