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While class starts off relatively easy, it will get progressively more rigorous. I will go through each section in great detail giving you the opportunity to practice. Each quarter is progressively more challenging and REQUIRES you to know material from previous lessons. Build your foundation right and you will be successful!
~Sr. Samuels
2025-2026 GRADING
2025-2026 GRADING
Students will be asked to demonstrate their ability to READ, WRITE, LISTEN, and SPEAK in Spanish. All grades will fall into one of two categories:
MAJOR (60%)
MINOR (40%)
Homework and classwork. Students are given ample time in class to begin (if not finish) their work. This provides students the opportunity to ask questions and fully understand the assignments. Students are expected to complete ALL classwork by the end of class.
All grades that THAT COUNT towards the students' final grade will be graded for proficiency and be a true reflection of what the student can demonstrate using what is learned.
Completion checks may appear on Infinite Campus to provide parents with feedback tracking the student's work ethic towards learning a new language. Though they may have a score total attached, the score will reflect as either
COMPLETED and will NOT COUNT in the calculation of their proficiency
ZERO (NOT DONE). Failure to do any requested assignments will always result in a zero.
LATE WORK. Work shouldn't be late ... but life happens. Just keep me posted if something comes up.
NOT ACCEPTED AFTER (NAA DATE). This ONLY applies to homework assignments. Students that do not complete a homework assignment by the due date have ONE more additional class day to complete it. Homework is NOT ACCEPTED AFTER that second opportunity.
Assessments: I am primarily interested in seeing WHAT YOU CAN DO with the language. ALL assessments are proficiency-based focusing on three modes of communication:
PRESENTATIONAL (writing and speaking)
INTERPRETIVE (reading and listening)
INTERPERSONAL (writing and speaking)
First let me say ... I LOVE TECHNOLOGY! Many assignments I create for my students will allow them to use technology in class. There is clear evidence and advantages to having access to technology as we learn. However, knowing how to Google translate doesn't mean you "know" a language. It means you "know" how to use your technology. Our goal is for you to learn Spanish.
MOST students today are NOT SELF-DISCIPLINED ENOUGH to put phones aside.
STUDENTS ... This is an ACTIVE LEARNING ZONE. You can use your laptops but ...
DO NOT USE CELL PHONES IN CLASS!
DO NOT USE CELL PHONES IN CLASS!
CELL PHONES MUST BE PUT AWAY COMPLETELY. Any student that has a cell phone VISIBLY OUT IN CLASS will receive a zero on that day's assignment.
PARENTS ... Please take the time to share with your child about the importance of using these electronic devices appropriately. Let's work together to do what is best for our children. Please know ...
Students should NEVER be on their phone in class. Please support me with this class policy. You can be assured that I have brought this up in class and asked for phones to be put away.
I will NOT take away phones. Parents provided that phone. If a phone needs to be taken away ... it will be done (SHOULD BE DONE) by the parent.
These two articles are very good regarding cell phones in the classroom:
Carolina Journal: Are smartphones making teens dumb and dumber?
“When a child has a phone on their desk, it puts them in a different mindset. It puts them one foot in and one foot out.”
Edutopia: Multitasking Harms Recall—Music, Not So Much.
Multitasking while studying significantly reduces students’ ability to recall information. Performing a second cognitive task while studying reduced students’ ability to remember a list of words by 33 percent compared to a control group.
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