Course Outline and Content

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Spanish III is an continuing course for students who have successfully completed two years of Spanish. This course is designed to deepen the students’ familiarity with the language by integrating the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. The amount of time in which the target language use will increase this year. The course includes an intensive study of Spanish grammar and aims to substantially increase the students’ vocabulary to an intermediate level. Students will start with a review of the present tense and reflexive verbs, review the preterite tense, and will introduce the irregular preterite past tense, imperfect, future, and subjunctive tenses of verbs. The third year will go at a more rapid rate than second year and will be more rigorous.

Course Outline and Content:

These are the main topics established by the Douglas County Foreign Language Department. These topics are mandated for all high school Spanish teachers

Day Chapter Grammar Vocabulary Culture o Regular and Irregular o School activities o Frida Para empezar - 2A Present Tense and rules Kahlo o Affirmative and o Items for class o La siesta Negative Words o Extracurricular and o Hacer+Time activities Tapas Expressions o Reflexive Verbs o Jose o Saber vs. Conocer Marti o Ser vs. Estar o Reflexive Verbs 2B o Preterite of Regular o Clothing/Shopping o Rebajas Verbs o Adjectives as Nouns o Demonstrative Adjectives o Direct object o Chores o Salvador 3A pronouns o City Dali o Irregular preterite: “ser”, “ir”, “hacer”, “tener”, “estar”, “poder” 3B o Direct object o Prepositions o Pablo pronouns o Transportation Neruda o Present Progressive o Irregular “tú” commands 4A o Regular and Irregular o Toys/Playing with o Pablo Imperfect Tense other Children Picasso o Indirect Object pronouns

Spanish III - 1 4B o Preterite vs. o Common etiquette o Spanish Imperfect o Holiday Holidays o Reciprocal Actions Celebrations

Midterm

5A o Preterite vs. o Natural disasters o Diego Imperfect and crisis situations Rivera o Preterit of “Oir”, o Emergencies, o Una “Leer”, “Creer”, and rescues, and heroic carta a “Destruir” acts Dios 5B o Irregular Preterite of o Parts of the Body “venir”, “poner”, o Accidents “decir” and “traer” o What happens in o Imperfect progressive emergency rooms and preterite o Preterite of “Ir” Stem- o TV Shows/Sporting o Fernando 6A changing verbs Events Botero o Other reflexive verbs o Movies

9A o Regular and Irregular o Professions/Earning Future Tense a living o Making plans for the future

9B o Irregular Future o Environmental Tense problems and o Present Subjective solutions

Final Exam

Possible Additional Cultural Lessons (if time permits)-  Festivals  Music and musicians from various Spanish speaking countries  Foods from different Spanish speaking countries  Artists from various Spanish speaking countries  Authors from various Spanish speaking countries  Tourist sites from various Spanish speaking countries  Quinceañera  The Alamo  Spanish cultural influence in the United States  Mesoamericans (Indigenous cultures)  Holidays such as Mexican Indpendence Day, Día de Los Muertos, Cinco de Mayo, Semana Santa.

Classroom Norms and Expectations: 1) Follow directions. 2) Listen while others are speaking.

Spanish III - 2 3) Actively participate. 4) Ask questions. 5) Be respectful and considerate of the teacher and other students.  Students are expected to follow established guidelines (County, School and Teacher).  All makeup work must be completed according to guidelines. It is the STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY to make the necessary arrangements. Students will only be allowed to turn in late work within the same week this year. However, grading for late work will be graded as follows: 1-3 days late-70. After the 4th day late, it will not be accepted and will be counted as a 0.

 Missed assignments are to be obtained before or after school from the teacher or their Spanish amigo!

 COMPROMISING (CHEATING) on tests, quizzes, exams, homework or any graded assignment will earn a ZERO; other disciplinary measures as established by school policy will be implemented. As a point of emphasis, copying homework from another person or allowing another to copy homework is CHEATING, and will result in all students involved receiving a zero.

 No food, drink, gum, or candy will be allowed in the classroom unless it is a Celebration Day or a food day for the best class or best group of students.

 CLASS DISMISSAL: You may leave the room at the end of the period ONLY AFTER YOU HEAR ME SAY "Adiós.” The bell does not dismiss you, I DO! I also expect your desk to be in its proper place before you leave. You are to remain seated until the bell rings. Do not congregate at the door while waiting for the bell to ring.

 Translation programs are not allowed! Getting help from a native speaker or a translation program defeats the purpose of learning the language yourself. Expect to lose credit on assignments if you choose not to put forth your own best efforts.

