Foreign Languages
Lynbrook Union Free School District
World Language — Scope & Sequence
Secondary Curriculum Overview, Grades 6–12
What is a scope & sequence? This page outlines, course by course, the units of study your child will experience in World Language, roughly how long each unit takes, and how it connects to New York State learning standards and the district's Profile of the Owl skills. Tap any course below to see the full table of units.
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ITALIAN 7 (M12ITAL7) - Successful completion and passing of Italian 7, Italian 8, and the FLACS A exam results in 1 high school credit ITALIAN 8 (M12ITAL8) - Successful completion and passing of Italian 7, Italian 8, and the FLACS A exam results in 1 high school credit SPANISH 7 (M12SPAN7) - Successful completion and passing of Spanish 7, Spanish 8, and the FLACS A exam results in 1 high school credit SPANISH 8 (M12SPAN8) - Successful completion and passing of Spanish 7, Spanish 8, and the FLACS A exam results in 1 high school credit ITALIAN 1R (S12361R) - 1 year, 1 credit ITALIAN 2R (S12362R) - 1 year, 1 credit ITALIAN 2H (S12362H) - 1 year, 1 credit ITALIAN 3R (S12363R) - 1 year, 1 credit ITALIAN 3H (S12363H) - 1 year, 1 credit ITALIAN 4H (S12364H) - 1 year, 1 credit AP ITALIAN (S12365AP) - 1 year, 1 credit COLLEGE CONVERSATIONAL ITALIAN (S12382COL) - 1 year, 1 credit SPANISH 1R (S12351R) - 1 year, 1 credit SPANISH 2R (S12352R) - 1 year, 1 credit SPANISH 2H (S12352H) - 1 year, 1 credit SPANISH 3R (S12353R) - 1 year, 1 credit SPANISH 3H (S12353H) - 1 year, 1 credit SPANISH 4H (S12354H) - 1 year, 1 credit AP SPANISH LANGUAGE & CULTURE (S12355AP) - 1 year, 1 credit FRENCH 1 (S12380) - 1 year, 1 credit COLLEGE CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH (S12382COL) - 1 year, 1 creditITALIAN 7 (M12ITAL7) - Successful completion and passing of Italian 7, Italian 8, and the FLACS A exam results in 1 high school credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Foundations of Communication/Personal ID | Greetings, introductions, pronunciation, nationalities, | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – basic communicationSEL – confidence-building
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| Unit 2: Daily Life & School | School subjects, schedules, likes/dislikes, gender of nouns and definite vs. indefinite articles, avere, ordinal numbers | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – making comparisons
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| Unit 3: Family & Descriptions | Family members, physical/personality traits, showing possession using di, possessive adjectives, essere vs avere | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
SEL – identity and relationships
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| Unit 4: Leisure/activities | hobbies, dislikes & likes, verb conjugation | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship – cultural appreciation
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| Unit 5: Clothing | clothing vocab, shopping at a store, verb conjugations and simple reflexives verbs; | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship – cultural awareness
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| Unit 6: Review & Preparation | Skill review, integrated performance tasks | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – goal setting
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ITALIAN 8 (M12ITAL8) - Successful completion and passing of Italian 7, Italian 8, and the FLACS A exam results in 1 high school credit 5 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Review & Expansion | Present tense review, expanded vocabulary | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – accuracy & fluency
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| Unit 2: Daily Routines & Community | Reflexive verbs, community places, important people and how they serve the community, where you go and why. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – practical communication
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| Unit 3: House and Home | Rooms, furniture, real estate. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – sequencing
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| Unit 4: Food & Culture | Italian traditions, celebrations, meal taking, ordering in a restaurant, piace vs. piacciono. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship – cultural literacy
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| Unit 5: Health & Welfare |
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NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A; NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – independenceCritical Thinking – performance tasks
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SPANISH 7 (M12SPAN7) - Successful completion and passing of Spanish 7, Spanish 8, and the FLACS A exam results in 1 high school credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Communication Basics / Personal ID | Greetings, introductions, pronunciation, classroom language | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
SEL – confidence and engagement
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| Unit 2: School & Daily Life | School subjects, schedules, likes/dislikes, gender of nouns and definite vs. indefinite articles, tener, ordinal numbers | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – communication
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| Unit 3: Family & Friends | Descriptions (personality/physical adjectives), relationships, possessive adjectives, tener vs. ser | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
SEL – social awareness
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| Unit 4: Leisure and Free Time | Hobbies, likes & dislikes, verb conjugations | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship – world awareness
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| Unit 5: Clothing | Clothing vocabulary, shopping at a store, verb conjugations (including simple reflexives) | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship – world awareness
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| Unit 6: Review & Integration | Skill integration, performance tasks | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – communication
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SPANISH 8 (M12SPAN8) - Successful completion and passing of Spanish 7, Spanish 8, and the FLACS A exam results in 1 high school credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Review & Skill Building | Review of previously taught vocabulary, review of grammar topics | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking
