¡Bienvenidos! In this full Spanish 2 Curriculum Course, we'll continue developing our Spanish for the second academic school year. Parents, please scroll to the bottom of this section to see what your kids should already know in Spanish before entering this Spanish 2 course.

What you expect from this class? Here is a breakdown of how each week will be structured. Further down, you can see specifics on the topic and content of each lesson.

Each week, we'll work with the Spanish language in various ways, so you get a well-rounded understanding of the language. This structure is based on the practice in the Vistas 6th Edition textbook (not affiliated with me, and not a requirement for this course.) The structure for each week will look something like this (with some wiggle room for swapping days):

Class #1: Vocabulary Introduction. In the first class of each week, I'll present students with new vocabulary and sentence or grammar structures that we'll be using that week. 

Class#2: Reading Practice. In this session, students will work on their reading comprehension in Spanish, sticking to the theme of that particular week. We may use appropriate newspaper or magazine articles, Spanish readers for their level, or brief stories. Students will also ask and respond to reading comprehension questions in full sentences in Spanish.

Class #3: Listening and Speaking Practice. For this class, students will work together to ask and answer questions regarding the target vocabulary for the week in Spanish. *Please note that this will require students to actively participate and speak in class.*

Class #4: Games and Review. In our final class for each week, we'll play specially designed review games that help students recycle the vocabulary that they've studied and worked with throughout the week with me. (I design the games in Nearpod, see PARENTAL GUIDANCE section below.)

Sometimes, there will be a QUIZ to help students further review.
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SPECIFIC CLASS CONTENT

Here is what you can expect us to study each week. 

Week 1: Weather and Weather Reports (Specific Spanish phrases to describe the weather, and months and seasons.)
Week 2: In a hotel. (Vocab about hotels, and how to interact with hotel staff in a Spanish-speaking country.)
Week 3: Flying. (Words surrounding airports and air travel.)
Week 4: ESTAR and the Present Continuous Tense(Students will practice with using  ESTAR in the correct context, along with many adjectives to describe emotions and conditions. They'll also learn how to form the PRESENT CONTINUOUS verb tense.)
Week 5: REVIEW OF FIRST MONTH. (Cumulative review activities for the first 4 weeks of our class.)
Week 6: Activities on Vacation. (specific sports and activities we would do while traveling. We'll also review TIME.)
Week 7: SER vs ESTAR (Students will practice using SER and ESTAR in correct contexts. We'll also review NATIONALITES.)
Week 8: Direct Object Nouns and Pronouns, AND Past Progressive Verb Tense. (We'll learn and practice with 7 direct object pronouns, and the grammar rules surrounding them.)
Week 9: De compras. (Useful phrases and vocabulary for shopping in a Spanish-speaking country, including several COLORS and articles of clothing.)
Week 10: Indirect Object Pronouns. (The 6 indirect object pronouns, and the rules surrounding them. We will also practice with SABER and CONOCER.)
Week 11: REVIEW of the past 9 weeks.
Week 12: Preterite Tense (Grammar for the preterite of ER, IR, and AR verbs, and some expressions commonly used in the preterite. Also Preterite of SER and IR.)
Week 13: Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns (the 24 demonstrative adjectives and pronouns)
Week 14: The Open-Air Market  and Stem-Changing Verbs in the Preterite (Vocab surrounding open-air markets and specialty shops in the Spanish-speaking world.)
Week 15: Mi rutina. (specific phrases and vocab surrounding our daily routine)
Week 16: Cumulative Review of the Past 4 weeks.
Week 17: MID-TERM REVIEW OF THE ENTIRE COURSE SO FAR.
Week 18: Reflexive Verbs (Students will learn some common reflexive verbs, and the grammar surrounding reflexive verbs pronouns. 
Week 19: Indefinite and Negative Words (Practice with words like algo, siempre, nadie, nunca, tampoco, etc.)
Week 20: Imperfect Verb Tense
Week 21: Indirect Verbs (Practice with verbs like aburrir, encantar, faltar, fascinar, importar, etc.)
Week 22: Review of the past 4 weeks. 
Week 23: La comida. (Vocab surrounding basic foods.)
Week 24: Future Simple Verb Tense.
Week 25: Double Object Pronouns (Students will learn how to combine direct and indirect object pronouns.)
Week 26: Comparisons (Learn and practice with structures for comparisons of inequality and equality, as well as irregular comparisons, and superlatives.)
Week 27: Review of the past 5 weeks.
Week 28: FINAL REVIEW AND EXAM WEEK.
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PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
Students should come into this class knowing the following in Spanish:
-Some basic AR, ER, and IR verbs, including ENCANTAR and GUSTAR
-how to conjugate verbs in the present tense, including stem-changers
-how to use SER and ESTAR
-matching nouns and adjectives in gender and number
-basic school supplies and subjects, numbers up to 1000, and family members
-pronouns and the question words DÓNDE, QUIÉN, POR QUÉ, CUÁNTO, CUÁL, QUÉ
-basically introducing yourself and saying where you’re from
-telling time and days of the week
-prepositions
-sports and hobbies 
-some basic places in a city
-DECIR and TENER expressions
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PARENTS, please read the PARENTAL GUIDANCE section below regarding refund policies, technology and skills required for this class, and more important information.