GRADING CATEGORIES AND EVALUATION: Every effort will be made to assess student learning, allowing for the best possible overall evaluation of each student. Emphasis on oral proficiency will be maintained. Students will be grading according to the following scale:

Semester Final Average 100%

 CDAs, Tests, and Projects 40%  Post SLO 10%  Final Exam 20%  Quizzes 15%  Classwork and Homework 10%  Participation 5%

Spanish III - 3 **The vocabulary in these grading percentages is the vocabulary used in the new grading program Infinite Campus.**

*Grades for each 9 week grading period should include a minimum of the following: 3 tests in the Summative Assessment/Test category, 3 labs/quizzes in Lab/Quiz category and 9 Practice grades.

A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 71 – 79 D = 70 F = < 70

ASSESSMENTS/QUIZZES: Student learning will be assessed with short quizzes possibly each week or every two weeks on smaller subcategory. For example, In the Review Section, your first quiz will probably be on the review of the present tense, afterschool activities and rules. A second quiz may be on reflexive verbs and daily routine.

CDAs (Common District Assessments): Tests will evaluate the four elements of language learning: speaking, reading, writing and listening. The speaking portion of the test will be performed with the teacher, individually or in pairs. Each test will evaluate current and previously learned material because building on the foundation is important in language learning. Topics for each CDA are in previous pages of the syllabus. The teacher will give you the dates of each CDA in advance.

PARTICIPATION: 5% of your grade. You will be given a participation card, and it will be used every time we go over homework or classwork. For every correct answer, you receive a signature. At the end of each 9 weeks, the teacher will collect these participation cards for a grade. The student or students with the highest number of signatures will get a 100. After that, students will get a 95, a 90, an 85, etc. based upon the number of signatures below the top student or students. The lowest a student can get is a 70.

AUDIO/VIDEO: Throughout the year, students will listen to many audio and watch video segments relating to the thematic units covered. They will receive either a participation grade or a class work grade for their effort on the accompanying assignments. In order to earn a 100, students must meet the following criteria: * be on task * be attentive * be quiet Failure to meet these criteria will earn the grade of a 0.

HOMEWORK and CLASSWORK: Classwork will count for 10% of the grade and will include warmups and any assignments that relate to Spanish topics on the CDA or cultural topics only. More homework will be done online this year, and will be graded more for accuracy.

Use of Technology:

This year, we plan to use Engrade,Edmodo, Quizlet, Study Spanish, Conjuguemos, Realize and other internet based programs that reinforce learning. We will also have headsets this year that will be used for listening and speaking this year for the first time. We will be going to the computer lab on certain days during each new unit. These days in the computer room will count as classwork grades as well. Failure to work on these websites, or any other website

Spanish III - 4 assigned to students by the teacher will result in a zero for the day and a parent phone call home or an e-mail home to the parent.

Please find two Spanish III amigos and write their names and phone numbers below. These are people you can contact if you miss class or have questions about homework, etc.

______Spanish Amigo name & phone number Spanish Amigo name & phone number

NOTEBOOK/TEXT: Students will maintain a Spanish notebook as their primary resource for class. Other reference materials will be used and available in the classroom. Students will be allowed to use a textbook and will be responsible for taking care of it so that it remains in usable condition. Students will have a class set of textbooks for use in the classroom. We will be using Realidades Level 2 and or 3 textbooks this year.

Discipline Plan-

1st Infraction: Verbal Warning.

2nd Infraction: Parent Phone Call.

3rd Infraction: Automatic After School Detention. Parent will be contacted via phone or e-mail and a detention form will be stapled in the student’s agenda on the day the detention will be received.

4th Infraction: Disciplinary Referral to your class administrator.

Steps start over at the beginning of the second semester for all students.

Confirmation of receipt: Syllabus

Please complete, print & return by Monday, August 9th or 10th, 2016. This will be counted as a homework grade.

Student Name: ______(Print full name.) Spanish III– period _____

Parent/Guardian’s name: ______(Please print.)

Parent/Guardian’s Phone numbers: ______

Parent/Guardian’s e-mail address: ______(Please print.)

Spanish III - 5 ** It is required that you have your parent/guardian READ & sign this portion of the syllabus. Their signature is an indication that they have read the Spanish III syllabus.

Special Note: Publisher exam copies and standardized tests will not be returned to the student for "test security" reasons. They will be on file with the teacher for the parent/guardian’s or student’s inspection.

I have read the syllabus for Spanish III and understand the requirements and expectations my child will have to meet in order to be successful in this course. I agree to comply with these rules and procedures.

______Signature of parent/guardian Date

______Signature of student Date

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