Spanish 1

365102CW

Grade Level: 9-12

All Spanish courses are performance-based in three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. Learners accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with products, practices, perspectives, and interactions of and within Spanish-speaking culture. By the end of this course, students should be able to: Understand, while listening or reading, words, phrases, sentences related to everyday life, recognize pieces of information and sometimes understand the main topic of what is said or read, communicate and exchange information about familiar topics in everyday situations using phrases and simple sentences sometimes supported by memorized language, orally present basic information on familiar topics using practiced language in the form of phrases and simple sentences, write lists and memorized phrases on familiar topics, identify some products and practices of Spanish culture, identify some basic cultural beliefs and values, and function at a survival level in an authentic cultural context.

Spanish 2

365202CW

Grade Level: 10-12

Prerequisite: Spanish 1

All Spanish courses are performance-based in three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. Learners accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with products, practices, perspectives, and interactions of and within Spanish-speaking culture. By the end of this course, students should be able to: Understand the main idea of simple conversations, understand, while reading words, phrases, sentences within short simple texts related to everyday life, understand some learned or memorized words and phrases when they read, participate in conversations on a number of familiar topics using simple sentences, handle short social interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering questions, present information on most familiar topics using a series of simple sentences, write short messages and notes on familiar topics related to everyday life, identify some products and practices of Spanish cultures, identify some basic cultural beliefs and values, and function at a survival level in an authentic cultural context.

Spanish 3 Honors

365302HW

Grade Level: 10-12

Prerequisites: Spanish 2

All Spanish courses are performance-based in three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. Learners accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with products, practices, perspectives, and interactions of and within Spanish-speaking culture. At the honors-level, students are expected to complete more advanced work in preparation for ongoing study of the Spanish language at the college level. By the end of this course, students should be able to: Understand the main idea in messages and presentations on a variety of topics related to everyday life and personal interest and studies, understand the main idea of conversations, understand main idea of short and simple texts when the topic is familiar, participate in conversations on a number of familiar topics using series of sentences, handle short social interactions in everyday situation by asking and answering a variety of questions, present information on familiar topics using connected sentences, write briefly on familiar topics using connected sentences, identify common patterns in the products and practices of Spanish culture, begin to compare familiar cultural beliefs and values, and begin to interact at a functional level in familiar cultural context. Because this is an honors course, students will work at an Intermediate Low or Intermediate Mid level more than 50% of the time throughout the course.

Spanish 4 Honors

365402HW

Grade Level: 11-12

Prerequisites: Spanish 3 Honors

All Spanish courses are performance-based in three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. Learners accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with products, practices, perspectives, and interactions of and within Spanish-speaking culture. At the honors-level, students are expected to complete more advanced work in preparation for ongoing study of the Spanish language at the college level. By the end of this course, students should be able to: Understand the main idea in messages and presentations on a variety of topics related to everyday life and personal interest and studies, understand the main idea of conversations, understand main idea of short and simple texts when the topic is familiar, participate in conversations on a number of familiar topics using series of sentences, handle short social interactions in everyday situation by asking and answering a variety of questions, present information on familiar topics using connected sentences, write briefly on familiar topics using connected sentences, identify common patterns in the products and practices of Spanish culture, begin to compare familiar cultural beliefs and values, and begin to interact at a functional level in familiar cultural context. Because this is an honors course, students will work at an Intermediate Low or Intermediate Mid level more than 50% of the time throughout the course.

French 1

361102CW

Grade Level: 9-12

All French courses are performance-based in three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. Learners accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with products, practices, perspectives, and interactions of and within Spanish-speaking culture. By the end of this course, students should be able to: Understand, while listening or reading, words, phrases, sentences related to everyday life, recognize pieces of information and sometimes understand the main topic of what is said or read, communicate and exchange information about familiar topics in everyday situations using phrases and simple sentences sometimes supported by memorized language, orally present basic information on familiar topics using practiced language in the form of phrases and simple sentences, write lists and memorized phrases on familiar topics, identify some products and practices of French culture, identify some basic cultural beliefs and values, and function at a survival level in an authentic cultural context.

French 2

361202CW

Grade Level: 10-12

Prerequisite: French 1

All French courses are performance-based in three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. Learners accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with products, practices, perspectives, and interactions of and within Spanish-speaking culture. By the end of this course, students should be able to: Understand the main idea of simple conversations, understand, while reading words, phrases, sentences within short simple texts related to everyday life, understand some learned or memorized words and phrases when they read, participate in conversations on a number of familiar topics using simple sentences, handle short social interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering questions, present information on most familiar topics using a series of simple sentences, write short messages and notes on familiar topics related to everyday life, identify some products and practices of French cultures, identify some basic cultural beliefs and values, and function at a survival level in an authentic cultural context.

French 3 Honors

365302HW

Grade Level: 10-12

Prerequisites: French 2

All French courses are performance-based in three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. Learners accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with products, practices, perspectives, and interactions of and within Spanish-speaking culture. At the honors-level, students are expected to complete more advanced work in preparation for ongoing study of the Spanish language at the college level. By the end of this course, students should be able to: Understand the main idea in messages and presentations on a variety of topics related to everyday life and personal interest and studies, understand the main idea of conversations, understand main idea of short and simple texts when the topic is familiar, participate in conversations on a number of familiar topics using series of sentences, handle short social interactions in everyday situation by asking and answering a variety of questions, present information on familiar topics using connected sentences, write briefly on familiar topics using connected sentences, identify common patterns in the products and practices of French culture, begin to compare familiar cultural beliefs and values, and begin to interact at a functional level in familiar cultural context. Because this is an honors course, students will work at an Intermediate Low or Intermediate Mid level more than 50% of the time throughout the course.