This seminar is very important if you ever travel in a Spanish-speaking country or you come across someone who speaks Spanish and needs help.  The vocabulary in this seminar will help you ask for directions and understand when directions are given to you. Pay close attention because this vocabulary will be very beneficial!ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive CommunicationConnections: Making ConnectionsCommunities: School and Global CommunitiesLearning TargetI can ask for and follow directions to get from one place to another.Habits of MindThinking and communicating with clarity and precisionCritical Thinking SkillInternalize 

In this seminar you will learn about basic vocabulary dealing with driving and the laws of driving.  Where do you turn? What signs do you follow? Be able to use and understand these vocabulary words to understand different driving rules in different countries.ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Presentational CommunicationConnections: Making ConnectionsLearning TargetI can make a presentation on rules or policies for driving.Habits of Mind Critical Thinking Skill

Other than your home, where else do you go in town?  What places do you go to if you have to go buy groceries, sports equipment, clothes, or stamps?  In this seminar look about the different locations in your community and some of the things you can buy at those places.ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive Communication, Presentational CommunicationCommunities: School and Global CommunitiesLearning TargetI can exchange and share information about where to buy things in my community.Habits of MindCreating, imagining, innovatingCritical Thinking SkillAbstracting

You are doing something RIGHT NOW! This tense is called the present progressive.  In English, we add the ending -ing to verbs to indicate it is something you are doing right now.  In Spanish, there are two steps to form the present progressive.  Many current events are being described right now and use the present progressive to indicate this. ACTFL StandardsType the standard code and description here. Communication: Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive Communication, and Presentational CommunicationComparisons: Language ComparisonsLearning TargetI can write a short article on a current event.Habits of MindThinking flexiblyCritical Thinking SkillInternalize

You are doing something RIGHT NOW! This tense is called the present progressive.  In English, we add the ending -ing to verbs to indicate it is something you are doing right now.  In Spanish, there are two steps to form the present progressive.  Many current events are being described right now and use the present progressive to indicate this. ACTFL StandardsType the standard code and description here. Communication: Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive Communication, and Presentational CommunicationComparisons: Language ComparisonsLearning TargetI can write a short article on a current event.Habits of MindThinking flexiblyCritical Thinking SkillInternalize

The verb "ir" means to go, but what if you went somewhere in the past tense?  In this seminar you will take a look at how to conjugate both the verbs ir and ser in the preterite tense to say where you went.ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive CommunicationConnections: Acquiring Information and Diverse PerspectivesLearning TargetI can understand when a student or foreign visitor discuss some of the places they have seen or things they have done in a town.Habits of MindCritical Thinking Skill

In this seminar you will continue to work with the preterite, or past tense, of verbs.  In this specific seminar you will conjugate three important verbs: poder (to be able to), estar (to be), and tener (to have). ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpretive Communication, Presentational CommunicationComparisons: Language ComparisonsLearning TargetI can understand that an event is being postponed or cancelled.Habits of MindThinking flexiblyCritical Thinking SkillInternalize

Do you have chores to do at home?  What kinds of errands do you or your parents run?  In this seminar you will learn how to say and understand vocabulary dealing with chores and errands as well as letting someone know what you are doing by leaving a message.ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpretive CommunicationConnections: Making ConnectionsLearning TargetI can understand the date and time when a voice message was recorded.Habits of MindThinking and communicating with clarity and precisionCritical Thinking SkillConstructing Support