Sixth Grade Spanish

Instructor:  Profesora Laine Amortegui

lamortegui@woodlawnschool.org

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In Spanish Class, students discover who speaks Spanish in the world through an overview of the Spanish-speaking regions and study of Latin American geography. The Golden Age (of Spain) is examined, which leads to an in-depth look at the man behind the legend - Don Quixote de la Mancha.  Students also explore the cultural aspects of Hispanic society through food, family, city life, and celebrations (like, Day of the Dead & Three Kings Day).

Students learn to appreciate a culture outside of their own through a study of Hispanic Heritage Month and a project that focuses on a specific Latin American country. In grammar, students learn how to conjugate verbs along with the fundamental grammatical basics including article/noun/adjective agreement.  Students' culminating project is a one page paper on their family incorporating all the grammar learned within the academic year.

Questions to consider:

• Who speaks Spanish in the world?
• Where can the Spanish-speaking populations be found?
• What are the major contributions from Hispanic society in the US?
• Why is speaking Spanish important for our society today?

By the end of 6th grade Spanish, students must be able to: conjugate a verb and demonstrate an understanding of pronoun/verb, article/noun and noun/adjective agreement; as well as write in complete sentences. Students should also be able to answer in a complete sentence the following:

BIG Q's:

¿Cómo te llamas?                              ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?

¿Cómo estás?                                    ¿En qué calle vives?

¿De dónde eres?                                ¿En qué mes estamos?

¿Cuál es la fecha hoy?                       ¿Cómo eres? 

¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?                     ¿Qué hora es?

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