Grades 6-8 · printable course

¡Empecemos! Spanish for Middle School

Grades 6-8 · 50 pages · 36 lessons · PDF, print at home

A first, friendly year of Spanish for grades 6-8, taught the way people actually learn languages: by talking. Clara converses with your child one-to-one from day one, starting almost all in English and adding Spanish as they cope. No grammar drills, no conjugation tables: 36 weeks of things they'll be able to DO, from greeting people to telling a story, with cognate safaris, pretend cafés, treasure hunts and culture weeks on food, fiestas and music. Targets a solid CEFR A1 with early A2 in reach; finishers enter high school Spanish I ahead, and mastery pacing lets them skip what they already own.

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Every unit and lesson in this book, in order. The same lessons are taught online at lettersanddevotion.com, so a family can move between paper and screen.

¡Empecemos! Spanish for Middle School

36 lessons · try a lesson online free

Unit 1: First Words That Work9 lessons
  1. 1.Say hello and tell someone your name
  2. 2.The cognate safari: Spanish you already know
  3. 3.Say how you are — honestly
  4. 4.Count to 39 and use it for something
  5. 5.Say where you're from
  6. 6.Say 'I don't understand' like a champion
  7. 7.Spell and ask 'what is it?'
  8. 8.Culture week: the Spanish-speaking world
  9. 9.Introduce yourself completely (checkpoint)
Unit 2: Mi Mundo — My World9 lessons
  1. 10.Name the people (and pets) in my family
  2. 11.Describe a person in three ways
  3. 12.Say what I like — and what I don't
  4. 13.Talk about school without groaning (much)
  5. 14.Name the days and own a week
  6. 15.Say what I do every day
  7. 16.Tell the time (well enough to be on time)
  8. 17.Culture week: a day in a kid's life
  9. 18.Describe my whole world (checkpoint)
Unit 3: Out in the World9 lessons
  1. 19.Order food like you mean it
  2. 20.Ask how much and buy something
  3. 21.Say where things are
  4. 22.Get around town
  5. 23.Talk about the weather (and complain about it)
  6. 24.Describe my home
  7. 25.Say what I'm doing RIGHT NOW
  8. 26.Culture week: fiestas and food
  9. 27.Survive a whole errand (checkpoint)
Unit 4: Stories and Plans9 lessons
  1. 28.Say what I did yesterday (the easy way)
  2. 29.Tell a tiny story
  3. 30.Say what I'm going to do
  4. 31.Invite someone and answer an invitation
  5. 32.Say how I feel and ask what's wrong
  6. 33.Compare things and defend a favorite
  7. 34.Culture week: music en español
  8. 35.The big conversation (checkpoint)
  9. 36.Show off week (capstone)

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