Spanish Upper-Intermediate 2 Syllabus (15 hours of frontal lessons)
WEEK | CONTENT |
1 | PAST TENSE REVIEW – Past Tense Review: Perfect Past VS Simple Past VS Imperfect Past – Content: Uses, Conjugation and Irregular Verbs – Activities: Student ́s Introduction; Conversation: This Christmas VS Last Christmas; Answering questions: New Year Resolutions. |
2 | SIMPLE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST I – Review Activity: Superiority and Inferiority Comparisons. Different Tenses. – Content: Simple Past VS Imperfect Past > Distinguishing Past Uses – Activities: reading examples; completing uses; video: choosing the right past; reading and comprehension: comic; storytelling: describing context and narrating events. |
3 | SIMPLE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST II – Review Activity: Direct and Indirect Pronouns. Dialogue and Conversation. – Content: Simple Past VS Imperfect Past > Contrasting Past Tenses – Activities: Completing dialogue, formulating questions and conversation; video: listening and filling gaps; storytelling: describing context and narrating events; talking about own experiences. |
4 | SIMPLE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST III – Review Activity: Equality Comparisons. Different Tenses. – Content: Simple Past VS Imperfect Past > Past Contrast + Connectors – Activities: Completing sentences and sharing experiences; storytelling: describing context and narrating events; translating vocabulary and building sentences; narrating own story. |
5 | SIMPLE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST IV. VERBS `TO BE ́. – Review Activity: Por VS Para. Text. – Content: Simple Past VS Imperfect Past > Reviewing and Distinguishing Verbs `Ser ́ VS `Estar ́ VS `Haber ́ – Activities: Filling gaps; reading examples and refreshing uses; completing a text; formulating questions; talking about own experiences. |
6 | SIMPLE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST V. VERBS WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS I – Review Activity: Superlative. Complete and Narrate. – Content: Simple Past VS Imperfect Past > Seven verbs with different meanings in Past Tense. – Activities: completing sentences and sharing experiences, answering a quiz; reading examples; completing sentences; talking and sharing own experiences. |
7 | SIMPLE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST VI. VERBS WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS II – Review Activity: Direct VS Indirect Pronoun. Role Game – Content: Simple Past VS Imperfect Past > Seven verbs with different meanings in Past Tense. – Activities: role game; refreshing grammar; talking and sharing own experiences; reading situation: new vocabulary; comprehension, answering question; sharing experiences. |
8 | SIMPLE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST VII – Review Activity: Practice with all types of comparisons. – Content: Simple Past VS Imperfect Past > Consolidating Past Tenses Differences and Uses – Activities: completing sentences and talking about own experiences; reading and matching vocabulary; interactive short movie: choosing past tense and answering question; creating an alternative end. |
9 | SIMPLE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST VII – Review Activity: Connectors. Completing Sentences. – Content: Simple Past VS Imperfect Past > Consolidating Past Tenses Differences and Uses – Activities: completing sentences; reading definition and examples; learning new vocabulary; answering questions; sharing own experiences. |
10 | SIMPLE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST. VERBS WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS I. – Review Activity: Practice with all types of comparisons. – Content: Reviewing all course content. – Activities: Comparing places; matching vocabulary, watching video: describing context and narrating events; sharing own experiences. |
Please Note: At the beginning of each lesson we review, practice and consolidate previous knowledge. This syllabus is illustrative. Depending on the group ́s dynamic this content could be reduced or extended.
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