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Spanish I

Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 1: Familiar Exchanges and Messages

Meet a Partner and Keep the Exchange Going

Ask and answer familiar questions, then request clarification instead of guessing.

▷ 3 teacher video choices: Meet a Partner and Keep the Exchange Going
Preview lesson: Meet a Partner and Keep the Exchange Going

Goal: Complete an exchange of at least four turns with two questions, two relevant responses and one clarification phrase.

Before this: Read the phrase bank aloud with a teacher or partner.

Try together: With the bank visible, practice one name exchange and one preference exchange. Change the fictional name on the second attempt.

Subject-content contributionInterpersonal CommunicationAll learner levels · selected introductory task
Open lesson →: Meet a Partner and Keep the Exchange Going
30 minutes

Spanish I

Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 1: Familiar Exchanges and Messages

Read a Club Schedule

Use time, place and purpose clues to interpret an original Spanish notice.

▷ 3 teacher video choices: Read a Club Schedule
Preview lesson: Read a Club Schedule

Goal: Identify a meeting’s day, time and place and cite the words that establish each detail.

Before this: Recognize basic weekdays and numbers using the supplied bank.

Try together: Together answer what participants should bring and when the meeting ends. Point to the Spanish phrase for each answer.

Subject-content contributionInterpretive CommunicationAll learner levels · selected introductory task
Open lesson →: Read a Club Schedule
30 minutes

Spanish I

Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 2: Describe and Make a Choice

Describe a Study Space for a Visitor

Select understandable sentences that distinguish what exists from where it is.

▷ 3 teacher video choices: Describe a Study Space for a Visitor
Preview lesson: Describe a Study Space for a Visitor

Goal: Present five short sentences identifying objects and their locations for a visitor.

Before this: Recognize singular and plural nouns and basic numbers.

Try together: Together describe a second simple plan: one book on a chair beside a table. Write an existence sentence and a location sentence.

Subject-content contributionPresentational CommunicationAll learner levels · selected introductory task
Open lesson →: Describe a Study Space for a Visitor
30 minutes

Spanish I

Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 2: Describe and Make a Choice

Make a Choice at a Fictional Café

Ask about an option, clarify a price and respond to a partner’s information.

▷ 3 teacher video choices: Make a Choice at a Fictional Café
Preview lesson: Make a Choice at a Fictional Café

Goal: Complete a short exchange that selects two items within a fictional budget and confirms a detail.

Before this: Use basic numbers through ten and a familiar question pattern.

Try together: Together choose water and fruit, ask for their total and confirm that five euros fits the budget.

Subject-content contributionInterpersonal CommunicationAll learner levels · selected introductory task
Open lesson →: Make a Choice at a Fictional Café
30 minutes

Spanish I

Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 3: Plans and Short Presentations

Read a Weather-Related Change of Plan

Interpret the whole message before deciding where and when to meet.

▷ 3 teacher video choices: Read a Weather-Related Change of Plan
Preview lesson: Read a Weather-Related Change of Plan

Goal: Identify an original plan, its revision and the stated reason using evidence in a short Spanish message.

Before this: Recognize common time and place phrases.

Try together: Together identify the item to bring and the revised location. Quote or point to the two Spanish phrases.

Subject-content contributionInterpretive CommunicationAll learner levels · selected introductory task
Open lesson →: Read a Weather-Related Change of Plan
30 minutes

Spanish I

Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 3: Plans and Short Presentations

Create a Clear Club Invitation

Organize a short Spanish message around the information an audience needs.

▷ 3 teacher video choices: Create a Clear Club Invitation
Preview lesson: Create a Clear Club Invitation

Goal: Produce a six-sentence invitation with purpose, day, time, place and one instruction.

Before this: Use familiar day, time, location and preference phrases.

Try together: Together turn “reading club, Tuesday, five, library, bring a book” into two or three supported Spanish sentences using familiar vocabulary.

Subject-content contributionPresentational CommunicationAll learner levels · selected introductory task
Open lesson →: Create a Clear Club Invitation

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