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| Unit 2: Daily Routines & Community | Reflexive verbs, community places, important people and how they serve the community, where you go and why | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills
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| Unit 3: House and Home | Rooms and furniture in the house, real estate vocabulary | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking
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| Unit 4: Food & Culture | Mealtaking, ordering at a restaurant, following a recipe, cuisine in Spanish-speaking countries | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship
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| Unit 5: Health & Welfare | Parts of the body, illnesses and remedies, making recommendations, ser vs. estar | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills
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| Unit 6: FLACS A Preparation | Exam prep, cultural experience | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking
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ITALIAN 1R (S12361R) - 1 year, 1 credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1: Foundations of Communication | Greetings, introductions, pronunciation, classroom language | NYS World Language Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – basic communicationSEL – confidence
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| Unit 2: Daily Life & School | School subjects, schedules, preferences, present tense of are, ere, ire verbs and irregular verbs | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – making comparisons
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| Unit 3: Family & Descriptions | Family members, physical/personality traits, showing possession using di, possessive adjectives, essere vs avere holidays, possessive adjectives, descriptive adjectives, verbs essere and avere | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
SEL – identity and relationships
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| Unit 4: Food & Culture | Meals, dining customs, Italian cuisine, tradiutionalk foods related to holidays, verbs piacere and preferire | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship – cultural awareness
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| Unit 5: Community & Leisure | Community places, leisure activities, weather and calendar | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – practical language
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| Unit 6: Review & FLACS A Preparation | Integrated skills, exam-style tasks | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – performance tasks
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ITALIAN 2R (S12362R) - 1 year, 1 credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Review & Expansion | Review of present tense, core vocabulary, articles, nouns, gender and number, numbers (1-100), subject pronouns, adjective agreement, time | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – accuracy & fluency
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| Unit 2: Daily Routines & Community | daily activities, regular are/ere verbs, basic irregular verbs, numberrts 100 and higher, | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – functional communication
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| Unit 3: Past Experiences | Introduction to past tense, family and friends, possessive adjectives, prepositions, regulare ire verbs, interrogative and demonstrative, | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – sequencing events
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| Unit 4: Travel & Culture | Travel vocabulary, Italian geography | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship – cultural literacy
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| Unit 5: Integrated Communication | Listening, speaking, reading, writing tasks and irreg ere/ire verbs, prossimo with avere/essere | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – independence
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| Unit 6: Performance & Assessment | Cumulative assessments, real-life scenarios | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking
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ITALIAN 2H (S12362H) - 1 year, 1 credit 5 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Accelerated Review | Grammar mastery, advanced vocabulary | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – precision
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| Unit 2: Advanced Structures | Complex sentence structures, idioms | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – effective communication
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| Unit 3: Oral Communication | Presentations, discussions | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
SEL – confidence and voice
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| Unit 4: Cultural Studies | Italian culture, traditions, media | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship
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| Unit 5: Integrated Performance | Interpretive & presentational tasks | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking
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ITALIAN 3R (S12363R) - 1 year, 1 credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Language Review & Oral Focus | Review of major verb tenses- present, prossimo | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Life Readiness Skills – oral communication
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| Unit 2: Situational Communication | Role-playing, real-life scenarios, shopping and stores | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Critical Thinking – problem solving
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| Unit 3: Cultural Geography | Regions of Italy, cultural practices | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Global Citizenship
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| Unit 4: Grammar in Context | Complex structures in communication | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Critical Thinking
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| Unit 5: Writing in Cultural Context | Paragraph writing, reflections | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Life Readiness Skills
