Days

Learning objectives

Textbook

septiembre

Capítulo Preliminar B: Introducciones y repasos

miércoles, 9

• Course introduction

• State at least two reasons why it is important to study and learn how to communicate in Spanish

• Greet others, take leave and introduce people

• Give basic descriptions about yourself; likes and dislikes; nationality

• Talk about time, days, and months

• Capítulo preliminar A: Para empezar (pp. 2-29)

viernes, 11

• Share information about your family

• Describe yourself and others

• Give telephone numbers in Spanish

• Share information about your school and your life as a student

• Create questions

• Express feelings and emotions

• Mention sports and pastimes you like and dislike

• Capítulo 1: ¿Quiénes somos? (pp. 30-59)

• Capítulo 2: La vida universitaria (pp. 60-97)

lunes, 14

• Share information about your house

• Discuss how you feel

• Share what you and others like to do and what you need to do

• Express what is happening at the moment

• Share information about what will take place in the future

• Capítulo 3: Estamos en casa (pp. 98-133)

• Capítulo 4: Nuestra comunidad (pp. 134-169)

• Capítulo 5: ¡A divertirse! La música y el cine (pp. 170-203)

miércoles, 16

• Discuss some service opportunities in your community

• Discuss different types of music and movies

• Describe what has happened thus far to the protagonists: Alejandra, Manolo, Cisco, Eduardo, Marisol, and Lupe

• Capítulo 4: Nuestra comunidad (pp. 134-169)

• Capítulo 5: ¡A divertirse! La música y el cine (pp. 170-203)

• Capítulo 6: ¡Sí, lo sé! (pp. 204-221)

• Ambiciones siniestras (p. 248)

Capítulo 7: ¡A comer!

viernes, 18

• Discuss your food preferences

• Discuss eating habits in the Hispanic world

• Preguntas (p. 251)

• La comida (pp. 252-256)

• Las comidas en el mundo hispano (p. 256)

• Repaso : Pronombres de objeto directo (pp. 190-193)

lunes, 21

• Talk about past actions and events

•  Discuss food preparation

• Compare your food preferences with those from the Hispanic world

• La comida (pp. 252-256)

• El pretérito (pp. 258-262)

• La preparación de las comidas (pp. 263-264)

• La comida hispana (p. 265)

miércoles, 23

• Describe past actions and events

• Describe restaurant activity and order your favorite food in a restaurant

• Unos verbos irregulares en el pretérito (pp. 166-270)

• En el restaurante (pp. 271-273)

viernes,  25

• Buy food in a market or supermarket

• Combine all listening strategies

• Write a brief description of a day you went shopping for food

• De compras en el Mercado (p. 273)

• Escucha (p.274)

lunes, 28

• Buy food in a market or supermarket

• Combine all listening strategies

• Write a brief description of a day you went shopping for food

• De compras en el Mercado (p. 273)

• Escucha (p.274)

miércoles, 30

• Learn interesting facts about Chile and Paraguay

• Learn to make predictions about what will happen to the characters

• Discover the voice-mail message that frightens Cisco

• Les presento mi país (pp. 276-277)

• Ambiciones siniestras (pp. 278-280)

Capítulo 8: ¿Qué te pones?

octubre

viernes, 2

• Describe what you and others are wearing and talk about your clothing preferences

• Discuss about a Spanish clothing company

• Compare shopping in Spanish-speaking countries and the US

• Preguntas (p. 285)

• La ropa (pp. 286-291)

• Zara: La moda internacional (p. 291)

• Los centros comerciales en Latinoamérica (p. 306)

lunes, 5

• Describe what you and others like and dislike with some detail

• Discuss what and to whom and for whom things are done

• La ropa (pp. 286-291)

• Pronombres de objeto indirecto (pp. 292-294)

• Gustar y verbos como gustar (pp. 294-297)

• Pronombres de objeto directo e indirecto (pp. 298-300)

miércoles, 7

• Describe your typical day and compare it to that of others

• Verbos y pronombres reflexivos (pp. 302-305)

viernes, 9

• Share your experiences and how things used to be

• Write a brief description about your childhood

• El imperfecto (pp. 306-309)

• Escribe (p. 311)

lunes, 12

• Learn to guess the meaning from context

• List interesting information about Argentina and Uruguay

• Escucha (p. 310)

• Les presento mi país (pp. 312-313)

miércoles, 14

• Learn to guess the meaning from context

• Reveal some secrets regarding Lupe

• Ambiciones siniestras (pp. 314-317)

viernes, 16

Cumulative Midterm Exam

Capítulo Preliminar B – Capítulo 8

Capítulo 9: Estamos en forma

lunes, 19

• Describe parts of your body and those of others

• Avoid repetition of previously mentioned people and things

• El cuerpo humano (pp. 322-324)

