Spanish 101 Course Outline

Fecha (date)

Objectives

Textbook

(prepare for class)

Student Activities Manual (SAM)(complete after class)

31/8

Introduction to class

Myspanishlab

2/9

Meeting and greeting others

Making introductions

Saying expressions of courtesy

Responding to classroom instructions

Learning the Spanish alphabet

Identifying cognates and false cognates

Talking about yourself and others using subject pronouns

Describing nationalities

Preliminar A: Para empezar

Saludos, despedidas y presentaciones, pp. 4–6

Cómo se saluda la gente,

p. 7

Expresiones útiles para la clase, pp. 8–9

El alfabeto, pp. 9–10

Los cognados, p. 10

Los pronombres personales, p. 11

¿Tú o usted?, p. 12

El verbo ser, pp. 13–14

Los adjetivos de nacionalidad, pp. 14–15

A-1 through A-3

A-4 through A-5

A-6 through A-8

A-9 through A-12

A-13 through A-16

A-17 through A-22

A-19 through A-22

A-23 through A-26

A-27 through A-28

4/9

Saying numbers 0–30

Telling time

Telling days, months, and seasons

Describing weather conditions

Talking about what you like and dislike

Los números de 0 a 30,

p. 16

El mundo hispano, pp. 16–17

¿Quién habla español?, 17

La hora, pp. 18–20

Los días, los meses y las estaciones, pp.20–22

El tiempo, pp. 23–24

Gustar, pp. 25–26

A-29 through A-32

A-33

A-34 through A-36

A-37 through a-43

A-44 through A-46

A-47 through A-49

7/9

Identifying family members

Talking about family using ser and tener

Pluralizing singular words

Identifying nouns as masculine and feminine

Capítulo 1: ¿Quiénes somos?

