Spanish V
Periods 3 & 9
2008-2009
Course Description: This course emphasizes the overall use of Spanish grammar as presented and mastered in Spanish I-IV together with an expansion of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions. Special emphasis is placed on the development of conversational skills. The course is comparable in content and difficulty to a full year college language course at the third year college level, such as SPANISH COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION.
Textbook: Abriendo Paso- Gramática
Expectations: Students will come prepared to class everyday with their notebooks, textbooks and a writing utensil. All quizzes and tests must be taken using a black or blue ink. The textbook must be covered at all times. Work is assigned every night and is always checked. It may be collected and graded at any time. If absent, it is the student's responsibility to make up the missed work. Quizzes and tests are always announced ahead of time. There will always be a review before a quiz or test. Projects will be assigned during the course of the school year. Class participation and positive attitude are always encouraged and they are also a wonderful addition to the class. Students will receive a class grade based on how well they have fulfilled their responsibilities as a student in class. This grade is given at the interim and at the end of the marking period. All tests, quizzes, projects and collected work will be assigned a specific point value. The amount of points will be determined by the worth of the work. Your marking period grade is determined based on what percentage of points the students have accumulated out of the total possible points. The Mid-Year Exam is worth 50 % and the Final Exam is worth 50%. Being on time is mandatory. If a student is late, disciplinary actions will be taken. Keep in mind that learning another language is a lot of fun.
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Weekly lessons and assignments for week of 12/15/08 - 01/05/09:
Objectives: Students will gain a better understanding of Spanish literature by reading and discussing the short story "Jacinto recibe su paga extraordinaria" This classic short story was written by the Nobel Prize winner Camilo Jose Cela, a famous writer from Spain. Students will also increase their Spanish vocabulary by learning more words related to the story.
12/15/08: Continue working with short-story. Reinforce vocabulary and comprehension. Do the comprehension questions for better understanding of the story. Homework: Go over story and vocabulary for quiz on 12/17.
12/16/08: Distribute packet for short story "El Décimo" written by Emilia Pardo Bazán, a writer from Spain. Students will look up vocabulary list with the help of dictionary and read part 1 of the story. Homework: Quiz tomorrow.
12/17/08: Quiz: Comprehension of short story. Homework: Study col. 1 of new vocabulary list and finish reading part 1 of the story.
Objectives: Students will get a better understanding of Spanish literature by reading and discussing a short story by Emilia Pardo Bazán, one of Spain's must prolific and polished writers. This short story, "El Décimo", the writer recounts the story of a bachelor in Madrid who buys a winning lottery ticket (a holiday tradition in Spain since the late 1700's) and then misplaces it.
12/18/08: Go over vocabulary list. Students will provide summary of part 1. Continue reading part 2 of the story in class. Homework: Worksheet- reinforce new vocabulary list and read part 3 of the story.
12/19/08: Snow Day- No School.
12/22/08: Go over worksheet to reinforce new vocabulary. Finish discussion of short story in class Do comprehension questions. Homework: Go over story and vocabulary for quiz tomorrow. Look up bonus point questions information.
12/23/08: Quiz: vocabulary and comprehension of the short story. Discussion of the bonus points questions. Feliz Año Nuevo 2008 Objectives: Students will increase their Spanish vocabulary and will have a better understanding of Spanish grammar by learning more complex rules and nouns.
01/05/09: Book, page 249- Paso 1: Nouns and Articles. Go over list of nouns from pages 249-251 and explain rules for each set of nouns. Do activity A in class. Provide the correct definite article and adjective for each noun. Homework: Page 252- do activities B & C.
01/06/09: Go over homework to reinforce these complex nouns. Continue with more nouns- book page 253. Reinforce by doing a dictation and using worksheet. Homework: Worksheet with additional activities for reinforcement.
01/07/09: Go over homework to reinforce these new nouns covered in class. Continue working with more nouns- book page 254-255. Do activities A & b- page 255. Homework: Book, page 256- activities D & E. Study list of nouns.
01/08/09: Go over nouns covered in class by going over homework and using additional worksheet for reinforcement. Book, page 257- 258- do activities G & H. Homework: Study nouns.
01/09/09: Do short dictation and continue review of these nouns by doing activities I & J on pages 259-260. Use worksheet for more reinforcement. Homework: Study list of nouns for quiz on Tuesday.
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