Scope and sequence · Languages
Grade 8 Spanish
A capstone quarter of the real thing, from the Manila galleons and Velázquez's Surrender of Breda to a tortilla española cooked by Spanish commands, a real letter in the mail, the first page of Don Quixote exactly as Cervantes wrote it, and Psalm 23 in the Reina-Valera, each one opening the Spanish a real reader needs: the strong past tenses, commands, letters and conversation, and great texts read in the original.
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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: Strong Verbs of Yesterday
- MUST COVER 1.1 Fue un Gran Día: Ser and Ir in the Past · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.2 The Top Table: Dijo, Vino, Tuvo · unit test
Unit 2: Commands: ¡Habla! ¡Come!
- MUST COVER 2.1 Kitchen Spanish: Tú Commands · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.2 Polite Commands, and Reading the Signs · unit test
Unit 3: Letters and Conversation
- MUST COVER 3.1 Querida Abuela: The Letter · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.2 Twenty Countries, One Language · unit test
Unit 4: A Page of Don Quixote
- MUST COVER 4.1 En un Lugar de la Mancha · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.2 The Windmills, in Spanish · unit test
Unit 5: Psalm 23, and the Capstone
- MUST COVER 5.1 Jehová Es Mi Pastor · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.2 La Velada: The Capstone Evening · 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 Fue un Gran Día: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.1 activity (the went-or-was sort and the galleon's log) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice, and the first recitation out loud | ||
| Wk 2 | Session 1: Lesson 1.2 The Top Table: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.2 activity (the chant wheel and the Breda retelling) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 1 review and unit challenge (history in five sentences) | ||
| Wk 3 | Session 1: Lesson 2.1 Kitchen Spanish: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.1 activity (the tortilla española cooked by commands, a parent at the stove) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 4 | Session 1: Lesson 2.2 Polite Commands: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.2 activity (lettering the house signs and the polite tour) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 2 review and unit challenge (the family recipe card) | ||
| Wk 5 | Session 1: Lesson 3.1 Querida Abuela: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.1 activity (drafting the real letter) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 6 | Session 1: Lesson 3.2 Twenty Countries, One Language: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.2 activity (the country cards and the conversation) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 3 review and unit challenge (the letter actually sent) | ||
| Wk 7 | Session 1: Lesson 4.1 En un Lugar de la Mancha: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.1 activity (the first page read three ways) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation of the first sentence | ||
| Wk 8 | Session 1: Lesson 4.2 The Windmills, in Spanish: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.2 activity (windmill reader's theater) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 4 review and unit challenge (the hidalgo's bookplate) | ||
| Wk 9 | Session 1: Lesson 5.1 Jehová Es Mi Pastor: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.1 activity (harvesting Psalm 23) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation of the psalm | ||
| Wk 10 | Session 1: Lesson 5.2 La Velada: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.2 activity (rehearsal and the printed programs) and Spanish notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and a full dress rehearsal Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 5 review and unit challenge (la velada) | ||
| 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 | ||
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| Wk 23 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| Wk 33 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
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| Wk 35 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 36 | Open week: second course, project or review |
Grading: Recitation and flashcards (daily speaking, vocabulary reviews, reading aloud, memorized texts) 30%, Spanish notebook (dated pages, charts, translations, the letter draft, the glossed texts) 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.