SYLLABUS
Centennial High School
2015-2016
Course #: Spanish 8165
Course Name: Spanish 3A
Semester 1
Prerequisite: Spanish 2B with a grade of C- or better.
Note: Some colleges require a third year of a language for
admission. Schoology Code: 9J7HK-D48ZS
Teacher Name: Ricardo Giorgis
Room Number: W440 Phone #: 763-792-5047
E-Mail: [email protected]
Credit Earned: 1 semester
Honors Option: This class may be taken for Honors
credit. (More information available on yellow sheet.)
Course Description:
Students will continue to work on the vocabulary and sentence structures needed to communicate in real-life context.
Students will expand listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Spanish while investigating the culture of the
Hispanic people.
Course Objectives:
Leccion Preliminar- Una vida ocupada - los Estados Unidos:
● Review the language by talking about people and activities.
● Review regular, stem-changing, reflexive, and irregular present tense verbs.
● Review using direct and indirect object pronouns.
● Make comparisons, especially about animals.
Project: Write a brief autobiography or blog; digital essay or poster about yourself.
Lección especial: Mi niñez
● Talk about family, friends and relationships.
● Talk about childhood activities using verbs in the imperfect tense.
Project: Create a photo album of your childhood
Unidad 1: Nos divertimos al aire libre – México
● Learn about outdoor activities, nature and animals.
● Describe a camping trip and/or a trip to the beach and talk about traveling.
● Review regular and irregular verbs in the preterite tense.
● Investigate travel excursions in Mexico.
● Contrast the preterite and imperfect tenses.
Project: Create a tourist brochure about outdoor excursions in Mexico.
¡A Comer! – España (Unidad 5, Avancemos 2)
● Learn vocabulary related to cooking, food and ordering in a restaurant.
● Make negative and affirmative statements.
● Use formal commands to tell how a recipe is prepared.
● Use single and double object pronouns with commands.
● Learn about typical foods and meal customs in Spain.
Project: Create a dialogue about ordering food in a restaurant.
Course Expectations and Grading: Learning a language requires active participation!!
Participation Grade = 25 points per two week period (approximately 20% of grade)
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You are evaluated on your oral participation in Spanish to encourage you to the use the language and help you build fluency.
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You gain points for speaking Spanish, answering questions, actively speaking Spanish with a partner and participating in all
classroom activities. Occasionally, you will fill out self-evaluations about your speaking and participation in Spanish, which
will also be included in your participation grade.
You lose points for disrupting class, for acting disrespectfully, or for not participating in classroom activities.
You will also lose points for being tardy to class (-1 point for each tardy).
Points lost due to poor behavior or tardies will be automatically deducted from your weekly total and may not be made up.
If you have many excused absences or are very quiet in class, you may arrange to make up participation points by speaking
with me in Spanish before or after school.
Homework assignments (approximately 20% of grade)
● Most daily homework will be checked at the beginning of class on the due date.
o For most daily homework assignments, you will receive a check mark if your assignment is complete. If your
assignment is partially complete, you may receive half of the points for that assignment.
o Unexcused LATE daily homework or copied assignments are NOT ACCEPTED. If you don’t have it
completed when it is due, you will NOT receive ANY credit for the assignment.
● Daily assignments and all IN CLASS activities are worth 20% of your grade. Projects are worth 10%
Quizzes, and Tests (approximately 50% of grade)
● There will usually be a test at the end of each chapter and one or more quizzes throughout the chapter.
● Make up of tests and quizzes must be done within one week of the excused absence. Advisory is a great time to make up
work! You may also make an appointment with me for before or after school.
● You are allowed to re-take ONE test or quiz if you get a D or fail it, but you must do so within one week.
● There will usually be one project per unit.
● Late projects will be deducted 10% for each day that they are late, up to a 50% deduction.
Extra-Credit ( added to projects grade)
● There will be many opportunities to earn extra credit. Extra credit can raise your grade by up to 2% or 3%.
● Most extra credit will be announced by the teacher when is due and what you need to do. Take advantage of the E.C.
opportunities during the semester.
Attendance - We will follow the school policy.
● 3 unexcused tardies = one unexcused absence. 2 or more unexcused absences result in an automatic grade reduction.
You will automatically lose one participation point for each unexcused tardy.
● You have one week to make up tests, quizzes, listening and speaking activities. Before or after school, or during Advisory.
If you are absent:
● Make up work for excused absences must be completed within 2 school days of the absence.
● It is your responsibility to get the assignments and look in SCHOOLOGY to see what we did, and turn them in if instructed.
● Make sure you read the description of what was covered in class and follow the given directions.
● If you have any questions, first ask your partner; if he/she cannot answer your questions, then ask the teacher.
● Please use Schoology to see what homework, project or study materials are uploaded for your use. It is your
responsibility to write down the assignment that you missed and show it to the teacher when completed.
Behavior:
1. Be respectful of other students, the teacher, yourself, and the classroom. Disrespectful language will not be
tolerated!
2. Speak with permission and listen when others are talking.
3. Bring all necessary materials to class: a folder for Spanish only, notebook and a writing utensil.
4. Follow directions the first time given.
5. To leave the classroom (for the bathroom, office, drink) please ask the teacher in Spanish and take the pass with
you. Sign out any time you leave class and sign in when you return.
