Español II Honors

Sections: 4260-01,  4260-02,  4260-03

Course description: This 2nd year course in Spanish Honors continues developing oral skills to achieve fluency in the target language. Students are encouraged to study grammar and expand vocabulary through class participation and readings. Chapter's content allow the students to relate the study of Spanish to other disciplines. Chapters focus on different geographical areas and cultures.

There is a quiz after each Paso with a listening segment and an exam after each chapter with a listening segment.

There will be a presentation for each quarter as part of your class participation grade.

A conversation segment will take place before Mid-Term and Final Exams.

Materials required:

Internet: Visit the Textbook Web site at http://go.hrw.com/gopages/wl-sp.html for additional exercises.

Source for the transparencies at the teacher's folder and Scope and Sequence list: Halt Rinehart Winston ¡Ven conmigo! Level 2

Scope and Sequence: Spanish Level 2

        Location: Andalucía

        Functions:

        1. Introducing yourself and others

        2. Describing people

        3. Talking about what you and others do

        4. Saying what you like and don't like

        Grammar:

        1. Present tense of tener

        2. Adjective agreement

        3. Present tense of regular verbs

        4. Indirect object pronouns with verbs like gustar

        Location: Andalucía

        Functions:

        1. Talking about how you're feeling

        2. Making suggestions and responding to them

        3. Saying if something has already been done

        4. Describing your city or town

        Grammar:

        1. estar with moods and conditions

        2. preterite or regular -ar verbs

        3. preterite of ir

        4. present tense of querer and poder

        Location: Valle de México

        Functions:

        1. Talking about your daily routine

        2. Talking about responsibilities

        3. Complaining

        4. Talking about hobbies and pastimes

        5. Saying how long something has been going on

        Grammar:

        1. Reflexive verbs and pronouns

        2. e to i stem change in vestirse

        3. Adverbs ending in -mente

        4. Direct object pronouns: lo, la, los, las

        5. hace + quantity of time + que + present tense

        Location: Valle de México

        Functions:

        1. Asking for and giving opinions

        2. Giving advice

        3. Talking about things and people you know

        4. Making comparisons

        5. Making plans

        Grammar:

        1. deberías vs. debes

        2. ser + adjective to describe people

        3. estar + adjective to describe location

        4. Present tense of the verb conocer

        5. Direct object pronouns

        Location: Texas

        Functions:

        1. Talking about staying fit and healthy

        2. Telling someone what to do and not to do

        3. Giving explanations

        Grammar:

        1. Preterite of the verb dormir

        2. Preterite of regular -er and -ir verbs

        3. Informal commands

        4. Irregular informal commands

        5. Preterite of poder

        6. Reflexives with verbs of emotion

        Location: Texas

        Functions:

        1. Asking for and giving information

        2. Relating a series of events

        3. Ordering in a restaurant

        Grammar:

        1. Present tense of saber

        2. saber vs. conocer

        3. Preterite forms of pedir, servir, traer

        Location: El Caribe

        Functions:

        1. Talking about what you used to do

        2. Saying what you used to like and dislike

        3. Describing what people and things were like

        4. Using comparisons to describe people

        Grammar:

        1. The imperfect tense of -ar, -er, -ir

        2. The imperfect tense of ir and ver

        3. Spelling change of o to u and y to e to avoid vowel repetition

        4. Imperfect of ser to describe people and things

        5. The imperfect of hay

        6. tan + adjective/adverb + como

        Location: El Caribe

        Functions:

        1. Describing a past event

        2. Saying why you couldn't do something

        3. Reporting what someone said

       Grammar:

        1. Adjectives with -ísimo/a

        2. Superlatives

        3. Verbs with prepositions

        4. Using mientras in the past

        5. Preterite of decir

        Location: Los Andes

        Functions:

        1. Asking for and giving directions

        2. Asking for help in a store

        3. Talking about how clothes look and fit

        4. Bargaining in a market

        Grammar:

        1. Formal commands with usted, ustedes

        2. Review of other structures

        Location: Nueva York

        Functions:

        1. Setting the scene for a story

        2. Continuing and ending a story

        3. Talking about the latest news

        4. Reacting to news

        Grammar:

        1. The preterite vs. the imperfect

        2. Preterite of oír, creer, leer, caerse

        3. The preterite and the imperfect to tell a story

        4. Preterite of tener