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| Unit 6: FLACS B Preparation | Exam-style tasks, performance assessments | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Critical Thinking
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ITALIAN 3H (S12363H) - 1 year, 1 credit 5 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Advanced Grammar Review | Mastery of verb tenses | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Critical Thinking – precision
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| Unit 2: Expanding Vocabulary | Idiomatic and thematic vocabulary | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Life Readiness Skills
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| Unit 3: Cultural Inquiry | Italian society, traditions regional map study | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Global Citizenship
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| Unit 4: Oral & Written Mastery | Essays, presentations, debates, newspaper and current events readings | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
SEL – confidence and leadership
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| Unit 5: FLACS B Alignment | Integrated performance tasks | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Critical Thinking
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ITALIAN 4H (S12364H) - 1 year, 1 credit 5 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Advanced Structures | Sophisticated grammar usage | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Critical Thinking – language mastery
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| Unit 2: Conversational Fluency | Discussions, debates | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
SEL – confidence
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| Unit 3: Cultural Exchange | pre-ap email rersponses,discussiuon of traditions and cultural moires | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Global Citizenship – global collaboration
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| Unit 4: Literature & Media | Films, readings, operas, textbook readings on unit topics | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Critical Thinking
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| Unit 5: AP Readiness | AP-style tasks and assessments, coiver two AP themes | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Life Readiness Skills
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AP ITALIAN (S12365AP) - 1 year, 1 credit 5 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Interpersonal Communication | Conversations, debates | AP Italian Skills |
SEL – communication confidence
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| Unit 2: Interpretive Communication | Listening & reading authentic texts | AP Italian Skills |
Critical Thinking
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| Unit 3: Presentational Communication | Oral & written presentations | AP Italian Skills |
Life Readiness Skills
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| Unit 4: Cultural Comparisons | Italian culture vs. global perspectives as the 6 AP themes are covered | AP Italian Skills |
Global Citizenship
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| Unit 5: AP Exam Preparation | Practice exams, feedback | AP Exam Framework |
Critical Thinking
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COLLEGE CONVERSATIONAL ITALIAN (S12382COL) - 1 year, 1 credit 5 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Conversational Review | Review of core language skills | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Life Readiness Skills – workplace communication
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| Unit 2: Career-Based Communication | Business, medical, hospitality contexts | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Life Readiness Skills – career readiness
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| Unit 3: Current Events & Media | News, global issues | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Global Citizenship
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| Unit 4: Cultural & Professional Fluency | Professional interactions | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Critical Thinking
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| Unit 5: Integrated Performance | Presentations & discussions | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Life Readiness Skills
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SPANISH 1R (S12351R) - 1 year, 1 credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Foundations of Communication | Greetings, introductions, alphabet, pronunciation, classroom language, numbers | NYS World Language Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – basic communicationSEL – confidence building
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| Unit 2: School & Daily Life | School subjects, schedules, likes/dislikes | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – making comparisons
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| Unit 3: Family & Descriptions | Family members, physical and personality traits | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
SEL – identity and relationships
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| Unit 4: Food & Culture | Meals, cultural practices, ordering food | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship – cultural awareness
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| Unit 5: Community & Leisure | Community places, leisure activities | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – functional language
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| Unit 6: Review & FLACS A Preparation | Integrated skills, exam-style tasks | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – performance tasks
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SPANISH 2R (S12352R) - 1 year, 1 credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1: Review & Expansion | Review of present tense, core vocabulary | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – accuracy & fluency
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| Unit 2: Daily Routines | Reflexive verbs, daily activities | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – functional communication
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| Unit 3: Past Experiences | Introduction to past tense - preterite tense | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – sequencing events
