Spanish Syllabus
Email: [email protected]T
Website: http://zebu-leon.weebly.com
This website is updated on a weekly basic. Parents can get materials, resources and other information used in the classroom. All topics of the week and especially assignments details, rubrics and due dates and much more.
Grading system: (there is always room and time and improvement)
By the end of this class students will be able to:
Spanish Exploratory:
Spanish Beginning: (LESS THAN A YEAR)
Retest Procedures: Students who miss or do not pass a test will have an opportunity to retest provided they have completed missing work (class work & homework) associated with the unit and/or made test corrections within two weeks of the original test date. Students can also ask for after school support before retaking any quiz/test or need extra feedback about a major project.
Interactive Notebook rules and procedures: There will always be room for improvement with this classroom tool. Students can improve their grades as long as they are responsible for handing in the notebook back to the teacher on a timely manner. Students have to be neat and creative with the activities complete in the notebook. They have to have all given directions, labels and other ways to identify their work to get a good grade.
Recommended websites to visit at home:
Realidades http://www.phschool.com/atschool/realidades/program_page.html
PACING GUIDES
SPANISH EXPLORATORY, BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCE
List of what would be covered in each level: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced:List of what would be covered in each level: Exploratory, Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced:
EXPLORATORY SPANISH (Quarter Long)
BEGINNING: (Semester-long)
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH (Semester-long and year long)
Content:
· Vacations and Holidays (review of calendar)
GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX:
· Interrogation question (info questions)
¿Dónde, cuándo, cómo, por qué, con quién?
· Verbs “ir” “venir” “hacer”
· Verb “jugar” stem changing verbs
ADVANCE SPANISH (Semester and year long)
Review:
· Alphabet and Numbers
· Greetings
· Verb Conjugation
Family, House and Chores
. Review of family members
· House Parts
· Room ítems and furniture
· Chores
Grammar and syntax:
· Tener que (stem changing verbs)
· Verbs in present tense (ar-er-ir)
· Possessive adjectives
· Compatives / superlatives
Culture
· Housing in Latin America
· Family traditions (Role of family members)
De compras (Shopping)
· Clothes items
· Shopping places
· Review of weather and seasons
Grammar and syntax:
· Question words: how much?, how many?, how often?, what type?
· Past Tense and conditional tense
· Future tense
Culture:
· Clothing style in Latin America.
HERITAGE: Spanish for Spanish Speakers Level I (quarter long)
Proficiency Levels: Novice Mid-High and Intermediate Low
Course Description for Heritage Language Level I This course is designed specifically for native or heritage speakers of a language other than English who already have some oral language proficiency. The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop, maintain, and enhance their proficiency in the heritage language by providing them the opportunity to listen, speak, read, and write in a variety of contexts and for a variety of audiences, including the family, school, and the immediate community. The course will allow students to explore the cultures that use the heritage language, including their own, and it will enable students to gain a better understanding of the nature of their own language as well as other languages to be acquired.
1.- The Spanish Speaking Countries
2.- The Spanish Alphabetical Sound System
3.- Spanish Spelling, Ortography and Punctuation
4.- All About Spanish Numerical System
HERITAGE: Spanish for Spanish Speakers Level II (coming soon)
Proficiency Levels: Novice High and Intermediate Low/Mid/High
Course Description for Heritage Language Level II Students enrolled in this course have either successfully completed a Heritage Language Level I course at the middle or high school or have placed out of Level I due to previous language study and/or established proficiency. This course is designed specifically for native or heritage speakers of a language other than English who already have some oral language proficiency. The purpose of this course is to enable students to further develop, maintain, and enhance their proficiency in the heritage language by providing them the opportunity to listen, speak, read, and write in a variety of contexts and for a variety of audiences, including the family, school, and broader community. The course will allow students to explore the cultures that use the heritage language, including their own, and it will enable students to gain a better understanding of the nature of their own language as well as other languages to be acquired.
Email: [email protected]T
Website: http://zebu-leon.weebly.com
This website is updated on a weekly basic. Parents can get materials, resources and other information used in the classroom. All topics of the week and especially assignments details, rubrics and due dates and much more.
Grading system: (there is always room and time and improvement)
- Large Projects and Test/ Quarter Exams: 40%
- Classwork : 20%
- Quizzes and small projects 30%
- Homework* 10 %
- *(updated interactive notebook, finish or complete worksheet given in class)
By the end of this class students will be able to:
Spanish Exploratory:
- Identify all the Spanish Speaking countries their capitals and flags
- Discuss some relevant aspects of Spanish speaking countries culture and traditions.
- Recite the Spanish alphabet, spell his/her name.
- Identify days, months, seasons, time,
- greet people
Spanish Beginning: (LESS THAN A YEAR)
- SPELLS WORDS AND COUNT UP TO 100
- GREET PEOPLE IN SPANISH
- Introduce themselves and others
- Describe family and friends (COLORS-SHAPES)
- Identify School objects AND TALK ABOUT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
- Discuss some relevant aspects of Spanish speaking countries culture and traditions
- GREET PEOPLE IN SPANISH & INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND OTHERS
- Identify food items and follow a recipe
- oRDER IN A RESTAURANT & DISCUSS ABOUT FOOD AROUND TOWN.
