
Spanish Curriculum – Mis Clases Locas Curriculum
Mis Clases Locas Curriculum – my ideal Spanish Curriculum
Spanish 1 Curriculum

Spanish 1 Quarter 1
- Week 1 plan with Proficiency Introduction
- Super 7 Present Unit Bundle
- During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day
- SOMOS units 1-3 review or do quickly + unit 5 (maybe Ferdinand)
- El Capibara con botas unit – w/ Ecuador Reading , Cultural Stations: Capibara y Ecuador
- Encanto (option to show it here)
Spanish 1 Quarter 2
- Guapo/Calvo/Feo – Sr. Wooly Victor Trilogy Unit
- Mexico/Day of the Dead Unit w/ Day of the Dead & Mexico introduction, Coco
- Tumba – quick novel read in the style of 1 novel 1 week
- música indígena – for Native American History month in November
- Choice unit depending on time & access to novels El Ekeko – novel unit OR SOMOS units 6 & 7
- Navidad/ 3 Reyes – cultural unit
Spanish 1 – Quarter 3
- During February – Afro-Latinx song of the day
- Food – w/ SOMOS unit 8 – Latin Food/Elote & Canela – film unit
- Valentine’s Day Activities
- Colombia – w/ Biblioburro, Yipao & La Bicicleta
- Peter va a Colombia – novel unit & Encanto
Spanish 1 – Quarter 4
- During March – March Madness Song Bracket
- Las Fallas – Cultural Unit
- Billy la bufanda – Sr. Wooly Unit
- Selena movie- (for Selena’s b-day in April)
- Legends Unit w/ Somos Unit 9 – El Cucuy & Maya y los tres
- El Silbón de Venezuela – novel unit
- Culture Project – Final
Spanish 2 Mis Clases Locas Curriculum

Spanish 2 – Quarter 1
- Mi verano past tense unit intro – Question Cards – Mi Verano & Find Someone Who
- La Tomatina – cultural unit
- During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day
- Imperfect Unit – using Hybrid Imperfect Bundle
- Intro Past Tense Ir – FSW & Fue Question Cards + maybe some Somos 2.1/2.2
- Fiesta Fatal – novel unit
Spanish 2 – Quarter 2
- Amnesia – Sr. Wooly Unit
- música indígena – for Native American History month in November
- Living on $1 & Which Way Home w/ Esperanza – novel unit & La Misma Luna – film
- 3 Reyes Magos & Winter Holidays
Spanish 2 Quarter 3
- Return from Winter Break
- Go! Vive a tu Manera intro & then watch each Friday
- Preterite Unit – Super 7
- Felipe Alou – novel unit w/ Pelotero (baseball & DR) or Vivo (Afro-Latinx) film
- During February – Afro-Latinx song of the day
Spanish 2 – Quarter 4
- During March – March Madness Song Bracket
- Sr. Wooly – wooly week song
- Bianca Nieves – novel unit – with Bullfighting, Spain & Ferdinand film study
Spanish 3 Spanish Curriculum

Spanish 3 – Quarter 1
- Mi verano past tense unit intro – Question Cards – Mi Verano & Find Someone Who
- Preterite Unit – Super 7 &/or Imperfect Unit Super 7 (could be done as quick as a review)
- Sr. Wooly Unit – La Dentista song
- During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day
- Intro Costa Rica & El Medio Ambiente + Pachamama
- Robo en la noche – novel unit (past tense)
Spanish 3 – Quarter 2
- Sr. Wooly Unit – Billy y las Botas
- música indígena – for Native American History month in November
- La Llorona de Mazatlán – novel unit
- El camino de Xico (authentic Mexican film with legends)
Spanish 3 – Quarter 3
- Return from Winter Break
- Vidas Impactantes – mini lit circles – each group reads one biography
- During February – Afro-Latinx song of the day
- Literature Circles – full novels – focusing on past tense (Ideas Problemas, Frida, Noche de Oro)
Spanish 3 – Quarter 4
- During March – March Madness Song Bracket
- Sr. Wooly – wooly week song
- Voces Inocentes film study
- Vida y Muerte – novel unit w/ MS13 Stations
Spanish 4 Curriculum

Spanish 4 – Quarter 1
- Mi verano past tense unit intro – Question Cards – Mi Verano & Find Someone Who
- Super 7 Future Unit
- During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day
- 48 hours novel unit (new) w/ Pachamama & Environment (if not used in Sp3)
Spanish 4 – Quarter 2
- Literature Circles – full novels
- Introduce Conditional w/ Conditional – FSW
- Sr. Wooly Unit – Encerada en la escuela
- música indígena – for Native American History month in November
- Vidas Impactantes – mini lit circles – each group reads one biography
Spanish 4 – Quarter 3
- Return from Winter Break
- Cajas de Cartón– short story unit with Postville Raid
- During February – Afro-Latinx song of the day
- Vector – novel unit
Spanish 4 – Quarter 4
- During March – March Madness Song Bracket
- Sr. Wooly – wooly week song
- La Calaca Alegre – novel unit w/ El Orfanato film study

