Inside: Scope and Sequence for Spanish 1-Spanish 4 using novels and comprehensible input curriculum without a textbook. Mis Clases Locas updated curriculum for 2019-2020
Remember I have had ultimate freedom as a #deptof1 & have had the chance to try out a lot of differnet things over the years.
**It would be helpful to read this post first – How I Create a CI Curriculum for Spanish 1-4.
OK now are you ready for next year’s tentative curriculum!?! Click on the links for previous blog post explaining the units or resources to make your life easier. This post has now been updated as well. If you are interested in getting many of the resources I use, I would suggest starting with Spanish 1 Mega Bundle & Mega Bundle Spanish 2 or 3, as well as clicking the links below.
Year 8 – 2019-2020 plan Mis Clases Locas Curriculum
It is important to note that I have started moving quicker to keep interest, such as reading some books in the style of 1 novel 1 week. This is why it might seem like I have more content listed than others. I also pick and choose from SOMOS units, with them typically just lasting 1 week (Intro vocab, story, and get right into the culture of unit). Please remember this is all subject to change and I will adjust as needed.
Spanish 1 19-20
Spanish 1 Mega Bundle (includes many resources listed below)
This particular group of Spanish 1 had one quarter of Exploratory Spanish (which included Super 7 unit, & SOMOS units 1-3), so they will be starting slightly ahead of where I would normally start in Spanish 1.
Quarter 1
- (During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day)
- SOMOS units 1-3 review & unit 5
- SOMOS units 6 & 7
Quarter 2
- Guapo/Calvo/Feo – Sr. Wooly Victor Trilogy Unit
- Day of the Dead & Mexico introduction
- Coco – film unit
- Tumba – quick novel read in the style of 1 novel 1 week
- El Ekeko – novel unit
- Navidad/ 3 Reyes – cultural unit
Quarter 3
(During February – Afro-Latino song of the day)
- SOMOS unit 8 – Latin Food/Elote
- Canela – film unit
- Biblioburro
- Yipao
- Peter va a Colombia – novel unit
- La Bicicleta
- Pachamama
Quarter 4
(During March – March Madness Song Bracket)
- Las Fallas – Cultural Unit
Spanish 2 19-20 Mis Clases Locas Curriculum
Mega Bundle Spanish 2 or 3 includes many resources listed below
Quarter 1
- Mi verano past tense unit intro – Question Cards – Mi Verano & Find Someone Who
- (During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day)
- Fiesta Fatal – novel unit
Quarter 2
- Amnesia – Sr. Wooly Unit
- Living on $1 & Which Way Home – film studies
- Esperanza – novel unit
- La Misma Luna – film study
Quarter 3
- El Internado Intro & then watch each Friday
- Felipe Alou – novel unit
- Pelotero or Sugar film studies
- (During February – Afro-Latino song of the day)
Quarter 4
(During March – March Madness Song Bracket)
- Bianca Nieves – novel unit
- with Bullfighting, Spain & Ferdinand film study
- Sr. Wooly TBD
Spanish 3 19-20
El Internado each Friday
Mega Bundle Spanish 2 or 3 includes many resources listed below
Quarter 1
- Question Cards – Mi Verano & Find Someone Who
- Super 7 Preterite Unit (have not done yet)
- Bart Quiere un Gato (quick read to build confidence 1 week)
- Sr. Wooly Unit – La Dentista song
- (During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day)
- Intro Costa Rica
- Pachamama & Environment
- Robo en la noche – novel unit (past tense)
Quarter 2
- Sr. Wooly Unit – Billy y las Botas
- La Llorona de Mazatlán – novel unit
- legends and Mexico & maybe the new movie?
Quarter 3
- (During February – Afro-Latino song of the day)
- Literature Circles – full novels
- Vidas Impactantes – mini lit circles based by people
Quarter 4
(During March – March Madness Song Bracket)
- Voces Inocentes film study
- Vida y Muerte – novel unit
- Sr. Wooly TBD
Spanish 4 19-20
El Internado each Friday
**This class is going to be blended with a mix of independent study and those actually in class due to scheduling problems, so the plan is much looser depending on their future interests. With the group I have, we may move VERY fast through some of my planned units. I think it will be more of a college class set up with a possible 20% time for those actually in class for choice reading in Spanish, watching a choice show, investigating something related to future job in Spanish etc.
Quarter 1
- Super 7 Future Unit (new)
- (During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day)
- 48 hours novel unit (new)
- Pachamama & Environment
- Cajas de Cartón– short story unit
- with Postville Raid
Quarter 2
- Literature Circles – full novels
- Conditional – FSW
- Sr. Wooly Unit – Encerada en la escuela
Quarter 3
- (During February – Afro-Latino song of the day)
- Vector – novel unit
- Vidas Impactantes – mini lit circles based by people
Quarter 4
(During March – March Madness Song Bracket)
- La Calaca Alegre – novel unit
- El Orfanato film study
- Identidad unit is a great way to end Senior year 🙂
If you want to see how I have evolved & changed here was my tentative plan last year
2018-2019 Mis Clases Locas Curriculum
This particular group of Spanish 1 had two quarters of Exploratory Spanish, so they started ahead of where I would normally start in Spanish 1. If I was starting from a true Spanish 1, I would start with the Super 7 unit, the novel El Capibara con botas and SOMOS units 1-5.
