Emphasis is placed on oral production and comprehension with students producing written dialogues and projects. Vocabulary expands to include comparisons, animals, historic events, cars and drawings of the city, the country, geographical descriptions and the house. Students build on their previously learned verb tenses. More in-depth work is done with the past tenses. Students make presentations of 2-3 minutes in Spanish and expand their reading and writing skills.
Students continue to look at the culture of Mexico, Spain and other Hispanic countries.
The curriculum of Honors Spanish 2 will be essentially identical with that of Spanish 2. There will be additional projects, i.e. video presentations, skits, family albums, cultural food exchanges, etc. The course will be quantitatively more intense in terms of grammar skills, speaking, reading, and listening skills. The expectations of the teacher will be heightened and the progress accelerated. The year begins with a thorough review of the verb tenses and special uses combined with longer oral and written discourses.