Kosciuszko Middle School Spanish

Kosciuszko Middle School Spanish 2 Course Syllabus

Thank you for attending KMS and enrolling in Spanish class! Your child is lucky to have wonderful support from you. I truly believe in a teacher-parent-student relationship. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions, concerns, or compliments. I promise to make the same commitment to you and your family!

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Phone: (313) 365-4625

Email: [email protected]

Facebook/Twitter: Profe Callahan

Course Description: Students will be exposed to the 5 areas of language learning: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Culture. Class will be conducted in Spanish.

Grades: **I ACCEPT LATE WORK AND I ALLOW RETRIES!** Tests/Quizzes: 55% ● Speaking tests: 20% ● Writing tests: 20% ● Reading/Listening/Culture tests: 15% Projects: 30% ● Speaking projects: 15% ● Writing projects: 15% Daily Work: 15% ● Classwork & homework: 10% ● Do now: 5%

Resources: There is no textbook for this class. All digital copies are on Edmodo. Instruction will be guided with paper notes and mini netbooks. Notes will stay in the classroom unless students would like to sign them out or if they need to go home for a test or project.

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____Facebook (Facebook username/name to search for ______) Goals: At the completion of Middle School Spanish 2, it is expected that students can be at a novice high level which means: ● Ask and answer simple questions but begin to create language when speaking and writing ● Understand short text enhanced by visual cues when reading ● Understand short video clips enhanced by visual cues when listening ● Understand cultural perspectives and products of Latino culture

Units Covered:

Unit 1: Intro to Spanish 2 ● Spanish speaking countries and capitals ● Spanish speaking countries’ landforms & natural resources ● Latino cultural icons

Unit 2: Buildings and Locations ● buildings ● describing locations ● giving/asking directions ● job titles

Unit 3: clothes and shopping  clothes vocab  numbers 100 -1,000,000  ask/answer price & size of item

Unit 4: Everyday Occurrences ● daily routine ● reflexive verbs ● others’ feelings and emotions Unit 5: Health  describe how you are feeling  describe how others are feeling Unit 6: Restaurants ● ordering at restaurants ● foods of specific regions Unit 7: Memorable Experiences ● past tense of verbs ● describe events in the past Let’s have a great year!

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