Spanish III

The following learning targets represent the major concepts studied and assessed in this course. 

Semester 1

Unit 1: La ciudad

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • City life (I/R)
  • Furniture, rooms, and parts of a house (R, M)
  • Weather conditions (R,M)
  • Prepositions of location (R,M)

• Grammar Topics:

  • Summary of interrogative words (I/R/M)
  • The verb ser (M)
  • The verb estar (M)
  • The use of the word hay
  • Negation (M)
  • Ir + a + infinitive to express a future action (M

Unit 2: Fiestas y tradiciones

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Holidays (I/R)
  • Expressions related to giving the time and at what time events occur (M)
  • Months and seasons of the year (M)
  • Food and meals ® 

• Grammar Topics:

  • Expressing obligation (M)
  • Direct and Indirect object pronouns together (I/R) 
  • Using reciprocal verbs (I/R/M)

 

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Semester 2

Unit 3: La comida

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Food and meals ®
  • Additional idiomatic expressions with tener ®

• Grammar Topics:

  • Using -ísimo to emphasize (I/R/M) 
  • Irregular verbs in the preterite (I/R)
  • The preterite of stem-changing verbs (R)
  • Superlatives (I/R/M)
  • Diminutives (I/R)
  • Direct and Indirect object pronouns together (I/R) 
  • The verb “gustar” to express likes and dislikes (no grammatical explanation of indirect object pronouns) (M))
  • Gender and number of Spanish nouns (M)

Unit 4: Las vacaciones y geografia

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Travel (I/R)
  • Vacation (I/R)
  • Weather conditions (R)

• Grammar Topics:

  • Irregular verbs in the preterite (I/R)
  • The preterite of stem-changing verbs ®
  • Ir + a + infinitive to express a future action (M)
  • Verbs that derive from poner, tener, and venir (I)
  • The present tense of hacer, oír, poner, salir, traer, and ver (R)