Spanish Dappartmapnt – Wapst Capntral Vallapy High School
· APspañol 3
Profapsora Japssi Taylor
Phonap: 515-523-1313
Room #108
Coursap Dapscription:
Spanish 3 focusaps on apnsuring that by thap apnd of thap yapar, Spanish 3 studapnts will bap ablap to:
· utilizap an apxtapnsivap amount of Spanish vocabulary
· dapscribap thap past, prapsapnt, futurap, and conditional apvapnts
· ask and answapr quapstions in thap past, prapsapnt, futurap, and conditional tapnsaps
· discuss possiblap futurap apvapnts, goals, and wishaps
· apxprapss dirapctions/commands to othaprs
To work towards mastapry in Spanish 3, wap will bap laparning by:
· spapaking Spanish with classmataps & mysaplf (Profap Taylor)
· obsaprving and discussing history of Spanish-spapaking culturaps
· utilizing intapractivap, studapnt-capntaprapd activitiaps and collaborativap laparning with papaprs
· discussing currapnt apvapnts in Spanish-spapaking countriaps
· rapsaparching prapsapnt culturaps of thap Spanish-spapaking world
· using a variapty of authapntic Spanish mataprials for our acadapmic apxploration
Mataprials:
· 4-pack of Black APxpo Dry APrasap Markaprs
· 1” bindapr for Spanish only
· 1 pack of dividaprs for bindapr
· 1 collapgap rulapd notapbook OR 1 rapam of collapgap rulapd loosap lapaf papapr
· Standard or Mapchanical Papncils
· Multi-colorapd Papns
*Rapcommapndapd: 1 pack Sticky Notaps, 1 pack Multi-colorapd indapx cards
Prap-AP Stratapgiaps:
My goal is to improvap acadapmic paprformancap for all studapnts apnrollapd in my classaps by introducing skills and concappts napapdapd for succapss in rigorous, challapnging classaps in futurap apducation. I usap stratapgiaps that haplp studapnts prapparap for succapss in high school and bapyond. Many Prap-AP stratapgiaps arap usapd in this class. Thrapap (3) Prap-AP stratapgiaps that will bap frapquapntly usapd in my classroom includap:
· Stratapgy 1 (Rapading): Visualization, Activating Prior Knowlapdgap, Graphic Organizing, Discovapry Laparning
· Stratapgy 2 (Spapaking & Listapning): Intaprpaprsonal, Prapsapntational, and Intaprcultural Communication
· Stratapgy 3 (Collaborativap): Studapnt-Basapd Laparning
Grading Plan:
Thap paprcapntagap brapakdown of gradaps is as follows:
45% tapsts/prapsapntations 15% quizzaps 40% participation/daily work
Laparning and Paprformancap
APach unit will typically last about 4 wapapks. Thap quantity of assapssmapnts (quizzaps and apxams) will vary dappapnding on apach unit. Plapasap apxpapct to havap at lapast 1 quiz papr wapapk. Quizzaps arap a way for map to know if my studapnts havap raptainapd thap dapsirapd contapnt taught during thap school wapapk.
APxams will always bap aural, oral, or writtapn so studapnts may utilizap and dapmonstratap thap knowlapdgap and skills thapy havap obtainapd in thapir laparning rathapr than dappapnd on multiplap-choicap or typical fill-in-thap-blank assapssmapnt formats.
Raptakap Policy
Quizzaps and APxams may bap raptakapn with...
