Capítulo 3: Scope and Sequence
Unit 1: Family and Descriptions
3.1 Family Vocabulary
3.1 Vocabulario de la familia
Learn vocabulary for immediate and extended family members.
3.1.1 Práctica con el vocabulario de la familia
Practice identifying and naming family members.
3.1.2 El árbol genealógico
Create and describe a family tree.
3.2 Hispanic Surnames
3.2 Los apellidos hispanos
Explore naming customs and the use of paternal and maternal surnames.
3.3 Descriptions of Family Members
3.3.1 Vocabulario de las descripciones de los miembros de la familia
Learn adjectives and phrases to describe family.
3.3.2 ¿Cómo son los familiares?
Practice describing physical and personality traits.
Unit 2: Legends, Traditions, and Cultural Practices
3.4 Legends and Alebrijes
3.4.1 Sinote; El alebrije
Read and discuss the legend of the alebrije.
3.4.2 Pedro Linares: Artista mexicano y leyenda
Learn about the creator of the alebrije tradition.
3.4.3 Una leyenda familiar personal (escritura)
Write a short personal or family legend.
3.5 Monarch Butterflies and Day of the Dead
3.5 Las mariposas monarcas y el Día de los Muertos
Explore the connection between monarch butterflies and Día de los Muertos.
Unit 3: Time and Daily Activities
3.6 Telling Time
3.6.1 La hora; telling time
Learn to ask and tell time.
3.6.2 Práctica con la hora
Practice reading and saying the time.
3.7 Schedules
3.7 ¿A qué hora? y los días de la semana
Ask and answer when events happen and name the days of the week.
3.8 Actions and Preferences
3.8 Acciones (verbos), lo que me gusta y lo que no me gusta
Use verbs to talk about activities you like and dislike.
3.9 Más expresiones con el infinitivo
Practice expressions such as necesito and tengo que + infinitivo.
Unit 4: Regular and Irregular Verbs
3.10 Forming Questions
3.10 Formación de preguntas en español
Learn how to create yes/no and information questions.
3.11 Regular Verb Conjugations
3.11 Verbos -ar, -er, -ir en español
Conjugate regular verbs in the present tense.
3.12 Activities with a Partner
3.12 Mi compañero/a y yo y nuestras actividades
Practice describing activities with regular verbs.
3.13 Irregular Verbs
3.13 Conjugaciones irregulares de los verbos estar, ver y tener
Learn and practice irregular conjugations.
3.15 Phrases with Tener
3.15 Frases con tener
Use tener expressions (e.g., tener hambre, tener prisa).
3.16 Obligations
3.16 Obligaciones
Discuss obligations using tener que.
Unit 5: Pre-Hispanic Culture of Mexico
3.14 Procession of the Virgin
3.14 La tradición de la procesión de la Virgen
Explore this important religious and cultural tradition.
3.17 Pre-Hispanic Cultures
3.17 La cultura pre-hispánica de México
Learn about Mesoamerican civilizations.
3.18 The Aztec Calendar
3.18 El calendario azteca y su significado
Discuss the Aztec calendar and what it represents.
3.19 The Quetzal
3.19 El quetzal
Explore the cultural symbolism of this bird.
3.20 Nahuatl Poetry
3.20 Un poema náhuatl
Read and interpret a poem in Nahuatl.
3.21 The Florentine Codex
3.21 El códex florentino
Learn about this historical manuscript documenting Aztec culture.
Unit 6: Review and Integration
3.22 Review and Synthesis
3.22 Repaso
Consolidate all vocabulary, grammar, and cultural topics through practice and projects.