Introduction

¡Bienvenidos a Unidad Uno!
In this course, you are going to learn a wide variety of interesting things in the Spanish speaking world. You will discover what things are important to teens in those countries as well as what things are of interest to tourists and to people from a wide variety of backgrounds. You will discover historical facts that will be of extreme interest as well as current event type information that will enhance what you already know about these areas of our world...To start off with, did you know about these prehistoric finds in Spain?

Las Cuevas de Altamira

Las cuevas de Altamira, famosas por sus pinturas prehistóricas, están situadas al oeste de Santander, en el norte de España. The cave, discovered by a hunter in 1868, was visited by Marcelino de Sautuola in 1875. He was a noble from Santander who found animal bones in the caves. Sautuola returned in the summer of 1879 and during that visit, his daughter was the first person to see that there were paintings of bulls or bison on the ceiling of the cave. Convinced of the authenticity of the paintings and objects in the cave, Sautuola published descriptions of what they had found in 1880. Spanish and foreign experts at first thought that the paintings were not authentic and finally, in the first decade of the twentieth century, they were accepted to be genuine.

These caves are a small representative of the wonders found all over the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain.

In this unit of Spanish 3a, we will review the following...

1. Describing people and things
2. Talking about things that happened in the past
3. Talking about things that you and others do
4. Using appropriate expressions to express everyday things you would like to say
5. Expressing things you do not do with the correct negative expressions
6. Talking about your daily routine

You will be also be introduced to...

1. Reviewing and discussing cultural practices of the Hispanic people
2. Reviewing historical details about Spain
3. How to say that you and someone else do something with or to each other

Doing the exercises
You should have a notebook especially for this class to take notes and do your written exercises. You will need to take care to do the following with each activity:

1. Write down the exercise as you see it.
2. Write the answers next to each question or fill in the blank, whatever the instructions say to do.
3. Check your answers by clicking on the links indicated.

Icon Symbols
As you work, you will see icon symbols that identify the kind of activity you are doing. Click here to review what the symbols mean.

Accents
Don't forget the accent marks when you turn in written assignments to your teacher. You will be marked off if they are missing. Review how to makes accent marks here.

Unit Vocabulary
There are two dictionaries available to you from each page - Spanish to English and English to Spanish. Just click on the word Dictionaries at the top of the page.

Culture Focus
This unit will feature a quick overview of the history of Spain up to the the time of Isabela and Ferdinando. We'll also be exploring different cultural aspects related to the material we're covering. You'll get lots of opportunities to do research on the Internet to learn more about it.

Unit Activities
This unit offers a lot of different activities. Make sure you do all of them! The activities listed below are graded. The point values are in red.

1. Section 1, Part A, Discusión: 8 points
2. Section 1, Part A, Review Quiz: 38 points
3. Section 1, Part B, Hablar:16 points
4. Section 1, Part C, Escribir: 16 points
5. Section 1, Part D, TPR Quiz: 21 points
6. Section 1, Part D, Discusión: 8 points
7. Section 1, Part E, Discusión: 8 points
8. Section 1, Part F, Escribir: 8 points
9. Section 1, Quiz: 56 points
10. Section 2, Part A, Escribir: 16 points
11. Section 2, Quiz: 55 points
12. Section 3, Part A, Escribir: 16 points
13. Section 3, Part A, Hablar: 12 points
14. Section 3, Part B, Escribir: 16 points
15. Section 3, Part C, Escribir: 16 points
16. Section 3, Part C, Hablar: 12 points
17. Section 3, Part D, Escribir: 8 points
18. Section 3, Quiz: 42 points
19. Unit Exam: 50 points

Practice makes perfect! Make sure you do the following activities every day:

• Vocabulary activities: practice the vocabulary using flashcards for at least 15 minutes a day.
• Verb conjugations: keep adding new verbs and their conjugations to your verb sheet. Practice conjugating verbs every day.

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