Español 1-2 SYLLABUS

Scripps Ranch High School

Spanish 1-2 Course Syllabus 2020-2021

Profe Andrés Bañuelos

abanuelos1@sandi.net

Class Website: https://sites.google.com/a/sandi.net/srhs-profe/home

School website: www.srhsfalcons.org

(858) 621-9020 x4258 (Please contact me via email though)

PLEASE READ THIS ONLINE ADDENDUM FIRST. POLICIES WRITTEN IN IT WILL ALSO BE APPLIED IN MY CLASSROOM: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yxSQS-ZOBXz_d3fCXShQQ4kd946qUwx7J3_mLa5GVj0/edit?usp=sharing

¡Bienvenidos!

Welcome to first year Spanish. I look forward to working with you as you develop your skills in the Spanish language and broaden your knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Spanish 1-2 is intended to provide you with a basic proficiency in four areas of communication: reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension. Culture will also be emphasized as you compare and contrast the different civilizations, accents, and traditions of the Spanish-speaking world. Spanish 1-2 is a beginning level course designed for novice learners. The present tense of speaking is covered in the first year, other tenses are in 3-4, 5-6, and AP classes.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this course, novice learners will be able to do the following from Spanish 1-2

Recite the Spanish alphabet Describe clothing / Identify colors

Use cognates to understand meaning Pronounce Spanish vowels correctly

Exchange greetings/introductions Use numbers and tell time

Name Spanish-speaking countries Express likes and dislikes

Describe people Exchange information

Identify certain Sports/Professions Describe weather

Ask and answer questions Express where they are going

Say what one has to do Express where they are going to do

COURSE STANDARDS: The World Language Department at SRHS follows the Foreign Language Framework for California Public Schools, which may be accessed online at the following link.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/documents/foreignlangfrmwrk.pdf

Free Public Education: The Constitution of the State of California requires that we provide a public education to you free of charge. Your right to a free education is for all school/educational activities, whether curricular or extracurricular, and whether you get a grade for the activity or class. Subject to certain exceptions, your right to a free public education means that we cannot require you or your family to purchase materials, supplies, equipment or uniforms for any school activity, nor can we require you or your family to pay security deposits for access, participation, materials, or equipment. You may be required to attend a fundraising event; however, if you are unable to raise funds for the event, you will not be prevented from participating in an educational activity.

For more information visit: www.sandi.net/staff/research-and-development/student-fees

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:

-Textbook: ¡Avancemos!, McDougal Littell 2007 edition (www.classzone.com)

-Student Workbook: ¡Avancemos! Level 1

- www.classzone.com : This site has practice materials that are tied to the ¡Avancemos! textbook.

-Dictionary: English/Spanish dictionary or the online dictionary at www.wordreference.com

Students are also financially responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged textbooks. All bookplates must be signed in pen. Every student will have a textbook checked out to remain at home. The classroom has a set of books to be used.

CITIZENSHIP: At Scripps Ranch HS, you will receive a citizenship grade along with an academic grade for each class. In Spanish class, your citizenship grade is directly linked to your classroom participation. What this means is that you will come to class prepared and ready to contribute. What it doesn’t mean is raising your hand to answer every question. The classroom is a community, and everyone deserves a chance to let their voice be heard. A question for you to think about this semester: How can I best play a part in my classroom community?

Citizenship grades, once given, are NOT open to debate.

The following is a general guideline for citizenship grades at SRHS and in Room 258:

E= Courteous, cooperative, dependable, follows class and school rules, always prepared for class, honest, volunteers to participate in class activities and discussions, works with a wide variety of students in class and makes an effort to get to know other students, helpful, completes all work on time or early, always conscientious about making up absentee work.

G= Courteous, cooperative, follows class and school rules, usually prepared for class, honest, participates in class activities when asked, completes all work on time, makes up absentee work, and helpfully works with all students in class. Makes a genuine effort to get to know other students in class.

S= Cooperative, almost always follows class and school rules, occasionally unprepared for class, participates vocally in class activities when asked, honest, sometimes inattentive, completes most work on time, sometimes needs reminders to make up absentee work. NOTE: Everyone begins each semester with an “S” mark in citizenship. Subsequent actions will determine whether a citizenship grade will rise, fall, or remain an “S.”

N= Discourteous and uncooperative at times, socializes during class time, sometimes unprepared for class, occasionally does not follow class and school rules, gives visual and/or verbal cues to avoid participation, missing some work, does not make up absentee work.

U= Discourteous, uncooperative, often unprepared for class, record of not following class rules or school rules, dishonest, disruptive, does not make up absentee work.

HOMEWORK / ONLINE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION:

Classwork and/or homework will be assigned daily. Make up work will only be permitted for excused absences. In order to receive full credit, all homework must be completed in full and on time. You are granted credit for effort and completion. Partially completed work will receive partial credit (typically 33% or 66%). Students who do not turn in assigned work will receive a ZERO for the given assignment. If a zero has been assigned in PowerSchool, it is because a student failed to submit the work or was absent to turn in assignment. I DO NOT ACCEPT LATE WORK BUT THE POLICY HAS CHANGED DUE TO DISTANCE LEARNING. Students are responsible for studying their vocabulary and grammar on an ongoing basis in order to prepare for exams and to reinforce the class lessons. If you are absent for a quiz or test, please see me, immediately upon return, for the next available time frame to make it up. Do not procrastinate.

FOR DISTANCE LEARNING ONLY: Late work will be accepted for a maximum of 2 days late, while in Distance Learning) for ½ credit.

ONLINE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION: Due to distance learning, I'm placing a large percentage of the overall grade (40%) on online active participation. I purchased for every one of my Spanish students a dry erase board along with two purple markers. These will be used for me to get written responses in Spanish that will be shown via Zoom. Online active participation also includes, but is not limited to, answering when being called on, reading aloud, repeating phrases in Spanish, and being involved in small breakout groups. This is a LANGUAGE course and students will need to SPEAK SPANISH aloud.

EVALUATION: Every assignment, including homework, quizzes, tests and projects will be assigned a point value. These points are cumulative throughout the semester. Grades are based upon percentage of the total number of points possible at the end of each grading period.

90 -100 % = A Homework 20%

80 - 89 % = B Online Active Participation 40%

70 - 79% = C Quizzes / Tests 20%

60 - 69% = D Benchmark 20%

59% and below = F ** Grades at percentages of 59.5 to 59.9, 69.5 to 69.9, 79.5 to 79.9,

89.5 to 89.9 will be rounded up to the next grade ONLY at the end

of the semester (Ex: 79.6 C+ becomes an 80.0 B-). This is actually

automatically done in Gradebook.

Extra credit IS NOT available in this course

It is YOUR responsibility to earn the grade you want through continuous study and hard work. I do not give grades out, the student earns them. Do not ask me to change your semester grade after the semester is over.

Grades are updated on the Power School website approximately weekly. Parents and students should keep their ID number and password in a safe place. Lost passwords/IDs are very difficult and time consuming to replace.

Thank you for your support. I look forward to a great year!

- Profe Bañuelos