REALIDADES- SYLLABUS- SPANISH LEVEL 3 RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL 2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR Course Title: Spanish 3 Common Core and State Standards of Learning :1,2,3,4,5 Instructor: Noemi Goodman Email: noemi.goodman@rcsd.ms Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Spanish 2 Materials Needed: Realidades -Textbook - Level 3 Writing,listening,reading,speaking activities,workbook- Notebook (2) Grammar/Vocabulary, worksheets,smart Board interctive activities. General Course objectives: The goals of the Spanish classes are for students to develop the basic skills learning a new language, explore key issues, develop core concepts, and acquire knowledge of the Spanish language and culture through a variety of literacy skills, instructional tools and strategies such as thinking map devices, Course and Unit Organizers, Framing, Word Mapping, lesson plans, activities, resources, and teaching materials. Students must be able to understand specialized vocabulary, identify key pieces of information within texts and small readings, connect new information to prior knowledge, and synthesize the information to make it meaningful. s: There will be one/two project/s or enrichment activity/ies assigned. A two week notice will be given. These will be projects that will provide practice of learned skills and an opportunity to expand the student s knowledge of hispanic cultural topics. Grades / Progress: A student s overall grade will be composed of assessment in the following areas: Attendance and Participation in class - Homework Assignments -Chapter Quizzes - Unit Tests Grading Scale: GRADING Spanish III A=90-100 B=80-89 C=70-79 D=60-69 F=0-59 FORMATIVE: 40% Quizzes,listening, writing,reading and speaking activities,homework, and paricipation in class. SUMMATIVE: 60% Chapter and final tests, projects.
Homework will be assigned every other day and will always be due the next class meeting. Testing: Weekly quizzes will take place. They will assess vocabulary acquisition and structure skills. Chapter tests will take place after completion of each chapter. Chapter tests will be notified a week in advance. They will test reading and writing skills, and cultural knowledge introduced in the chapter. Course description: The textbook will be the most important tool, and it is therefore necessary that each student bring it to every class meeting. The key focus in each chapter of the textbook will be on the sections of Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons and Communities. The section of communication will focus on oral language development. Talking,reading, interpreting and presenting information around a specific topic covering key situations where students would have to use Spanish ; the section of culture will introduce the student to the hispanic traditions and cultures, connections will let the students link topics and themes comparisons will focus on agrammar skills which aim at enabling coherent communication; the section of communities will let the students to apply knoledge in their communities. Finally, it will be important that each student browse through the handbook section at the end of the textbook. It has some helpful tips and resources that will definitely come in handy throughout the year! Our main focus in class will be to allow for oral and auditory language development, pronunciation will be modeled and in-class activities will require oral participation. Outside of class time, the student will be held responsible for studying new and previous vocabulary and for completing assigned practice exercises that will allow for application of structure skills presented in the chapter, aside from any other projects that may be assigned as homework Specific Course Objectives: Enable the student to communicate in oral and written Spanish. Enable the student to comprehend oral and written Spanish. Introduce the student to the culture of the Spanish speaking world.
COURSE OUTLINE: SPANISH 3-REALIDADES REPASO-REVIEW: Vocabulary, introductions to the course UNIT PE GRAMMAR/LANGUAGE TOPIC/ ACTIVITIES * Introduction- Fundamentals *Unit-To Begin Daily routines, school life, leisure activities, present tense verbs, reflexive verbs, weekend activities, celebrations, special events, verbs like gustar, possessive adjectives Grammar: irregular verbs in the first person singular "YO" of the present tense Stem changing verbs in the present tense Reflexive verbs in the present tense Verbs that are conjugated like the verb "gustar' for example (me gusta, me encanta, me interesa) Possessive adjectives ( my, yours, his,hers, ours, theirs) Workbook, pair and group work presentations Word mapping Lincs tables COMMON CORE/STATE STANDARS Core: Practicing and reviewing vocabulary and grammar Comprehension and collaboration. Reading, Writing and Speaking Quiz and tests Formative and summative assessment INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Smart board Textbook, workbook, computer, white board, Over head projector, worksheets Reading paragraphs 1 Dias inolvidables Capitulo 1 - Dias inolvidables- Describing a visist Talk about school competitions Express your emotions regarding the outcome of an event Narrate an event in the past family outgoings Grammar: Preterit tense, spelling changes, pancakes, irregular verbs, charts for the preterit. The imperfect, regular and irregular verbs Adverbs for the preterit and imperfect Difference between the Preterit and imperfect/ Comparison table Spanish in our community Questions and answers in complete sentences/ Core: Developing and strengthening writing. Speaking, writing, and listening in past tenses Reading texts Smart board, textbook, practice book, computer, overhead Books in Spanish
2 Como te expresas? 3 Que haces para estar en forma? Capitulo 2 Como te expresas? Talk about the arts Give an opinion about a work of art Relate the arts to your own experience Describe how people express themselves Narrate events in past tense using preterit and imperfect tenses Grammar: Repaso de SER ESTAR Review of comparison of adjectives Usos del imperfecto Practice entre preterit and imperfect Continue to learn about the use of Imperfect vs. Preterit. Word Map Writing a paragraph Que haces para estar en forma? Talk about symptoms and remedies Give advice about health and nutrition Express how you feel under certain circumstances Tell others what to do Understand cultural perspectives about health, physical fitness and nutrition. Grammar: Positive and negative TU Commands Review of Direct and indirect object pronouns Present subjunctive of regular verbs. Subjunctive of irregular verbs Conjugation and practice Core: Speaking and using the language effectively and recognizing language varieties Listening, speaking Vocabulary Quizzes -Unit Test/ Core: Determining word meanings Reading and speaking Formative/Summative Vocabulary Quizzes, participation Unit test Smart board Textbook, workbook, computer, white board, Over Head projector, worksheets Short texts to read Smart board Textbook, workbook, computer, white board, Over Head projector, worksheets Stories in the target language Spanish in the community Frame reading/pair work 4 Como te llevas con los demas? Cómo te llevas con los demas? Express how you relate to family and friends Explain what is need to maintain friendships Express how you feel under certain circumstances. Talk about family conflicts and how to resolve them dealing with friends and family Core: Using basic Spanish in formal writing and speaking Speaking, listening and writing Formative Transparencies book, computer, smart
4 Como te llevas con los demas? Cómo te llevas con los demas? Express how you relate to family and friends Explain what is need to maintain friendships Express how you feel under certain circumstances. Talk about family conflicts and how to resolve them dealing with friends and family Grammar: El Subjuntivo Reflexive verbs Uses of Por y Para Mandatos con nosotros Pronombres posessivos Core: Using basic Spanish in formal writing and speaking Speaking, listening and writing Formative Vocabulary Quizzes Summative: -Unit Test - Transparencies book, computer, smart 5 Trabajo y Coumunidad 6 Talk about professions and careers Spanish in the working world Lincs /comparison/table Trabajo y Coumunidad Talk about ways of getting a job Describing skills and abilities needed to perform a job Talk about opportunities for volunteer work in you community dealing with student jobs and volunteer work Explain how you can help your community Grammar- Participio de los verbos El Presente Perfecto Los pronombres demostrativos Sufijos y prefijos Spanish in the community Word mapping Talk about professions and careers Talk about plans for the future Explain the impact of science and technology in our lives Core: Use of knowledge of Spanish language Reading, writing and speaking Formative/Summative Vocabulary Quizzes -Unit Test Core: Speaking, listening and writing Reading packets book, computer, smart Transparencies. Writing books Transparencies. book, computer, white projector. Smart board activities
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