Spanish 1

A map of what three years of Spanish covered, then quick reviews of greetings, ser, estar and tener, food, weather, daily routine, -AR/-ER/-IR verbs, ir, hacer, poder, querer, comparisons and direct object pronouns.

• 1 · Welcome to Spanish 1: Your High School Journey Begins
• 2 · Looking Back: Everything You Already Know
• 3 · Your Spanish Toolkit for This Year
• 4 · Greetings, Family, and Everyday Courtesy
• 5 · Ser, Estar, and Tener in Action
• 6 · Weather, Time, and the Calendar
• 7 · Food, Drink, and What You Like
• 8 · Your Daily Routine, Start to Finish
• 9 · Regular -AR Verbs, Fully Conjugated
• 10 · Regular -ER Verbs, Fully Conjugated
• 11 · Regular -IR Verbs, Fully Conjugated
• 12 · Ir, Hacer, and Talking About the Near Future
• 13 · Poder, Querer, and Jugar: Can, Want, and Play
• 14 · Comparing People and Things
• 15 · Wrapping Up the Review: Direct Object Pronouns

Tu, tus, su and sus alongside mi and mis, then indirect object pronouns (me, te, le, nos, les) compared with direct ones, and why me gusta works the way it does. Includes two culture days on Cuba and a wrap-up.

• 16 · From Mi to Tu: Saying “Your”
• 17 · Practicing Tu/Tus with Family and School
• 18 · Su/Sus: His, Her, Their, and Formal Your
• 19 · Mi, Tu, Su Together: Whose Is It?
• 20 · Possessives Review: Mi, Tu, Su Check-In
• 21 · Direct vs. Indirect: What Receives the Action?
• 22 · Meet the Indirect Object Pronouns
• 23 · Using Le and Les in Full Sentences
• 24 · The Secret Behind Me Gusta
• 25 · Watch and Learn: Indirect Object Pronouns on Video
• 26 · Indirect Object Pronouns: Putting It All Together
• 27 · Unit Review: Possessives and Object Pronouns
• 28 · Culture Spotlight: Cuba, an Island Nation
• 29 · Culture Spotlight: Cuban Music and Tradition
• 30 · Unit Wrap-Up: What You've Built So Far

The three present-tense stem changes: e to ie (querer, pensar, empezar, preferir), o to ue (poder, dormir, volver, costar) and e to i (pedir, servir, repetir, seguir), with workshops and checkpoints. Ends with Puerto Rico.

• 31 · Unmasking the Pattern: What Is a Stem-Changing Verb?
• 32 · pensar: Thinking Through the e→ie Pattern
• 33 · empezar: Starting Something New
• 34 · entender: Making Sense of the Pattern
• 35 · cerrar and a Full e→ie Check-In
• 36 · preferir, Part 1: The Verb You've Been Waiting For
• 37 · preferir, Part 2: Talking About What You'd Rather Do
• 38 · e→ie Conjugation Workshop
• 39 · Mixed Practice: e→ie Verbs in Everyday Sentences
• 40 · e→ie Checkpoint: Show What You Know
• 41 · New Pattern, Familiar Verbs: poder and jugar Revealed
• 42 · dormir and the o→ue Video Lesson
• 43 · volver: Coming Back to o→ue
• 44 · encontrar: Finding What You're Looking For
• 45 · costar: Solving an Old Mystery
• 46 · o→ue Conjugation Workshop
• 47 · Mixed Practice: o→ue Verbs in Context
• 48 · Don't Mix Up Your Vowels: e→ie vs. o→ue
• 49 · Daily Routines with o→ue Verbs
• 50 · o→ue Checkpoint: Show What You Know
• 51 · A Third Pattern: e→i Stem-Changing Verbs (pedir)
• 52 · servir: Serving Up e→i Practice
• 53 · repetir: Practice Makes Perfect
• 54 · seguir: Following the Pattern
• 55 · e→i Conjugation Workshop
• 56 · e→i Checkpoint and Mixed Practice
• 57 · Three Patterns, One Big Picture
• 58 · Stem-Changing Verb Marathon: Cumulative Review
• 59 · Culture Spotlight: Puerto Rico — Land, People, and Status
• 60 · Culture Spotlight: Puerto Rico — Music, Food, and What's Ahead

Regular -AR, -ER and -IR past-tense endings, then the irregular verbs ir/ser, hacer and tener. Writing short stories about a weekend, a trip and a celebration with sequencing words. Closes with Honduras and the ruins of Copan.

