Spanish

About this course

The language taught here is Spanish, and tenth grade is openly built with the Advanced Placement Spanish exam in view. Many lessons are titled AP Spanish Grammar or AP Spanish Reading, one lesson lays out the six AP thematic vocabulary areas by name, and another walks through the format of the AP reading section along with strategies for it. The grammar unit works at that level: the present subjunctive across noun, adjective, and adverbial clauses, sequence of tenses, the imperfect subjunctive and its literary uses, conditional and hypothetical clauses, the perfect tenses, passive voice with ser, impersonal se, and the adjectives that change meaning depending on whether they follow ser or estar. A second grammar unit covers the same territory again from a different angle and adds the imperative. Vocabulary is specialized rather than general: medical, legal, ministry and missions, philosophical, business, environmental, literary devices, Spanish proverbs, idioms, and near-synonyms with attention to connotation.

Reading covers newspapers, hymns, devotional writing, poetry, fables, short stories, a parable of Jesus in Spanish, biography, informational texts, and AP-style passages with comprehension questions answered in Spanish. Writing runs through the AP-style argumentative essay, timed writing, creative fiction with a Christian theme, original Spanish poetry, formal and informal letters, a research summary, a two-voice written debate, and literary analysis paragraphs. The culture unit is unusually substantive, covering Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, cultural competence for missions, the growth of Pentecostalism, Hispanic churches in the United States, the Reformation's effect on Latin America, the colonial legacy, modern politics, and a full lesson on Cameron Townsend, the Wycliffe founder, including the question from a Cakchiquel man that redirected his life.

There are 144 lessons in 12 units of 12, at about 40 minutes each, with units 7 through 12 covering the six strands a second time. Most lessons here are written as a continuous block of explanation with the Spanish examples woven into the prose rather than set in tables, and several topics come around more than once inside a unit, so expect some overlap. Each lesson ends with a written task and a ten-question quiz that grades itself. One caution deserves emphasis given the AP framing: this course has no audio of any kind. The real AP Spanish Language and Culture exam includes a listening section and a speaking section, and nothing here prepares your student for either. Treat it as strong preparation for the reading and writing halves of that exam, and plan to add listening and conversation practice from elsewhere if your student intends to sit for it. A handful of lessons refer to outside texts or a dictionary. It assumes fluency with the past tenses, the perfect tenses, and a first exposure to the subjunctive coming in.

What the course covers

• Present and imperfect subjunctive across all clause types, with sequence of tenses
• Conditional and hypothetical clauses, perfect tenses, and the imperative
• Passive voice with ser, impersonal se, and advanced ser-estar distinctions
• Specialized vocabulary: medical, legal, ministry, business, and philosophical
• Spanish proverbs, idioms, collocations, and near-synonyms
• Formal debate, presentations, interviews, negotiations, and apologetics conversations
• AP-style reading passages, journalism, hymns, poetry, fables, and parables
• AP-style argumentative essays, timed writing, and literary analysis
• Creative writing in Spanish: fiction, poetry, journals, and personal narrative
• Culture: Sor Juana, Pentecostal growth, colonial legacy, missions, and Cameron Townsend

What your student will be able to do

• Apply the subjunctive correctly across noun, adjective, and adverbial clauses
• Choose the right subjunctive tense using the sequence-of-tenses rule
• Read an AP-style Spanish passage and answer comprehension questions in Spanish
• Write a timed argumentative essay in Spanish with a defended position
• Discuss faith, ethics, and current events in Spanish with formal vocabulary
• Analyze a Spanish poem or story for theme, symbol, and the author's craft

Scope and sequence

All 12 units of Spanish for Grade 10, in the order they are taught.

Every lesson, by title

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One whole lesson, exactly as it comes

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What you will need

Drawn from the materials named across all 144 lessons of this course. Most families already own most of it.