Spanish II

Voces™ was designed by carefully analyzing the ACTFL National Standards and then creating quality content to match these standards. Below you will find the Scope and Sequence of Voces™ Spanish II and a chart illustrating how often our content meets the ACTFL National Standards. Each chapter in the eTextbook includes multiple videos (vocab, grammar and culture), games, presentations, speaking activities, workbook activities, listening mastery exercises and mini‐quizzes.

Scope and Sequence: Vocabulary and Grammar

Chapter Number and Title	Vocabulary	Grammar
1: Las amistades	Adjectives	*Adjective agreement; ser* and estar; regular ‐AR, ‐ER and** ‐IR verbs; present progressive
2: Los pasatiempos y los deportes	Sports, art, tranquil activities, musical activities, useful phrases	Present perfect, verb expressions
3: Formas de gobierno	Forms of government, problems in society and their solutions	Preterite, direct and indirect objects
4: Manejando	Driving, weather	Imperfect, past perfect
5: Las noticias	News, nationalities	Preterite and imperfect together
6: Las carreras	Careers, school subjects, school	Hay + que + infinitive; tener que, deber and necesitar; commands; usted and ustedes commands
7: La medicina	Medicine, illness	*Direct and indirect object pronouns, expressing pain, verbs that work like doler* and gustar, expressing how you feel**
8: La familia y los días festivos	Families and holidays	Reflexive verbs, saber and conocer, por and para
9: Los viajes	Travel, in the city	*Subjunctive formation, stem‐changing verbs ending in ‐IR, subjunctive with expressions of emotions, nosotros* commands**
10: En la cocina	Food, fruits and vegetables, measurement, describing food	Accidental se, demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, comparative, superlatives
11: La comunidad	Places in a community, inside stores, in the street, directional prepositions	Informal commands, subjunctive with impersonal expressions, the subjunctive mood with conjunctions
12: Las relaciones sociales	Social relationships, marital status, personal qualities	Subjunctive in adjective clauses, expressing obligations
13: La televisión y el cine	Television and movies	Future, conditional
14: Nuestro mundo y sus recursos	The world and its resources, animals in danger of extinction	“If” clauses, ojalá

Scope and Sequence: Cultural Content

Chapter Number and Title	Voces™ Interviews	*¿Qué piensas?*	*Nota cultural*
1: Las amistades	Sonia, Francisco, Filiberto, Claudia, Michelle	Tanning Booths Won't Be a Big Business in Mexico	La mentirita, El Dia de los Muertos , Mexico at a Glance
2: Los pasatiempos y los deportes	Laura, Renwar, Braulio, Jimmy, Arturo	Skin Color and Socioeconomic Status	*Lucha libre, Niña fresa*
3: Formas de gobierno	Emma; Gabriela; Isabel	The Government and Illegal Immigration, $5 Starts His Business	Mexican Courts, *Malinchismo*
4: Manejando	Lili, Nicole	Child Labor in Mexico, Are Low Riders Mexican?	*Hoy no circula*
5: Las noticias	Daniela, Elizabeth, David, Beatriz, Luis	El Universal, Nicknames *con cariño*	*¿Quién eres?, Chilangos*
6: Las carreras	Aldo, Glenda, Alfredo, Brenda, Cleto	High‐tech Careers	Moving to Mexico for a Career, Tu primer trabajo
7: La medicina	Jacobo, Luis, Maribel, Rubén	Mexican vs. U.S. Healthcare, Malpractice	Medical Tourism
8: La familia y los días festivos	Paola, Iris, Almudena	Bullfighting (La corrida de toros)	**La Tomatina, Spain at a Glance, Las Fallas**
9: Los viajes	Celia, Cristina, Dahyana, Alberto	So You Want to Drive in Spain?	Youth Hostels
10: En la cocina	África, Natalia Estela Amo, Julia	‐‐‐‐‐‐	Exotic Spanish Food, Eating in Spain
11: La comunidad	Enrique, Eva Infante, Maritza, José Alcon Mestre	*Costa del crimen*	La Boquería, Haro Wine Battle
12: Las relaciones sociales	Ariel, Matxa, Magda, Patricio	*¿Siestas?*	Relationships in Spain
13: La televisión y el cine	Mariana, Francisco Jerez García, Geni	‐‐‐‐‐‐‐	‐‐‐‐‐‐
14: Nuestro mundo y sus recursos	Loli, Kevin	High‐speed Rail	*Tablaos flamencos*

Alignment to ACTFL National Standards

ACTFL National Standards	*Number of times standard is achieved in Voces™ Spanish II*
COMMUNICATION Communicate in Languages Other Than English
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.	33
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.	56
Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.	17
CULTURES Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures
Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.	59
Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.	3
CONNECTIONS Connect With Other Disciplines and Acquire Information
Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.	20
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.	5
COMPARISONS Develop Insight Into the Nature of Language and Culture
Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.	136
Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.	17
COMMUNITIES Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home and Around the World
Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.	-----
Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life‐long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.	-----