Español I

Course Syllabus

Spanish I

Fall: 2019-2020

Email: montes_r@4j.lane.edu

Office Hours: Tuesday through Thursday from 8:05-8:25 or schedule an appointment through email. 

Teacher: Rosalba Montes

Room: F45

Phone Number: 541-790-5124

WebPage: http://blogs.4j.lane.edu/montes_r/ 

 

Course Descriptions: ¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español nivel I! This course is designed for beginning students who want to learn Spanish.  As a student in this class you will learn the four basic skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. We will focus on basic vocabulary and grammar presented in a thematic context.  You will explore the language, culture and history of Spanish speaking countries in order to use the target language in a meaningful/authentic way. The following is a brief summary of course expectations.  Please review this sheet with your parents and keep this in your notebook in case you have questions.

 

Course Outcomes: By the end of this course you will develop proficiency at or approaching the ACTFL (American Confederation of Teachers of Foreign Languages) Novice Mid/Novice High category in listening, reading, and writing. Students will also be able to demonstrate knowledge of the history, culture, and geography of Spanish-speaking countries. For more information about the proficiency level please visit the following web site:

http://www.actfl.org/publications/all/national-standards-foreign-language-education

 

Common Core Alignment:  This course is aligned with National Common Core Standards (CCS) of Communication, using the strands of: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening. By using these standards and by providing a variety of CCS-tasks to Spanish II students during this course, students will be making progress to ensure that they are college-, career-, and world- ready regarding their language acquisition skills.  To read the full report, go to:  

http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Aligning_CCSS_Language_Standards_v6.pdf

 

Common Core and Content Example Standards:

  • Reading-  I (the student) can evaluate similarities and differences in language use and idiomatic expressions between the target language and one’s native language (Craft and Structure, Standard 4.1).
  • Writing- I (the student) can reinforce and further knowledge of other disciplines through the target language (Research to Build and Present Knowledge, Standard 3.1)
  • Speaking- I (the student) can engage in the oral exchange of ideas in formal and informal situations (Comprehension and Collaboration, Standard 1.1)
  • Listening- I (the student) can demonstrate comprehension of content from authentic audio and visual resources (Key Ideas and Details, Standard 1.2)

 

Spanish IA: Course Objective

Students will…

  • Interact to express your identity, ask for and give personal information and express a preference about activities.
  • Interpret images, video, audio, and print text in Spanish to gain insights into identify.
  • Present basic information about yourself
  • Investigate, explain and reflect on the role of language and music in shaping identity in Paraguay, in Texas and in your community.
  • Exchange information about your life at school, including people, places, calendars, schedules, and students activities.
  • Interpret images, videos, schedules, and calendars to gain insights into what school life is like in Costa Rica
  • Present information about your own life at school
  • Investigate and reflect on how a country’s educational system mirrors cultural values and perspectives
  • Exchange information about home life and family
  • Interpret short text

 

Spanish IB

  • Share preferences, opinions and habits about food choices and food purchases
  • Interpret photographs, videos, ads, blogs, and menus to understand food traditions
  • Create and present a series of menu items based on your food preferences and food traditions
  • Create and present a series of menu items based on your food preferences and food traditions from a Spanish-speaking country 
  • Recognize how traditions relating to meals and food reflect identity and how sharing in the food of another culture opens doors to intercultural communication
  • Express preferences for leisure activities
  • Make simple social plans
  • Interpret print and audiovisual material about the Dominican Republic celebration of Carnival
  • Recognize the mutual influences between the Dominican Republic and the U.S,. including sports and music
  • Share information, opinions, and preferences about weather, clothing outdoor activities, and the natural surroundings in your community and in the SPanish-speaking world.
  • Interpret blogs, promotional materials, and reports on climate and weather to plan your day
  • Create and present travel information for a Spanish-speaking audience promoting travel to some popular attractions in or near your community as a destination
  • Identify some of the unique geographical features that have shaped and defined the culture of a community.

 

Students Expectations

Required Materials

that you need to bring to class everyday.