La familia, pp. 32–33

Los nombres en el mundo hispano, p. 34

El verbo tener, pp. 35–36

El singular y el plural,

p. 37

El masculino y el femenino, pp. 38–39

Hand-in A-1—49

1-1 through 1-7

1-8 through 1-9

1-10 through 1-13

1-14 through 1-16

1-17 through 1-18

Saying the and a/an/some in Spanish

Describing family and possessions

Los artículos definidos e indefinidos, pp. 39–30

Gente, pp. 41–42

Los adjetivos posesivos, pp. 42–43

1-19 through 1-22

1-23 through 1-25

1-26 through 1-29

9/9

Describing yourself and others

Counting numbers 31–100

Performing simple math problems

Writing a short poem in Spanish

Discussing some facts about the United States

Los adjetivos descriptivos, pp. 44–47

El español, lengua diversa, p. 48

Los números 31–100, pp. 48–49

Escucha, p. 50

Escribe, p. 51

Les presento mi país: Los Estados Unidos, pp. 52–53

1-30 through 1-35

1-36 through 1-37

1-38 through 1-41

1-42 through 1-44

1-45 through 1-46

1-47 through 1-48

11/9

Recognizing cognates in reading

Ambiciones siniestras: Episodio 1, pp. 54–56

1-49 through 1-54

14/9

Preliminar A and Chapter 1 Exam

Hand in: SAM 1-1 through 1-54

14/9

Talking about school and student life

Discussing stereotypes

Talking about the classroom

Capítulo 2: La vida universitaria

Las materias y las especialidades, pp. 62–65

Los estereotipos, p. 65

La sala de clase, pp. 66–68

2-1 through 2-7

2-8

2-9 through 2-11

16/9

Learning how to conjugate verbs in the present indicative

Learning how to make questions and interrogative words

Learning numbers 100–1,000

Presente indicativo de verbos regulares, pp. 68–71

La formación de preguntas y las palabras interrogativas, pp. 71–73

Los números 100–1.000, pp. 74–75

2-12 through 2-15

2-16 through 2-19

2-20 through 2-22

Describing student life

Introducing the verb estar

Expressing feelings and emotions

En la universidad, pp. 76–78

El verbo estar, pp. 78–80

Emociones y estados, pp. 81–82

2-23 through 2-26

2-27 through 2-30

2-31 through 2-33

18/9

Expressing students’ likes or dislikes

Talking about sports and pastimes

Learning to listen for the gist

Learning to write short personal descriptions

Learning about Mexico

El verbo gustar, pp. 82–83

Los deportes y los pasatiempos, pp. 83–84

Los deportes en el mundo hispano, pp. 85–86

Escucha, p. 87

Escribe, p. 88

Les presento mi país: México, pp. 92–93

2-34 through 2-37

2-38 through 2-42

2-43

2-44 through 2-47

2-48 through 2-49

2-50 through 2-51

Learning how to skim a story

Ambiciones siniestras: Episodio 2, pp. 92–94

2-52 through 2-59

21/9

Chapter 2 exam

SAM 2-1 through 2-59 due

21/9

Describing your house

Learning the forms of the irregular yo verbs and other irregular verbs

Capítulo 3: Nuestra casa

La casa, pp. 100–103

Algunos verbos irregulares, pp. 104–108

3-1 through 3-9

3-10 through 3-15

23/9

Describing some of the types of homes in Spain

Describing furniture and items in the houses

Talking about household chores

¿Dónde viven los españoles?, p. 108

Los muebles y otros objetos de la casa, pp. 109–111

Los quehaceres de la casa, pp. 112–113

3-16

3-17 through 3-21

3-22 through 3-24

Describing the changing role of Hispanic women and their impact in society

Describing colors

Learning the expressions with tener

Las mujeres del mundo hispano, p. 114

Los colores, pp. 115–116

Unas expresiones con tener, pp. 117–120

3-25 through 3-26

3-27 through 3-29

3-30 through 3-32

25/9

Learning to count, quote prices, and give population figures using numbers 1,000– 100,000,000

Learning to describe places using hay

Learning to scan a passage for specific information

Creating a flyer

Learning about Spain

Los números 1.000–100.000.000, pp. 120–122

Hay, pp. 122–123

Escucha, p. 124

Escribe, p. 125

Les presento mi país: España, pp. 126–127

3-33 through 3-37

3-38 through 3-41

3-42 through 3-43

3-44 through 3-45

3-46 through 3-49

25/9

Learning the strategies of scanning

Ambiciones siniestra: Episodio 3, pp. 128–130

3-50 through 3-54

28/9

Chapter 3 exam

SAM 3-1 through 3-54 due

28/9

Describing places

Discussing what you know, and stating what you have to do

Knowing the differences between saber and conocer

Capítulo 4: Nuestra comunidad

Los lugares, pp. 136–139

Actividades cotidianas: Las compras y el paseo, p. 139

Saber y conocer, pp. 140–141

4-1 through 4-8

4-9 through 4-10

4-11 through 4-13

30/9

Talking about things to do

Learning stem-changing verbs

¿Qué tienen que hacer? ¿Qué pasa? pp. 142–143

Los verbos con cambio de raíz, pp. 144–146

4-14 through 4-16

4-17 through 4-25

Stating where people are going with the verb ir

Talking about things that will happen using the construction ir + a + infinitive

El verbo ir, pp. 147–149

Ir + a + infinitivo, pp. 149–150

4-26 through 4-28

4-29 through 4-31

2/10

Talking about volunteer work and volunteer services

Learning to use affirmative and negative expressions

Trabajos y servicios voluntarios, pp. 151–153

La conciencia social, p. 153

Las expresiones afirmativas y negativas, pp. 154–156

4-32 through 4-34

4-35 through 4-37

4-38 through 4-39

Review of ser and estar

Learning about Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador

Learning to skim and scan for meaning

Un repaso de ser y estar, pp. 156–159

Escucha, p. 159

Escribe, p. 160

Les presento mi país: Honduras, Guatemala y El Salvador, pp. 161–163

Ambiciones siniestras: Episodio 4, pp. 164–166

4-40 through 4-43

4-44

4-45 through 4-46

4-47 through 4-53

4-54 through 4-56

5/10

Chapter 4 exam

Hand in:

