Eighth Grade Spanish

Instructor: Laine D. Amortegui

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 Spanish Course Guidelines

In Spanish, students focus on the politics of Latin America and how Latin America arrived where it is today politically. Students complete a project on Latin American political figures focusing on the contributions and mishaps of their era. During Hispanic Heritage Month, students examine the contributions our own society has received from notable Hispanic Americans.

Also, through an integrated unit with Science, students look at the ancient Mayan culture of Mesoamerica and their contributions in Astronomy. In Spanish, students examine ancient city life and how astronomy affected the Maya's architecture.

In grammar, students spend the majority of the year focusing on the differences between the Preterit and Imperfect modes of the past tense.  Spanish children's books are examined to gain a better understand how the past modes work together to tell a story in the past.  Students then create their own children's book as a culminating project.

The 3rd and final tense learned during this year is the Subjunctive.  Students will only scratch the surface of this interesting tense in preparation for high school level Spanish.

Text: Navegando 2 is a very comprehensive text that aids in the application of grammar and units of vocabulary. With this text, 8th graders will cover Part 1 of Spanish II. 

Questions to consider:

• How did Latin America evolve politically?
• From a political standpoint, what is considered progress?
• Why is Latin America in the political state that it is?
• What is the role of the United States in Latin American politics?

By the end of 8th grade Spanish, students must be able to: converse in the past, using both past modes appropriately; disuss their own likes and dislikes; and talk about what they can do for themselves.

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