Teaching and Learning

Eighth-Grade Spanish Learning Objectives

Self

• retell events from the past
• describe their daily routine
• identify body parts
• talk about shopping, clothing, and personal needs
• describe clothing and accessories
• express opinions
• say whom things are for
• describe people, places and things

My Surroundings

• make plans for travel
• learn vocabulary related to the airport
• learn vocabulary for places around town 
• ask for and give directions around town
• talk about vacation activities and lodging
• talk about gifts and souvenirs
• ask for and talk about items at a marketplace
• describe continuing activities in the past
• narrate past events and activities
• describe the layout of a modern city

The Larger Community

• talk about different cultural aspects in Costa Rica
• talk about the different cultural aspects of Argentina
• talk about different cultural aspects in Puerto Rico
• use expressions of courtesy when making purchases
• describe early civilizations and their activities
• describe different cultural aspects of México
• learn vocabulary used to talk about legends
• identify and describe ingredients
• talk about food preparation and follow recipes
• give instructions and make recommendations
• order meals in a restaurant
• talk about meals and dishes
• describe food and service
• talk about the different cultural aspects of Spain
• Develop an awareness and appreciation of global music

• direct and indirect object pronouns
• interrogative words
• preterite forms of regular verbs and common irregular verbs
• preterite forms of stem-changing verbs
• demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
• sequencing words
• reflexives
• present progressive
• the verb “pensar” + infinitive
• Hace + expression of time
• use pronouns after prepositions
• how to use the imperfect and preterite tenses to express the past tense
• how to use past participles as adjectives
• formal commands
• pronoun placement with commands
• affirmative and negative words