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Spanish IV
B23
Mrs. Barnaby
1 credit at the completion of IV
594-7060
593-7037c/t
gbarnaby@nacs1.org
Rules:
1. Follow the NACS Student Handbook->specific consequences
2. Spanish only
3. Refrain from gum usage
Goals:
1. Communicate in Spanish through listening, speaking, reading, and writing
2. Gain cross cultural skills and understandings
Grading Categories/Weights:
20%
Formal Speaking
20%
Listening
20%
Reading
20%
Writing
20%
Cultural awareness
100%
Total
Activities:
In-class activities- speaking, listening, reading, writing, cultural awareness
Speeches/Presentations
Role play/Dialog
Independent Practice
Projects
Tests
Topics:
Current Events
Education
Earning a Living
Family
Community
Public and Private Services
Shopping
Health
Food and Drink
Environment
Travel
*Grammar & Conversational Language
*Embedded
What do I have to be able to do in Spanish IV, exactly??
Note: All students must be able to communicate in Spanish for the purpose of socializing, providing and obtaining
information, expressing feelings, and getting others to adopt a course of action in eleven topic areas
by listening, speaking, reading, and writing; and, demonstrate cross-cultural skills and understandings
Listening: Comprehending auditory information with and without visual input and assessed with
multiple choice questions
Examples of listening activities:
* comprehend messages and conversations when listening to peers, familiar adults, and providers
of public services either face-to-face or on the telephone/loudspeaker.
* understand the main idea and some information in television, radio, or live presentations
* select vocabulary appropriate to a range of topics, employ simple and complex sentences in
present, past, and future time frames, and express details and nuances by using appropriate
modifiers
Speaking: Initiating and sustaining a conversation for 6+ exchanges
Examples of speaking activities:
* Interaction with providers of common *public services in face-to-face communications
* Informal everyday conversations with individual peers and adults
* Informal conversations with peers and familiar adults
* Interactions with providers of common public services by telephone
* Group conversations among peers and familiar adults
* Group discussions with peers
* Informal presentations to groups of peers and familiar adults
Reading: Comprehending reading material and assessed with multiple choice questions
Examples of reading activities:
*Information provided to the general public on forms, signs, billboards and posters, labels,
programs, timetables, maps, plans, menus, etc.
*Announcements, ads, and short reports of general interest in newspapers magazines, and other
publications; short, informal notes
*Simple business correspondence and pamphlets
*Facts, opinions, feelings, and attitudes in correspondence from acquaintances and friends, peers,
and adults
* Letters to the editor and feature articles from general-interest public
*Excerpts from poetry and prose for cultural appreciation
Writing: Writing 125 word or more compositions in a variety of tenses and with a variety of
vocabulary
Examples of writing activities:
* Forms to be filled out for the use of common public services
*Informal notes for communications in everyday life situations
*Brief reports describing simple situations and sequences of events
*Personal letters to acquaintances and friends, peers, and adults
*Formal letters to agencies, institutions, and businesses on topics of personal needs
*Sales personnel, bank tellers, ticket agents, police, hotel personnel, etc.