Overview

Spanish, Grade 8, Level 1

MST Standard 1: Students use appropriate strategies to initiate and engage in simple conversations with more fluent or native speakers of the same age group, familiar adults, and providers of common public services.

 

MST Standard 2: Students can use some key cultural traits of the societies in which the target language is spoken.

 

Essential Content/Concepts for Accessible Supplemental Text

 

 

1.      Use of tener as a possessive verb and for age

2.      Use of possessive adjectives

3.      Adjective agreement

4.      Use of gustar as a verb to express likes or dislikes

5.      Talking about and describing family members

6.      Importance of cultural celebrations (piñata and quinceañera)