Table of Contents Reporteros 1A

REPORTEROS

An inclusive, communicative Spanish program that speaks to today’s young learners

¡Empezamos!

UNIT LEARNING GOALS

• to learn about the Spanish language

• to use everyday expressions and words

• to learn the Spanish alphabet and its sounds

• to learn about the location of Spanish-speaking countries

• to find out traditions and celebrations in Spanish-speaking countries

1 SPANISH LANGUAGE FACTS

• SPANISH AROUND THE WORLD 3

- The most-spoken languages in the world

- Spanish on the Internet

- The most studied languages in the world

- Countries with the most Spanish speakers

• SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES 4

- Essential facts

- State and city names that originate from the Spanish language

- Spanish words used in English

- Famous people who speak Spanish

• HISTORY OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE 5

2 ESSENTIAL PHRASES

• HOLA, ¿QUÉ TAL? 7

- Los saludos

- Las despedidas

- Los saludos en los diferentes países hispanohablantes

• LETRAS Y SONIDOS 10

- El alfabeto y los sonidos

- Una letra, dos sonidos: R, C, G

• ¿DE DÓNDE ERES? 12

- Mapa de América

- Mapa de España

- Mapa de Guinea Ecuatorial

• ¿QUÉ DÍA ES HOY? 14

- Los días de la semana

- Los meses

- Los números del 0 al 31

- Las fechas

• ¿QUÉ TIEMPO HACE? 16

- El tiempo

- Las estaciones

- Los hemisferios

• EN EL SALÓN DE CLASE 18

- Objetos y personas del salón de clase

- ¿Qué es esto?

• ¿PUEDE REPETIR, POR FAVOR? 20

- Pedir información

- Cortesía

- Pedir permiso

- Disculparse

- Dar instrucciones

- Expresiones útiles

- ¿Tú o usted?

• RAZONES PARA APRENDER ESPAÑOL 21

- Some occupations that require Spanish

- You will need Spanish if you want to...

3 CALENDARIO CULTURAL 22

• ENERO

Día de Reyes (Puerto Rico)

• FEBRERO

Carnaval de Barranquilla (Colombia)

• MARZO

Las Fallas (España)

• ABRIL

Feria de Abril (España)

• MAYO

Día de la Afrocolombianidad (Colombia)

• JUNIO

Inti Raymi (Perú)

• JULIO

Día de Simón Bolívar (Venezuela)

• AGOSTO

Día del Folklore Argentino (Argentina)

• SEPTIEMBRE

Grito de Dolores (México)

• OCTUBRE

Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Nicaragua)

• NOVIEMBRE

Día de Muertos (México)

• DICIEMBRE

Fin de Año (países hispanohablantes)

1 Soy de los Estados Unidos

LECCIÓN 1 Todo sobre mí

COMUNICACIÓN

• to greet people and introduce yourself 28

• to ask and give basic personal information 30

• to identify occupations 34

CULTURA

• Mexican Americans 27

• greetings in Spanish-speaking countries 29

• famous Spanish-speaking people 30, 34

• a photojournalism program that explores identity 36

• El Día de Muertos 37

• Hispanic Heritage Month 47

DOCUMENTOS

•  VIDEO Dana introduces herself and her country 24

• CAMERA FOTOGRAFÍA Juan Toscano, NBA player 26

• align-left CHAT Reporteros’ group chat conversation 27

• CAMERA align-left VIÑETAS Conversations in Spanish 28

• CAMERA PÓSTER Young Spanish-speaking personalities 30

•  PROGRAMA DE TV La Voz Kids, Caracol Televisión 32

•  DIÁLOGO Dana and her friend’s student ID cards 33

• CAMERA PÓSTER Hispanic and American personalities 34

• CAMERA align-left REPORTAJE Las Fotos Project 36

GRAMÁTICA

• subject pronouns 38

• ser, tener, and llamarse 39

• gender and number of nouns 40

• definite articles: el, la, los, las 42

• question words 43

VOCABULARIO

• numbers 44

• greetings 45

• basic personal information 45

• common courtesies and titles 45

• occupations 46

SONIDOS Y LETRAS

• the letter H 46

MINIPROYECTO 1

Create a poster about an influential latino/a. 47

¡Hola! Soy Dana Soy de los Estados Unidos.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

How do we express our identities?

What is the importance of origin and language in our identities?

LECCIÓN 2 ¿Hablas español?