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| Unit 4: Travel & Geography | Travel vocabulary, Spanish-speaking countries, Simple Future Tense | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship – cultural literacy
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| Unit 5: Integrated Communication | Listening, speaking, reading, writing tasks | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – independence
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| Unit 6: Performance & Assessment | Cumulative assessments, real-life scenarios | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking
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SPANISH 2H (S12352H) - 1 year, 1 credit 5 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1: Accelerated Review | Grammar mastery, advanced vocabulary | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – precision
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| Unit 2: Advanced Structures | Complex sentence structures continued: All Preterite Tense Regulars and Irregulars | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – effective communication
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| Unit 3: Oral Communication | Presentations, discussions: The Imperfect Tense Regular and Irregulars | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
SEL – confidence and voice
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| Unit 4: Cultural Studies | Spanish-speaking cultures, Review of Spanish Speaking Countries (21) | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship
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| Unit 5: Integrated Performance | Interpretive and presentational tasks Writing Practice | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking
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SPANISH 3R (S12353R) - 1 year, 1 credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1: Language Review & Oral Focus | Review of major verb tenses present, preterite, imperfect - regulars and irregular | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Life Readiness Skills – oral communication
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| Unit 2: Situational Communication | Real-life scenarios and role-play incoporating all verbs tenses and vocabulary | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Critical Thinking – problem solving
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| Unit 3: Cultural Geography | Regions and traditions of Spanish-speaking countries | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Global Citizenship
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| Unit 4: Grammar in Context | Complex structures in communication: Using verb tenses and vocabulary to commicate through speaking and writing | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Critical Thinking
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| Unit 5: Writing in Cultural Context | Paragraph writing, reflections | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Life Readiness Skills
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| Unit 6: FLACS B Preparation | Exam-style tasks and performance assessments | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Critical Thinking
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SPANISH 3H (S12353H) - 1 year, 1 credit 5 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1: Advanced Grammar Review | Mastery of verb tenses: Review of Present, Preterite, Imperfect, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future and Conditional Tenses | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Critical Thinking – precision
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| Unit 2: Expanding Vocabulary | Idiomatic and thematic vocabulary: Spanish idiomatic expressions: daily life, food, or body parts and thematic vocabulary. Key examples include ser pan comido (piece of cake/easy), meter la pata (to mess up), and tomar el pelo (to pull someone's leg.) | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Life Readiness Skills
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| Unit 3: Cultural Inquiry | Society, history, and traditions: Vocabulary based on society and culture. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Global Citizenship
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| Unit 4: Oral & Written Mastery | Essays, presentations, debates: Analyzing the impact of technology, exploring cultural differences, environmental sustainability, school-related policies, and social justice issues | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
SEL – confidence and leadership
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| Unit 5: FLACS B Alignment | Integrated performance tasks: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening tasks | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint B |
Critical Thinking
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SPANISH 4H (S12354H) - 1 year, 1 credit 5 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Geography and Its Impact on Travel and Identity | Review of Preterite Tense, review of imperfect tense, review of preterite vs imperfect tenses. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Critical Thinking – language mastery, cultural comparisons
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| Unit 2: Families of Different Societies | Future Tense, review of family vocabulary. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
SEL – Understanding unique differences between familiar structures (traditional vs modern family structures), understanding how history and politics have affected families in societies (Spain dictatorship of Franciso Franco)
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| Unit 3: The Impact of Social Media on Life, Education, and Mental Health | Present progressive review, present perfect tense, Global communication and collaboration. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Global Citizenship - Mental health awareness, understanding perspectives, points of view, and the impact of algorythms on societal perspectives
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| Unit 4: The Influence of Language and Culture on Identity | Introduction to the subjunctive verb tense, vocabulary associated with language learning, culture identity, and immigration. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Critical Thinking - Empathy and consideration for others, how society views immigrants and immigration, how our nationalaites, heritages, and cultures impact our identities
