First Semester: 18 weeks

Quarter 1: (9 weeks)

AP THEME: Contemporary Life 

AP SUBTHEMES: Leisure and Sports, Housing and Shelter, Travel

 

• Explain and discuss camping and ecotourism practices, leisure activities and sports.

 

•Demonstrate comprehension of authentic audio visual and written texts relating to camping and ecotourism practices, leisure activities and sports.

·   Produce oral and written reports on safe camping and ecotourism practices and attitudes.

• Demonstrate the process of preparing a successful and safe camp site, respecting and protecting the environment, using the preterit and the imperfect tenses.

·   Express opinions, compare, and offer suggestions for safe camping and ecotourism practices, leisure activities and sports using the present subjunctive with verbs of influence.

 

AP THEME: Global Challenges

AP SUBTHEME: Environmental Issues

 

·   Discuss and debate important environmental issues.

 

·   Express opinions and react to the role of the individual citizen in the conservation of the environment using the present perfect, and the subjunctive with verbs of emotion and doubt.

 

·   Produce oral and written reports on the conservation of the environment using commands and the subjunctive.

 

• Demonstrate comprehension of authentic audio visual and written texts relating to important environmental issues.

 

Quarter 2: (9 weeks)

AP THEME:  Beauty and Aesthetics 

AP SUBTHEMES: Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Contributions to World Artistic Heritages, Music, Ideals of Beauty, Architecture

 

• Maintain a discussion related to different styles of art, dance, music, architecture and theater.

 

• Discuss and/or debate personal preference with regard to styles of art and music.

 

• Express and explain how history has affected art, dance, music, architecture and theater.

 

• Express opinions and reactions (both oral and written) to a work of art (song, painting, sculpture, etc.)

 

• Demonstrate comprehension of authentic audio, visual and written texts relating to art, dance, music, architecture and theater.

 

 

 

 

AP THEME: Global Challenges and Contemporary Life

 

AP SUBTHEMES: Health Issues, Nutrition and Food Safety, Leisure and Sports

 

• Discuss and/or debate the benefits/challenges of living a healthy lifestyle.

 

• Express and explain how to lead a healthy lifestyle and the changes one may have to make with regard to nutrition/exercise.

 

• Express opinions and react to global health issues, exercise, and the different diets available.

 

• Demonstrate comprehension of content from authentic audio, visual and written texts relating to health issues and exercise.

 

• Produce oral and written reports on healthy diets or exercise plans. 

 

• Produce an activity showing an exercise routine using formal commands.