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3.2: Pacing

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    Below is a reference table for potential pacing of introductory Spanish courses with various lengths and coverage requirements.

    16 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in one semester 16 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in two semesters 12 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in one Semester 12 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in two Semesters 8 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in two Quarters 8 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in four Quarters
    Week 1 1-1 Greetings, alphabet; 1-2 Subject pronouns, ser 1-1 Greetings, alphabet 1-1 Greetings, alphabet; 1-2 Subject pronouns, ser; 1-3 Classroom vocabulary, pluralization, Numbers 1-30 1-1 Greetings, alphabet 1-1 Greetings, alphabet; 1-2 Subject pronouns, ser 1-1 Greetings, alphabet
    Week 2 1-3 Classroom vocabulary, pluralization, Numbers 1-30 1-2 Subject pronouns, ser 1-4 Definite and indefinite articles, hay, yes/no questions; 1-5 Culture: Los Hispanos en Los Estados Unidos; 1-6 Review and writing 1-2 Subject pronouns, ser; 1-3 Classroom vocabulary, pluralization, Numbers 1-30 1-2 Subject pronouns, ser
    Week 3 1-4 Definite and indefinite articles, hay, yes/no questions; 1-5 Culture: Los Hispanos en Los Estados Unidos; 1-6 Review and writing 1-3 Classroom vocabulary, pluralization, Numbers 1-30; 1-4 Definite and indefinite articles, hay 2-1 University vocabulary, conjugation of AR verbs, questions with qué and cuál; 2-2 Months, days, seasons, dates; 2-3 Numbers up to 100, telling time 1-3 Classroom vocabulary, pluralization, Numbers 1-30; 1-4 Definite and indefinite articles, hay; 1-4 yes/no questions 1-4 Definite and indefinite articles, hay, yes/no questions; 1-5 Culture: Los Hispanos en Los Estados Unidos; 1-6 Review and writing,
    Unit 1 Test
    1-3 Classroom vocabulary, pluralization, Numbers 1-30
    Week 4 2-1 University vocabulary, conjugation of AR verbs, questions with qué and cuál; 2-2 Months, days, seasons, dates; 2-3 Numbers up to 100, telling time 1-4 yes/no questions, 1-5 Culture: Los Hispanos en Los Estados Unidos; 2-4 Conjugation of tener and venir, using tener que + infinitive; 2-5 Culture: La universidad; 2-6 Review and writing
    Test, Units 1 and 2
    1-5 Culture: Los Hispanos en Los Estados Unidos; 1-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 1 Test
    2-1 University vocabulary, conjugation of AR verbs, questions with qué and cuál; 2-2 Months, days, seasons, dates; 2-3 Numbers up to 100, telling time 1-4 Definite and indefinite articles, hay; yes/no questions
    Week 5 2-4 Conjugation of tener and venir, using tener que + infinitive; 2-5 Culture: La universidad; 2-6 Review and writing 1-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 1 Test
    3-1 Describing the weather; 3-2 Gender and number of adjectives, colors and other adjectives 2-1 University vocabulary, conjugation of -AR verbs, questions with qué and cuál 2-4 Conjugation of tener and venir, using tener que + infinitive; 2-5 Culture: La universidad; 2-6 Review and writing,
    Unit 2 Test
    1-5 Culture: Los Hispanos en Los Estados Unidos; 1-6 Review and writing;
    Week 6 Test, Units 1 and 2
    3-1 Describing the weather; 3-2 Gender and number of adjectives, colors and other adjectives
    2-1 University vocabulary, conjugation of -AR verbs 3-3 Vocabulary of clothing, numbers past 100; 3-4 Conjugation of ER and IR verbs; 3-5 Culture: El Camino de Santiago; 3-6 Review and writing; 2-2 Months, days, seasons, dates; 2-3 Numbers up to 100, telling time 3-1 Describing the weather; 3-2 Gender and number of adjectives, colors and other adjectives 2-1 University vocabulary, conjugation of -AR verbs
    Week 7 3-3 Vocabulary of clothing, numbers past 100; 3-4 Conjugation of ER and IR verbs; 3-5 Culture: El Camino de Santiago; 3-6 Review and writing; 2-1 conjugation of -AR verbs cont., questions with qué and cuál 4-1 Vocabulary of family, possession with de and with possessive adjectives; 4-2 Vocabulary to describe people with ser, vocabulary of nationality 2-4 Conjugation of tener and venir, using tener que + infinitive; 3-3 Vocabulary of clothing, numbers past 100; 3-4 Conjugation of ER and IR verbs 2-1 conjugation of -AR verbs cont., questions with qué and cuál
    Week 8 4-1 Vocabulary of family, possession with de and with possessive adjectives; 4-2 Vocabulary to describe people with ser, vocabulary of nationality; 2-2 Months, days, seasons, dates 4-3 Vocabulary of professions, gustar + infinitive; 4-4 Vocabulary of the house, use of estar en for location and ser de for origin, prepositions; 4-5 Culture: Fiestas en la familia y cultura hispana; 4-6 Review and writing;
    Test, Units 3 and 4
    Culture: La universidad; 2-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 2 Test
    3-5 Culture: El Camino de Santiago; 3-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 3 Test or Final Exam
    2-2 Months, days, seasons, dates;
    Final Exam
    Week 9 4-3 Vocabulary of professions, gustar + infinitive; 4-4 Vocabulary of the house, use of estar en for location and ser de for origin, prepositions 2-3 Numbers up to 100, telling time 5-1 Conjugation of ir, vocabulary of the community, questions with dónde; 5-2 Use of ir a + infinitive; 5-3 Vocabulary of food and eating 3-1 Describing the weather; 3-2 Gender and number of adjectives, colors and other adjectives
    Week 10 4-5 Culture: Fiestas en la familia y cultura hispana; 4-6 Review and writing;
    Test, Units 3 and 4
    2-4 Conjugation of tener and venir, using tener que + infinitive; Culture: La universidad 5-4 Stem-changing verbs: o-ue; 5-4 Stem-changing verbs: e-ie, e-i; 5-5 Culture: Las comidas típicas y rápidas; 5-6 Review and writing 3-3 Vocabulary of clothing, numbers past 100
    Week 11 5-1 Conjugation of ir, vocabulary of the community, questions with dónde; 5-2 Use of ir a + infinitive; 5-3 Vocabulary of food and eating 2-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 2 Test
    6-1 Adjectives of emotion used with estar, 6-2 Present progressive, summary of all question words; 6-3 Vocabulary of sports and pastimes, usage of gustar, ser vs. estar 3-4 Conjugation of -ER and -IR verbs
    Week 12 5-4 Stem-changing verbs: o-ue, Stem-changing verbs: e-ie, e-i; 5-5 Culture: Las comidas típicas y rápidas; 5-6 Review and writing 3-1 Describing the weather; 3-2 Gender and number of adjectives, colors and other adjectives 6-4 Conjugation of verbs with irregular yo form; 6-5 Culture: Cultura: El fútbol y el dominó; 6-6 Review and writing
    Test, Units 5 and 6 or Final Exam
    -5 Culture: El Camino de Santiago; 3-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 3 Test
    Week 13 6-1 Adjectives of emotion used with estar, 6-2 Present progressive, summary of all question words 3-3 Vocabulary of clothing, numbers past 100
    Week 14 6-3 Vocabulary of sports and pastimes, usage of gustar, ser vs. estar, 3-4 Conjugation of -ER and -IR verbs
    Week 15 6-4 Conjugation of verbs with irregular yo form; 6-5 Culture: Cultura: El fútbol y el dominó; 6-6 Review and writing 3-4 Conjugation of -ER and -IR verbs cont., 3-5 Culture: El Camino de Santiago
    Week 16 Review for final exam,
    Final exam
    3-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 3 Test