SAM 4-1 through 4-56

5/10

Discussing different types of music

Learning demonstrative adjectives

Learning demonstrative pronouns

Talking about Hispanic music in the United States

Capítulo 5: ¡A divertirse! El mundo de la música

La música y el cine, pp. 172–175

Los adjetivos demostrativos, p. 176

Los pronombres demostrativos, pp. 178–179

La música latina en los Estados Unidos, p. 179

5-1 through 5-13

5-14 through 5-16

5-17 through 5-18

5-19 through 5-21

7/10

Learning how things are done using adverbs

Learning present progressive

Sharing information about favorite movies and television programs

Learning ordinal numbers

Learning the expression hay que + infinitive

Los adverbios, pp. 180–181

El presente progresivo, pp. 182–184

El mundo del cine, pp. 185–187

La influencia hispana en el cine norteamericano, p. 187

Los números ordinales, p. 188–189

Hay que + infinitivo, pp. 189–190

5-22 through 5-24

5-25 through 5-27

5-28 through 5-30

5-31 through 5-32

5-33 through 5-35

5-36 through 5-37

Learning the direct object pronouns

Learning to anticipate content when listening

Learn to write a brief movie review

Learning about Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panamá

Los pronombres de complemento directo y la “a” personal, pp. 190–193

Escucha, p. 193

Escribe, p. 194

Les presento mi país: Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá, pp. 195–197

5-38 through 5-40

5-41 through 5-43

5-44

5-45 through 5-46

9/10

Learning the strategies for anticipating content

Ambiciones siniestras: Episodio 5, pp. 198–200

5-47 through 5-50

Learning strategies for reviewing grammar, vocabulary, and culture

Describing your family and other families

Talking about the university

Capítulo 6: ¡Sí, lo sé!

Organizing Your Review, pp. 206–207

Review Preliminar A, Chapters 1 & 2, pp. 207–208

6-1 Nuestras familias

6-2 ¿Cómo eres?

6-3 Una gira

Hand in:

SAM 5-1 through 5-50 due

14/ 10

Describing your ideal house

Describing a week’s schedule

Describing expressions with tener

Describing what you know

Review Chapter 3, pp. 208–210

6-4 Mi casa favorita

6-5 Mi horario personal

6-6 Quiero saber…

6-7 ¿Qué tienen?

Review Chapter 4, pp. 211–213

6-8 Lo conocemos y lo

sabemos

6-9 Un cuento divertido

6-10 ¡Mi comunidad ideal!

6-11 Querida familia

6-12 Mi tiempo libre

Review Chapter 5, p. 213

6-13 El concierto del siglo

6-14 ¡Bienvenido, estrella!

6-1 through 6-10

16/

10

Talking about what you like to do (me gusta…) and need to do (hay que…)

Sharing information about what will take place in the future

Discussing service opportunities in your community

Discussing music and movies

Talking about Hispanic influences in the United Estates

Compare and contrast the Hispanic countries learned about

Un poco de todo, pp. 214–220

6-15 ¡Ganaste la lotería!

6-16 Busco ayuda…

6-17 Mi horario para la semana

6-18 Mis planes para el verano

6-19 Para la comunidad

6-20 Mi comunidad

6-21 El juego de la narración

6-22 ¿Me quiere?

6-23 Su versión

6-24 Tu propia película

6-25 ¡A jugar!

6-26 Los hispanos en

los EE. UU.

6-27 Aspectos interesantes

6-28 Un agente de viajes

6-29 Mi país favorito

6-30 Compáralo

6-11 through 6-29

19/ 10

Final exam: Preliminar A—Chapter 6

Hand-in: SAM 6-1 through 6-30