COMUNICACIÓN

• to talk about languages 50

• to identify nationalities 52

• to say where you live 54

• to discuss issues of diversity 56

CULTURA

• media outlets in Spanish 49

• other languages in Spanish-speaking countries 51

• differences between hispano/a and latino/a 56

• the diversity of the Spanish-speaking world 57

DOCUMENTOS

• CAMERA REVISTA Zoë Saldaña, People en español 48

• align-left CHAT Reporteros’ group chat conversation 49

• align-left PUBLICACIÓN BLOG Dana introduces herself 50

• CAMERA FOTOGRAFÍAS Personalities 52

•  DIÁLOGO A culture quiz 53

•  DIÁLOGO A conversation between Dana and her father 54

• CAMERA align-left CARTEL Y SINOPSIS Diario de una futura presidenta, Disney 55

• CAMERA VIÑETA You Say Latino, Terry Blas 56

• CAMERA align-left REPORTAJE 68 voces, 68 corazones 58

GRAMÁTICA

• the present tense: regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs 60

• expressing cause 62

• gender and number: adjectives of nationality 62

• indefinite articles: un, una, unos, unas 63

VOCABULARIO

• nationalities and places 64

• languages 65

• places and origin 66

SONIDOS Y LETRAS

• vowels 66

MINIPROYECTO 2

Create a class album. 67

PROYECTO FINAL

Interview famous people for a talk show. 68

PREPARO LA EVALUACIÓN

• Interpretive mode 70

• Presentational mode 71

• Interpersonal mode 72

NUESTRAS CULTURAS

• Cultural comparisons 73

UNIDAD

2

Amigos y familiares

LECCIÓN 1 Somos así

COMUNICACIÓN

• to express likes and dislikes 78

• to express music preferences 80

• to describe characteristics and personality traits of animals and pets 82

• to describe someone’s personality 82

CULTURA

• the origins of the word boricua 77

• sports in Puerto Rico 79

• music in Puerto Rico 80, 81

• animals of Puerto Rico 82

• La Borinqueña, a Puerto Rican superhero 84

• the Taino culture 86

DOCUMENTOS

•  VIDEO Sebastián introduces himself and his country 74

• CAMERA PÓSTER A VF7 concert 76

• align-left CHAT Reporteros’ group chat conversation 77

•  MENSAJE DE VOZ Sebastián’s hobbies 78

• align-left PUBLICACIÓN BLOG Interviews about music 80

•  MENSAJE DE VOZ Sebastián’s music preferences 81

• CAMERA IMAGEN Mascotas 82

• align-left PUBLICACIÓN BLOG Reporteros’ opinions about animals 83

• CAMERA CÓMIC Y SINOPSIS La Borinqueña, Edgardo Miranda-Rodríguez, Somos Arte 84

¿Cómo están? Soy Sebastián y soy puertorriqueño.

•  INTERVIEW Sebastián interviews his friend Gabriela 85

• CAMERA align-left REPORTAJE Los habitantes del Caribe 86

GRAMÁTICA

• gustar + nouns and infinitive verbs 88

• a mí también / a mí tampoco a mí sí / a mí no 88

• quantifiers 89

• noun-adjective agreement 90

VOCABULARIO

• activities 92

• music 92

• music genres 93

• animals and pets 93

• personality traits 94

SONIDOS Y LETRAS

• stressed syllables 94

MINIPROYECTO 1

Create your profile for an online platform. 95

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

What makes people who they are? What makes a family?

LECCIÓN 2 Mi gente

COMUNICACIÓN

• to talk about family and people who are close to you 98

• to ask and give information about family relationships 100

• to describe someone’s physical appearance 102, 104

CULTURA

• the role of family in Puerto Rico 98

• the importance of godparents 99

• family names in Spanish-speaking countries 101

• street art in Puerto Rico 102, 103

• the meter (unit of length) 104

• Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican historian and activist 106

DOCUMENTOS

• CAMERA FOTOGRAFÍA Así somos - Who we are. A Photography Project of Puerto Rico, Mark Joseph & Ada Nivia López 96

• align-left CHAT Reporteros’ group chat conversation 97

• CAMERA ÁRBOL GENEALÓGICO Sebastián’s family 98

• align-left PUBLICACIÓN BLOG Sebastián’s circle 99

• align-left ARTÍCULO René Pérez Joglar and his family 100

• CAMERA IMAGEN a Puerto Rican driving license 101

• CAMERA MURALES La Cocotera (by Luis Alejandro Rodríguez) and other murals 102

•  VIDEO Sebastián describes a mural 102

•  MENSAJE DE VOZ Sebastián describes his coach, his godfather, his friend Leo, and his uncle 104

