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Spanish IB
B-23
Mrs. Barnaby
1 credit at the completion of IB
594-7060 ext. 3223
593-7037c/t
gbarnaby@nacs1.org
Rules:
1. Follow the NACS Student Handbook->specific consequences
2. Spanish class is for 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
25%
Formal Speaking
25%
Listening
25%
Reading
25%
Writing
100%
Total
Activities
In-class activities- speaking, listening, reading, and writing
Role play
Independent Practice
Projects
Tests
Extra credit
Topics
Personal Identification
Health and Welfare
Family
Leisure
House and Home + Community and Neighborhood
Physical Environment
Shopping
Meal Taking
Travel
Education
Topically embedded
Earning a Living
Public and Private Services
Current Events
Grammar & Conversational Language
What do I have to be able to do in Spanish IB, 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 all ten major topic areas
through 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 short 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 discrete 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 4 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
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
Writing: Writing 50 word or more compositions in the present tense, markers for the past and
future 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
*Sales personnel, bank tellers, ticket agents, police, hotel personnel, etc.