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We will complete lessons in about one to three weeks. Class activities include dialogs, songs, chants,discussion about language and culture in the Spanish-speaking world, oral presentations, and written assessments. There will be cumulative exams in January and June. Students earn high-school credit upon successful completion of this class.

Leccion Preliminar
Naming classroom objects and school supplies
Influence of Hispanic cultures in the U.S.
Gender of nouns
Indefinite and definite articles
Recognizing cognates

Unidad 1 The first week of classes

Lesson 1
Exchanging greetings
Identifying people
Saying goodbye
Appropriate form of address
Greetings
Using tú and usted
Subject pronouns : singulear forms and use
Ser: singular forms

Lesson 2
Introducing yourself and others
Responding to introductions
Naming ountries and capitals
Giving and asking for information about where people are from
The Americas
Countries and nationalities
¿de dónde… ? and ser de

Lesson 3
Describing personality traits
Describing physical characteristics
Expressing negative ideas
Gender of nouns and adjectives

Unidad 2 School days, after school activities

Lesson 1
Exchanging information about class schedules
Asking for and telling time
Exchanging phone numbers
Numbers 0-30
Nouns and definite articles
Tener: singular forms

Lesson 2
Describing people, places, things
Giving location of people and things
Schools
Adjectives
Subject pronouns : Singular and plural forms
Estar
Ser

Lesson 3
Exchanging information about after-school activities
Talking about future activities
Talking about obligations
Passtimes of Spanish-speaking young people
Infinitives
Ir and ir a + infinitive
Tener and tener que…

Unit 3 Teenagers activities in the U.S. and Mexico

Lesson 1
Giving information about destination
Expressing likes and dislikes
Making polite requests
Shopping in Mexico
Ir a
The indefinite article and hay
Gustar and encantar

Lesson 2
Discussing weekend activities
Talking about the weather
Parks, Chapultepec Park
Present tense : Singular forms
Seasons and weather expressions

Lesson 3
Describing everyday activities
Inquiring about everyday activities
The activities of Mexican young people
Present tense : Plural forms
Indefinite and negative words

Unit 4 Family, near and extended, celebrations : birthdays, wedding

Lesson 1
Identifying family members
Describing your family
Asking about families
Asking about birthdays and age
The importance of extended family
Hispanic first names, last names, nicknames
Possessive adjectives
Numbers 30-100
Months of the year

Lesson 2
Identifying relatives by remarriage
Asking about people you know or want to meet
Expressing what you want to be in the future
Asking people about their professional goals
Asking questions
Finding telephone numbers
Using a Hispanic telephone directory
Personal a
Conocer
Querer and venir
Questions and question words

Lesson 3
Describing how people feel
Describing what is happening at the moment
Hispanic population in the U.S.
Hispanic influence in the U.S.
Estar with adjectives
Present progressive and –ndo verb forms