SPANISH LEVEL II HONORS – SEÑORITA GALLEGOS



SPANISH LEVEL II – SYLLABUS

SRA. Walters

Tutoring: Wednesdays from 7-7:30am in Room 151 or by appointment

Email: bwalters@muncysd.ord

Phone Number: 570-546-3127 X3020

| |COURSE DESCRIPTION |

| |Course Description: Spanish II builds on previously learned skills and emphasizes increased accuracy. Students will continue their progress toward |

| |mastery of the present and preterit tenses, as well as begin to work with the imperfect, perfect, future and subjunctive. The emphasis on vocabulary |

| |expansion and more advanced writing, listening and reading tasks will enable the students to better negotiate communicative tasks. Spanish is the |

| |primary vehicle for classroom communication. |

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| |My Goal: This will be a productive and challenging year of learning, growth and fun. I am here to help you learn Spanish, but this won’t come without |

| |earnest effort on your part. Commit yourself to constant learning and you can succeed! |

“¡En español!” Class is conducted primarily in Spanish. Students should speak in Spanish, both with teacher and classmates, to the maximum extent possible. When it comes to speaking, you are being evaluated for effort more than accuracy. Do not worry about making mistakes. Get the gist across in Spanish and I will assist as needed. Research shows there’s a kind of judge in our heads called the “Monitor,” or editor, who helps polish our writing. If the Monitor gets too pushy, however, he interferes with our ability to speak, making us feel self-conscious. Like a bully, he gets bigger the more you worry about making errors or what other people think. Point taken – use the Monitor when you write, control him when you speak.

Grading Scale: A 95% – 100%

B 94% – 85%

C 84% – 75%

D 74% – 70%

F Below 70%

Extra Credit: Apart from extra credit question(s) on quizzes and tests, no other extra credit opportunities will be made available.

Exams and Quizzes: Tests and quizzes include matching, multiple-choice sections, analogies, fill-in-the-blank sections, and short answer or paragraph responses. A final exam will be given at the end of the year. Students will be made aware of all quiz and test dates.

Projects and Written Assignments: Projects will be assigned throughout the year and writing assignments on a regular basis. In most cases you will be given time during class to work on and peer edit projects and sometimes writing assignments. Students should begin work and seek teacher support, if necessary, shortly after receiving these assignments in order to ensure quality work is produced in a timely manner. Any students using an online translator (any online source in which you place phrases or sentences in the native language to have them translated in the target language) will result in a 0. The only acceptable tool online is .

Homework and Project Policy:

Regular Textbook/Workbook Assignments: There will be work assigned throughout the year in the online “cuaderno,” or workbook, and textbook. Students will be responsible for completing this work at home and each homework assignment completed is worth 10 points. There is no partial credit for incomplete homework assignments.

Projects: Projects are assigned during class and often you are given ample time to complete it during class. Projects can included many different components including oral and written communication. All projects will be accompanied by a rubric. All projects are due on the assigned date, ½ credit is given for a project that is one day late. Any projects handed in after earn the grade of 0.

Active, Engaged Participation: Participation cannot be underestimated! Participation means more than simply answering the teacher’s questions. It entails:

- volunteering to ask/answer questions

- helping others learn (especially your partner and/or group members!)

- taking responsibility for your own learning

- communicating in Spanish for the entire class period to the maximum extent possible

- taking notes

- involvement in whole class, group, pair and independent activities

- coming to class prepared and ON TIME

Materials: We will be learning from the Descubre textbooks this year. Each student will have access to a textbook that is located under each individual desk. Other copies may be signed out throughout the year and you will also have access to your textbook online. You will also be introduced to the SUPERSITE provided by Descubre.

Helpful Hints for Success in Spanish 2:

1. Come to tutoring with Srta. Walters!

- Wednesdays before school in room 151, other days by appointment

- Work on homework, peer edit, review test mistakes and clarify confusion

2. Use the Descubre 2 Supersite:

- Vocabulary lists and reinforcement

- Virtual grammar tutorials and practice

- Listening and reading practice

- Practice tests and quizzes

3. Use my school website:

- Class PowerPoints, notes, games and handouts

- Links to online grammar games and enrichment

Strategies for Increasing Proficiency at Any Level

1. Set electronic devices to Spanish – Facebook, email, cell phone…even your computer’s operating system!

2. Memorize song lyrics! EXCELLENT karaoke-style website:

3. Use Livemocha. It’s like Skype for language learning, connecting you with native speakers.

4. Watch Spanish television and movies, if possible, with Spanish subtitles for reinforcement.

5. Use proficiency building strategies. Some suggestions:

- Study the triggers for the various tenses and practice integrating them into your writing and speaking

- Examine the roots of unidentified words to deduce the meaning

- Play online vocabulary and grammar games to brush up on old and current material

- Stay current by reading the news in Spanish. Grab Chicago’s free daily reader “Hoy!”

- Write out conjugation tables for retention

- Highlight and rewrite notes

- Make flashcards for vocabulary and have a parent or friend quiz you orally

- Study words incrementally; don’t cram the day before a test!

- Repetition aloud

- And lastly, avoid English to Spanish direct translation, ESPECIALLY when dealing with colloquial expressions

Internet Resources

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|Descubre level 2 Supersite | |

|Online grammar practice | |

|StudySpanish: grammar exercises and explanations  | |

|Variety, really anything you could need! | |

|Verbix: conjugate verbs in Spanish | |

|Spanish language, culture and grammar exercises | |

|StudyStack: StudyStack displays a stack of "virtual flashcards" you can review at| |

|your own pace, discarding the ones you've learned and keeping the ones you still | |

|need to review. When you enter the data, it can be displayed as flashcards, a | |

|matching game, a word search puzzle, and a hangman. | |

|Grammar exercises organized by concept | |

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A NOTE REGARDING THE GRADING SCALE

The grade you receive is the grade you earned. I will not round up if you are on the border between two grades at the end of the marking period (i.e. 89.4%).

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