LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

LANGUAGE
DEPARTMENT
SCOPE
AND
SEQUENCE
 


Content
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Major
Texts
and
 Authors


Spanish
1


Key
Concepts


AP
Spanish
Lang.


AP
Spanish
Lit.


Realidades, Level 1 textbook and workbook by Prentice Hall Publishers ¿Eres tú, María? Video Program DVDs and workbook by Prentice Hall Publishers Pobre Ana Level 1 by Ray

Realidades, Level 2 textbook and workbook by Prentice Hall Publishers La Catrina Video Program DVDs and workbook by Prentice Hall Publishers El viaje de su vida, reader by Turner and Ray ¡Viva el toro!, reader by Turner and Ray

Spanish
2


Realidades, Level 3 textbook and workbook by Prentice Hall Publishers La Catrina Video Program DVDs and workbook by Prentice Hall Publishers

Spanish
3


Realidades, Level 3 textbook and workbook by Prentice Hall Publishers La Catrina Video Program DVDs and workbook by Prentice Hall Publishers Encuentros maravillosos by Kanter (Chapters 1-7)

Spanish
3
Honors


Imagina: español sin barreras, textbook and workbook by Blanco

Spanish
4/5


Abriendo paso, Lectura textbook by Prentice Hall Publishers AP Spanish: Preparing for the Language Examination by Díaz Encuentros maravillosos by Kanter (Chapters 8-14) La dama del alba por Casona Articles from Selecciones, a Readers' Digest in Spanish 2 feature films

Momentos cumbres de las literaturas hispánicas by Rodríguez

Alphabet, Calendar (days, months, seasons), Colors, Familiar objects & places, Family, Food, Greetings, introductions, good-byes, Numbers, Pastimes, School objects & routine, Time (ask, tell, when?, ) Weather, Clothing

School day activities, Personal hygiene, Clothes, shopping, Describing yesterday's activities, Transportation, Childhood memories, Celebrating holidays, Describing the news: an act of heroism, an accident, Television and movies, Food, Vacation activities, Nature

Accomplishments, (Artistic and Personal), Expression, Health and Exercise, Interpersonal Relationships, The World of Work, The Future, Interpreting the Past, Encounters between Cultures, Protecting the Environment

Accomplishments(Artistic and Personal), Expression, Health and Exercise, Interpersonal Relationships, The World of Work, The Future, Interpreting the Past, Encounters between Cultures, Protecting the Environment, Dream vs. Reality, Coping with the Loss of Someone, Special Personal Idiosyncrasies, Response to Parental Expectations, Pivotal Childhood Experiences, The Real, Unreal, and the Absurd, Intergenerational Conflict

Personal Relationships, Living in the City, Methods of Communication Between the Family, Our World, Beliefs and Ideologies, Work and Finances, Technology and Science, Past times, Our Future

First semester deals with four themes: Love, Fantasy, Concepts of "I" seen through Adventure and Violence Second semester explores 7 themes: Superstition, Families, Tolerance, Stereotypes, Modern Perspectives, Life and Death, Solidarity and Solitude Note: the format of the theme work follows that of the AP Spanish Language Examination

The required reading list for the May 2010 examination includes works from the medieval to the Twentieth-century periods by authors such as Don Juan Manuel, Cervantes, Unamuno, Borges, Cortazar, García Márquez, and selected poems by authors such us Góngora, Quevedo, Inés de la Cruz, Martí, Darío, Lorca, and Guillén.

Adjectives, Cognates, Culture and Civilization, Subject, Pronouns, Idiomatic Expressions, Nouns, Pronunciation, Sentence Structure, Common, Present Tense, Irregular and Regular Verbs Prepositions and Contractions

Uncommon, regular and irregular verb conjugations Reflexive verbs, Positive and negative commands Regular and irregular preterite tense verbs, form and usage Regular and irregular imperfect tense verbs, form and usage Short and long forms of possessive adjectives Comparisons, Affirmative and negative expressions Cultural topics from Spain, México, Latin America and Latino USA

Review preterite and imperfect, Ser and Estar Indicative vs. Subjunctive, Commands, all Perfect Tenses, Future, Conditional, Si Clauses, Conjunctions

Review preterite and imperfect, Ser and Estar Indicative vs. Subjunctive, Commands, all Perfect Tenses, Future, Conditional, Si Clauses, Conjunctions, Passive Voice

The Present Tense The Preterite and Imperfect The Subjunctive in Noun Clauses The Subjunctive in Adjective Clauses The Future, The Conditional, The Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses The Past Subjunctive, Comparisons and Superlatives The Present Perfect The Present Perfect Subjunctive The Past Perfect The Past Perfect Subjunctive The Future Perfect The Conditional Perfect, Si Clauses

Critical listening, reading, writing and speaking skill development in culturallyauthentic scenarios Grammatical concepts include uncommon irregular verbs in the present, preterit, imperfect, compound and subjunctive tenses, "si" phrase sentences, commands, nouns with gender irregularities, written accent study Concept development uses the AP Spanish Language Exam skill set as its focus

This course is taught in Spanish almost exclusively and encourages students to do likewise. Students are required to read, understand and interpret Spanish literary texts on their own.

Classroom
Strategies
 Technology
 Implementa tion
 
 
 


For Spanish I - IV/V: Assessments, homework and individual activities, large group activities, mini-lectures, multimedia presentations, multimedia projects, demonstrations, role play/simulations, small group activities, warm-up activities For AP Spanish Language: Assessments, homework and individual activities, large group activities, mini-lectures, multimedia presentations, projects, demonstrations, role play/simulations, small group activities, warm-up activities in the context of analysis and synthesis as required by the AP Spanish Language Exam For AP Spanish Literature: Assessments, homework activities, mini-lectures and discussions in the context of analysis and synthesis as required by the AP Spanish Literature Exam. Through the required texts students will develop proficiency in close reading, as well as in the formulating and expressing critical judgments in written and oral Spanish. To this end, students will learn the techniques of literary analysis using critical terms.

