Spring 2004 Topsail High School
Period: Block One (1) School: (910) 270-2755
E-Mail: [email protected]
Office hours: Tuesday & Thursday
between 3:15-4:00pm or by appt.
Course Description:
Students enrolled in this course have either successfully completed high school levels I and II courses or have placed out of levels I and II due to previous language study at the elementary and/or middle grades.
This course provides students with additional opportunities to expand their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills as they create with the language and as they access short literary texts, authentic materials, and media on generally familiar topics. Students satisfy limited communication and social interaction demands, they initiate and maintain face-to-face communication. They identify main idea(s) and significant details in discussions, presentations, and written texts within a cultural context, read and interpret authentic materials, narrate and describe in sentences, groups of related sentences, and short cohesive passages in present, past, and future time and compose messages, announcements, personal notes, and advertisements.
They continue to refine their knowledge and understanding of the target language and culture(s) and their own by examining the interrelationship of other cultures to their own, by demonstrating behaviors appropriate in target cultures, and by applying their knowledge and skills inside and outside of the classroom setting.
Integration of other disciplines is on-going throughout the course.
(**as outlined by in the Department of Public Instruction- Grade Level Competencies**)
Text(s):
Not applicable
Teacher will provide all resources
Other Materials (as supplied by student when possible):
Binder / Folder to maintain handouts and student work
Loose Leaf Paper
Pens and/or Pencils
Spanish/English Dictionary
Honor Code:
Any student who engages in or attempts to engage in cheating, plagiarism, or falsification shall be subject to disciplinary action up to and including loss of credit, long-term suspension and/or expulsion.
**See Pender County Board of Education Legal Reference for �Integrity�(G.S. 115C-391)
Consequences:
1. zero, parent notification, referral
2. zero, 2-day suspension
3. zero, 10-day suspension w/recommendation for longer suspension
On-Line Translations:
Translating and turning-in written works that have been done with the aid of on-line translations or other translation devices WILL NOT be accepted. If you must use these aids, use them sparingly and only for individual words. They are often inaccurate!
Attendance:
Attendance is a requirement. Missed assignments can be found in your mailbox. All work missed is expected to be made up in a timely manner. If you are absent on a �writing day,� you must make-up the writing assignment outside of class (before or after school, during lunch or 4th period). The assignment must be made-up BEFORE the next �writing day.�
Late Assignments:
Late assignments will NOT be accepted!
Grading Scale:
A= 93-100 B= 85-92 C= 78-84 D= 70-77 F= 69 and below
Final Grade:
As set by the school, each 9-week grade will count 37.5% whereas the final exam counts 25%.
Grade Distribution:
10% Progress Reports / Classwork
10% Grammar / Literature Homework
15% Daily Speaking / Listening Assignments
20% Grammar / Literature Quizzes
20% Skits (Video-recorded or not)�2 or 3 per nine week session
25% Weekly Writing Assignments�8 or 9 per nine week session
Major Grammar Concepts:
� Regular verbs (memorizing a �master� list)
� Irregular verbs (using Spanish prefixes and suffixes)
� Imperfect vs. Preterit Tenses
� Imperative (Commands)
� Subjunctive
� �Si� Clauses
� Other minor, yet important grammar rules
Major Literature Eras:
In Spanish 3, we will focus on Spanish American literature. As distinguished in the text Panoramas Literarios, we will discuss the 7 periods of literature for this part of the world. They are as follows:
� de la pre-Conquista a principios de la Colonia
� de la Colonia a la Independencia
� de la Independencia al posmodernismo
� del posmodernismo al <<boom>>
� del <<boom>> al <<posboom>>
� del <<posboom>> al presente
� la literature hispana de los Estados Unidos
From each period, we will discuss the works of a few of the more important writers as well as the setting (political, economical etc.) in which the work was written. We may also tie the works to art and/or architecture when fit.