Looking back...World Language is required in HASD from 2nd grade until 7th grade. By 6th grade, students who have been in the district for elementary school have quite a bit of exposure to the language they're studying.
Looking forward...After 7th grade, study of a World Language is optional, and is more academic in comparison to what students do in their elementary school FLES program. As such, 6th and 7th grade Spanish serve as a transition between World Language in elementary school and World Language in high school -- so these courses are a bit more challenging than previous years. Students should expect to put forth time and effort both in and out of class to succeed in 6th grade Spanish.
6th grade Spanish classes meet every other day for a semester. Our cultural focus is Events in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries and the focus of the curricular information will take place with in stories. The 6th grade Spanish units review and expand upon content learned in elementary school, formally introduce students to the foundational concepts of formal/informal address, and touch upon the basics of adjective agreement and informally verb conjugation.
Unit topics
- Dice: My Family, My Friends, and I
- Corre: Seeing others and running/walking
- Corre culture: San Fermin & San silvestre
- Cumbia: Able to go, run, see a/o walk
- Cumbia culture: Cumbia Music and mussicians
- Mexican Culture and National Holidays
- Mexico's Independence Day
- Day of the Dead
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