• Pronombres de objeto directo, indirecto y reflexivos (pp. 325-327)

miércoles, 21

• Describe what ails you and seek treatments for it

• Discuss about maintaining good health and the importance of water

• Compare pharmacies in the Spanish-speaking world with those in the US

• Enfermedades y tratamientos médicos (pp. 328-331)

• Preguntas (p. 321)

• El agua y la buena salud (p. 331)

• Las farmacias en el mundo hispanohablante (p. 340)

viernes, 23

• Make exclamatory and emphatic statements

• Describe for how long something has been going on and how long something occurred

• ¡Qué! y ¡cuánto! (pp. 332-333)

• Expresiones con hacer (pp. 341-342)

lunes, 26

• Describe and narrate events in the past

• El pretérito y el imperfecto (pp. 334-340)

miércoles, 28

• Learn important facts about Perú, Bolivia, and Ecuador

• Write a summary

• Les presento mi país (pp. 345-347)

• Escribe (p. 344)

viernes, 30

• Ask yourself questions to facilitate your comprehension

• Discuss the progress the characters are making in deciphering the new riddle

• Escucha (p. 343)

• Ambiciones siniestras (pp. 348-349)

noviembre

Capítulo 10: ¡Viajemos!

lunes 2

• Share information about your travel preferences

• Discuss travel and different modes of transportation in Hispanic countries and compare them to those in the US

• Preguntas (p. 355)

• Los medios de transporte (pp. 356-359)

• ¿Cómo nos vemos? (p. 366)

miércoles 4

• Give instructions and advice

• Influence others by making a request

• Share information about your most recent trip

• Discuss tourism opportunities in Venezuela

• Los mandates informales (pp. 360-363)

• Los mandates formales (pp. 364-367)

• El viaje (pp. 368-371)

• Venezuela, país de aventuras (p. 371)

viernes, 6

• Talk about what belongs to you and others

• Compare people, places, and things

• List interesting information about Colombia and Venezuela

• Otras formas del posesivo (pp. 372-373)

• El comparativo y el superlativo (pp. 374-378)

• Les presento a mi país (pp. 381-382)

lunes, 9

• Listen for linguistic cues

• Write a report about an interesting tourist spot in Colombia or Venezuela

• Discover the truth about what Cisco knows

Recorded project

• Escucha (p. 379)

• Escribe (p. 380)

• Ambiciones siniestras (pp. 383-386)

miércoles, 11

No hay clase

Capítulo 11: El mundo actual

viernes, 13

• Express your opinion on environmental issues in the Spanish-speaking world and in the US

• Describe the rainforest of Puerto Rico

• Los animales (pp. 392-395)

• El medio ambiente (pp. 396-397)

• Preguntas (p. 391)

• El Yunque: tesoro tropical (p. 398)

lunes, 16

• Describe what is important and necessary for your and others to do

• Discuss politics in the Spanish-speaking world and compare them to those of the US

• El subjuntivo (pp. 398-404)

• La política (pp. 405-408)

• Express your opinion and comment on what is possible, probable, and improbable

• Share information you know about government and current affairs

• El subjuntivo (pp. 398-404)

• La política (pp. 405-408)

viernes, 20

• Discuss about environmental issues

Composition

• Por y para (pp. 408-410)

• Las preposiciones y los pronombres preposicionales (pp. 410-413)

• El infinitivo después de preposiciones (pp. 414-415)

lunes, 23

• Learn interesting facts about Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic

• Use visual organizers to keep track of what you hear or read

• Les presento a mi país (pp. 417-419)

• Escucha (p. 415)

• Write a public announcement

• Use visual organizers to keep track of what you hear or read

• Explain who Lupe really is

• Escribe (p. 416)

• Ambiciones siniestras (pp. 420-422)

viernes, 27

lunes, 30

• Relate what happened to Eduardo and Alejandra

• Ambiciones siniestras (pp. 420-422)

diciembre

Capítulo 12: Y por fin, ¡lo sé!

miércoles, 2

• Learn and apply review strategies

• Convey ideas about past experiences and your daily routine

• Share your preferences regarding food, clothing, and other topics

viernes, 4

• Share your travel experiences

• Share your ideas about health, the environment, and politics and current events

lunes, 7

• Make requests and give advice

• Express desires and opinions on a variety of topics

• Discuss Ambiciones siniestras

• List interesting information about Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Perú, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico

• Discuss about the Hispanics in the US

• Compare and contrast Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Perú, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the Hispanics in the US

Composition

viernes, 11

Final conversation (Capítulo Preliminar B-Capítulo 12)

TBA

Cumulative final exam (Capítulo Preliminar B-Capítulo 12)