Scope and sequence · Languages
Grade 6 Spanish
A quarter of real stories, from El Cid riding out of Burgos and the one hand-copied book that kept his song alive to the lions of the Alhambra, Teresa of Ávila's bookmark, Las Meninas, the great clock of the Puerta del Sol and a vaquero's day on a California rancho, each one opening a door into how the Spanish sentence grows: the -er and -ir verbs, the second to-be estar, having and belonging, telling time, and a whole two-part story read in Spanish.
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What to cover
10 of 10 lessons are MUST COVER. They are tested on the unit tests and exams, or are skills the SAT/ACT relies on. OPTIONAL lessons are enrichment. Do them if time allows. The course is complete when the MUST COVER lessons are done.
Unit 1: New Engines: -er and -ir
- MUST COVER 1.1 The Bread-Eaters of Castile: -er · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.2 The Scribe's Family: -ir · unit test
Unit 2: The Second To-Be: Estar
- MUST COVER 2.1 Where Things Stand · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.2 Two To-Bes, Two Jobs · unit test
Unit 3: Having and Belonging
- MUST COVER 3.1 Tener: To Have (and to Be Hungry) · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.2 Mine and Yours · unit test
Unit 4: What Time Is It?
- MUST COVER 4.1 ¿Qué hora es? · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.2 The Shape of a Day · unit test
Unit 5: A Whole Story: El Rancho
- MUST COVER 5.1 Part 1: Morning on the Rancho · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.2 Part 2: Evening, and the Story Afternoon · unit test
36-week pacing calendar
This is a 10-week course. Pair it with another course in the same subject, or spread it over the year at a lighter pace.
| Week | Plan | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | Session 1: Lesson 1.1 The Bread-Eaters of Castile: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.1 activity (the second ring of the verb wheel) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice, and the comer chant out loud | ||
| Wk 2 | Session 1: Lesson 1.2 The Scribe's Family: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.2 activity (the scribe's page) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 1 review and unit challenge (the verb orchestra) | ||
| Wk 3 | Session 1: Lesson 2.1 Where Things Stand: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.1 activity (¿Dónde está? hide-and-find) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 4 | Session 1: Lesson 2.2 Two To-Bes, Two Jobs: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.2 activity (the feelings faces and the morning check-in) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 2 review and unit challenge (the ser-and-estar sorting game) | ||
| Wk 5 | Session 1: Lesson 3.1 Tener: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.1 activity (the Las Meninas inventory and the tener skits) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 6 | Session 1: Lesson 3.2 Mine and Yours: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.2 activity (the whose-is-it basket) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 3 review and unit challenge (the family inventory poster) | ||
| Wk 7 | Session 1: Lesson 4.1 ¿Qué hora es?: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.1 activity (the paper clock) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 8 | Session 1: Lesson 4.2 The Shape of a Day: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.2 activity (my day in Spanish) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 4 review and unit challenge (the illustrated day-clock) | ||
| Wk 9 | Session 1: Lesson 5.1 Morning on the Rancho: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.1 activity (reading Part 1 of the story three ways) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Read Part 1 aloud again, worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 10 | Session 1: Lesson 5.2 Evening, and the Story Afternoon: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.2 activity (reading Part 2 and writing the three questions) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and a full rehearsal of the whole story Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 5 review and unit challenge (La Tarde de Cuentos) | ||
| Wk 11 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 12 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 13 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 14 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 15 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 16 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 17 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 18 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 19 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 20 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 21 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 22 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 23 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 24 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 25 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 26 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 27 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 28 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 29 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 30 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 31 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 32 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 33 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 34 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 35 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 36 | Open week: second course, project or review |
Grading: Recitation and flashcards (daily chants, vocabulary reviews, reading aloud) 30%, Spanish notebook (dated pages, charts, translations, the daily schedule) 25%, Practice sentences (both directions, corrected with the answer key) 15%, Unit reviews 15%, Unit challenges 15%. Scale: A 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69. Below 60: repeat the chants and practice with help.