Spanish
Curriculum Guides
Grades
6-8
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (intro)
1. greet and respond to greetings
2. introduce and respond to introductions
3. ask and answer questions
4. make and respond to requests
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (intro)
1. follow directions
Standard 3: Presentational standards: not applicable
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (intro)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to
1. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons: not applicable
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections: not applicable
Standard 8: Communities: not applicable
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (Grade 7 master, Grade 8, apply)
5. greet and respond to greetings
6. introduce and respond to introductions
7. ask and answer questions
8. make and respond to requests
9. exchange information and knowledge
10. express likes and dislikes (intro, 7, master, 8)
11. express needs and emotions (intro 7, master 8)
12. ask and respond to questions to clarify information (intro 7, master,8)
13. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events (intro 7, master, 8)
14. Discuss class reading (intro 7, master 8)
15. Suggest possible solutions to a problem (intro 8)
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (master grade 7, apply, grade 8)
2. follow directions
3. understand some ideas and familiar details
4. obtain information and knowledge
5. follow directions for a recipe, word maze, or logic problem (intro 8)
6. read authentic and adapted materials such as short stories, narratives, advertisements, and brochures (intro)
7. identify and understand feelings and emotions (intro 8)
8. comprehend audio and video texts (intro 8)
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (intro)
1. express opinions and ideas
2. express needs and emotions
3. express agreement and disagreement
4. describe people, places, and things
5. write lists and short notes
6. present information in a brief report
7. write simple paragraphs
8. write greeting cards, notes, letters, and e-mails
9. Give presentations on planned activities or on cultural topics.
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (master)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
2. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations (intro)
3. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs (intro)
4. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments (intro)
5. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store or in a classroom
6. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays, and special events that are typical of target culture and discuss how they reflect language and cultural perspectives.
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (intro)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
2. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
9. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
10. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
11. Analyze how idiomatic expressions work in both languages
12. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
13. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
1. identify and discuss cultural characteristics of the target culture and compare and contrast them to cultural characteristics of their own culture
3. compare, contrast, and exchange views on an aspect of the target culture
4. discuss basic needs of people for food, clothing, and shelter and compare how they have been met in various cultures
5. compare and contrast examples of music, visual arts, dance, and theatre from the target culture with examples from their own culture
6. compare, contrast, and report on cultural traditions and celebrations
7. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture(s)
8. compare, contrast, and present the treatment of controversial issues in both the target culture and their own culture
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science framework
b. analyzing depictions of mythology by applying the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework and the Literature Strand of the English Language Arts Framework
c. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
d. collecting data and graphing results in the target language in order to achieve the learning standards of the Patterns, Functions, and Relations Strand of the Mathematics Framework
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (intro/ master)
1. greet and respond to greetings
2. introduce and respond to introductions
3. ask and answer questions
4. make and respond to requests
5. exchange information and knowledge
6. express likes and dislikes
7. express needs and emotions
8. ask and respond to questions to clarify information
9. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events
10. discuss class reading
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (intro)
1. follow directions
2. understand some ideas and familiar details
3. obtain information and knowledge
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (intro)
1. express opinions and ideas
2. express needs and emotions
3. express agreement and disagreement
4. describe people, places, and things
5. write lists and short notes
6. present information in a brief report
7. write simple paragraphs
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (intro)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
2. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations
3. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs
4. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments
5. identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture
6. Identify patterns of social behavior that are typical of the target culture
7. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store or in a classroom
8. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays, and special events that are typical of target culture and discuss how they reflect language and cultural perspectives.