Alternate Hybrid-Block Mis Clases Locas Curriculum
- Hybrid Spanish Class- 1st week of school
- Distance Super 7 Verb Unit modifications
- Hybrid Teaching – Teach Online & In-Person
- Block Schedule in Spanish class
So if you need to teach virtually, paperless, or want more ideas on curriculum, please see below for my 2020-2021 Spanish 1-4 Curriculum.
Spanish 1 Semester 1 – in a quarter on a Hybrid Block – Para Empezar – year-round
- Name Game Speedball & 1st Day of Spanish Class
- Super 7 Hybrid Bundle
- Somos 1.1 Flex
- Sr. Wooly – Las Excusas
- Somos 1.2 Flex
- Teri la Tortuga story Super 7 review – El Tuerto Guty
- Sr. Wooly – Billy la bufanda
- Cultural Unit depending on the time of year – Q1 – Day of the Dead & Q2 – Winter Holidays
(Then they had a quarter off of Spanish)
Spanish 1 Semester 2 – in a quarter on Block
Semester 2 started Hybrid but moved to an everyday block schedule. So we got through a lot more this semester with more contact time. I tried to mix up the type of units to keep it fresh with 100-minute classes & we played a lot of Blooket.
- Sweet 16 Hybrid Bundle
- El capibara con botas, Chapters 1-4, Chapters 5-9, Chapters 10-14 & Assessments
- Somos 1.3 Flex
- Sr. Wooly – Adonde vas?
- Somos 1.4 Flex
- Sr. Wooly – Diego
- Ferdinand + Somos 1.5 Flex (bullfighting)
- Canela
Spanish 2 Semester 1- in a quarter on a Hybrid Block – Para Empezar – year round
- 1st Day of Spanish 2
- La Tomatina
- Intro Go! Vive a tu Manera (then between each unit we did an episode of Go!)
- Sweet 16 Hybrid Bundle
- Somos 1.9 Leyendas
- Sr. Wooly – Amnesia
- Somos 1.11 Deportes
- Cultural Unit depending on the time of year – Q1 – Day of the Dead & Q2 – Winter Holidays
Spanish 1 Semester 2 – in a quarter on Block
Semester 2 started Hybrid but moved to an everyday block schedule. So we got through a lot more this semester with more contact time. The big goal for semester 2 of Spanish 2 was introducing the past tenses. Once we moved to everyday classes, Friday we would watch an episode of Go! Vive a tu Manera
- 1st Day After Winter Break
- Intro Past Tense Ir – FSW & Fue Question Cards + Somos 2.1
- Imperfect Unit – using Hybrid Imperfect Bundle
- Sr. Wooly – La Dentista (in past tense)
- Felipe Alou Unit – including the film Pelotero
- Sr. Wooly – Victor Trilogy (Guapo, Calvo, Feo) – split between other units
- Somos 2.1 & 2.2 – preterite tense
- Las Fallas unit
Spanish 3/4 Semester 1- in a quarter on a Hybrid Block – Para Empezar – year round
Teaching both Spanish 3 and Spanish 4 during the exact same block was quite a challenge. It was my largest class, and it had a huge range of proficiency levels. It included the very high Spanish 4 students, who had been with me for 6 years since 7th grade exploratory & earned I5 on the AAPPL test. Also, the same class period included Spanish 3 students who had not had class for 6 months, since they did 0 virtual work during the shutdown, and who were very much still novice Spanish 2 level.
The Spanish 4 students had watched El Internado the year before & the Spanish 3 students had watched Go! Vive a tu Manera. So together we opted to instead watch Street Food Latin America between units as our show. We found it worked best to do the same content across both levels most of the time but to differentiate among the students.
- 1st Day of Spanish 3/4 – Mi verano preterite review
- Review Past Tense – Preterite Bundle + Somos 2.11 – past tense fable
- Street Food Argentina
- Vida y Muerte Novel Unit – Resources, Introducing Vida y Muerte, Vida y Muerte Lesson Plans
- Street Food Peru
- AAPPL test or El Banco Sr. Wooly for those who chose not to test
Spanish 3/4 Semester 2 – in a quarter on a Block
- 1st Day After Winter Break
- Street Food Bolivia
- Literature Circle Unit – using Sp3 – Robo en la noche & Sp4 La Calaca Alegre
- Street Food Colombia
- Sr. Wooly – Billy y las Botas trilogy (we realized these classes had not done Wooly all year)
- Street Food Mexico
- El Medio Ambiente – Mar de Plastico Unit + Pachamama & El camino de Xico
- Sp3 – Sueño hecho realidad E reader & Sp4 – Cajas de Cartón – short story unit
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
- French Comprehensible Input Curriculum
If you are looking for bundles of curriculum
- Holiday Bundle– cultural activities for all year
-
Year of Para Empezar– class starters for a year for every level
- Movie Bundle – for cultural movies all year – make great sub plans!
- Spanish 1 Mega Bundle– present tense
-
Mega Bundle Spanish 2 or 3 – past tense
- Speaking Mega Bundle
- Back to School Mega Bundle
- High-Frequency Verbs Mega Bundle – if you teach many levels
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