St. John School

First Semester Spanish:

• Culture Focus: Spanish-speaking communities of the United States
• Vocabulary: Greetings, dates, weather, afterschool activities, foods and beverages, describing yourself and others
• Grammar: Subject pronoun, gustar with an infinitive, definite and indefinite articles, noun-adjective agreement

Second Semester Spanish:

• Culture Focus: Mexico
• Vocabulary: Daily schedules, telling time, numbers to 1,000, describing classes, describing location, expressing feelings, reflexive verbs
• Grammar: Present tense of regular verbs tener, ser, estar, jugar and ir, present tense of regular verbs

Exploratory World Languages:

• Chinese
• German
• Latin
• French
• Italian (elective)
  

First Semester Spanish:

• Culture Focus: Puerto Rico
• Vocabulary: Meals and food, asking questions, family, age and birthdays
• Grammar: Verb gustar with nouns, review regular and irregular verbs, possessive adjectives, comparing people or activities

Second Semester Spanish:

• Culture Focus: Spain (field trip to Nelson Atkins Art Museum with Spanish and Art classes)
• Vocabulary: Clothing, shopping, places, events, transportation, restaurants
• Grammar: Stem-changing verbs, direct object pronouns

Exploratory World Languages:

• Latin
• French
• Italian (elective)
  

First Semester Spanish:

• Culture Focus: Ecuador & Chile
• Vocabulary: Describing a house, household items, furniture, ordinal numbers, planning a party, chores
• Grammar: Ser versus estar, review of stem-changing verbs, more irregular verbs such as dar, decir, poner, traer and venir, affirmative tú commands

Second Semester Spanish:

• Culture Focus: Dominican Republic & Spanish-speaking communities in Lawrence area (field trip to Kansas City)
• Vocabulary: Sports, staying healthy, parts of the body, daily routines, shopping, ordering
• Grammar: : Preterite of regular verbs, preterites of ir and ser, present tense of irregular verbs saber and conocer, present progressive tense

Exploratory World Languages:

• Chinese
• German
• Italian (elective)