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Open each week in order and study directly online. Start with the lesson plan, practice in the workbook, then review with the answer sheet and vocabulary list.
Project overview
Use this landing page to access all 12 weeks of beginner Spanish lessons and support documents. Materials are organized for classroom instruction, homework, and review.
- Lesson Plan: Instructor-ready sequence for guided learning.
- Workbook: Structured independent and partner practice.
- Answer Sheet: Reference answers and quick checking support.
- Supplemental Vocabulary List: Extra theme vocabulary for fluency building.
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What students will learn in 12 weeks
This course progresses from core pronunciation and identity language to real-world communication in present, near future, and simple past, with weekly spiral review to build durable fluency.
Weeks 1-3: Foundations of beginner communication
Students build clear pronunciation, introduce themselves with ser, use classroom communication, conjugate regular present verbs, and discuss family and possession with high-frequency forms.
Weeks 4-6: Functional everyday interaction
Students describe locations and directions, order food politely, and explain daily routines with reflexive verbs, time expressions, and frequency language.
Weeks 7-9: Shopping, health, and comparison language
Students manage store conversations, talk about symptoms and obligations, and compare homes or neighborhoods using demonstratives, comparatives, and superlatives.
Weeks 10-12: Integrated conversation and narration
Students discuss what is happening now, describe past events in beginner preterite, and integrate key structures in a capstone performance task.
End-of-course competency (Week 12 target)
- Sustain a 2-4 minute beginner conversation across familiar topics.
- Switch appropriately between present, near future (ir a), and simple past forms.
- Use repair strategies (clarification, repetition, and rephrasing) when communication breaks down.
- Complete guided speaking and writing tasks that combine the full 12-week skill set.
Week listings
Choose a week below to open the four core resources.
Week 1
Build pronunciation confidence and core ser identity language to introduce yourself, ask origin questions, and hold first short conversations.
Week 2
Use classroom Spanish and regular -ar verbs to ask questions, participate, and describe simple study actions.
Week 3
Talk about family and personal details using tener, common -er/-ir verbs, and possessives like mi/tu/su.
Week 4
Describe where places are, use hay and está/están with prepositions, and give simple directions around town.
Week 5
Express food preferences with gustar and order meals politely using quiero, puedo, and quantity expressions.
Week 6
Describe daily routines with reflexive verbs, tell time, and discuss schedules and habits in sequence.
Week 7
Handle shopping conversations by asking about size, color, and price while using stem-changing verbs and simple comparisons.
Week 8
Discuss health using body-part and symptom language and express plans or obligations with ir a and tener que.
Week 9
Describe homes and neighborhoods while comparing options with comparatives, superlatives, and demonstratives.
Week 10
Talk about what is happening now with estar + gerundio and make social plans through invitations, acceptances, and declines.
Week 11
Narrate yesterday or weekend events using beginner preterite forms, sequence markers, and follow-up questions.
Week 12
Integrate present, near future, and past structures to complete a capstone conversation and writing task with repair strategies.