COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Assessments occur regularly. Assessments include, but are not limited to grammar and verb activities, free-writing, expository writing, reading comprehension and analysis, vocabulary quizzes, written and speaking tests, oral presentations, integrated projects and oral quizzes.
Reading comprehension and analysis exposes students to short fiction and poetry. Students may either discuss in small groups or as a class. They may also react in writing. Students are also tested on their ability to apply grammar and vocabulary learned through reading.
In addition, to enhance speaking and listening comprehension most communication is carried out in Spanish.
Honors requirement will include more in-depth vocabulary lists, family field trips, cultural homework, higher-order thinking skills- based tasks and assessments, in-depth understanding of complex grammar, and differentiated projects. Outside activities, movies, video clips, guest speakers and songs that will enhance the students understanding of the language and its various cultures will also be used when available.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
With the specific vocabulary and grammar covered in this course, students should be able to:
Assessments occur regularly. Assessments include, but are not limited to grammar and verb activities, free-writing, expository writing, reading comprehension and analysis, vocabulary quizzes, written and speaking tests, oral presentations, integrated projects and oral quizzes.
Reading comprehension and analysis exposes students to short fiction and poetry. Students may either discuss in small groups or as a class. They may also react in writing. Students are also tested on their ability to apply grammar and vocabulary learned through reading.
In addition, to enhance speaking and listening comprehension most communication is carried out in Spanish.
Honors requirement will include more in-depth vocabulary lists, family field trips, cultural homework, higher-order thinking skills- based tasks and assessments, in-depth understanding of complex grammar, and differentiated projects. Outside activities, movies, video clips, guest speakers and songs that will enhance the students understanding of the language and its various cultures will also be used when available.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
With the specific vocabulary and grammar covered in this course, students should be able to:
- understand the Spanish of native speakers in a variety of contexts;
- understand written texts from a variety of sources;
- achieve a level of verbal expression that would be comprehensible to the non-sympathetic native listener;
- achieve a level of written expression that would be comprehensible to the non-sympathetic native reader; and