For all classes: Presenting daily material on computers through projectors, web base activities, PowerPoint, digital voice recorders, Flip cameras, Promethean smart boards, podcasts, internet base homework, blogs, wikis, Skype, DVDs, CDs




French
1


French
2


C'est à toi!, level 1 textbook and workbook by EMCParadigm

Greetings and introductions Sports and activities Food and beverages Numbers and ages Time and dates (days, months) School subjects and supplies Family relationships Describing people (physical appearance, personality, profession, nationality) Weather Clothing Colors Shopping Housing Traveling by plane and by train Identification and location of various French-speaking countries

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Major
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 and
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French
3


French
4
Honors


AP
French
Lang.


C'est à toi!, level 2 textbook and workbook by EMCParadigm Readers such as Aventure en Normandie, and Danger sur la Côte d'Azur

C'est à toi!, level 3 textbook and workbook by EMCParadigm

Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Guide pratique de la communication, Editions Didier Grammaire progressive du Français, niveau avancé, CLE International Two films: Amélie & La grande séduction

Une fois pour toutes AP French: Preparing for the Language Examination, by Scott Foresman Addison Wesley

Cultural pastimes Health Technology Travel Money Gastronomy Driving Hotels Towns Martinique Senegal

Talking about school, work, hobbies and sports Describing people Asking for and giving information Expressing basic emotions, opinions and suggestions Talking about the past and the future Lifestyles and traditions of various Frenchspeaking countries Athletes and artists from various French-speaking countries

Paris Quebec Giving and asking for directions Describing places and people with details Talking about one's physical state (complex emotions, aches & pains) Reporting sequences of events Expressing cause, consequence and opposition with linking words Analyzing and summarizing French texts Leading discussions and sharing opinions in French

A sampling of unit themes: heroism, family, traveling, a different kind of love.

Key
Concepts
 Classroom
Strategies
 


Present tense, past tense (passé composé), near future, and imperative Adjectives (position and agreement; possessive, demonstrative and comparative forms) Gender of nouns Definite, indefinite and partitive articles Prepositions Basic negative form (ne…pas) Basic question forms

Verbs: present, simple past, recent past, imperfect, simple future, near future, imperative, present conditional; pronouns; nouns related to content areas; pronunciation. adjective; culture.

Question/answer format, demonstration of language structures, homework assignments, pair work and team-based activities, role plays, oral presentations. songs, videos, artbased activities, games

Assessments, homework activities, individual activities, group activities, partner work, minilectures, multimedia lessons, projects and demonstrations, role play, simulations, warm-up activities

Present tense, all past tenses (passé composé, imparfait, plusque-parfait), future, conditional, imperative Introduction to the subjunctive Agreement of the past participle with the subject and with the object Complex question forms Complex negative forms Object pronouns Relative pronouns Adjectives Prepositions and expressions of time and place Question/answer format, demonstration of language structures, homework assignments, pair work and teambased activities, role plays, oral presentations, creative writing, songs, videos, artbased activities, games

Review of all French 3 structures All tenses and moods Passive form Indirect discourse Adverbs and linking words

Complete grammar review, intensive focus on core skills tested on the AP Language examination: listening, writing, speaking, reading

Question/answer format, demonstration of language structures, homework assignments, pair work and team-based activities, role plays, oral presentations, creative writing, translations of short paragraphs or quotations, songs, videos, art-based activities, games

Assessments, homework activities, individual activities, group activities, partner work, minilectures, multimedia lessons, projects and demonstrations, role play, simulations, warm-up activities

Content
Areas


Major
Texts
 and
Authors






Mandarin
1


Mandarin
2


Mandarin
3


Learn Chinese with Me, level 1 textbook and workbook by People's Education Press Learn Chinese with Me, level 2 (chapter 1 only) textbook and workbook by People's Education Press 250 Essential Chinese Characters for Everyday Use by Tuttle Publishing.

Learn Chinese with Me, level 2 textbook and workbook by People's Education Press Learn Chinese with Me, level 3 (chapter 1 & 2 only) textbook and workbook by People's Education Press

Learn Chinese with Me, level 3 textbook and workbook by People's Education Press Learn Chinese with Me, level 4 (chapter 1 & 2 only) textbook and workbook by People's Education Press

School Classmates Teachers Hanging out Friends My family Time Weather Food Clothing Sports Health Introducing friends Acquiring 300 basic characters

Hobbies Family Jobs Inviting people Diet and health Choosing and describing Clothes Environment Vacation planning Public places House Cities Leisure time Acquiring an additional 300 more characters

Generations and cultural expectations Cultural differences Health and losing weight Transportation Geography Beijing Chinese traditional culture Social activities Acquiring and additional 300 more characters

Key
Concepts
 Classroom
Strategies


language functions, Pinyin (pronunciation), culture, parts of speech, sentence patterns, sentence structure, characters

language functions, skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), culture, parts of speech, sentence patterns, sentence structure, characters

language functions, skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), culture, parts of speech, sentence patterns, sentence structure, characters

offering comprehensible input through multi-dimensions, controlled/free practice, role play/simulations, total physical response, brainstorming, group work, games, individualized instruction, competing, quizzes, tests and projects

offering comprehensible input through multi-dimensions, controlled/free practice, role play/simulations, total physical response, peer tutoring, group work, individualized instruction, student presentations, games, quizzes, tests and projects

offering comprehensible input through multi-dimensions, controlled/free practice, role play/simulations, total physical response, peer tutoring, group work, individualized instruction, student presentations, games, quizzes, tests and projects