MS Spanish Guide

SPANISH LEVEL B

UNIT 6 THE HOUSE

PACING

PROFICIENCY LEVEL RESOURCES

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

6-8 weeks

Novice Mid

Auténtico o Realidades B

INFORM

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)

CULTURAL CONNECTION(S)

● Responsibilities, gender roles, home layouts in other countries ● Flags and other decorations

What are my responsibilities? How do I describe objects or places around the home? How do I make comparisons? How do I give commands?

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS FOR NOVICE MID PROFICIENCY LISTENING SPEAKING When students exhibit Novice Mid listening pro fi ciency in Spanish, they can understand: 1. Simple words and phrases about daily activities 2. Simple questions on familiar topics 3. Multi-step directions or instructions, especially when accompanied by gestures and repetition 4. What people say in a short conversation on familiar topics

When students exhibit Novice Mid speaking ability in Spanish, they can: 1. Greet someone in a culturally appropriate manner 2. Introduce self 3. Ask “how are you?” 4. Respond appropriately to the question “how are you?” 5. Answer simple questions to provide basic information 6. Ask simple, formulaic questions 7. Provide simple information on subject matter content When students exhibit Novice Mid writing ability in Spanish, they can: 1. Write basic personal information (name, address, phone number, birth date) 2. Brie fl y describe people or places mostly in list form 3. Respond to simple questions 4. Write simple information related to subject matter content WRITING

READING

When students exhibit Novice Mid reading ability in Spanish, they can understand: 1. Words on a list from very familiar topics 2. Very simple information on familiar topics 3. Short, simple descriptions, especially if there are pictures or other supportive visuals

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS

Talk about homes and lifestyle preferences using the language functions and features: ● types of homes (casa, apartamento, condominio) ● areas of a home (planta baja, primer piso, sótano, etc.), rooms (cocina, cuarto, garaje, etc.) and the things in a room (muebles, cosas electrónicas, etc.) ● descriptive words (colores, sucio, limpio, bonito, importante, etc.) to describe things ● chores (ayudar, arreglar, hacer la cama, lavar, etc.)

● gerunds/present progressive tense (estar + stem + -ando/-iendo, etc.) ● making comparison, using superlatives (menos que, mejor que, etc.) ● stem-changing verbs (jugar, poder, dormir) ● af fi rmative tú form of verbs (hacer => haz, poner => pon etc.) to give commands ● identify root words (com- = comer/comida) to build vocabulary

https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/ fi les/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION Skill Building ● Introduce vocabulary using a variety of visuals and a graphic organizer.

* Updated 6.10.24