Dover Sherborn Middle School Curriculum Road Maps

Course Title: Spanish 8 Grade: 8

Unit: Paso a Paso 2 – Chapter 2 – Your daily routine

Month Presented: October - November Unit Length (in weeks): 6-8

Essential Question (s):

• What do you do everyday? - ¿Qué haces todos los días?

Learning Objectives:

• Describe your day before and after school
• Talk about which extracurricular activities you prefer.
• Compare your extracurricular activities with those of another student
• Compare students’ extracurricular activites in Guatemala and the U.S.

Skills:

• Talk about everything you do before you go to school – Wake up, wash your face, brush your teeth, etc…
• Use reflexive verbs to talk about your daily routine.
• Talk about in what order you do your daily activities by using “antes de” and “después de”.
• Talk about extracurricular activities one does after school.
• Use of reflexive stem-changing verbs when describing your daily activities.
• Use of present and preterite tense to talk about daily activities.

Instructional Strategies & Activities:

• Vocabulary Bingo
• Card Game
• Verb Battleship
• Language lab Activities
• Teacher-led discussions on daily activities
• Paired activities
• Language Lab activities
• Video activities
• Listening comprehension activities
• Quia.com activities

Materials Utilized:

• Textbook
• Workbook
• Language Lab
• Teacher-generated worksheets
• Audio tapes
• Video tapes
• Flashcards
• Power-point presentation

Assessment Strategies:

• Quizzes
• Unit test
• Classroom participation
• Language Lab “check-ins”
• Homework completion