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Spanish I & II

BIENVENIDOS A LA CLASE DE ESPA


OL!
Teacher:
Mrs.AndreaVollrath
Email:
avollrat@hallsville.org

Required Materials:
Looseleafpaperornotebook
WritingUtensil
Afolderorbindertokeepnotesandhandoutsin
AnExpomarker(anycolorthatisvisiblefromadistance)

Iamsogladyouhavedecidedtotakethisclass!.OurgoalforthisclasswillbetoacquiretheSpanishlanguage.
Thereisabigdifferencebetweenlearningandacquiringanewlanguage.Acquiringissomethingthathappensto
youinsteadofsomethingthatyoumakehappen.Whenyoubegantospeakyourfirstlanguage,you
acquired
it
naturallybylisteningtootherpeoplespeakitaroundyouforalongtime;notbystudyingit.Therefore,almostallof
ourclasstimewillbespentusingSpanish-notEnglishtotalkaboutSpanish-andthefocuswillbeonlisteningand
readinginsteadofspeakingandwriting.ThoseskillswillcomenaturallyasyoutakeinmoreandmoreSpanishby
listeningandreading.

Wewillfocusourclasstimeontheacquisitionofhighfrequencystructures(themostfrequentlyusedwordsina
language);betweenthreeandsixnewtargetstructureseachweek.(Youwillacquiremorethanthis,butyouwillbe
assessedonlyonthetargetstructures.)Wewillusethesestructuresinclassdiscussions,stories,andcultural
explorations.Youwillbeexpectedtorecognizethemwhenyoureadorhearthemand,intime,beabletoproduce
theminspeechandwriting.Beforetheendoftheyear,youwillreadonetotwonovelsinSpanish,astimeallows.

Evaluation
ThisclasswillusethestandardHallsvilleHighSchoolgradingscaleandthefollowingisabreakdownofeachsemester
grade:
Participation
10%
Classwork
20%
Assessments
60%
FinalExam
10%

Participation
Participationpointswillbeawardedforsatisfactorycompletionofdailywarm-upsandgeneralclassparticipation.

Class Work
Mostassignmentswillbecompletedinclass,henceclasswork.Classworkwillbegradedforaccuracy,notjust
completion.Youwillbegivenampletimetocompleteeachassignment,butifextrahelp/timeisneeded,expectto
comeintoacademicsupportormakearrangementstostayafterschool.


Assessments
Quizzesandprojectswillmakeuptheassessmentscategory.MostquizzeswillbeUNANNOUNCED.Itisimportant
formetoknowwhatSpanishyouhaveacquired,notwhatSpanishyouhavecrammedintoyourmindthenightbefore
aquiz.Projectswillhappenoccasionallythroughouttheyear,withsomeclasstimegiventoworkonthem.

Speaking Policy
MuchofthecoursewillbeconductedinSpanishandyouwillbeexpectedtocommunicateinthelanguageassuch.IfI
askyouaquestioninSpanish,IexpectananswerinSpanish.iFyouMUSTsaysomethinginEnglish,youmustfirst
ask,Eningls,porfavor?(InEnglish,please?)

Academic Integrity Policy


ItisimportantformetoseeYOURabilityintheworkyouturnin.,notthatofanonlinetranslator,afriend,or
nativespeaker.Youwillreceiveanon-negotiableZEROonanyassignmentinwhichacademicintegritywasbreached.
WorkingtogetheronanassignmentthatleadstoduplicateworkwillresultinaZERO.
Useofanonlinetranslatorisveryeasytocatch,andwillcountasplagiarism.

Electronics Policy
Youshouldhaveallelectronicsturnedoffandputawaybeforeenteringmyclass.

Absence Policy
Yourclasswillspendalmostanhoureachdayacquiringlanguage(theeasyway!)andyoumayhavetospendasimilar
amountoftimeathomeorinacademicsupporttomakeupwhatyoumissed.Checkwithmeonyourfirstdayback
toseewhatworkneedstobemadeup.

Classroom Rules and Procedures


Dailywarm-upswillbeupontheboardwhenyouentertheclass.Iexpectforyoutobeatyourdesk
silentlyworkingonthewarm-upwhenthethirdbellrings.Ifyouarenotinyourseatbythethirdbell,you
willbecountedtardy.
Cometoclasspreparedwiththematerialsyouneedtodoyourwork.
Donotbeginputtingstuffawayuntilthebellrings.
Noeatingduringclass,unlessgivenpermission.
Remembertoraiseyourhandforpermissiontospeakinclass,unlessinstructedotherwise.
Cometoclasswithagoodattitude.
Disciplineprocedure:
Warning
Conferencewithteacher
Calltoparent/guardian
0/9thhour
SaturdaySchool
DisciplineReferral

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