Course Syllabus
Spanish III
2003-2004
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Course Description:
This is an elective course for
sophomores, juniors and seniors who have completed Spanish I & II. It is a continuation in the study of
Spanish language, literature, and culture.
Emphasis is placed on grammatical structures, speaking and composition.
Resources: Texts: Realidades
3, Prentice Hall, 2003
Ancillaries:
CD audio program/video
programs/workbooks
Video Series: A Primera Vista
Destinos
(Annenberg Foundation/CPB) episodes #1-26
Software:
Spanish Computerized Grammar
I & II
Realidades
CD-Rom
Realidades website activities
Teacher
generated web activities at www.geocities.com/rsummitspanish
and at www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/rsummit/rsummitspanish
Course Outline:
The following Core Conceptual Objectives and Application Level Assessments for the course are woven into the daily activities that are designed to help the student progress along the path of increased proficiency and understanding.
1. CCO: Students will engage in
oral and written exchanges that include providing and obtaining information,
expressing feelings and preferences, and exchanging ideas and opinions in
Spanish.
ALA: Students will use Spanish to exchange and
support their opinions and individual perspectives with peers and/or other
Spanish speakers on a variety of topics dealing with contemporary and
historical issues.
Task:
Students will identify a historical or contemporary issue, prepare a series of
questions about the issue, participate in small group discussions in Spanish
focused on this issue, prepare a brief summary in Spanish of the discussion
about this issue.
2. CCO:
Students will understand and
interpret written and spoken communication on a variety of topics in Spanish.
ALA:
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the main ideas and significant
details of live and recorded discussions, short lectures, and presentations in
Spanish on current or past events as reported in Spanish language newspapers or
television/video.
Task:
Students will read or listen to a report about an issue in a Spanish speaking
country and prepare a brief summary of what they heard or read.
3. CCO: Students will present information and ideas to an audience of listeners
and readers on a variety of topics in Spanish.
ALA: Students
will create stories, short plays, or skits, based on personal experience and
present them to their peers.
Task:
Students will choose a topic based on personal experience or related to a theme
studied in class and write or tell about this experience in Spanish.
4.
CCO: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the
relationships that exist among the products, practices, and perspectives of
culture in a Spanish-speaking country.
ALA: Students will analyze,
discuss, compare and contrast perspectives associated with a cultural practice
in a Spanish speaking country.
Task: Students will select a
cultural topic, identify the practices and perspectives associated with the
topic, compare and contrast the practices and perspectives of the topic to a
similar topic in the US and prepare a summary of their work.
5. CCO: Students will use authentic materials in Spanish to learn about content
in other subject areas.
ALA: Students
will successfully combine information acquired in Spanish and in English to
discuss topics from other school subjects in Spanish, including historical and
political concepts, world wide social issues, environmental issues and current
events.
Task:
Students will identify a topic from another school subject, gather information
about this topic in Spanish and in English and analyze or compare and contrast
the information.
6. CCO: Students will develop insights about their language and
culture through the study of the Hispanic language and culture.
ALA:
Students will demonstrate an awareness for phrases and idioms that do not
translate directly from Spanish to English or vice-versa.
Task:
Students will compile a list of idiomatic expressions in Spanish and provide
literal and non-literal translations of these idioms.
ALA:
Students will discuss the social acceptability and level of
formality/informality associated with a list of words in Spanish.
Task:
Students will analyze a list of words and categorize them according to social
acceptability and/or formality or informality, present a skit in Spanish
demonstrating the use of words analyzed in an acceptable context.
7. CCO: Students will use Spanish both within and beyond the
school setting.
ALA: Students
will interview Spanish-speaking members of their community to learn how they
use Spanish in their various fields of work.
Task:
Students will create a list of questions they will ask when they interview a
person from the community who uses Spanish in his/her occupation and present to
the class what they learn from their interviews.
Schedule of course content:
Semester 1: Para empezar: p. 1-15
Talk about daily activities
Capítulo 1 p. 16-61
Describe a visit to a national park
Talk about
school competitions
Express your
emotions regarding the outcome of an event
Narrate an
event in the past
Understand
cultural perspectives on family outings
Capítulo 2 p.
62-107
Talk about the arts
Give an opinion about
a work of art
Describe
how people express themselves
Narrate
events in the past
Discuss
some important artists of the Spanish-speaking world
Capítulo 3 p.
108-153
Talk about symptoms and remedies
Express
how you feel under certain circumstances
Tell
others what to do
Understand
cultural perspectives about health, physical fitness and nutrition
Capítulo 4 p.
154-199
Express how you relate to friends and family
Express
how you feel under certain circumstances
Talk
about family conflicts and how to resolve them
Understand
cultural perspectives on dealing with friends and family
Review Semester 1 (Dec. 12-16)
Final exams (Dec. 17-19)
Semester 2: Capítulo 5 p.
200-245
Talk about ways of getting a job
Talk
about opportunities for volunteer work in your community
Explain
how you can help your community
Understand
cultural perspectives on dealing with student jobs and volunteer work
Capítulo 6 p.
