Grade Level:
Sophomore/Junior/Senior
Length:
One Year
Credit:
1.0 per Year
Pass/Fail option
Prerequisite:
Russian 1 and Teacher Recommendation
Students
build upon the skills developed in Russian I. Students develop greater proficiency
in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The topical context is expanded
from the student's immediate world to the world of the target culture. Topics
include cuisine, geography, education, seasons, holidays, family, and character
traits. Russian II students write a journal throughout the school year.
Unit One: Встречи и прощанияGreetings and Farewells
Vocabulary: Greetings and farewells
Culture: Greeting etiquette, Russian cartoons
Unit Two: Совершенный/несовершенный видPerfective/Imperfective Verbs
Vocabulary: Many new verbs
Grammar: Usage of perfective and imperfective verb aspects
Unit Three: ШколаSchool
Vocabulary: School subjects, places around school
Grammar: Irregular plural nouns, который, comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbs
Culture: Beginning of the Russian school year
Group Video Assessment: Strangest Day of School
Unit Four: ЕдаFood
Vocabulary: Advanced food vocabulary
Grammar: Instrumental case of plural adjectives, possessive pronouns, and nouns, genitive case of plural adjectives, possessive pronouns, and nouns
Culture: Russian restaurant menus
Partner Project: Russian banquet
Unit Five: Семья и характерFamily & Character Traits
Vocabulary: Advanced vocabulary of family members, appearance, and traits of character
Grammar: Accusative case of plural nouns, adjectives, and possessive pronouns
Culture: Russian expressions about personal appearance and character
Group Video Assessment: Original Soap Opera
Unit Six: Времена года, погода и праздникиSeasons, Weather, & Holidays
Vocabulary: Advanced vocabulary related to the topic
Grammar: Dative case of plural nouns, adjectives, and possessive pronouns
Culture: Twelve poems by S. Marshak on the twelve months
Partner Project: Peer-teaching of poetry
Unit Seven: ГеографияGeography
Vocabulary: Numbers over 100, new vocabulary related to the topic
Grammar: Prepositional case of plural nouns, adjectives, and possessive pronouns
Culture: Text about Russian geography, film about Lake Baikal
Partner Project: Country presentation