  • EntreCultura1 (only if you don’t have access to the Internet/computer from home).  If you have access to the internet you can have access to the TextFlex.
  • Spanish Packet (I will provide this)
  • Spiral Notebook
  • Highlighters
  • Pencil
  • Blue and a black pen
Grading Policy Grades are assigned on a point/percentage basis.  The grading scale for this class is: 

100%-90%=A/A-

89%-80% = B/B-

79%-70% = C/C*

69%-60% = D- Cannot move on to the next level

59% below = F

  Pass / No Pass letter grade will be given to students who request them prior to midtermsRequest must be made in writing or through email.

Incompletes I will give an incomplete in an emergency situation that has been discussed previously with me, the student and parent/caregiver. A plan will be determined for completion.

*Note:  In order to be placed in Spanish II you need a grade of C or better.

 

I DO NOT ROUND UP, AS I DO NOT USE DECIMAL PLACES IN CONFIGURING GRADES.  I DO NOT GIVE EXTRA CREDIT OR ALLOW STUDENTS TO DO A PROJECT TO REPLACE A TEST/QUIZ/ASSIGNMENT/HOMEWORK ETC.

 

Grades are weighted in the following manner: 40% of your grade is based on Summative Assessment/Integrated Performance Assessment

30% of your grade is based on Formative Assessment/Quizzes

20% of your grade is based on in class Assignments/Pesos (This will be entered at the end of each trimester)

10% of your grade is based on homework

 

Class Assignments

Before I describe the assignments please be aware that LATE PROJECTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT PENALTY and LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED (if you have an accommodation please see me)

 

Cuaderno de español Each student will need a college-ruled spiral notebook (about 80 pages) for Spanish in class work.  This notebook will be called Cuaderno de Español students will do all their warm-ups (repasos), and in class assignments in this notebook. At the end of the term, students will show me their Cuaderno de Español to receive pesos.
Paquete de español I will provide you with a Spanish packet that it will include all of the printed notes for Spanish IA and IB.  This packet will become your study guide for final exams and your study guide to review when you moved on to the next level. I will give specific instructions on how I want you to review the notes.  The Paquete de español is worth 100 points at the end of the trimester.  

This packet will have your school year calendar. Each day you are required to write down the homework, when we will have quizzes, test, and due dates for the projects.  

If you show me your detail calendario You will receive pesos. I will encourage parents/guardians/caregivers to ask you to show them your Calendario.

Online Homework The book EntreCulturas comes with a learning site.  This site can be access through

https://clever.com/ 

use your 4j email address and 4j email password.  Please see me if you cannot access your account.

Study vocabulary everyday, go to my website to click on the vocab that we will be studying.

I will assign online homework three to four days a week.  Homework will always be due the following Monday.  If you don’t have access to the computer at home you are required to come in during my office hours, I will provide you with a computer to do the homework.  If you have a mobile phone that has access to the internet you can do the homework on your phone but I do not recommend it, if you do the homework through the phone use google chrome. 

I will not collect homework, and I will not keep track if you did the homework or not.  Once you submit the homework on the learning site it will record the date and the time you did the assignment then I will transfer your scores to Synergy.  Remember to click SUMMIT when you are done.

If I assign homework that is not online, it must be written in your Cuaderno de Español, you must label it, and highlighted with a yellow highlighter.

Late homework will not be accepted because I am allowing reasonable time for students to do it before the deadline.  This does not apply to students who were absent consecutively for more than two days and if you have an accommodation.  Please see me to create a plan for the make-up work.

If for any reason you want to make-up late homework, you must request it through email.  I will tell you if you are allowed to do it or not. If I do allow it, you must email me to let me know that you have completed it.

In class assignments All  in class assignments and repasos will be done in your Cuaderno de Español, unless I provide you with a worksheet.  I will not collect them. Always write the name of the activity, and the date it was done.  

I will ask you to show me a few of them, if they were done correctly you will receive your points.  In class assignments must be done in class and they will not be accepted late unless you were absent.

Apuntes I will always provide you with the notes.  You are responsible to review your notes and show me that you have reflected on them.  I will provide you with more information throughout the course.
Pesos Students will receive “pesos” based on the following criteria: repeating and responding, staying on task, and working cooperatively in small groups in SPANISH.  We will also do written activities on scratch sheets of papers, if you complete the assignment, you will receive pesos.

