SCOPE & SEQUENCE
PROJECTS
Reporteros 4
GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION
si fueras… habría ido… en definitiva, …
Maneras de vivir 1
What impact does our lifestyle have on our emotions, our communities, and our environment?
PROYECTO FINAL
Create a promotional video to encourage new members to participate in a local organization.
2
Nuestras lenguas
How can languages foster connections and communication across communities?
What role can AI play in language learning and education?
PROYECTO FINAL
Present a program of activities designed to highlight a minority language and encourage its recognition and study.
• past participles as adjectives
• the present tense
• the preterite tense vs. the imperfect tense
• expressing wishes and effects: querer / hacer + infinitive; querer que / hacer que + the present subjunctive
• concessive clauses: no importar + noun + que + the present subjunctive
• question words
• the future tense
VOCABULARY
• graphs and economy,
• lifestyles, fashion, and music
• emotions, identities, communities, and values
• greetings in informal conversations and emails
• useful expressions for making plans, showing interest in a topic, and requesting more information
• useful expressions for writing an opinion piece
• word formation
• linking words
• alpaca fiber in Peru
• Annaïs Yucra and Marina Testino, two Peruvian fashion designers
• ImillaSkate, a group of young women skateboarders from Bolivia
• Los ríos profundos, a book by José María Arguedas, a Peruvian writer
• the National Natural Reserve of San Fernando in Peru
• Barranco, a neighborhood of Lima
• Machu Picchu, an Inca citadel in Peru
• cumbia in Peru and merengue in the Dominican Republic
• expressing wishes and effects in the past: querían + infinitive / querían que + the imperfect subjunctive
• expressing opinions: parecer bien / mal (que) + infinitive / subjunctive
• uses of the present participle
• making hypothesis: es posible que + present subjunctive, quizá + indicative / subjunctive
• making suggestions
• impersonal constructions es + adjective + infinitive / es + adjective + que + present subjunctive
• communication, languages, multilingualism, language learning, and body language
• feelings, emotions, and accessibility
• artificial intelligence and education
• useful expressions for making arrangements for a meeting
• useful expressions for describing advantages and disadvantages, and giving examples
• useful expressions for comparing
• linking words
• indigenous language families in Latin America
• guaraní, a native language spoken in Paraguay and other countries of the region
• quechua, a native language spoken in Bolivia and other countries of South America
• the official sign language in Paraguay
• Rozalén, a Spanish pop-folk musician, and Beatriz Romero, a Spanish sign language interpreter
• body language for communication in Spanish-speaking countries and in the United States
CULTURE
SCOPE & SEQUENCE
Scope and Sequence
El Caribe innova
3 6 5 4
How do scientific and technological innovations change environmental and health conditions?
PROYECTO FINAL
Create a podcast about technological and scientific innovations related to health and the environment.
Hecho en Guatemala Colombia es mágica
What role does cultural heritage play in the economic and social development of a country?
PROYECTO FINAL
Create a brochure about lacrosse for Guatemalan students.
How are different forms of beauty embraced and celebrated within their cultures?
PROYECTO FINAL
Create an exhibit about Colombia with images, stories, and poems.
Energía latina
How does the Hispanic community influence the US?
PROYECTO FINAL
Write an issue of a magazine about influential Hispanic people in the United States.
• the passive voice (ser + participle) and the passive se
• uses of the conditional
• the future perfect tense
• possessive pronouns
• conditional clauses: en el caso de que / a menos que + subjunctive
• the imperfect subjunctive: irregular verbs
• si clauses: imperfect subjunctive + conditional
• science and technology
• environmental challenges, sea habitats, and conservationism
• health and health services
• agricultural practices
• time expressions
• useful expressions for summarizing information
• useful expressions for requesting favors, expressing conditions, and agreeing
• useful expressions for comparing
• linking words
• Bayahibe coral reef, Dominican Republic
• the Dominican Health System
• dengue, an endemic desease
• Julia Álvarez, American writer of Dominican origins
• coffee in the Dominican Republic
• cocoa in Colombia
• al + infinitive
• adjective clauses: el / cual, los / las cuales quien(es)
• conditional clauses: siempre que / siempre y cuando + subjunctive
• time clauses: al / antes de / después de + infinitive antes de que / después de que + imperfect subjunctive
• making hypothesis: a lo mejor / igual
+ indicative, puede que / es posible que + subjunctive
• the present perfect subjunctive: haber (present subjunctive) + past participle
• statistics, population, socioeconomics challenges, and forest resources
• biographies, immigration, and belonging
• traditional games and sports
• useful expressions for welcoming, thanking, and introducing someone giving instructions
• useful expressions for giving instructions
• useful expressions for oral presentations
• time expressions
• word formation: diminutives
• linking words
• demographic distribution in Guatemala
• xate, a native plant from Guatemala
• Luis von Ahn, a Guatemalan entrepreneur and computer scientist
• the origin of the name chapín / chapina
• las muñecas quitapenas, small, hand-made dolls from Guatemala
• Pok Ta Pok, the Mayan ball game
• the ancient Mayan civilization
• the ancient Inca civilization
• noun-adjective order
• commands
• expressing purpose: para + infinitive, para que + subjunctive
• estar + present participle
• estar + past participle
• time clauses: acabar de + infinitive, apenas / en el instante en que + conjugated verbs
• telling stories using past tense combinations
• describing events with ser
• art, architecture, literature, and cultural traditions
• describing people and places
• como / cómo
• stories, magical realism, and literary language
• useful expressions for describing events
• useful expressions for greeting, thanking, making proposals, and finishing a formal emails
• useful expressions for oral presentations
• Stefania Tejada, a Colombian artist
• orchid, the national flower of Colombia
• La tierra del olvido a song by Colombian song writer and singer
Carlos Vives
• Barranquilla’s carnival
• el realismo mágico
• Cien años de soledad, a book by Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez
• colonial architecture in Cartagena de Indias and New Orleans
• colonial and Creole architecture in New Orleans
• the past perfect subjunctive
• the conditional perfect tense
• si clauses: past perfect subjunctive, conditional perfect
• combining past tenses: preterite, imperfect, and past perfect
• reported speech
• making recommendations: recomendar + noun, recomendar que + subjunctive
• time clauses
• economy and professional world
• towns and communities
• biographies
• sports
• historical events
• achievements
• useful expressions to talk about events and experiences in various time frames
• useful expressions to make a presentation in an organized way and with some detail about the topic presented
• the Hispanic community of New Braunfels, Texas
• five Hispanic people in the world of space science. Noelia González, Frank Rubio, Rosa Avalos-Warren, Katya Echazarreta, and Ellen Ochoa
• Los reyes del mambo tocan canciones de amor, a book by American writer Oscar Hijuelos
• Hispanic sportpeople in the US
• Latin music styles and salsa music in New York
• Tex-Mex and Guatemalan cuisine
CULTURE