Course Syllabus

SPANISH 4: SCOPE and SEQUENCE

 

KEY VOCABULARY OBJECTIVES:

Essential Vocabulary - MASTERY

 

SEMESTER 1

 

1-1 Weeks 0 - 3 

Week 0 (indicates opening week of the semester)

• Ser and Estar
• Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns (pronombres de complemento)
• Personal "a"
• Refining the meaning of verbs (i.e. pedir vs preguntar)
• Quizzes
• Test Week 3

 

1-2 Weeks 4 - 6

• Reflexives
• Prepositions with verbs (con, de, en, a)
• Quizzes
• Test Week 6

 

2-1 Weeks 7 - 9

• Preterite vs Imperfect
• Preterite vs Imperfect meaning changes (example: conocer)
• Quizzes
• Test Week 9

 

2-2 Weeks 10 - 13

• Equal and Unequal Comparisons (example: de lo que)
• Gerunds with helping verbs
• Quizzes
• Test Week 13

 

3-1 Weeks 14 - 17

• Past participles
• Participial clauses
• Present perfect (lifted from 6-1, Level 3)
• Preterite perfect
• Pluperfect perfect
• Quizzes
• Test Week 17

 

Week 18

• Finals review
• Finals

 

SEMESTER 2

 

3-2 Weeks 0 - 3

• Future with probability
• Conditional with probability
• Ir + a + infinitive
• Quizzes
• Test Week 3

 

4-1 Weeks 4 - 6

• Present subjunctive
• Adverbial clauses
• Noun clauses
• Adjective clauses
• Quizzes
• Test Week 6

 

Weeks 7 - 8 READER

 

4-2 Weeks 9 - 12 (Spring Break: Week 10 in 2018)

• Present perfect subjunctive
• Past subjunctive
• Quizzes
• Test Week 11

 

5-1 Weeks 13 - 15

• Future perfect
• Conditional perfect
• Relative pronouns
• Quizzes
• Test Week 15

 

5-2 Weeks 16 - 17

• Passive voice
• Impersonal "se"
• Passive "se"
• No fault "se"
• Quizzes
• Test Week 17

 

Weeks 18 - 20

Week 18 last week for seniors