- dISCUSS family and housing in the hispanic world.
- dISCUSS SOME RELEVANT ASPECTS OF SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES CULTURE AND TRADITIONS
- School supplies needed:
- Scissors
- Glue sticks
- Composition notebook (mandatory) spiral notebook are not recommended.
- 3 ring binder or folder to keep worksheets
- Dictionary
- Make sure students update his/her Interactive notebook every day at home
- Take him to the Public Library to check out some bilingual books you can read together at home.
- Have a dictionary available or help him to use online translating tools.
- Send Sra. Leon an email every other week to check on your child’s behavior/academics.
Retest Procedures: Students who miss or do not pass a test will have an opportunity to retest provided they have completed missing work (class work & homework) associated with the unit and/or made test corrections within two weeks of the original test date. Students can also ask for after school support before retaking any quiz/test or need extra feedback about a major project.
Interactive Notebook rules and procedures: There will always be room for improvement with this classroom tool. Students can improve their grades as long as they are responsible for handing in the notebook back to the teacher on a timely manner. Students have to be neat and creative with the activities complete in the notebook. They have to have all given directions, labels and other ways to identify their work to get a good grade.
Recommended websites to visit at home:
Realidades http://www.phschool.com/atschool/realidades/program_page.html
- Duolinguo
- Voice Threat
- Quizzlet
- Quia
- SpanishSpanish.com
- 123TeachMe
PACING GUIDES
SPANISH EXPLORATORY, BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCE
List of what would be covered in each level: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced:List of what would be covered in each level: Exploratory, Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced:
EXPLORATORY SPANISH (Quarter Long)
- Spanish Speaking Countries (countries, capitals, flags, maps)
- Alphabet
- Numbers (time, dates)
- Colors
- Greetings
BEGINNING: (Semester-long)
- Alphabet
- Numbers (time, dates, calendar)
- Colors
- Greetings
- Describing people
- Likes and Dislikes
- School Subjects
- School Objects
- School activities and locations
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH (Semester-long and year long)
- Review of Spanish Beginning (alphabet, numbers, greeting and introductions)
- Food and Restaurants
- After School activities
Content:
- · Ordering at the restaurant (requesting food)
· Creating a food pyramid (classify food)
· Health and nutrition (giving advise)
· Body parts (health and firness)
GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX:
· Review of “me gusta”- “no me gusta” “me encanta”“detesto” “Que asco”
· Introduction of the expression “Me gustaría comer (beber)”
· How much and how many (¿cuánto cuesta?) ¿Cuántos/as quieres?
· Adverbs of frequency (siempre, nunca, a veces, rara vez, muy poco)
· Tener & haber (to express advise) - After School activities
· Vacations and Holidays (review of calendar)
GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX:
· Interrogation question (info questions)
¿Dónde, cuándo, cómo, por qué, con quién?
· Verbs “ir” “venir” “hacer”
· Verb “jugar” stem changing verbs
ADVANCE SPANISH (Semester and year long)
Review:
· Alphabet and Numbers
· Greetings
· Verb Conjugation
Family, House and Chores
. Review of family members
· House Parts
· Room ítems and furniture
· Chores
Grammar and syntax:
· Tener que (stem changing verbs)
· Verbs in present tense (ar-er-ir)
· Possessive adjectives
· Compatives / superlatives
Culture
· Housing in Latin America
· Family traditions (Role of family members)
De compras (Shopping)
· Clothes items
· Shopping places
· Review of weather and seasons
Grammar and syntax:
· Question words: how much?, how many?, how often?, what type?
· Past Tense and conditional tense
· Future tense
Culture:
· Clothing style in Latin America.
HERITAGE: Spanish for Spanish Speakers Level I (quarter long)
Proficiency Levels: Novice Mid-High and Intermediate Low
Course Description for Heritage Language Level I This course is designed specifically for native or heritage speakers of a language other than English who already have some oral language proficiency. The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop, maintain, and enhance their proficiency in the heritage language by providing them the opportunity to listen, speak, read, and write in a variety of contexts and for a variety of audiences, including the family, school, and the immediate community. The course will allow students to explore the cultures that use the heritage language, including their own, and it will enable students to gain a better understanding of the nature of their own language as well as other languages to be acquired.
1.- The Spanish Speaking Countries
2.- The Spanish Alphabetical Sound System
3.- Spanish Spelling, Ortography and Punctuation
4.- All About Spanish Numerical System
HERITAGE: Spanish for Spanish Speakers Level II (coming soon)
Proficiency Levels: Novice High and Intermediate Low/Mid/High
Course Description for Heritage Language Level II Students enrolled in this course have either successfully completed a Heritage Language Level I course at the middle or high school or have placed out of Level I due to previous language study and/or established proficiency. This course is designed specifically for native or heritage speakers of a language other than English who already have some oral language proficiency. The purpose of this course is to enable students to further develop, maintain, and enhance their proficiency in the heritage language by providing them the opportunity to listen, speak, read, and write in a variety of contexts and for a variety of audiences, including the family, school, and broader community. The course will allow students to explore the cultures that use the heritage language, including their own, and it will enable students to gain a better understanding of the nature of their own language as well as other languages to be acquired.
