Learn Portuguese · Grades 11–12
Learn Portuguese level 6 for grades 11–12: every topic, in teaching order
All 12 topics of Learn Portuguese level 6, for high school Portuguese students in grades 11 to 12 (ages 16 to 18), in teaching order, with the standard each one addresses. Free printable sample.
What a level 6 student covers in Learn Portuguese
In teaching order. Each line is one topic, its one-line summary, and the standard it addresses.
- Portuguese imperfect subjunctive: queria que, era importante que, como seForm the imperfeito do subjuntivo from the eles form of the perfeito (falaram, falasse; fizeram, fizesse; tiveram, tivesse; foram, fosse), use it after a trigger in the past (queria que, pediu que, era importante que), use como se + imperfeito do subjuntivo, recognize quem me dera, and keep the present subjunctive after a present trigger.
Intermediate Mid: Interpersonal Communication (ACTFL) - Portuguese se clauses: se eu tivesse, eu faria and se eu tiverBuild hypothetical sentences with se + imperfeito do subjuntivo + futuro do pretérito (Se eu tivesse uma bolsa, estudaria em Portugal) and the spoken ia + infinitive, contrast them with likely conditions using se + futuro do subjuntivo (Se chover, a gente não vai), give advice with Se eu fosse você..., recognize se eu tivesse estudado, teria passado, and talk about choices after high school.
Intermediate High: Presentational Speaking (ACTFL) - Portuguese subjunctive in descriptions: procuro algo que tenha, espero que tenha gostadoUse the subjunctive after something unknown or that does not exist (Procuro um estágio que tenha horário flexível; Não conheço ninguém que fale japonês) and the indicative after something known (Tenho um amigo que mora perto), form the pretérito perfeito do subjuntivo (Espero que você tenha gostado), and read listings for summer programs, rooms and volunteer posts.
Intermediate Mid: Interpretive Reading (ACTFL) - Portuguese conjunctions with the subjunctive: para que, caso, emboraUse the present subjunctive after para que, antes que, sem que, a não ser que, contanto que, caso and embora, use the futuro do subjuntivo after quando, se and assim que, use the infinitive when the subject does not change (para economizar, antes de sair), and write a short plan for a community or environmental project (um mutirão).
Intermediate Mid: Presentational Writing (ACTFL) - Guessing and the future in Portuguese: deve ter saído, será que, terá mudadoGuess about the present and the past the Brazilian way, with dever + infinitive (deve estar na aula) and dever ter + participle (ela deve ter saído), ask open guesses with Será que...?, recognize the futuro composto (Até 2040, muita coisa terá mudado) and its spoken form vai ter mudado, and talk about inventions and the future of work with talvez and é provável que + subjunctive.
Intermediate High: Interpersonal Communication (ACTFL) - Portuguese passive voice: foi construída, vendem-se and everyday accidentsForm the passive with ser + a participle that agrees with the subject (A ponte foi construída; As vacinas foram testadas), recognize the passive with se in signs and formal writing (Vendem-se bicicletas; Aluga-se apartamento), use estar + participle for a result (A loja está fechada), say unplanned events the Brazilian way (O copo caiu; Esqueci o trabalho em casa), and read short science and health articles.
Intermediate Mid: Interpretive Reading (ACTFL) - Reported speech in Portuguese: disse que ia, pediu que eu revisasseReport what someone said, asked or asked for, changing the tense (disse que estava, disse que tinha chegado, disse que ia abrir or abriria), use pediu que + imperfeito do subjuntivo for requests and perguntou se or perguntou onde for questions, change pronouns and time words, use reporting verbs (afirmar, explicar, acrescentar, negar, contar), and check a news source before sharing it.
Intermediate High: Interpretive Listening (ACTFL) - Portuguese pluperfect: tinha terminado and life storiesForm the mais-que-perfeito composto (tinha + participle) to show what happened before another past event (Quando cheguei, o filme já tinha começado), recognize the simple form in books (fizera, chegara), use já, ainda não and nunca with it, combine it with the perfeito and the imperfeito, use depois de, antes de and ao + infinitive, and write a short biography of a person who made a difference in a community.
Intermediate High: Presentational Writing (ACTFL) - Talking about art in Portuguese: o que, o qual, cujo and describing a workDescribe and interpret a painting, a woodcut (xilogravura), a mural, a song, a building or a film (Em primeiro plano há...; As cores transmitem...), use o que for a whole idea (O que eu mais gosto é...), use o qual, a qual and que after prepositions (a música da qual te falei) and cujo, cuja, cujos and cujas (o artista cujas obras vimos), and give a reasoned opinion about a work.
Intermediate Mid: Presentational Speaking (ACTFL) - Portuguese for college and careers: personal statement, CV and interviewWrite a short personal statement (Tenho interesse em... porque...; Minha experiência em... me ensinou...), list skills and experience for a CV, answer interview questions with o senhor, a senhora or a polite você, use formal openings and closings (Prezados senhores, Atenciosamente) and the Brazilian email phrases Segue em anexo and Fico à disposição. An adult checks every application before it is sent.
Intermediate High: Presentational Writing (ACTFL) - Argumentative writing in Portuguese: global issues, sources and connectorsRead two short texts and a chart with different points of view, state a thesis, support it with evidence from the sources (segundo, de acordo com, o gráfico mostra que), concede and refute (embora, apesar de, no entanto, porém), conclude with a proposal (portanto, dessa forma, é preciso que + subjunctive), and follow the Brazilian essay pattern of introduction, two arguments and a conclusion with a proposal.
Intermediate High: Presentational Writing (ACTFL) - Cultural comparisons in Portuguese: presentations, the Lusophone world and identityPrepare and give a short presentation that compares a community you know with one in the Portuguese-speaking world, use comparisons (tão... quanto, tanto quanto, mais do que, enquanto, ao contrário de, assim como), signal the structure (Em primeiro lugar, Por outro lado, Para concluir), answer follow-up questions, and recognize common European Portuguese words and forms (pequeno-almoço, autocarro, estou a fazer) in listening.
Intermediate High: Presentational Speaking (ACTFL)
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- Quick CheckQuestions before you teach, to show what the student already knows. A high score means you can move faster.
- Learn ItKey words, step-by-step teaching with lines you can read aloud, worked examples, and the mistakes to watch for.
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- You TryThe student works alone. Do a page a day, or as many as the student needs.
- Show What You KnowNew questions at the end. Compare the score with the Quick Check to see the change.
- Answer KeyEvery question has its answer and a short explanation, at the end of each topic, so a student can work without peeking.
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12, for grades 11 to 12. They are listed above in teaching order, each with its one-line summary and the standard it addresses.
The imperfect subjunctive, se clauses, the subjunctive in descriptions and after conjunctions, guessing and the future, the passive voice, reported speech, the pluperfect, talking about art, Portuguese for college and careers, argumentative writing and cultural presentations.
Students in grades 11 to 12 (ages 16 to 18) who finished level 5. The lessons also work for college students and adults.
Five steps: Quick Check, Learn It, We Do It Together, You Try and Show What You Know, then an answer key with a short explanation for every question.
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