246-291
Talk about careers and professions
Explain
the impact of science and technology in our lives
Understand
the cultural perspectives on dealing with jobs and technology
Capítulo 7 p. 292-337
Describe what archaeologists do
Give
your opinion about mysterious events
Talk
about the contributions of the Maya and Aztec civilizations
Compare
some myths and legends from the Spanish-speaking world with those of the United
States
Capítulo 8 p. 338-383
Describe how different cultures interact
Talk
about fusion of different cultures in the Americas after the Europeans arrived
Understand
cultural perspectives on dealing with different ethnic groups in the United
States
Review Semester 2 (May 19-24)
Final
exams (May 25-27)
Teaching Methods:
A variety of teaching methods will be used during class including: visual, auditory and kinesthetic input/practice, in-class practice in Spanish of the four skills of communication (listening, reading, writing, speaking), cooperative learning, individual assistance, whole group instruction, incorporation of multi-media (video/computer activities), differentiation and acceleration.
Foreign Language
Department Policies:
1.
No extra credit
will be given. Extra credit is defined
as any point given on top of what a student has earned from the required
coursework.
2.
No late daily
work will be accepted.
3.
The target
language will be used in the classroom according to the following guidelines:
·
Level 1 = 25%
·
Level 2 =
25-50%
·
Level 3 =
50-75%
·
Level 4 =
75-100%
·
Level 5 =
75-100%
4.
Grades are rounded
(at .5 and above) for quarter and semester report cards.
5.
Quizzes and
tests will be kept on file (by the teacher) for student and parent review.
Grading Scale: A
= 100% - 92.5% A- = 92% -
89.5%
B+ = 89% - 87.5% B = 87% - 82.5% B- = 82% - 79.5%
C+ = 79% - 77.5% C = 77% - 72.5% C- = 72% - 69.5%
D+ = 69% - 67.5% D = 67% - 62.5% D- = 62% - 59.5%
Semester Grade
Calculation: 1st (or 3rd) quarter =
40%
2nd
(or 4th) quarter = 40%
semester
exam = 20 %
Course Evaluation Criteria:
Student quarter grades will be
based on total points earned. Grades
are not weighted. The following grading
distribution is an approximation of the value awarded each category.
·
Quizzes/Tests/Projects = 60-70%
·
Speaking/Participation = 20-25%
·
Homework = 10-15%
·
Workbook
exercises—No partial or late credit is given.
All work must be 100% completed by the specified time.
·
Audio
and video response pages—for in-class participation points.
·
Quizzes
·
Dialogues,
interviews, role-plays or narratives for in-class practice and for proficiency
evaluation
·
Chapter
project—essays, presentations, web quests, etc.
·
Chapter
Test
·
Episode
quizzes
·
Workbook
pages-participation points awarded
·
Class
participation-points awarded for participation in various classroom
activities-proficiency in Spanish is not judged-points recorded regularly by
teacher and averaged at the end of the quarter-classroom average is 100% (ex.
If class average is 55pts. a student earning 50 pts. Will receive 50 out of 55
pts. for his/her grade.)
·
Speaking
participation-based on the following 5-point scale. Students are periodically evaluated at random and an average is
taken at the end of the quarter.
5 = quality Spanish, no English, speaks with ease
4 = good Spanish, no English, speaks with some ease
3 = OK Spanish, no English, speaks haltingly but
tries
2 = mostly Spanish, a few English words
1 = trying to speak Spanish but has too much English
interference
0 = nonsense Spanish or no Spanish
Classroom Rules:
1. Be on time. Be in
your seat at the sound of the bell and do not leave it unless given permission.
2. Raise your hand to get the teacher’s attention. Do not
call out. You may need to exercise a
little patience.
3. Follow all directions promptly and accurately. Listen
carefully.
4. Be prepared to learn.
Sharpen pencils before class.
Bring all necessary materials to class.
Do not bring distracting items to class (food, toys, make-up, artwork,
work from other classes, etc.). Show a
positive attitude.
5. Be courteous. Think about how you would like to be treated
by others. Use polite expressions (please, thank you, excuse me, I’m sorry).
Consequences:
1. Verbal Warning
2. Conference with teacher
3. Detention or parents called
4. Detention and parents called
5. Office/Counselor referral
Severe infractions of the
rules will result in elimination of the earlier steps.
Procedures:
1. All work turned in for teacher review must be written in dark
ink. This includes all homework, quizzes,
tests, etc. Consequences include loss of credit for assignment or staying after
school to redo a quiz or test.
2. Hall passes. You will receive three per quarter. You may not leave the room without one
(exceptions: severe illness or teacher
initiated errands). You must first ask
permission in Spanish, receive permission and then fill in all parts except for
the teacher signature, which you must then obtain.
3. Any student leaving the room for any reason must sign out on the
classroom sign out sheet. You must then
sign in again upon return. This rule
also applies to any student arriving late for any reason.
When you are absent:
1. See teacher or fellow classmate to find out what you missed. Or
you can email Mrs. Smith Keller at [email protected]
during your absence to get your daily assignments.
2. Show teacher completed homework due during absence. This must be accomplished within the time
frame established in the student handbook.
3. Pick up handouts and corrected papers that were handed back in
your absence from the teacher.
4. Turn in any work collected in your absence to the teacher.
5. Make-up any quizzes or tests taken in your absence. Quizzes,
tests and in-class essays must be made up before or after school. Schedule this as soon as possible after you
return to school.