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Book 4 Unit 6
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Standards for Learning Spanish
4.1. Compare languages
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Compare the use of
comparative structures in
English and in Spanish.
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Compare how to express
abstract ideas in English
and in Spanish.
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Compare asking for
opinions in English and
in Spanish
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Compare how to make
value statements in English
and in Spanish.
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Compare diminutives in
English and in Spanish.
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Compare making demands
in English and in Spanish.
4.2. Compare cultures
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Compare street art in
Hispanic countries and in
one’s own community.
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Compare paintings by
different Hispanic artists.
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Compare ancient buildings
and modern architecture.
5.1. Spanish beyond
the school setting
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Describe artwork.
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Reflect on the relationship
between art and socio-
political reality.
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Encourage the interest in
art in one’s own community.
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Promote a positive attitude
toward other cultures.
5.2. Spanish for lifelong
learning
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Encourage the love of art.
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Write a review of a novel.
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Use technology to learn.
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Discuss ways in which
Spanish can be used in
future life experiences.
1.1. Interpersonal mode
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Exchange personal opinions and experiences.
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Engage in oral conversations using personal
knowledge and experience.
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Describe and compare paintings, buildings,
and sculptures.
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Compare and contrast information and drawings
with a partner.
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Summarize the plot of a novel.
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Write a dialogue with a partner.
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Write a list of information about a topic.
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Write definitions.
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Write an e-mail to a partner.
1.2. Interpretive mode
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Demonstrate understanding of oral and written
idiomatic expressions.
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Demonstrate understanding of questions
relating to familiar and less familiar topics.
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Understand and obtain information from audio
or video recordings.
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Understand new vocabulary presented in Spanish.
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Understand written exchanges.
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Identify main ideas and significant details in a
variety of texts.
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Extract information from informative sentences
or texts and from opinion texts.
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Draw conclusions and make judgments from
oral and written texts.
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Interpret texts on other cultures and relate
them to personal knowledge and experience.
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Extract information from an image.
1.3. Presentational mode
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Produce and present an original creation orally.
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Dramatize a dialogue.
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Describe and compare works of art.
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Write an explanatory text about own
experiences or as result of a research activity.
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Summarize information or a literary story.
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Write value statements and opinions on
different topics.
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Write a paragraph giving recommendations.
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Write a biography or a short story.
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Write a review of a novel.
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Draw or use photographs to illustrate information.
Unit 6
Creamos
2.1. Practices and perspectives
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Reflect on the connection of Hispanic art to the
history and socio-political reality of Latin America.
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Read about street art in Hispanic countries.
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Learn about literary prizes in the Hispanic world.
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Explore the Latin American literary boom in
the 1960s.
2.2. Products and perspectives
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Learn about renowned Hispanic painters
and paintings.
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Learn about Hispanic architecture and
renowned Hispanic sculptors and their works.
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Learn about and research famous Latin
American writers and literary works.
3.1. Interdisciplinary connections
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Understand the similarities and differences
between some aspects of grammar in English
and in Spanish.
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Use the writing process to produce a review of
a novel and to create a short story.
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Learn about renowned Hispanic artists and art
masterpieces.
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Draw a sketch and make a poster.
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Learn about relevant Latin American writers and
their works.
3.2. Viewpoints through language/culture
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Read dialogues, informative texts, and literary
texts in Spanish that provide insight into
Hispanic cultures.
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Learn about Latin American art as an expression
of society and socio-political circumstances.
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Discuss the functionality of architecture in
current society.
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Compare ancient and modern art.
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Reflect on the role of literature and art in
one’s life.