6. Do not throw objects in the classroom!
7. Do your own work. NO COPYING, USING ONLINE TRANSLATORS OR CHEATING!! (This includes
copying homework assignments if you were gone.) You will receive a ZERO and your parents may be contacted!
8. Electronic devices must be out of sight and turned off during class (bell to bell) unless special permission has
been given by the teacher to have them out.*
Consequences for misbehavior:
1. Warnings: If you disrupt class, are not following along, participating, etc. you will get one warning.
2. If the problem happens a second time, 3 participation points will automatically be deducted from your weekly
participation grade.
3. If the problem occurs a third time, your parents will be contacted and you will lose a total of 6 points from your
weekly participation grade. You may also receive a referral to the office.
4. Immediate removal from the classroom. Referral sent to the office / re-entry process.
*Consequences for misuse of electronic devices:
● We will use electronic devices are to be used for educational purposes only with teacher’s consent.
● If your electronic device sounds off, if you are using it for purposes that are not related to Spanish class,
or if you are texting/on your phone during class it will be taken away until the end of the class
period.
● If it happens again, your electronic device will be confiscated until the end of the day. Your
parents/guardians will be notified and you will lose 5 participation points for that day.
Materials Needed:
● Various worksheets and handouts. (Keep the ones that are 3-hole punched for the rest of the year.)
● A folder to keep your materials in.
Textbooks:
● We will be using a classroom set of texts. You will be assigned a text to use in class. One or two other students
at other class times will also be assigned that text.
● Students who wish may check out a textbook from the East Media Center to take home. This textbook must be
returned or renewed by the end of the semester.
Miscellaneous:
You need at least a C- to continue on to the next level of Spanish!
GRADING
A = 100 – 93
A- = 92 – 90
B+ = 89 – 87
B = 86 – 83
B- = 82 – 80
C+ = 79 – 77
C = 76 – 73
(Exemplary work – 90%-100% mastery of subject goals)
(Proficient/thorough work – 80%-89% mastery of subject goals)
(Acceptable work – 70%-79% mastery of subject goals)
C- = 72 – 70
D+ = 69 – 67
D = 66 – 63 (Mediocre work – 60%-69% mastery of subject goals)
D- = 62 – 60
NC = 59 – 0 (Unacceptable work – less than 50% mastery of subject goals)
NCA = (Grade Reduced due to Attendance)
NC$ = (Book missing or Fees due)
I am looking forward to a great semester with you! Please feel free to come see me in my office (Room W440) before or
after school, during Advisory, or by appointment. ☺
Avancemos – Spanish at home!
Now you can access your textbook at home, as well as do practice activities!
Go to www.classzone.com.
Click on ‘world language high school text’ and ‘Minnesota’.
Click on your book Avancemos 2 or Avancemos 3 (Depending on which book we are working from.)
You will see choices. Under each choice, you first pick a unit and lesson.
*ON-LINE TEXTBOOK– You are able to see any page in your textbook, as well as hear and see any of the audio or video
segments. After clicking on Avancemos 2 or 3, go to 2007 Online Book. Press Continue. Sign in as [email protected]. The
password is centennial.
*@HomeTutor is where you will spend most of your time.
● Type in your name (Spanish first name and real last name) and select a level. Level A is the easiest and Level C is the most
challenging. You will be able to change the level at any time.
● Next choose the Unidad and Lección you want. Remember, this first unit is called Lección Preliminar.
● Then choose between various categories of activities.
o Under Vocabulario, you can see the presentation video and do activities with it.
o Interactive flashcards allow you to practice Spanish vocabulary, as well as hear the Spanish pronunciation. You can
shuffle the cards and remove (temporarily) the cards you already know.
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Práctica lets you practice the vocab in sentence or puzzle format.
Under Gramática, you will see a list of activities to practice the grammar concepts in the chapter. Choose the level of
activity and check your answers when you’re done.
o Lectura allows you to practice reading assignments. With Escuchar, you can work on your listening skills. At the end
of lección 2 and before the final test, you can use the Repaso inclusivo to review the entire unit.
You can also see verb charts and glossaries (dictionaries) at any time.
*Conjuguemos: Allows you to practice verb conjugation. Click on the unit you want and then scroll down to the select your
choices on the bottom of the page: verb tenses, verbs, pronouns and length of time. Then click ‘start’ and try to type as many verbs as
you can. You will get a score at the end. You can print out that page to report your session.
Online review. For students who have trouble accessing @HomeTutor. Features the interactive flashcards and selfcheck quizzes to
allow you to practice what you’ve learned.
Audio: Allows you to download and listen to any of the scripts in the text.
Culture: Cultura interactiva: Allows you to expand on the cultural information taught in the book with additional audio and video
materials.
When you finish working on the computer, use the two icons at the bottom to either print a session report to hand in for credit
or email me the session report at [email protected] (See note for parents below.) If you cannot print or email me a report,
you can have your parent write me a note saying you completed your time.
Schoology: You must register for my class using this code 9J7HK-D48ZS. In here, you will find materials we use, activities we
do; grammar presentations; projects and assignments; etc. Check it weekly to ensure you understand what was taught in class.
Please hold onto this document for your records. Thank you!
Grades: Quizzes and Tests = 50 %
Oral participation, attitude and effort = 20 %
In class activities and homework = 20 %
Special Projects = 10%
There will be extra credit opportunities but they will NOT replace work missed.
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