Even if students have already taken Spanish in the past two years, it’s recommended starting with advanced preliminary lessons during the first weeks of the school year since it serves as a refresher for them and reinforces what they already know.
It also gives teachers an opportunity to assess each student’s current level of understanding, as well as to see which concepts need more attention or review. Furthermore, it sets expectations for the rest of the school year and ensures that all students are ready to jump into new material and information. Finally, it shows students that their language skills are valuable and important even after leaving one Spanish class and before starting a new one.
Spanish 3 Preliminary Lesson Plans for High School Students
Consider using these lesson plans with your Spanish 3 students at the beginning of the year:
Preliminary Lesson 1: Informal Commands
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to give informal commands to people about actions relating to the school and use direct object pronouns to make their communication more concise and describe previously mentioned concepts.
Preliminary Lesson 2: Stem-Changing Verbs in Spanish
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to describe clothing items and use stem-changing verbs in the present to describe what they and others think and want.
Preliminary Lesson 3: Present Progressive and Chores
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to describe what people are currently doing in the house and talk about their preferences in terms of chores they like and do not like.
Preliminary Lesson 4: Preterite and Vacations
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to describe what people have done in the past regarding vacations, using the preterite of regular verbs and understand common expressions when talking about vacation plans and activities.
Preliminary Lesson 5: The Imperfect and Childhood
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to describe their childhood, especially in terms of events, activities, and actions that used to happen and talk about childhood games and pastime activities using the imperfect in Spanish.
Preliminary Lesson 6: Present Subjunctive and Travel
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to describe interesting events, sights, and other tourist destinations in their city and use phrases that describe nouns and their characteristics, especially ones using the present subjunctive in Spanish.
Preliminary Lesson 7: Assessment
Speaking, writing, listening, and reading assessment for the Spanish 3 preliminary lessons to review concepts from Spanish 2.
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