Students can access their Spanish text and other resources for the class online through their "Clever" account. This class Uses the MNPS Adopted text ¡Qué chévere! Level 1 (2nd edition) and the Tennessee Modern World Language Standards.
Standards for the week of 9/23/19
Modern Languages---Year One (Beginning) I.
Standard Number 1 (Goal One): Communicate in a Language Other Than English Standard Rationale: This standard focuses on interpersonal communication. A primary goal of modern foreign language instruction is to enable students to interact verbally with each other. Students of non-European (Romance) languages may face greater challenges in this area than do students of languages more closely related to English. Learning Expectations:
1.1 In the target language, engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. Performance Indicators: The student is able to
• express likes, dislikes, and personal preferences (e.g., people, events, favorite activities, food);
• express needs, feelings, and ideas related to everyday situations (e.g., personal response to a movie, agreement or disagreement on a topic);
• exchange information about general events (e.g., classes, meals) and plan future activities (e.g., place, date, time); • ask and answer information questions.
1.2 Understand and interpret both written and spoken forms of the target language on a variety of topics. Performance Indicators: The student is able to
• use vocabulary for a wide range of topics (e.g., animals, weather, geographical concepts; categories such as numbers, shapes, colors, size); • give and follow simple instructions (e.g., in games, with partners or groups, giving commands suggested by a picture).
4.1 Demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. Performance Indicators: Students are able to
• recognize “borrowed” words and cognates;
• be familiar with similarities and differences in sound system and pronunciation;
• identify basic grammar differences (e.g., gender, noun/adjective agreement);
• demonstrate awareness of formal and informal language;
• identify idiomatic expressions in both languages;
• recognize the difference in time and person as related to verb forms.