Cary Powers Recommended Links Student Voyage is the tour group that takes us to Spain each summer.   Course Title: Spanish I Section: 510-1 Objectives: Spanish 1 Grade levels 9 -12 Objectives: The objectives of this entry level Spanish program are to help each student begin to attain proficiency in the four skills of listening, writing, reading, and speaking, and to do this in a way that makes language learning a meaningful activity. The program is designed to help students learn vocabulary in context by negotiating daily tasks in the target language and by becoming aware of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Methods: Methods: To foster the four skills of reading writing, speaking, and listening almost simultaneously, different methods are used within one class period. There are rapid short oral or written exercises that review the work of the day before; Total Physical Response activities (such as identifying pictures that show chapter vocabulary) in which the students respond to commands given in the target language; other games such as tic-tac-toe, and bingo; oral interviews between teacher and student; paired dialogues between students; reading comprehension exercises based on written text; and grammar presentations by the teacher that are reinforced in the language lab and with the video that accompanies the text. The language lab is used at least once a week, to reinforce the vocabulary and structure presented in each chapter. The language lab also offers the students the opportunity to hear a variety of Spanish speakers. Assessment Procedures: Assessment Procedures: Grades in Spanish One are determined by using several assessment tools. Students are graded using chapter tests, quizzes, lab exercises ,video exercises, and class presentations. Each tool is weighted and grades are based on a point system. Homework is assigned every day and is expected to be completed by the next class period. Homework is not graded but is used to determine what each student needs to focus on individually to achieve the optimum success in Spanish One. A mid-term and a final exam are administered according to Shorecrest and World Language Department policies.The National Spanish Exam is another assessment tool, although it does not affect the student’s average. It is administered nationwide every March. Shorecrest students participate at all levels, and the scores are used to evaluate our program. The Spanish 1 students may receive extra credit points for points scored over the national average. Shorecrest students usually place each year at the state or even national levels, and these students are recognized at an awards assembly. Resources Used: Resources Used: Buen Viaje 1, Glencoe McGraw-Hill., 2003. This text has the corresponding workbook, audio tapes for the language lab, and video tapes. All are integrated into the program. Other sources: websites such as studyspanish.com and glencoe.com, handouts for extra grammar drill, reproductions of the poetry of Mistral, vocabulary from the videos, etc. Content and Pacing: Content and Estimated Pacing: The first semester develops conversation skills by presenting basic vocabulary and structure. Chapters one through seven are presented. Topics in these chapters include singular and plural nouns, adjective/noun agreement, the contractions al and del, possessive adjectives, and -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs, and the verbs GUSTAR, ABURRIR, IR, DAR, SER, ESTAR and TENER in the present tense. By the end of the first semester, students are able to describe themselves their families, and others, to discuss school subjects, meals, sports, and their likes or dislikes. In the second semester, students learn about stem-changing verbs (e-ie, o-ue, u-ue), direct and indirect object pronouns, reflexive verbs, the present tense of HACER, PONER, TRAER, SALIR, SABER, CONOCER, DECIR, PEDIR, SERVIR, REPETIR, and the preterite tense of regular -AR, -ER, and _IR verbs. Also, students learn the preterite of irregular and stem-changing verbs, such as IR, SER, DAR, DORMIR, and FREIR. In addtion, to being able to use the present and preterite tenses, students learn to use the present progressive tense.