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More about the Spanish program
More about the Spanish program
Students at MSA are required to take Spanish and pass each year according to the flowchart. The purpose of this six-year program is to form a strong basis of the Spanish language. The learning includes grammar, vocabulary, writing, literature, conversation, and culture. Students will leave MSA with a strong background in Spanish to help them in their college studies.
Students in 8th through 11th grade who are new to MSA and have not taken any Spanish courses will be placed into High School Spanish I.
Students with previous Spanish experience coming to MSA will take a placement test to determine a starting level and follow the flow chart from there. This does not apply to incoming 6th graders who have had Spanish approximately once a week throughout elementary school but Spanish immersion students and native speakers will take the placement test. Students need to follow the flowchart based on the benchmarks at MSA. For example, this means they may have taken a class called “Spanish II” at another school that is not the equivalent of our Spanish II because we start Spanish in 6th grade and have different course names. This student may still take MSA Spanish I based on the placement test.
Exceptions
A 6th grade student who has gone through the immersion program may take a placement test and has the potential to start in Middle School Spanish IA, Middle School Spanish IB, or MSA Spanish II depending on their score. This student would follow an accelerated path until they exhaust the Spanish program at MSA.
Required Courses
Required Courses
Middle School Spanish 1A
Middle School Spanish 1A
6th Grade
This course is the first year of Spanish. It will include grammar, vocabulary, writing, listening, speaking, reading, and cultural skills. Students will learn the basics of Spanish such as the alphabet, greetings, conjugation of verbs in the present tense as well as likes, dislikes, descriptive words, school and class schedules, and family vocabulary. Students will read a short novel in Spanish with comprehension questions and discussion. Some cultural aspects of Spain and Mexico will be introduced.
Middle School Spanish 1B
Middle School Spanish 1B
7th Grade
This course is the second year of Spanish. It will include grammar, vocabulary, writing, listening, speaking, reading, and cultural skills. Students will learn basic communication discussing sports, places people go, weather forecasts, rooms in a house, vacations, clothing, and shopping. Students will focus on mastering the present tense with both regular and irregular verbs. Students will also read a short novel and do discussions in Spanish. Some cultural aspects of Mexico, Spain, and Latin America will be introduced.
High School Spanish I
High School Spanish I
8th-12th Grade
This course is for students new to MSA in grades 8-12 with little to no Spanish experience. It will cover information from Middle School Spanish IA & IB to prepare students for Spanish II. Topics include grammar, vocabulary, writing, listening, speaking, reading, and cultural skills. Students will learn greetings, present tense, verbs, likes, dislikes, school, family, description, sports, weather forecasts, rooms in a house, vacation, clothing and shopping vocabulary. Culture from various Spanish-speaking countries will be introduced.
Spanish II
Spanish II
8th-12th Grade
This course is the third year of Spanish. It will include grammar, vocabulary, writing, listening, speaking, reading and cultural skills. Students will learn to communicate about daily routines, food and meals, celebrations, personal relationships, health and electronics. The present, past, present progressive and imperfect tenses will be covered. Traditions and folklore from Mexico, Central America, South America, and Puerto Rico will be presented.
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