Spanish IV

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

Semester 1

Unit 1: La comida internacional y los viajes

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Food and meals (M)
  • Travel (M)
  • Vacation (M)
  • Hispanic Heritage

• Grammar Topics:

  • Preterite
  • Direct, and indirect object pronouns (I/R/M)
  • Preterite tense of irregular verbs and dar, hacer, ir, ser, and others (M)
  • Superlatives, Augmentatives, and Diminutives (I)
  • Prepositions of time (M)

Unit 2: Inmigración

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Migration, immigration, boundaries (I/R)
  • Borders, ethnicity, and race (I/R)

• Grammar Topics:

  • The use of acabar de + infinitive (M)
  • Expressing negation with indefinite and negative expressions (M) 
  • Preterite vs. imperfect (I/R)
  • Prepositions of location (M)

 

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Semester 2

Unit 3: La salud

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Chores (R)
  • Health and well-being, the doctor’s office (R) 
  • Eating habits, food, and diet ®
  • Health services (symptoms, illnesses, medicines and procedures, verbs) (I/R)

• Grammar Topics:

  • The preterite of stem-changing verbs (R/M)
  • Superlatives (I)
  • Ser, estar, and haber (R)
  • Subjunctive of doubt (I)
  • Prepositions Por and Para (M)

Unit 4: Diversiones

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • City life 
  • Entertainment (classification of movies, etc.)
  • Music and Musical instruments

• Grammar Topics:

  • Present Subjunctive Part 2 (I)
  • SI clauses (possible) (I)
  • SE accidental, and impersonal (I)
  • Present Perfect tense (verb haber) (I)