    Semester/Quarter 2
    16 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in two semesters 12 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in two Semesters 8 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in two Quarters 8 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in four Quarters
    Week 1 4-1 Vocabulary of family, possession with de and with possessive adjectives 4-1 Vocabulary of family, possession with de and with possessive adjectives 4-1 Vocabulary of family, possession with de and with possessive adjectives; 4-2 Vocabulary to describe people with ser, vocabulary of nationality; 2-3 Numbers up to 100, telling time
    Week 2 4-2 Vocabulary to describe people with ser, vocabulary of nationality 4-2 Vocabulary to describe people with ser, vocabulary of nationality; 4-3 Vocabulary of professions, gustar + infinitive 4-3 Vocabulary of professions, gustar + infinitive; 4-4 Vocabulary of the house, use of estar en for location and ser de for origin, prepositions 2-4 Conjugation of tener and venir, using tener que + infinitive
    Week 3 4-3 Vocabulary of professions, gustar + infinitive 4-4 Vocabulary of the house, use of estar en for location and ser de for origin, prepositions 4-5 Culture: Fiestas en la familia y cultura hispana; 4-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 4 Test
    Culture: La universidad; 2-6 Review and writing;
    Week 4 4-4 Vocabulary of the house, use of estar en for location and ser de for origin, prepositions 4-5 Culture: Fiestas en la familia y cultura hispana; 4-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 4 Test
    5-1 Conjugation of ir, vocabulary of the community, questions with dónde; 5-2 Use of ir a + infinitive; 5-3 Vocabulary of food and eating 3-1 Describing the weather; 3-2 Gender and number of adjectives, colors and other adjectives
    Week 5 4-5 Culture: Fiestas en la familia y cultura hispana; 4-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 4 Test
    5-1 Conjugation of ir, vocabulary of the community, questions with dónde 5-4 Stem-changing verbs: o-ue, Stem-changing verbs: e-ie, e-i; 5-5 Culture: Las comidas típicas y rápidas; 5-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 5 Test
    3-3 Vocabulary of clothing, numbers past 100
    Week 6 5-1 Conjugation of ir, vocabulary of the community, questions with dónde 5-2 Use of ir a + infinitive; 5-3 Vocabulary of food and eating 6-1 Adjectives of emotion used with estar, 6-2 Present progressive, summary of all question words 3-4 Conjugation of -ER and -IR verbs
    Week 7 5-2 Use of ir a + infinitive; 5-3 Vocabulary of food and eating 5-4 Stem-changing verbs: o-ue, Stem-changing verbs: e-ie, e-i 6-3 Vocabulary of sports and pastimes, usage of gustar, ser vs. estar 3-4 Conjugation of -ER and -IR verbs cont.
    Week 8 5-4 Stem-changing verbs: o-ue 5-5 Culture: Las comidas típicas y rápidas; 5-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 5 Test
    6-4 Conjugation of verbs with irregular yo form; 6-5 Culture: Cultura: El fútbol y el dominó; 6-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 6 Test or Final Exam
    3-5 Culture: El Camino de Santiago; 3-6 Review and writing;
    Final Exam
    Week 9 5-4 Stem-changing verbs: e-ie, e-i 6-1 Adjectives of emotion used with estar
    Week 10 5-5 Culture: Las comidas típicas y rápidas; 5-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 5 Test
    6-2 Present progressive,
    summary of all question words; 6-3 Vocabulary of sports and pastimes
    Week 11 6-1 Adjectives of emotion used with estar 6-3 Use of gustar, ser vs. estar; 6-4 Conjugation of verbs with irregular yo form
    Week 12 6-2 Present progressive Cultura: El fútbol y el dominó; 6-6 Review and writing;
    Unit 6 Test or Final Exam
    Week 13 6-2 summary of all question words; 6-3 Vocabulary of sports and pastimes
    Week 14 6-3 Use of gustar, ser vs. estar
    Week 15 6-4 Conjugation of verbs with irregular yo form; 6-5 Culture: Cultura: El fútbol y el dominó; 6-6 Review and writing
    Week 16 Review and Unit 6 Test or Final Exam