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (intro)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
2. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
4. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
5. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
6. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
7. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
The student will be able to
1. describe patterns of behavior of the target culture, such as
celebrations, and compare and contrast them with those of their
own culture
2. ask and answer questions regarding different forms of communication in the target culture their own such as signs, symbols, displays and inscriptions
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science framework
b. analyzing depictions of mythology by applying the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework and the Literature Strand of the English Language Arts Framework
c. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
d. collecting data and graphing results in the target language in order to achieve the learning standards of the Patterns, Functions, and Relations Strand of the Mathematics Framework
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (master)
11. greet and respond to greetings
12. introduce and respond to introductions
13. ask and answer questions
14. make and respond to requests
15. exchange information and knowledge
16. express likes and dislikes
17. express needs and emotions
18. ask and respond to questions to clarify information
19. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events
20. discuss class reading
21. suggest possible solutions to a problem (intro)
22. discuss personal feelings and ideas to persuade someone to consider an alternate viewpoint (intro)
23. initiate, sustain, and close a conversation (intro)
24. share personal reactions to authentic literary texts, such as letters, poems, plays, stories, novels, etc. (intro)
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (master)
8. follow directions
9. understand some ideas and familiar details
10. obtain information and knowledge
11. read or listen to and interpret signs, simple stories, poems and informational texts (intro)
12. follow directions such as for a recipe, a word maze, or a logic problem (intro)
13. read authentic and adapted materials, such as short stories, narratives, advertisements, and brochures (intro)
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (master)
8. express opinions and ideas
9. express needs and emotions
10. express agreement and disagreement
11. describe people, places, and things
12. write lists and short notes
13. present information in a brief report
14. write simple paragraphs
15. write greeting cards, notes, letters, and e-mails (intro)
16. describe elements of stories such as characters, events, and settings
17. Give presentations on planned activities or on cultural topics (intro)
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (master and apply)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
9. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations
10. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs
11. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments
12. identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture
13. Identify patterns of social behavior that are typical of the target culture
14. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store, or in a classroom (intro)
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (master)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
3. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
14. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
15. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
16. Analyze how idiomatic expressions work in both languages
17. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
18. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
19. Analyze differences and similarities between the writing systems of both languages (intro)
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
The student will be able to (master)
1. describe patterns of behavior of the target culture, such as
celebrations, and compare and contrast them with those of their
own culture
3. describe some cultural beliefs and perspectives relating to family,
school, and play in both target culture and their own
4. identify and discuss cultural characteristics of the target culture and compare and contrast them to cultural characteristics of their own culture
5. compare, contrast, and exchange views on an aspect of the target culture
6. discuss basic needs of people for food, clothing, and shelter and compare how they have been met in various cultures
7. compare and contrast examples of music, visual arts, dance, and theatre from the target culture with examples from their own culture
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to (master)
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science framework
b. analyzing depictions of mythology by applying the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework and the Literature Strand of the English Language Arts Framework
c. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
d. collecting data and graphing results in the target language in order to achieve the learning standards of the Patterns, Functions, and Relations Strand of the Mathematics Framework
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (master and apply)
25. greet and respond to greetings
26. introduce and respond to introductions
27. ask and answer questions
28. make and respond to requests
29. exchange information and knowledge
30. express likes and dislikes
31. express needs and emotions
32. ask and respond to questions to clarify information
33. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events
34. discuss class reading
35. suggest possible solutions to a problem (master)
36. discuss personal feelings and ideas to persuade someone to consider an alternate viewpoint (master)
37. initiate, sustain, and close a conversation (master)
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (master and apply)
20. follow directions
21. understand some ideas and familiar details
22. obtain information and knowledge
23. read or listen to and interpret signs, simple stories, poems and informational texts (master)
24. follow directions such as for a recipe, a word maze, or a logic problem (master)
25. read authentic and adapted materials, such as short stories, narratives, advertisements, and brochures (master)
26. understand important ideas and details in highly contextualized authentic and adapted texts (master)
27. understand learned expressions, sentences, and questions. And polite commands in messages (master)
28. identify themes in fictional and nonfiction works and relate them to personal experiences (master)
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (apply)
18. express opinions and ideas
19. express needs and emotions
20. express agreement and disagreement
21. describe people, places, and things
22. write lists and short notes
23. present information in a brief report
24. write simple paragraphs
25. write greeting cards, notes, letters, and e-mails (intro)
26. describe elements of stories such as characters, events, and settings
27. Give presentations on planned activities or on cultural topics
28. Develop and present solutions to problems (master)
29. State and support opinions to convince or persuade a listener or reader (master)
30. write letters requesting specific information (master)
31. write e-mail correspondence with peers to compare and contrast interests (intro)
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (master and apply)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
15. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations
16. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs
17. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments
18. identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture
19. Identify patterns of social behavior that are typical of the target culture
20. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store or in a classroom
21. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays, and special events that are typical of target culture and discuss how they reflect language and cultural perspectives.
