Scope+and+Sequence


 * Strand 1. How my youth shapes who I am **

// A. Defend and express opinions that relate to the student. // __N.J. WL standard 7.1.IM.C.4, national standard 1.1 and 1.2__ i. SWBAT publish a social media site in Spanish that can represent who they are ii. SWBAT express their opinions on what they felt the first day of middle middle school iii. SWBAT create a youth oriented magazine

// B. Compare and contrast literary elements in short stories N.J. WL standard: //__7.1.IM.A.1, national standard 2.2__ i. SWBAT analyze and name different parts of a poem ii. SWBAT discuss the difference between confidence and arrogance iii. SWBAT distinguish between an autobiography and a biography


 * Strand 2 Humans and their relationship with the environment **

// A. Use the present, preterite and imperfect tenses to describe past/current events //__N.J. WL standard: 7.1.IM.B.5 national standard 1.1 and 2.1__ i. SWBAT recreate a story describing what happened ii. SWBAT compare activities they used to do in the past and present day iii. SWBAT identify the conservation of the environment and how it has changed in the last few decades.

// B. Identify the importance of using animals in stories N.J. WL standard // __7.1.IM.C.2; national standard 1.1 and 2.1__ i. SWBAT research endangered species from Latin American countries. ii. SWBAT design a public service announcement iii. SWBAT compare what animal they would represent themselves to.


 * Strand 3: Fairy tales, myths and legends and their important cultural message that they communicate. **

// A. identify main points in a story to make predictions on the outcomes of myths, // // legends and fables. N.J. WL standard // __7.1.IM.C.2, national standard 1.1 and 1.2__ i. SWBAT create a comic strip that predicts an outcome of the short story Posada de las tres posadas ii. SWBAT Role play a fairy tale revising the ending. iii. SWBAT Use the subjunctive and indicative mood to explore what they think may and may not happen in a myth, legend or fable.

// B. Understand important cultural messages and define our world using myths, legends // // and fables //. //N.J. WL standard://__7.1.IM.A.1,, national standard 1.2 and 2.1__ i. SWBAT Use the subjunctive and indicative moods to talk about actions or states that are or are not based on reality. ii SWBAT compare and contrast fairy tales from Latin American to the United States. iii. SWBAT create a modern day fairy tale for use with young Spanish speaking children.


 * Strand **** 4: The paths we take affect our lives. **

// A. Identify different paths we can take to reach our goal. //__N.J. WL standard: 7.1.IM.A.4, national standard 2.1__ i. SWBAT use “La torutuga” from Pablo Neruda and identify simile and metaphor’s to describe the goals of the turtle in the story. ii. SWBAT use metaphors, similes and rhetorical figures in their writing to describe how they have reached their current goals.

// B. identify notable Spanish speakers and understand their role in society. // __N.J. WL standard: 7.1.IM.C.3, national standard 1.2 and 2.1__ i. SWBAT create a cumulative portfolio that demonstrates an aspect on their community. ii. SWBAT role-play an interview between a reporter and a notable person in the Latin American/Spanish community. iii. SWBAT make an evaluation using the variety of tenses to make a biography


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