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Middle M/J Spanish, Intermediate

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Pre Requisites

M/J Spanish Beginning

Description

Immerse yourself in the beauty of the Spanish language and the richness of the diverse cultures of the people who speak it. In the MJ Spanish Intermediate course, you continue learning grammar and vocabulary skills to help build basic fluency and language proficiency. You explore more of  the culture of Spanish-speaking countries through engaging interactive games, videos, and audio recordings and apply what you learn through written practice, listening, and speaking exercises.

Special Note: Content requirements for the two-course sequence M/J Spanish Beginning and M/J Spanish Intermediate are equivalent to Spanish 1.

Access the site link below to view the Florida Department of Education description and standards:

http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewCourse/Preview/4826

 

Segment 1

Module 1

  • My family and me
  • Immediate and extended families
  • Occupations
  • Family traditions in Spanish-speaking countries
  • Plural subject pronouns
  • Tener and ser irregular forms
  • Possessive adjectives
  • Contraction del
  • Prepositions
  • Nationalities and countries
  • Written and oral presentation describing family
  • Reading and listening comprehension
  • Gustar to describe likes and dislikes of friends, family members, and self
  • Question words to ask and answer questions about myself and others

Module 2

  • My free time and me
  • Jugar
  • Issuing and accepting an invitation
  • Dating customs in Spanish-speaking countries
  • Music from Spanish-speaking countries
  • Sports from Spanish-speaking countries
  • Sports and pastimes
  • Using indirect object pronouns with the verbs gustar and encantar
  • Weather expressions
  • Types of clothing
  • Conmigo, contigo
  • E to ie, e to i stem-changing of the verbs entender, cerrar, servir, pedir
  • Usage and conjugation rules for o-ue and u-ue of the verbs dormir, jugar
  • Review of time expressions
  • Review of tener expressions
  • Celsius vs. Fahrenheit
  • Written and oral presentation narrative
  • Reading and listening comprehension
  • Usage of the verb ir with expressions of destinations and activities
  • Frequency expressions

Module 3

  • My city and me
  • Forms of transportation
  • City vs. country
  • Weather review
  • Review of prepositions
  • Review of estar and hay
  • Review of ser
  • Review of porque vs por que
  • Review of estar with feelings and location
  • Prepositions al and del
  • Transportation in Spanish-speaking countries
  • City vs. country life in Spanish-speaking countries
  • Introduction of saber vs conocer
  • Describe near future with ir + a + infinitive
  • Written and oral presentation narrative and travel itinerary 
  • Reading and listening comprehension
  • Places of interest for sightseeing in Spanish-speaking countries
  • Plan for a vacation using an itinerary
  • Descriptions of vacations

Segment 2

Module 4

  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Clothing vocabulary
  • Cognates
  • Daily routine vocabulary
  • Getting ready for a special event
  • Hygiene and beauty products
  • Irregular verbs
  • Noun-adjective agreement
  • Ordinal numbers
  • Parts of the body
  • Possessive adjectives
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Regular verbs
  • Ser vs. estar
  • Stem-changing verbs
  • Time and frequency expressions
  • Yo-go verbs

Module 5

  • Acabar + de + infinitive
  • Cardinal points
  • Career vocabulary
  • Cognates
  • Comparatives of equality
  • Comparatives of inequality
  • Context clues
  • Dar, contar
  • Direct objects
  • Direct object pronouns
  • Directional and traffic vocabulary
  • Errand vocabulary
  • Indirect objects
  • Indirect object pronouns
  • Informal affirmative commands
  • Informal negative commands
  • Noun + estar + preposition
  • Parts of a car
  • Safe driving commands
  • Tener + que + infinitive
  • Volunteer vocabulary

 Microphone and speakers or headset

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

 

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the student must pass the exam with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.