Greer Middle College Charter High School
138 W. McElhaney Road Taylors, SC 29687
Phone 864.469.7571 Fax 864.469.7573
SYLLABUS
Class:
SPANISH 3 2012-2013
Teacher:
Ms. Sofia Gonzalez
Room= B-9
Contact Information: sgonzalez@greermiddlecollege.org
Academic Assistance: Monday from 3:00 to 3:45
COURSE INFORMATION
This course is based on the communicative approach. This course develops a basic proficiency in
Spanish and familiarity with the Hispanic culture through practice in the use of the basic language
skills and acquisition of vocabulary. The goals of the course are to develop listening, speaking,
reading, and writing competency in Spanish and to strive for a comfortable level of communication
in the target language. Real-life applications and interactions with other students and the teacher are
stressed as a means of proficiency in communication. Culture study of Spanish-speaking people
helps to make students aware of the current global and historical significance of the language being
studied.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The following objectives were taken from the South Carolina Foreign Language Curriculum
Standards issued by the state of South Carolina.
1.
Students will communicate in languages other than English.
2.
Students will gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
3.
Students will make connections with other disciplines and acquire information.
4.
Students will develop insight into the nature of language and culture.
5.
Students will participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world.
SC Curriculum Standards
Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings
and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or
readers on a variety of topics.
Standard 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and
the perspectives of the cultures studied.
Standard 2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and
the perspectives of the cultures studied.
Standard 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the
foreign language.
Standard 3.2 Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are
available through the language and its cultures.
Standard 4.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons
between the language studied and their own.
Standard 4.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons
between the cultures studied and their own.
Standard 5.1 Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Required Text and Materials:
¡Avancemos 3! : Text and Workbooks (provided)
1Three Ring Binder
Loose Leaf Notebook Paper
Blue or Black Pens or Pencils
Spanish / English Dictionary (optional)
Grading Scale
A = 90-100
B = 80-89
Mastery Level
Proficiency Level
F = 0-79
Below Proficiency
* If a student receives below proficiency (0-79) on a major
graded assignment, another opportunity will be given to
master the material through Academic Assistance. If the
student attends Academic Assistance, he / she will have the
opportunity to retest on the same contents.
Grading policy:
Minor grades (quizzes, classwork, homework, participation)
Major Grades (tests, projects, IPA’s –Interpretive Assessments)
40%
60%
Homework Policy and Make-up Policy
 No credit will be given for late work. If an assignment is not turned in on time, the student
will receive a zero and will not be allowed to make up that assignment. If a student turns in a
major assignment late, that student will receive a zero for their grade, come to AA, and will
be allowed to turn in the assignment within a week of the original due date for a retest grade
(70%).
 Students have five days after excused absences to make up work. If a student fails to make
up assignments in the allotted time, he or she will receive a zero for those assignments.
Electronic and Online Translators
You are expected to do YOUR OWN work. Use of online translators or using another person to do your
work is NEVER acceptable and is easily detected. This is cheating and will result in an automatic ZERO on
the assignment.
If you are working on an assignment at home and do not have a dictionary, please use a dictionary
website instead of a translation website.
http://www.wordreference.com/English_Spanish_Dictionary.asp is a good resource
Classroom Procedures & Expectations
1. Be On Time for class.
2. Be Prepared for class (i.e. Bring all your stuff, Sharpen pencils before class starts, and Study
for class).
3. Start on the Bell Ringer as soon as class begins. It will be taken up and graded. Every five
bell ringers you will get a minor grade. (20 % each)
4. PARTICIPATE!!! You are expected to speak Spanish.
5. Students are expected to stay in their seats until they are dismissed.
Classroom Rules
1.
2.
3.
Raise your hand to speak or stand up.
Respect the teacher, your classmates and yourself.
Keep your hands, feet and belongings to yourself.
Also:
NO EATING - Water ONLY, and
NO CHEWING GUM IN CLASS.
NO CELL PHONES.
Consequences:
1st offense: verbal warning (recorded by teacher)
2nd offense: call parents
3rd offense: 30 minute detention either AM or PM and parent phone call
4th offense: administrative referral
**A REFERRAL MAY BE WRITTEN AT ANYTIME WITHOUT PREVIOUS
WARNING FOR ANY MAJOR INFRACTION.
Tutoring
Tutoring is available before or after school in the classroom if previously scheduled with the
teacher.
Course Outline Spanish 3 (Subject to change)
1st and 2nd Nine weeks of class
TOPICS
GRAMMAR
CULTURE
Review Spanish 1 & Spanish 2
Present tense: regular, irregular
and stem-changing verbs.
Hispanic Heritage
Month
Interrogative forms.
Activities and hobbies
in the Hispanic world.
Commands
Talk about schedules. Ask and tell
time.
Daily routine. Body parts.
Talk about traveling.
Describe food.
Gustar
Adjectives that change meaning,
comparatives and superlatives.
Ser vs. Estar
Talk about hobbies and pastimes.
Preterit forms: regular, irregular,
and stem-changing verbs.
Role plays
Saber vs. Conocer
Listening, writing, and
speaking activities
True reflexive verbs
Idiomatic reflexive verbs
Imperfect forms
Present progressive / Imp. prog.
Travel: train, airport,
hotel.
The city
Clothing
Shopping
3rd and 4th Nine weeks of class
TOPICS
GRAMMAR
CULTURE
Celebraciones
Preterit vs. Imperfect
Things to do in a city.
Object pronouns: direct, indirect and double object
pronouns. Position of pronouns.
Celebrations in the
Hispanic world.
Ordering in a
restaurant.
Doler and other verbs.
The doctor’s office.
Future and conditional tense.
Role plays
Past participle used as an adjective.
Listening activities
Present perfect tense.
Writing Activities
Concept of subjunctive tense: Present.
Speaking Activities
Subjunctive vs. Indicative
Tú VS Ud. Commands
La Cocina Hispana
Health and Fitness
Diversity within the
Hispanic Culture