Cascade Canyon

Middle School Spanish

In middle school Spanish, we will be living la vida latina as we work through practical situations and traditional experiences in the Spanish-speaking world. Both the linguistic and cultural elements inherent in studying a new language are important to me personally, and are central to our middle school Spanish curriculum. As we work through this curriculum, students will gain useful, functional language skills to support their continued journey toward fluency and success in high school Spanish, as well as develop a deepening understanding of Latin America as dynamic, diverse place. A description of our curriuclum follows. Fifth and Sixth Grades: Students will practice and enhance their current vocabulary through our thematic units of study and through the immersion activities described below. Students will continue to practice using regular and irregular verbs in the present tense, and will learn the future and the imperative. Seventh and Eighth Grades: Students will continue to develop fluency in the present and future tenses and will learn to speak in the past tense (both preterite and imperfect). Vocabulary will be expanded through reading, writing, and listening activities as well as through our oral language immersion in class. Outcomes Students will complete long-term homework assignments that require them to find, read, listen to, and communicate in Spanish, and integrate their learning with the Spanish resources available in the local community. Students will complete authentic tasks and projects while communicating entirely in Spanish such as calling 911 and getting directions when lost. Students will be able to read simple, connected texts with full understanding. Students will locate political and physical landmarks on maps of the Spanish-speaking world. Through a series of projects completed entirely in Spanish, students will gain a constantly deepening understanding of the racism and discrimination facing Spanish-speaking immigrants in California. Students will celebrate important holidays such as Día de los Muertos and Cinco de Mayo in México and the US. Students will research and be presented with Latin American current events and the historical events that affect their understanding of them. High School Placement Graduates of our Spanish program who have demonstrated proficiency in acquiring and applying their Spanish language skills will be place into second or third year Spanish in high school.

 

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