Spanish 1 18-19
Quarter 1
- (During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day)
- Brandon Brown quiere un perro – novel unit
Quarter 2
- Guapo – Sr. Wooly Unit
- Day of the Dead & Mexico introduction
- Coco – film unit
- Tumba – novel unit
- **We also did an El Ekeko ecourse
- Navidad/ 3 Reyes – cultural unit
Quarter 3
(During February – Afro-Latino song of the day)
- SOMOS unit 8 – Latin Food/Elote
- Canela – film unit
- Biblioburro
- Yipao
- Peter va a Colombia – novel unit
- La Bicicleta
Quarter 4
(During March – March Madness Song Bracket)
- Las Fallas – Cultural Unit
- Somos Unit 9 – El Cucuy
- El Silbón
- El Silbón de Venezuela – novel unit
- **We also did a La Llorona mini unit
Spanish 2 18-19
Quarter 1
- (During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day)
- Living on $1 & Which Way Home – film studies
- Esperanza – novel unit
- La Misma Luna – film study
Quarter 2
- Amnesia – Sr. Wooly Unit
- Fiesta Fatal – novel unit
- **We actually ditched this novel for ecourse for Brandon Brown vs. Yucatan
Quarter 3
- El Internado Intro & then watch each Friday
- Felipe Alou – novel unit
- In the Time of Butterflies & Pelotero/Sugar film studies
- (During February – Afro-Latino song of the day)
Quarter 4
(During March – March Madness Song Bracket)
- Las Fallas – Cultural Unit (did not do last year)
- Bianca Nieves – novel unit
- with Bullfighting, Spain & Ferdinand film study
- Sr. Wooly TBD
Spanish 3 18-19
El Internado each Friday
Quarter 1
- Sr. Wooly Unit – La Dentista song
- (During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day)
- Robo en la noche – novel unit (past tense)
Quarter 2
- Sr. Wooly Unit – Billy y las Botas
- La Llorona de Mazatlán – novel unit
- with recent World Cup, legends and Mexico (Coco since they have not seen it)
- **We actually switched out this novel & did Problemas en Paraiso as an ecourse instead
- + Navidad Madness
Quarter 3
- (During February – Afro-Latino song of the day)
- Literature Circles – full novels
- Vidas Impactantes – mini lit circles based by people
- **We actually switched out this and my student teacher did THIS UNIT on Frida
Quarter 4
(During March – March Madness Song Bracket)
- Voces Inocentes film study
- Vida y Muerte – novel unit
- Sr. Wooly Music Bracket
Spanish 4 18-19
El Internado each Friday
**This class was very small and did not always meet due to scheduling problems, so the plan was much looser and more of a blended learning with online ecourses and Google Classroom. With the group I have, we moved VERY fast through some of my planned units and ended up doing about two books per quarter. I added notes about some changes we did & will hopefully blog about this blended class soon.
Quarter 1
- Vector – novel unit
- Cajas de Cartón– short story unit with Postville Raid
- **We actually switched out this unit & they did Vidas Impactantes as an ecourse
Quarter 2
- +Hija del Sastre ecourse
- Literature Circles – full novels
- **due to small numbers they did a choice book and TV show
Quarter 3
- +Hasta la sepultura ecourse
- Vidas Impactantes – mini lit circles based by people
- APPLL prep since we read this quarter 1 instead
Quarter 4
- + choice book and TV show
- La Calaca Alegre – novel unit
- El Orfanato film study
- Identidad unit is a great way to end Senior year 🙂
Whoah. Well that was a beast to write as always. I hope you found Mis Clases Locas Curriculum useful! Please share your curriculum as well!
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Past years curriculum
- Curriculum Year 6 – Teaching Spanish with Novels
- Curriculum Planning for Upper Level Spanish
- How I Teach Spanish Without a Textbook Curriculum Year 5
- Curriculum Year 4
- Curriculum Year 3
Originally published 6.14.18 – updated 6.19.19
Thank you! I can't wait to check this out more…super helpful! 🙂
Thank you for everything you share! It's a great resource as I delve deeper into my CI practice. Do you read El Capibara con Botas after only doing the Super 7 Unit? Or is it somewhere in between the Somos 1-5 units?
P.S. Happy Birthday!!
Do you have anymore details for the Identidad unit mentioned at the end of quarter 4 for Spanish 4? What resources do you use for that?
This is so helpful. I have purchased a lot of your resources and this gives me a good outline for when to use them. Thank you so much!
Did you make a teachers guide for "Silbon"?
Thanks! This is awesome. One question, we are on a semester block schedule at my school, so our "quarters" are only 4.5 weeks long, but we see our students for 90 min every day. I teach level 1, so how would you adjust this pacing for a schedule like that?
I would honestly pace the same. The contact hours should be similar.
How do you teach a novel in a week? What does your daily lesson plan look like for that?
read this post! https://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/2018/11/reading-novel-in-one-week-in-spanish.html
Hi Allison. Thank you for sharing such wonderful resources. I am looking over your scope and sequence for Spanish 1 and I noticed that for quarter 3, you have Somos 1 Unit 19 Biblioburro. I am concerned that this unit might be a bit difficult for the students. What are you thoughts and reasoning for placing Biblioburro in the 3rd quarter of Spanish 1? Again, thank you for all that you do.
Allison Wienhold
6:37 PM (0 minutes ago)
to Norma
Norma,
We do this unit to introduce the biblioburo (which is a big part of the novel Peter va a Colombia). We do not do everything in the unit, but iot is a good intro to help them understand the book!
Allison