• 61 · Meet the Preterite: Talking About Yesterday
• 62 · -AR Verbs in the Past: Everyday Actions
• 63 · The Past for -ER Verbs
• 64 · The Past for -IR Verbs: Same Endings
• 65 · Mixing -AR, -ER, and -IR in the Past
• 66 · What Happened This Weekend?
• 67 · Building Longer Sentences in the Past
• 69 · Ir and Ser in the Past: One Surprising Form
• 70 · Practicing Fui, Fuiste, Fue with Places
• 71 · Hacer in the Past: Hice, Hiciste, Hizo
• 72 · Practicing Hacer: A Family Trip
• 73 · Tener in the Past: Tuve, Tuviste, Tuvo
• 74 · Practicing Tener: Tuve Que + Infinitive
• 75 · Four Irregular Verbs Together
• 77 · Yesterday I... Writing About a Specific Day
• 78 · A Trip to Remember
• 79 · A Memorable Celebration
• 80 · Last Weekend's Adventure
• 81 · A Camping Trip Story
• 82 · Sequencing Your Story: Primero, Después, Finalmente
• 83 · Write Your Own Preterite Story
• 84 · Checking Your Preterite Story
• 85 · Unit Review: The Preterite Tense
• 86 · Preterite Practice: Full Conjugation Challenge
• 87 · Culture Spotlight: Honduras, Land of Mountains and Coasts
• 88 · Culture Spotlight: The Ancient City of Copán
• 89 · A Trip to Honduras: Preterite Storytelling with Culture
• 90 · Final Review: Preterite Tense and Honduras

Plus 2 review days, not listed.

Telling childhood memories, a family trip and a celebration in the past tense, then a personal history. Opinions with me encanta, me interesa and me molesta, explained with porque and contrasted with pero.

• 91 · De Pequeño: Setting the Scene for Your Story
• 92 · Recuerdos de Familia: Life at Home Long Ago
• 93 · Juegos de Niño: Toys, Games, and Free Time
• 94 · El Primer Día de Escuela: Building the Narrative
• 95 · Cómo Me Sentí: Adding Feelings to Your Story
• 96 · Un Viaje en Familia: Travel Vocabulary for Storytelling
• 97 · Un Viaje en Familia: Putting Events in Order
• 98 · Una Celebración Especial: Party Vocabulary and the Past
• 99 · Una Celebración Especial: The Whole Story Together
• 100 · Mi Historia Personal: Writing Your Own Narrative
• 101 · Me Encanta: A Stronger Way to Say You Like Something
• 102 · Practicando Me Encanta(n) With Everyone
• 103 · Me Interesa: Talking About What Interests You
• 104 · Practicando Me Interesa(n) en Contexto
• 105 · Me Molesta: Talking About What Bothers You
• 106 · Cuatro Verbos, un Solo Patrón
• 107 · Dando tu Opinión con Porque
• 108 · Contrastando Opiniones con Pero

Reviewing comparisons, then family life and school life in about a dozen Spanish-speaking countries (Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica and others), compared in Spanish.

• 109 · Comparando Familias: Reviewing How to Compare in Spanish
• 110 · Familias Numerosas: México y Argentina
• 111 · Los Abuelos en Casa: España y la República Dominicana
• 112 · La Mesa Familiar: Colombia y Perú
• 113 · Celebraciones en Familia: México y Guatemala
• 114 · El Papel de Cada Persona: Chile y Venezuela
• 115 · Lazos Familiares y Comunidad: Ecuador y Bolivia
• 116 · Repaso: La Familia en el Mundo Hispanohablante
• 117 · El Horario Escolar: España y México
• 118 · Materias y Uniformes: Costa Rica y Perú
• 119 · El Año Escolar: Colombia y la República Dominicana
• 120 · Repaso Final: Familia y Escuela en el Mundo Hispanohablante

Nine role-play conversations: ordering at a restaurant, shopping, meeting a friend, talking to a parent, at the doctor, weekend plans, a host family, a travel agency, and asking directions. Then a day to review a favorite.

