Spanish II Syllabus
Unit 1: It’s My Life! (August-September)
Proficiency Target: Novice Mid
Essential Structures:
Verbs used to express responsibility + infinitives
Verbs used to express preferences and opinions
Unit 2: Eating in a Restaurant (September-October)
Proficiency Target: Novice Mid
Essential Structures:
“to be able to” (present tense)-all forms
Preterite (such as order, eat, drink, buy, pay, go, take)- all forms
Direct Object Pronouns
Unit 3: Taking Care of Myself (October-November)
Proficiency Target: Novice Mid
Essential Structures:
Reflexive verbs in present tense in all forms and familiar commands (affirmative and negative)
-Use of definite article w/ body parts
-Grammar Pop-up – point out that injury verbs are in the past tense
Unit 4: Oh, the Places You’ll Go (November-January)
Proficiency Target: Novice Mid
Present tense and preterit (all forms)
To see To order
To take To visit
To get sick To travel
To cost To pay
To lose / To get lost
Grammar Overview:
A. Verbs: forms & usage
b.Preterite
c. Imperfect
d. Progressive tenses
e. Stem-Changing
f. Reflexives
g. Future
2. Subjunctive Mood : forms & usage
a.Commands
b. Present subjunctive
3. Demonstrative adjectives, pronouns & adverbs
a.. Possessive Adjectives & pronouns
b. Object pronouns Prepositions
c. Question words
d. Prepositions
e. Ser & estar
Proficiency Target: Novice Mid
- Chores
- The home
- Work and professions
- Community service
- Technology
- Leisure activites
Essential Structures:
Verbs used to express responsibility + infinitives
Verbs used to express preferences and opinions
Unit 2: Eating in a Restaurant (September-October)
Proficiency Target: Novice Mid
- Food
- Restaurant vocabulary
- Nutrition
Essential Structures:
“to be able to” (present tense)-all forms
Preterite (such as order, eat, drink, buy, pay, go, take)- all forms
Direct Object Pronouns
Unit 3: Taking Care of Myself (October-November)
Proficiency Target: Novice Mid
- Daily routine
- Parts of the body
- Illness and injury
- Nutrition and healthy living
Essential Structures:
Reflexive verbs in present tense in all forms and familiar commands (affirmative and negative)
-Use of definite article w/ body parts
-Grammar Pop-up – point out that injury verbs are in the past tense
Unit 4: Oh, the Places You’ll Go (November-January)
Proficiency Target: Novice Mid
- Preparing for a trip
- Weather
- Transporation
- Tourism and lodging
- Making purchases
- Describing a medical emergency
- Saying how people feel
- Geography terms
- Phone converation
- Making plans
Present tense and preterit (all forms)
To see To order
To take To visit
To get sick To travel
To cost To pay
To lose / To get lost
Grammar Overview:
A. Verbs: forms & usage
- Indicative
b.Preterite
c. Imperfect
d. Progressive tenses
e. Stem-Changing
f. Reflexives
g. Future
2. Subjunctive Mood : forms & usage
a.Commands
b. Present subjunctive
3. Demonstrative adjectives, pronouns & adverbs
a.. Possessive Adjectives & pronouns
b. Object pronouns Prepositions
c. Question words
d. Prepositions
e. Ser & estar