Spanish 1 | Unit 2: Yo Soy (4-week unit)

Engage your students with this 4-week Proficiency-Based Unit! This unit has everything you need to teach 20 one-hour lessons.

Topics in this Unit

• Personal information & descriptions

• Likes and dislikes

• Numbers 0-20

• Spanish speaking celebrities

• Language-learning strategies for reading, writing, listening and speaking

• The verb 'ser' (especially singular forms)

• Proficiency-based final project: create a poster describing yourself and a celebrity of your choice.

Here's what sets our curriculum apart:

• Inquiry-based vocabulary introductions

• Current, authentic sources

• Lots of speaking!

• Hands-on cultural experiences

• Proficiency-based assessments

• Graphics designed for older students

• Every product is fully editable

• Research-based, classroom-tested, and fun!

The unit can be taught online or on paper and is ready to go - but each product includes a link to copy an editable Google slides document so you can customize it if you wish.

This Unit includes

Bonus Product: A ready to teach 4-week lesson plan with clickable links taking you to the correct page in each product!

Teaching & Self-Assessment Tools

• Personal Introductions Unit Slideshow

• Can Do student goal tracking worksheets

Vocabulary & Language Structures

• Grammar Puzzle for hands-on verb conjugation

• Sentence builders activity for être + adjectives

Games & Practice

• Scribble Vocabulary games: adjectives / likes & dislikes

• 0-20 dot-to-dot number practice

• Introduction cards

Reading & Listening 

• Artful Reading Comprehension - Personal Descriptions

• Reading a biography activity

• Spanish song Listening Activity

 Writing & Speaking

• Writing a description practice worksheets

• Completing a form practice worksheets

Culture & Context

• Spanish speaking celebrities video activity

Proficiency-based Project

Celebrity comparison chart -  Proficiency Based Project

This is Unit 2 in the Explore! Spanish 1 curriculum.