Course Title: Spanish 1

Milford Public Schools

Pacing Guide

Unit Title

Standards

Essential Questions

Enduring Understandings

Duration:
Weeks/Mont
h

Unit 1: The Spanish

Speaking World

List Appropriate Standards

List Discipline, Course and

Unit Essential Questions

List Discipline, Course and Unit Enduring

Understandings

# of Weeks
Month(s)

Spanish-speaking world
Alphabet/pronunciation
Days, months
Numbers 0100
Dates
Seasons / weather
Cognates
Greetings / salutations
Study skills

COMMUNICATION - Standard
1.1: Students engage in
conversations, provide and obtain
information, express feelings and
emotions, and exchange opinions.
COMPARISONS - Standard
4.1: Students demonstrate
understanding of the nature of
language through comparisons of
the language studied and their own.

Why do I study a World

Language? (DEQ)
How does learning a World
Language improve my
knowledge of people and
places in the world? (CEQ)
How does cultural
understanding affect personto-person relations? (UEQ)

4 6 weeks
Students will understand that the study of a
(Sept - Oct)
World Language in todays global community
results in proficiencies that enable students
to: communicate, interpret authentic cultural
materials, and demonstrate knowledge in a
language other than their own. (DEU)
Students will understand that learning about
customs and traditions increases their
awareness of perspectives within their
culture and those of others. Students will
understand that becoming proficient in
another language, in its earliest stages, open
up doors to a multitude of life-enriching
opportunities. (CEU)
Students will understand that it is important
to engage in culturally appropriate
interactions in order to make positive first
impressions. (UEU)

Unit 2: My friends and I

Subject pronouns
T vs. Usted
Ser
Descriptive Adjectives
Articles/ gender
plurals

COMMUNICATION
(1.1): Students engage in
conversations, provide and obtain
information, express feelings and
emotions, and exchange opinions.
Communication

How do I apply my
understanding of cultural
differences to a new
culture? (DEQ)
How will learning about
customs and traditions help
me communicate in
Spanish? (CEQ)

Students will understand that the study of a

world language in todays global community
results in proficiencies that enable students
to: communicate, interpret authentic cultural
materials, and demonstrate knowledge in a
language other than their own. (DEU)
In Spanish, grammatical changes to
adjectives indicate the gender of a noun.

4 6 weeks
(Oct - Nov)

Adjective agreement
Interrogatives

Unit 3: Welcome to
Spanish Class!
Classroom objects
Articles and gender
Plurals
interrogatives
time
classes / schedule
-AR verb conjugation

(UEU)
(1.3): Students present
information, concepts, and
ideas to an audience of
listeners or readers on a
variety of topics.

Communication (1.1): Students

engage in conversations, provide
and obtain information, express
feelings and emotions, and
exchange opinions.
Communication (1.2): Students
understand and interpret written and
spoken language on a variety of
topics.

How can my knowledge of

the Spanish language and
customs help me to socialize
with Spanish-speaking
people and increase my
circle of friends? (UEQ)
How is my culture different
than other cultures? (DEQ)
How will learning about
customs and traditions help
me communicate in
Spanish? (CEQ)
How do I write my school
schedule in Spanish? (UEQ)

(Review) AR verb
conjugations
ER / IR verb conjugations
Food (include list in unit
plan)
Gustar
Interrogatives

COMMUNICATION
(1.1): Students engage in
conversations, provide and
obtain information, express
feelings and emotions, and
exchange opinions.
COMMUNICATION
(1.2): Students understand
and interpret written and
spoken language on a variety

Students will understand that the study of a

world language in todays global community
results in proficiencies that enable students
to: communicate, interpret authentic cultural
materials, and demonstrate knowledge in a
language other than their own. (DEU)

4 6 weeks
(Nov-Dec)

Students will understand that learning about

customs and traditions increases their
awareness of perspectives within their culture
and those of others. (CEU)
Students will understand that effective
communication requires an understanding of
a Hispanic students daily life as it relates to
education (UEU)

Communication (1.3): Students

present information, concepts, and
ideas to an audience of listeners or
readers on a variety of topics.

Unit 4: Lets Eat!