You need to obtain 85 pesos at the end of the trimester.  Any additional pesos, maximum of 20 extra pesos, can be used towards your homework grade.

Quizzes You will have grammar, verbs and vocabulary quizzes in each unit.  If you fail a quiz I will request proof that you have studied it before you will be allowed to retake it.  This proof could be the homework that you have done in class, or any additional written material that you did to study for the quiz.  Once you present your materials to me you will be allowed to retake it only once. The retake of any quiz has to be done in a timely manner.  I will write a notification on StudentView and ParentView when is the last day that a quiz can be retaken.
Test & Projects You will have a test after each unit.  Test could be written, listening, reading or speaking test.  

For Spanish IB you will have a comprehensive final exam and a speaking final exam to conclude the level.

Projects will always be started in class, what you do not complete in class you will have to finish it as homework.  I will provide you with specific instructions and requirements for each project.

Tests are not allowed to be retaken unless is part of an accommodation.  If you have this accommodation you must discuss it with me privately.

Projects will have a 5%  late penalty for turning them in late.

 

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET YOUR MAKE-UP WORK AND TO TURN IT IN ON TIME, WHETHER YOU WERE SICK OR GONE FOR SPORTS OR OTHER SCHOOL EVENTS. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE HOMEWORK AND MISSING WORK

 

Please go to my website to click on the vocabulary that you should study everyday:

http://blogs.4j.lane.edu/montes_r/

 

You can also ask me to show you my Cuaderno de Español and take a picture of my calendario, stop by my office hours: Tuesday – Thursday 8:05-8:25am or email me to find out the work that we did.

 

Student Expectations

Students are expected to participate in all class activities, to make a good effort in speaking Spanish, to keep trying, and to pay attention in class.  Remember, anything that we do in class will help you to review for a test! Furthermore, to be successful in this Spanish course you must practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing both during class and at home.  This means that excellent attendance, active participation in class, thorough preparation for test, and completion of all homework assignments and projects.

 

Attendance Your presence in this class is the most important!  Since we cover a lot of material, it’s important that you be in your seat with the necessary materials before the bell rings.  

Remember, there is no make-up work for unexcused absences (Please see the Student Handbook attendance policies).  

Students who are excused will be allowed to make up the assignments, quizzes or tests. All make-up work for an excused absence can receive full credit. In the event of an absence, it is the student’s responsibility to find out what work was missed and to hand it in promptly. 

Remember class participation is a class assignment, which often cannot be made up because it cannot be created out of class.

Classroom Rules Think “Lancer Pride

Perseverance Respect Integrity Determination   Excellence

RESPETA: be respectful to everyone and the learning environment

Be on time and prepared

Participate with a positive attitude

Obey school policies (see student handbook)

Speak Spanish

Electronic Devices Cell phone must be turned off and put away.  Any electronic devices (cell phones, IPods, etc.) are distractions to the effective learning of Spanish, and are not permitted in this class.  

Any electronic devices must be turned off and stored in student’s backpacks. If you use your electronic device I will take it until the end of the period.  Repeated inappropriate cell phone use will be resolved with an administrator.

Integrity Any form of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Please see the student handbook for more information.  

Some examples include but are not limited to: giving or receiving answers on any assignments (including homework), plagiarism, using an online or electronic translator, and/ or using outside materials not permitted by the teacher on tests or quizzes.

Please also note that I have a no talking policy during quizzes and tests, regardless of whether a student has or has not turned in the exam. No students should be talking amongst themselves; if there are any questions, they should be directed to me. Talking during a quiz/ test may result in a zero for all parties involved. If I ever catch a student cheating, he or she will lose the privilege to do any retakes that I allow for this class.

Discipline: Students who fail to follow school and classroom rules mentioned above will have to face the consequences of their actions.  This could include, but are not limited to, having a private conversation in class with the student, call or write home to parent / guardian, or refer the matter to an administrator.
Extra Help My office hours will be from 8:05-8:25 Tuesday – Thursday if you cannot make it during my office hours please e-mail me at montes_r@4j.lane.edu.
Dismissal Remain in your seats at the end of class until I dismiss you. We normally work up to the bell, so don’t put your materials away early!!

Thank You,

Ms. Montes

Churchill High School

Spanish Teacher

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