|
Grade 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Level I, II, III return to home page |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade 7 Spanish as a Second Language
As students progress through the developing
stage of the second language learning continuum in Grade 7, they will demonstrate
developing
level proficiencies as described by
the benchmarks for this stage by completing activities related to the following
themes while using certain linguistic concepts as listed below. They will
demonstrate progress between the novice-high
and intermediate-lowranges
of the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. Below are the Themes,
Linguistic
Concepts,Context,
Text
Type and
Accuracyexpectations
of students for this grade level. (Scroll down or click on the highlighted
topic in the previous sentence for details.)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Topics of conversation in which instruction is presented, elaborated upon, or cultivated will include but are not limited to | ||
|
of new instruction |
on instruction from previous levels |
of instruction from previous levels |
| School
subjects Possessions Senses and Feelings
People Around Us
Activities
Communities
Food
|
World Around Us
places nationalities maps Travel and Vacation
Activities
Hygiene and Safety
Communities
|
Communities
World Around Us Clothing Activities Body Parts |
| Grammar structures and linguistic functions students will know by the end of this level include but are not limited to | ||
|
of new concepts |
on concepts from previous levels |
of concepts from previous levels |
| Definite and indefinite articles,
Comparisons, Possessions, Present tense regular and irregular verbs, Stem changing verbs, Ser versus estar, Contractions of de and a, Tú versus usted, Using hay, Infinitive constructions. |
Present tense of regular and irregular verbs,
Demonstrative adjectives, Imperatives, Present progressive tense, Direct and indirect object pronouns. |
Possession,
Pronouns, Ser versus estar, Comparisons, Exclamations, Interrogatives, Infinitive constructions, Contractions of de and a, Regular verbs (-ar, -er, -ir), Present tense of irregular verbs, Gustar. |
| Students will be able to use Spanish when |
| Speaking face-to-face with someone,
Listening to someone or to audio or video texts, Viewing age-appropriate materials or reading brief written messages on familiar topics, and Writing notes, lists, postcards, poems, short letters, and brief guided compositions. |
| Text type: Students will use Spanish to |
| Use and understand learned expressions,
sentences and strings of sentences, questions, and polite commands,
Write simple paragraphs, and Read and understand important ideas and some details in authentic texts. |
| Precision in the students' ability to communicate in Spanish as related to grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary will reflect |
| Increasing fluency and control of
vocabulary and
No significant pattern of error when performing beginning stage functions, Effective communication with some pattern of error when performing developing stage functions, Understanding of oral and written discourse with few errors in comprehension. |