Español Santillana Middle/High School Scope and Sequence - page 5

5 Middle School
Gramática Cultura
r The verb tener
r Expressing possession:
– Possessive adjectives
–Thepreposition de
r The verb estar
r Mapa cultural: Mexico
r The deserts and cities in the north:
los corridos
r Mexico City: Tenochtitlan
r The central region: Guanajuato
r The south: the indigenous
population
r Lectura: Teotihuacán, ciudad
de los dioses
r Regular -er and -ir verbs,
present tense
r Expressing obligation:
– Tener que + infinitive
– Hay que + infinitive
r Adverbs of frequency
r Mapa cultural: Puerto Rico
r Old San Juan
r El Yunque National Forest
r Salsa, the essence of Puerto Rico
r The U.S. and Puerto Rico
r Lectura: El Morro: Blog
de viajes
r Demonstratives
r Comparison. Comparative adjectives
r Stem-changing verbs ( o > ue )
r Mapa cultural: Guatemala
r ThegreatMayancity ofTikal
r The quetzal, national bird of
Guatemala
r RigobertaMenchú: the fight for
peace
r Themarimba: the sound
of Guatemala
r Lectura: Desde
Chichicastenango
r Direct object pronouns
r Indirect object pronouns
r Stem-changing verbs ( e > i)
r Mapa cultural: Peru
r The Incas, kings of themountains
r TheNazca lines
r The caballitos de totora
r Arequipa: a European city
r Lectura: Festividad inca
del Inti Raymi
r English-Spanish glossary .................................. R22
r Grammar index ................................................ R32
r Asking questions ................................................ 12
r Days anddates .................................................. 14
r The school schedule .......................................... 16
r Weather and seasons .......................................... 18
r Three reasons to learnSpanish ........................... 20
r Spanisharound theworld .................................. 22
r Learning strategies ............................................... 24
r Review ............................................................... 28