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| Unit 5: AP Readiness | AP-style performance tasks: MCQ Reading, MCQ Listening with Reading and Listening, FRQ Responding to an email, and FRQ responding to a conversation and giving an oral presentation in the form of a cultural comparison. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Life Readiness Skills
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AP SPANISH LANGUAGE & CULTURE (S12355AP) - 1 year, 1 credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
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| Unit 1: Review of past AP Units: Families in Different Societies and The Influence of Language and Culture on Identity (AP Units 1-2) | Review of past units and tenses, Focus on AP exam format, highlighting conversation and email response. | AP Spanish Skills - Cultural Comparison, Conversation, all MCQ tasks |
SEL – communication confidence and Global Citizenship - Mental health awareness, understanding perspectives, points of view, and the impact of algorythms on societal perspectives. Critical Thinking - Empathy and consideration for others, how society views immigrants and immigration, how our nationalaites, heritages, and cultures impact our identities
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| Unit 2: The Influence of Art and Beauty (AP Unit 3) | Conditional verb tense, identifying and describing artwork. Making connections between artwork and global cultures, societies, and how they reflect the past and the present. | AP Spanish Skills - Conversation, Oral presentation, email response |
Critical Thinking - Understanding symbolism and expression through artwork. Cultural comparisons and comprehension of cultural diversity
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| Unit 3: How Science and Technology Affect our Lives (AP Unit 4) | Present perfect tense review, understanding the technological divide and how it affects people in our communities and other communities aroudn the world, understanding advancments in technology and how they impact our life. | AP Spanish Skills: Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension,Persuasive Essay |
Life Readiness Skills - Finding solutions to world problems, bridging gaps of inequatlities, and using modern technology for solutions
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| Unit 4: Factors that Impact the Quality of Life (AP Unit 5) | Subjunctive verb tense (More in depth), factors that impact physical and mental health, life situations and living conditions around the world. | AP Spanish Skills - Conversation, cultural comparison, persuasive essay, email response |
Global Citizenship - Understanding how outside factors impact our lives, how to deal with life stressors
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| Unit 5 - Environmental, Political, and Societal Changes (AP Unit 6) | Future tense verb review, climate and climate change vocabulary, political vocabulary, global and cultural perspectives. | AP Skills - Conversation, Cultural Comparison, listening comprehension (Presentational), persuasive essay writing. |
Global Citizenship - Recognizing how politics affect our everyday lives and what we can do to invoke real world change
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| Unit 5: AP Exam Preparation | Practice exams and feedback, AP exam, Seal of Biliteracy | AP Exam Framework |
Critical Thinking
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FRENCH 1 (S12380) - 1 year, 1 credit 6 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1: Foundations of Communication | Greetings, introductions, alphabet, pronunciation, classroom expressions | NYS World Language Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – basic communicationSEL – confidence building
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| Unit 2: School & Daily Life | School subjects, schedules, preferences | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – comparisons
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| Unit 3: Family & Descriptions | Family members, physical and personality traits | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
SEL – identity and relationships
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| Unit 4: Food & Culture | Meals, cafés, French cultural practices | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Global Citizenship – cultural awareness
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| Unit 5: Community & Leisure | Community locations, leisure activities | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Life Readiness Skills – functional language
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| Unit 6: Review & Performance Tasks | Integrated skills, real-world scenarios | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint A |
Critical Thinking – application
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COLLEGE CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH (S12382COL) - 1 year, 1 credit 5 units
| Unit of Study | Topics to be Studied | Standards | Profile of the Owl Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1: Conversational Review | Review of core language skills- Students are responsible for writting a book using the vocabualry on hand | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Life Readiness Skills – workplace communication
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| Unit 2: Career-Based Communication | Business, medical, hospitality contexts -Students are responsible for completing a job application and an application for a medical appointment | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Life Readiness Skills – career readiness
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| Unit 3: Current Events & Media | News, global issues- Discussions on current events in the Snish speaking countries | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Global Citizenship
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| Unit 4: Cultural & Professional Fluency | Professional interactions- Job interviews and creation of own company in target language along with presentations. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Critical Thinking
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| Unit 5: Integrated Performance | Presentations & discussions: Students are required to dress and discuss a famous person in the target language. | NYS WL Standards – Checkpoint C |
Life Readiness Skills
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