    Quarter 3
    8 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in four Quarters
    Week 1 4-1 Vocabulary of family, possession with de and with possessive adjectives
    Week 2 4-2 Vocabulary to describe people with ser, vocabulary of nationality
    Week 3 4-3 Vocabulary of professions, gustar + infinitive
    Week 4 4-4 Vocabulary of the house, use of estar en for location and ser de for origin, prepositions
    Week 5 4-5 Culture: Fiestas en la familia y cultura hispana; 4-6 Review and writing
    Week 6 5-1 Conjugation of ir, vocabulary of the community
    Week 7 5-2 Questions with dónde, Use of ir a + infinitive
    Week 8 5-3 Vocabulary of food and eating; Final Exam
    Quarter 4
    8 Weeks, covering Spanish 1 in four Quarters
    Week 1 5-4 Stem-changing verbs: o-ue
    Week 2 5-4 Stem-changing verbs: e-ie, e-i
    Week 3 5-5 Culture: Las comidas típicas y rápidas; 5-6 Review and writing
    Week 4 6-1 Adjectives of emotion used with estar
    Week 5 6-2 Present progressive
    Week 6 6-2 summary of all question words; 6-3 Vocabulary of sports and pastimes
    Week 7 6-4 Conjugation of verbs with irregular yo form
    Week 8 6-5 Culture: Cultura: El fútbol y el dominó; 6-6 Review and writing; Final Exam

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