FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

AUGUST 13, 2020

ZOOM MEET EXPECTATION

1. Be on time.

2. Be prepared.

3. Be on mute (put on headphone, unmute when speak).

4. Wear appropriate clothing.

5. Chat (type in any question, respond to teacher's questions).

6. Stay on topic.

7. Raise hand before talk. Take turns to speak.

8. Be polite. Respect others at all time. Make constructive comments.

https://musd-org.zoom.us/j/93151045101?pwd=Q3E4Tko 5dDBuRXpMeU5RUlFRMDA3UT09 Use this link to join our meetings.

6 week lesson planning for Spanish III class

Week # 1.

1) Warm up activities with speaking practice.

2) Cultura: TB (Textbook) pp. C2 - C3. Translate and aswer questions on p. C3 (all in written form).

3) Vocabulary practice: TB: p. 25 (sections: Talk About Yourself and Your Friends and What You Know how To Do. With each word or expression write a sentence).

4) Audio practice TB: pp. 2 - 3. Write your own blog similar to the on of Lucia.

5) Grammar practice: Verbs like GUSTAR: TB p. 4 # 1,2. RB (Teacher Resource Book) pp. 1,2.

6) Formative Assessment OLA (On-level Assessment Booklet) p. 1 (a).

Week # 2.

1) Warming up activities with speaking practice.

2) Cultura: TB: pp. C4 - C5. Translate and answer questions on p. C5 (all in written form).

3) Vocabulary practice: TB: p. 25 (sections Talk About Places and People You Know and Describe Your Dayly Routine. With each word or expression write a sentence).

4) Audio practice: TB: p. 3 ( A responder).

5) Grammar practice: Present Tense of Regular Verbs: TB p. 5 # 3. Present Tense of Irregular Verbs: TB p. 8 # 4,5;

p. 9 # 6,7. RB: pp. 3,4,5,6.

6) Formative Assessment p. 1 (b), p. 2 (c,d).

Week # 3.

1) Warm up activities with speaking practice.

2) Cultura: TB pp. C6 - C7. Translate and answer questions on p. C7 (all in written form).

3) Vocabulary practice: TB p. 25 (section Make Comparisons. With each word or expression write a sentence).

4) Audio pracgtice: TB pp. 12 - 13; A responder.

5) Grammar practice: Stem-changing Verbs: TB p. 10 # 8. The Verbs DECIR, TENER, and Venir: TB p. 11 # 9, 10.

RB: pp. 7, 8, 9, 10.

6. Formative Assessment: OLA p. 3. (e, f).

Week # 4.

1) Warm up activities with speaking practice.

2) Cultura: TB pp. C8- C9. Translate and answer questions (all in written form).

3) Vocabulary practice: Say What You Know How To Do. TB p. 26 # 2.

4) Audio practice: TB pp. 6,7. A responder p. 7.

5) Grammar practice: Saber or Conocer: TB p. 14 # 11, 12. Ser or Estar: TB p. 15 # 13, 14. RB: pp.11, 12, 13, 14.

6) Formative assessment OLA p. 4 (g,h).

7) Summative assessment (test that will cover all previous vocabulary and grammar material).

Week # 5.

1) Warm up activities with speaking practice.

2) Cultura: TB pp. C10 - C11. Translate and answer questions on p. 11 (all in written form).

3) Vocabulary practice: creating dialogs about friends and youself using current grammar and vocabulary.

4) Audio Practice: TB: p. 18 # 16.

5) Grammar practice: Reflexive verbs: TB p. 18 # 15, p. 19 # 17, 18. RB: pp. 15, 16, 17.

6) Formative assessment: OLA p. 5 (I, J).

Week #6.

1) Warming up activities with speaking practice.

2) Cultura: TB pp. C12 - C 13. Translate and answer questions on p. C13 (all in written form).

3) Vocabulary practice: dialogs with friends about dayly routine.

4) Audio practice: TB p. 18 # 16.

5) Grammar practice: Unequal Comparisons: TB p. 22 # 20.

6) Formative Assessment: OLA p. 6 (k).

SPANISH III SYLLABUS

¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español! As the second most widely spoken language in the world, Spanish is considered to be very beneficial second language for native speakers of American English. The knowledge of Spanish can enrich your life and bring a lot of new opportunities in it. In order to make your language learning easy and enjoyable, make sure that you comply with the following rules and regulations.

Course description: Spanish I is a college preparatory class. It promotes the use of all the language skills and presents material with gradually increasing complexity. Students will develop the following skills in Spanish:

- Speaking/ Pronunciation

- Listening / Oral comprehension

- Reading

- Writing

- Vocabulary

- Culture

Grade level

Grades 9 – 12

Textbook / Supplementary materials

Textbook: Avancemos (for daily use in class)

Workbook: Cuaderno práctica por niveles

Binder exclusively for Spanish class.

Writing utensils.

Notebook, binder paper.

The only online dictionary that I recommend for students is

www. wordreference.com. Use this site to look up individual or compound words, not phrases. Word-for-word online translating is considered cheating.

For some more difficult grammar concepts, you may find that http://www.studyspanish.com is helpful.

Course goals

Upon satisfactory completion of this course students will be able:

a) understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics;

b) participate in conversations, to express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions;

d) demonstrate the knowledge of history and culture of Spanish-speaking countries.

Grading procedures

- Grades are determined by the performance on oral and written quizzes and tests, homework assignments, cultural activities and presentations, class participation, and final examination grades.

- It is your responsibility to keep track of your grade on Aeries. If you have a question or concern about it, you must make an appointment with me after school. Do not ask me about your grade during class.

- Grades are assigned according to the following scale:

90 – 100 = A, 80 – 89 = B, 70 – 79 = C, 60 -69 + D, 0 – 59 = F.

Evaluations: Below, you will find a breakdown for all components of this course:

· Tests: 35%

· Oral participation: 20%

· Class work: 15%

· Homework: 15%

· Final Exam: 15%

- No credit will be given for any incomplete work done in class or at home.

- Make-up work missed due to the excused absence must be completed within three days of your return.

- Students absent for school-sponsored activities are not excused for missing work.

- Quizzes and tests must be made up the day that you return. It is your responsibility to bring it to my attention that you missed a test.

- No one will be allowed to make up any quiz or test that has already been graded and returned to the rest of the class.

Class rules and procedures

- Each student will be required to adhere to the rules and procedures for behavior as described in the Milpitas High School Student Handbook.

- Each student will be required to abide by the attendance and tardy policies and procedures as described in the Milpitas High School Student Handbook. With each unexcused tardy student will lose 3 participation points in class.

- Each student will be expected to participate actively in class, paying close attention, participating in group activities, taking notes, etc.

- Working in groups, you must speak in a low voice avoiding excessive noise in class.

- Since students will be required to speak clearly and practice articulation exercises, no gum will be allowed in class.

- You will be given 6 bathroom passes per semester. It is disrespectful interrupt my in class presentations when you need to go to bathroom.

- Please wait until class is working independently and you can speak to me privately.

- Students have to put away their electronic devices during class time. Phones are allowed with my permission only. Students cannot charge their phones in classroom.

- No food or drinks are allowed in class.

- Keep your backpacks, purses and bags under your desk.

- If students demonstrate the type of behavior that is out of the above mentioned limits, they will receive warning. With the third warning detention will be assigned (10 minutes after school).

- Two detentions will result in referral.