• CAMERA ANUNCIO Cásting para una nueva serie 105

• CAMERA align-left REPORTAJE Arturo Schomburg: el padre de la historia afrolatina y afroamericana 106

GRAMÁTICA

• expressing possession 108

VOCABULARIO

• family relationships 110

• physical traits 111

• parts of the body 112

SONIDOS Y LETRAS

• accent marks 112

MINIPROYECTO 2

Introduce the important people in your life. 113

PROYECTO FINAL

Participate in a special edition of the school magazine. 114

PREPARO LA EVALUACIÓN

• Interpretive mode 116

• Presentational mode 117

• Interpersonal mode 118

NUESTRAS CULTURAS

• Cultural comparisons 119

Hogar, dulce hogar

LECCIÓN 1 Mi casa es tu casa

COMUNICACIÓN

• to give basic information about a home 124

• to name rooms and objects in a house 126

• to name and locate objects in a house 128

• to describe a room and identify characteristics of Mexican style and decoration 130

CULTURA

• Quetzalcóatl 123

• traditional Mexican homes 125

• decimal metric system 126

• los alebrijes 129

• Mexican style and decoration 130

• Casa Luis Barragán 131

• Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul 132

DOCUMENTOS

•  VIDEO Guadalupe introduces herself and her country 120

• CAMERA FOTOGRAFÍA Nido de Quetzalcóatl, Javier Senosiain 122

• align-left CHAT Reporteros’ group chat conversation 123

•  MENSAJE DE VOZ Guada describes her home 124

• align-left CORREO ELECTRÓNICO Guada is looking for an apartment 126

•  VIDEO Tour por mi apartamento, Alex Paga 127

• CAMERA PÓSTER Objects and rooms in a house 128

• align-left DIÁLOGO A conversation between Guada and her mother 129

¿Qué onda? Me llamo Guadalupe y soy mexicana.

• align-left ARTÍCULO Cómo decorar tu casa al estilo mexicano, Alberto Antonio Echevarría 130

• CAMERA FOTOGRAFÍAS Casa Luis Barragán 131

• CAMERA align-left REPORTAJE La Casa Azul de Frida Kahlo 132

• CAMERA CUADRO Autorretrato dedicado al doctor Eloesser, Frida Kahlo (1940) 132

GRAMÁTICA

• expressing existence with hay 134

• expressing location with estar 135

• prepositions of place 136

VOCABULARIO

• homes 138

• parts of a house 138

• furniture 139

• decoration 140

• materials 140

• colors 140

• describing a space 140

SONIDOS Y LETRAS

• the soft R 140

MINIPROYECTO 1

Diseñar la casa perfecta para una familia. 141

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

How do homes reflect the culture of a country?

How do homes in different countries share out household chores?

LECCIÓN 2 Cosas de casa

COMUNICACIÓN

• to identify customs and traditions in a Chicano home 144

• to talk about household chores and express obligation and frequency 146

• to talk about sharing responsibilities at home 148, 150

CULTURA

• Carmen Lomas Garza, a Chicano artist 145

• household chores in Spanish-speaking countries 147

• volunteering in Mexico 149

• Photography project: bedrooms around the world 152

DOCUMENTOS

• CAMERA CAMPAÑA Responsabilidad compartida, Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de Oaxaca 142

• align-left CHAT Reporteros’ group chat conversation 143

• CAMERA CUADROS Una tarde y La tamalada, Carmen Lomas Garza 144

• align-left CALENDARIO Guada’s household chores 146

• align-left DIÁLOGO Guada and Diego 147

• align-left PUBLICACIÓN BLOG Joe’s new life in Mexico 148

• CAMERA INFOGRAFÍA ¿Cuántas horas por semana hace usted quehaceres en su casa?, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía 150

• align-left ARTÍCULO Recomendaciones para una buena convivencia en el hogar 151

• CAMERA align-left REPORTAJE Habitaciones del mundo 152

GRAMÁTICA

• ser and estar to describe 154

• obligation with tener que + infinitive 155

• adverbs of frequency 156

• irregular yo form in the present: hacer and poner 157

VOCABULARIO

• household chores 158

• describing a room 159

• family living 160

SONIDOS Y LETRAS

• the hard R 160

MINIPROYECTO 2

Crear una campaña para promover las responsabilidades compartidas en casa. 161

PROYECTO FINAL

Presentar un proyecto de telecomedia sobre una familia. 162

PREPARO LA EVALUACIÓN

• Interpretive mode 164

• Presentational mode 165

• Interpersonal mode 166

NUESTRAS CULTURAS

• Cultural comparisons 167

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