Grammatical elements of communication in

Spanish can be compared and contrasted to
English. (CEU)

Why is it important to know

and understand the customs
of another culture? (DEQ)
How will learning about
customs and traditions help
me communicate in
Spanish? (CEQ)
How does knowing Spanish
help me when eating and/or
drinking in Spanishspeaking countries? (UEQ)

Students will understand that the study of a

world language in todays global community
results in proficiencies that enable students
to: communicate, interpret authentic cultural
materials, and demonstrate knowledge in a
language other than their own. (DEU)
Habits and traditions in the Spanishspeaking world differ from those of the
United States. (CEU)
Students will understand that
communication and cultural awareness of

4 6 weeks
(Jan - Feb)

food and eating habits prepare them for a

multitude of life-enriching opportunities.
(UEU)

of topics.
CULTURES (2.1): Students
demonstrate an understanding
of the relationship between the
practices and perspectives of
the culture studied.
COMPARISONS (4.1):
Students demonstrate
understanding of the nature of
language through comparisons
of the language studied and
their own.

Unit 5: Meet my family!

Family Vocab
Tener
Estar
Possessive adjectives
Adjective agreement

Unit 6: The house

La casa
Haber
Go-verbs (ex. hacer
trabajo,hacer la cama,
poner la mesa, salir)
Estar

Communication (1.2): Students

understand and interpret written
and spoken language on a variety
of topics
COMMUNICATION
(1.3): Students present
information, concepts, and
ideas to an audience of
listeners or readers on a
variety of topics.

COMMUNICATION
(1.3): Students present
information, concepts, and
ideas to an audience of
listeners or readers on a

How do I apply my
understanding of cultural
differences to a new
culture? (DEQ)

Students will understand that learning

about customs and traditions increases
their awareness of perspectives within
their culture and those of others. (DEU)

How will learning about

customs and traditions help
me communicate in
Spanish? (CEQ)

Communication requires knowledge of

culture, customs of people and language
structure (CEU)

How can my knowledge of

the Spanish language and
customs help me to socialize
with Spanish-speaking
people and increase my
circle of friends? (UEQ)
What do we learn about
culture through the Spanish
home? (DEQ)
How will learning about
customs and traditions help
me communicate in
Spanish? (CEQ)

4 6 weeks
( Mar- Apr)

Effective communication requires

understanding of the Spanish family as it
relates to Spanish customs (UEU)

Students will understand that learning about

customs and traditions increases their
awareness of perspectives within their
culture and those of others. (DEU)
Communication requires knowledge of
culture, customs of people and language
structure. (CEU)

4 6 weeks
(April - May)

Plurals
variety of topics.
CULTURES (2.1): Students
demonstrate an understanding
of the relationship between the
practices and perspectives of
the culture studied.

How can my knowledge of

the Spanish household and
customs help me to
understand Spanishspeaking culture in the
home? (UEQ)

Effective communication requires

understanding of the Spanish-speaking home
as it relates to Spanish-speaking cultures.
(UEU)

How do I compare beliefs

and superstitions in
Guatemala with those of my
own?(DEQ)

Students will understand that the study of a

3 4 weeks
World Language in todays global community (May -June)
results in proficiencies that enable students
to: communicate, interpret authentic cultural
materials, and demonstrate knowledge in a
language other than their own. (DEU)

COMPARISONS
(4.2): Students demonstrate
understanding of the concept of
culture through comparisons of
the cultures studied and their
own.

Unit 7: Shop until you

drop!
Las compras
Reinforce ar, -ir, -er
verbs
Ir & Dar

Communication
(1.1): Students engage in
conversations, provide and
obtain information, express
feelings and emotions, and
exchange opinions
Cultures (2.2): Students
demonstrate an understanding
of the relationship between the
products and perspectives of
the culture studied
Comparisons (4.2): Students
demonstrate understanding of
the concept of culture through
comparisons of the cultures
studied and their own.

How does learning a world

language improve my
understanding of my own
language?(CEQ)
How does learning a world
language improve my
knowledge of people?
(UEQ)

Students will understand that learning about

customs and traditions increases their
awareness of perspectives within their
culture and those of others. Students will
understand that becoming proficient in
another language, in its earliest stages, open
up doors to a multitude of life-enriching
opportunities. (CEU)
Students will understand that it is important
to engage in culturally appropriate
interactions in order to make positive first
impressions. (UEU)