• 121 · Conversation Simulation: Ordering at a Restaurant
• 122 · Conversation Simulation: Shopping for Clothes
• 123 · Conversation Simulation: Meeting a New Friend
• 124 · Conversation Simulation: A Family Member Asks About Your Day
• 125 · Conversation Simulation: At the Doctor's Office
• 126 · Conversation Simulation: Making Plans for the Weekend
• 127 · Conversation Simulation: Staying with a Host Family
• 128 · Conversation Simulation: Planning a Trip at the Travel Agency
• 129 · Conversation Simulation: Asking for Directions in Town
• 130 · Conversation Practice: Your Favorite Exchange, Reviewed

Writing about a typical day and a day that was different, mixing present and past, with opinions and object pronouns. Then stem-changing verbs in the preterite, worksheets and quizzes, and three days on Nicaragua.

• 131 · My Typical Day: Morning Routine in Spanish
• 132 · My Typical Day: School and Afternoon Activities
• 133 · My Typical Day: Evening Routine and Opinions
• 134 · Writing a Connected Paragraph About Your Day
• 135 · A Day That Was Different: Introducing the Contrast
• 136 · A Day That Was Different, Part 2: What Happened
• 137 · Combining Present Routine and Past Events in One Story
• 138 · Adding Opinions to Your Narrative in the Past
• 139 · Adding Pronouns to Avoid Repetition
• 140 · Full Integration: Write and Present Your Two Days
• 141 · Stem-Changing Verbs Are Regular in the Preterite
• 142 · Practice: Present vs. Preterite of Stem-Changing Verbs
• 143 · Combined Practice: Pensar, Cerrar, and Volver in the Preterite
• 144 · Combined Practice: Sentences Needing Both Tenses
• 145 · Review Worksheet: Stem-Changing Verbs and the Preterite
• 146 · Review Quiz Day: Stem-Changing and Preterite Mastery
• 147 · Unit Review: Conversations, Routines, and Narratives
• 148 · Culture Spotlight: Nicaragua — Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
• 149 · Culture Spotlight: Nicaragua — Rubén Darío and El Güegüense
• 150 · Culture Spotlight: Nicaragua — Food, Music, and Unit Wrap-Up

Ten days of paragraphs that mix present habits and past events, add reasons, describe someone else's week, and tell stories in order. Then ten one-topic review days covering the whole year.

• 151 · Connecting Two Tenses: Present Habits and Past Events
• 152 · A Friend's Day: Describing Someone Else with Su and Reflexive Verbs
• 153 · Normal Weekends vs. One Unforgettable Weekend
• 154 · Stem-Changing Verbs in a Story: What Everyone Wants and Does
• 155 · Because I Think So: Adding Reasons to Your Opinions
• 156 · Someone Else's Family: Su/Sus in Longer Descriptions
• 157 · Telling a Story in Order: Sequencing Words + Preterite
• 158 · Normalmente... Pero Ayer...: Building Longer Contrast Paragraphs
• 159 · Interviewing Someone: Describing Someone Else's Week
• 160 · Integration Checkpoint: Writing My Own Multi-Paragraph Story

Plus 10 review days, not listed.

A seven-day project: brainstorm, draft (childhood, a trip or event, life today), revise, rehearse with the AI teacher and present a life story. The last three days reflect on four years of Spanish and preview Spanish 2.

• 171 · Capstone Kickoff: Brainstorming My Life Story So Far
• 172 · Capstone Day 2: Drafting My Childhood Memories
• 173 · Capstone Day 3: Drafting a Memorable Trip or Event
• 174 · Capstone Day 4: Drafting My Life Today
• 175 · Capstone Day 5: Revising for Grammar and Flow
• 176 · Capstone Day 6: Rehearsing with Your AI Conversation Partner
• 177 · Capstone Day 7: Presenting My Life Story
• 178 · Reflecting on the Journey: From Spanish 6 to Spanish 1
• 179 · A Sneak Peek at Spanish 2
• 180 · ¡Lo Logramos! The Final Day of Spanish 1