A Parent-Student Guide to the
Spanish Curriculum
at
Shore Country Day School
Information Compiled by:
Pamela Braverman
Chair, World Language Department
Note to Users:
This booklet was made solely for the students and parents of Shore Country Day School. Students and parents alike are encouraged to use this booklet to guide them throughout their careers as Spanish students or parents of Spanish students at Shore.
The first part gives an overview of Shore’s Spanish Program. The second part details grammar taught at all three levels. The third part gives a brief explanation of each chapter and all of the vocabulary taught. The last section in particular can be used for quizzing vocabulary at home.
Many thanks to Barbara Drummond and Anne Sebile for their contributions. Please consult the Curriculum Guide for further information, and please feel free to contact any Foreign Language Department member. We hope you find this booklet helpful and enjoy using it.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Note to Users: 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3
The Spanish Program at Shore 4
7 Spanish 4
8 I Spanish 4
8 Spanish 5
9 I Spanish 5
9 II Spanish 5
Grammar Sections 6
The Spanish Alphabet 6
Nouns 6
Explanation 6
Masculine and Feminine 6
Singular and Plural 7
Agreement 7
Adjectives 7
Explanation 7
Masculine and Feminine 7
Singular and Plural 8
Agreement 8
Placement 8
Possessive Adjectives 9
Explanation 9
The Short Form and the Long Form 9
Demonstrative Adjectives 10
Adverbs 10
Explanation 10
Formation 11
Verbs 11
The Present Indicative Tense 11
Regular Verbs 11
Irregular Verbs 12
Irregular in the ‘yo’ form 12
Completely Irregular 12
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Stem-changing Verbs 12
The Progressives 13
The Present Progressive 13
The Past Progressive 14
The Imperative 14
The Past Indicative Tenses 16
The Preterite 16
Regular Verbs 16
Irregular Verbs 17
The Imperfect 20
Regular Verbs 20
Irregular Verbs 20
Preterite vs. Imperfect 20
The Futures 22
The Immediate Future 22
The Future Tense 22
Regular Verbs 22
Irregular Verbs 22
The Conditional Tense 23
Regular Verbs 23
Irregular Verbs 23
The Past Participle 24
Regular Past Participles 24
Irregular Past Participles 24
The Perfect Tenses 24
The Present Perfect 24
The Future Perfect 25
The Conditional Perfect 25
The Subjunctive Mood 25
Explanation 25
Uses 26
Forms 30
The Present Subjunctive 30
Regular Verbs 30
Irregular Verbs 31
The Present Perfect Subjunctive 31
The Imperfect Subjunctive 31
The Pluperfect Subjunctive 31
Reflexive Verbs 32
Prepositions 32
Pronouns 33
Personal Pronouns 33
Object Pronouns 33
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Pronoun Placement 34
Prepositional Pronouns 34
Possessive Pronouns 34
The Definite Article 35
1.Names of languages and other subjects of study (except after hablar, en, or de) - el inglés, las matemáticas 35
2. Parts of the body – la cabeza, el ojo 35
3.Articles of clothing – la camisa, el pantalón 35
4.Titles (though not when addressing the person directly) – la Señora Torres, la Princesa Diana 35
5.Seasons – el otoño, el invierno, la primavera, el verano 35
6.Days of the week to express ‘on’ – el lunes, el martes 35
7.Nouns in a general sense – la fruta, las comidas 35
8.Nouns of weight or measure – la libra, el kilo 35
9.Certain geographical names – los Estados Unidos, el Perú 35
The Indefinite Article 36
1.Before an unmodified noun expressing nationality, religion, rank, or occupation – Soy americana. – Es un actor famoso. 36
10.With the following words: cien 36
Ser vs. Estar 36
Saber vs. Conocer 37
The Expression hace…que 37
The Comparative 38
The Superlative 39
Ordinal Numbers 40
Affirmative and Negative Words 40
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Question Words 41
Pero, sino y sino que 41
GUSTAR and verbs of the like 41
Por and Para 42
The Personal ‘a’ 42
Accent Marks and Stressed Syllables 42
Buen Viaje Chapters and Vocabulary 44
Glencoe Spanish I 44
Bienvenidos 44
Capítulo 1 46
Capítulo 2 48
Capítulo 3 50
Capítulo 4 51
Capítulo 5 53
Capítulo 6 56
Capítulo 7 58
Capítulo 8 60
Capítulo 9 62
Capítulo 10 64
Capítulo 11 65
Capítulo 12 67
Capítulo 13 69
Capítulo 14 70
Literature Sections 71
Glencoe Spanish 2 72
Capítulo 1 72
Capítulo 2 73
Capítulo 3 75
Capítulo 4 77
Capítulo 5 79
Capítulo 6 81
Capítulo 7 83
Capítulo 8 85
Capítulo 9 87
Capítulo 10 89
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Capítulo 11 91
Capítulo 12 93
Capítulo 13 95
Capítulo 14 97
Literature Sections 98
Bibliography 99
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