Spanish III Curriculum Guide Public

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1	Spanish III Quarter 1 Updated 2024-2025
2	World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages
3	Missouri Seal of Biliteracy Program Information
4	Essential Skills Embedded throughout the SDOW Curriculum: LINK
5	Leadership	Time Management/Organization	Emotional Intelligence		Critical Thinking	Technology
6	Teamwork	Professional Communication	Learning from Failure		Digital Citizenship	Conflict Resolution
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8	Unit 1: Los jóvenes de hoy Unit Duration: 1 quarter	Goal/Focus of Unit: Students will be able to relate with youth from Spain in order to express similarities and differences regarding the usage of their free time. Students will be able to interpret videos, blogs, and podcasts created by youth in Spain in order to get to know Spain and to know what Spanish youth do in their free time. Students will be able to explore, explain and reflect on how young, intercultural citizens of today help to create a better world. Common Vocabulary/Topics: free time, student vacations, "El Rastro" open air market and other places frequented by Spanish youth, exams in Spain, languages spoken in Spain in addition to Spanish, useful expressions, adjectives to describe people, review of present-tense forms to express wants, abilities, and preferences, review of uses of ser and estar and when to use them, daily routine, review of reflexive verbs, review of regular preterite tense and regular imperfect tense to discuss events which have already happened, and review of direct object pronouns.	DOK	Proficiency	Resources	Assessment
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10	Communication- Communicate effectively in more than one language in order to function in a variety of situations and for multiple purposes
11	WL.1.1	Interpersonal Communication: Learners interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.	3	Novice High- Intermediate Low
12	WL.1.2	Interpretive Communication: Learners understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.	3	Novice High- Intermediate Low
13	WL.1.3	Presentational Communication: Learners present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers.	3	Novice High- Intermediate Low
14	Cultures- Interact with cultural competence and understanding
15	WL.2.1	Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.	4	Novice High- Intermediate Low
16	WL.2.2	Relating Cultural Products to Perspectives: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied	4	Novice High- Intermediate Low
17	Connections- Connect with other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use the language to function in academic and career-related situations
18	WL.3.1	Making Connections: Learners build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using the language to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively.	5	Novice High- Intermediate Low
19	WL.3.2	Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives: Learners access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that are available through the language and its cultures.	5	Novice High- Intermediate Low
20	Comparisons- Develop insight into the nature of language and culture in order to interact with cultural competence
21	WL.4.1	Language Comparisons: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.	3	Novice High- Intermediate Low
22	WL.4.2	Cultural Comparisons: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.	3	Novice High- Intermediate Low
23	Communities- Communicate and interact with cultural competence in order to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world
24	WL.5.1	School and Global Communities: Learners use the language both within and beyond the classroom to interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world.	3	Novice High- Intermediate Low
25	WL.5.2	Lifelong Learning: Learners set goals and reflect on their progress in using languages for enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement.	3	Novice High- Intermediate Low
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