22. Identify distinctive aspects of the target culture presented in print literature, visual arts, films, and videos and relate these to cultural perspectives of the target culture (intro)
23. Identify historical and/or cultural figures from the target culture and describe their contributions (intro)
24. Identify, place in chronological order, and describe the significance of important historical events in the target culture (intro)
25. Identify on maps and globes the locations and major geographic features of countries where the target language is or was used (intro)
26. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays and special events that are typical of the target culture, and discuss how they reflect language and cultures perspectives. (intro)
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (master)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
4. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
29. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
30. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
31. Analyze how idiomatic expressions work in both languages
32. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
33. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
34. Analyze differences and similarities between the writing systems of both languages (master)
35. Compare, contrast, and analyze articles in newspapers, journals, and TV and radio broadcasts in the target language (intro, master)
36. Discuss and analyze idiomatic expressions in the target language (master)
37. Read and view several literary works (print, film, multimedia) with related themes and compare them (intro)
38. Describe similarities in themes and details found in narratives of the target language and English (intro)
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
The student will be able to (master, apply)
1. describe patterns of behavior of the target culture, such as
celebrations, and compare and contrast them with those of their
own culture
8. describe some cultural beliefs and perspectives relating to family,
school, and play in both target culture and their own
9. identify and discuss cultural characteristics of the target culture and compare and contrast them to cultural characteristics of their own culture
10. compare, contrast, and exchange views on an aspect of the target culture
11. discuss basic needs of people for food, clothing, and shelter and compare how they have been met in various cultures
12. compare and contrast examples of music, visual arts, dance, and theatre from the target culture with examples from their own culture
13. compare, contrast, and report on cultural traditions and celebrations
14. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture(s)
15. compare, contrast, and present the treatment of controversial issues in both the target culture and their own culture
16. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture. (master)
17. compare, contrast, and discuss how a social issue is treated in primary sources in both English and the target language (intro)
18. compare and contrast how international events are or have been reported in the target culture’s media (intro)
19. analyze and present how an important event was covered in the media in the target culture and how the United States media covered the same or similar events (intro)
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to (master)
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science framework
b. analyzing depictions of mythology by applying the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework and the Literature Strand of the English Language Arts Framework
c. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
d. collecting data and graphing results in the target language in order to achieve the learning standards of the Patterns, Functions, and Relations Strand of the Mathematics Framework
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (master and apply)
38. greet and respond to greetings
39. introduce and respond to introductions
40. ask and answer questions
41. make and respond to requests
42. exchange information and knowledge
43. express likes and dislikes
44. express needs and emotions
45. ask and respond to questions to clarify information
46. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events
47. discuss class reading
48. suggest possible solutions to a problem (apply)
49. discuss personal feelings and ideas to persuade someone to consider an alternate viewpoint (apply)
50. initiate, sustain, and close a conversation (apply)
51. share personal reactions to authentic literary texts, such as letters, poems, plays, stories, novels, etc. (master, apply)
52. negotiate a compromise
53. discuss national, international or current events (master, apply)
54. use rephrasing, summarization, or elaboration to substantiate opinions or express ideas and emotions (master, apply)
55. convince and persuade another person to adopt a plan or viewpoint (master, apply)
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (master and apply)
39. follow directions
40. understand some ideas and familiar details
41. obtain information and knowledge
42. read or listen to and interpret signs, simple stories, poems and informational texts (apply)
43. follow directions such as for a recipe, a word maze, or a logic problem (apply)
44. read authentic and adapted materials, such as short stories, narratives, advertisements, and brochures (master)
45. understand important ideas and details in highly contextualized authentic and adapted texts (master)
46. understand learned expressions, sentences, and questions. And polite commands in messages (master)
47. identify themes in fictional and nonfictional works and relate them to personal experiences (master)
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (apply)
32. express opinions and ideas
33. express needs and emotions
34. express agreement and disagreement
35. describe people, places, and things
36. write lists and short notes
37. present information in a brief report
38. write simple paragraphs
39. write greeting cards, notes, letters, and e-mails
40. describe elements of stories such as characters, events, and settings
41. Give presentations on planned activities or on cultural topics
42. Develop and present solutions to problems (master)
43. State and support opinions to convince or persuade a listener or reader (master)
44. write letters requesting specific information (master)
45. write e-mail correspondence with peers to compare and contrast interests (master)
46. write journals, letters, stories and essays ( master)
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (master and apply)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
27. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations
28. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs
29. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments
30. identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture
31. Identify patterns of social behavior that are typical of the target culture
32. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store or in a classroom
33. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays, and special events that are typical of target culture and discuss how they reflect language and cultural perspectives.
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (master)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
3. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
4. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
5. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
6. Analyze how idiomatic expressions work in both languages
7. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
8. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
9. Analyze differences and similarities between the writing systems of both languages (master)
10. Compare, contrast, and analyze articles in newspapers, journals, and TV and radio broadcasts in