Stacie Taylor, Rm 314, Telephone 926-2012
Spanish 1, Course#105120
2010-2011
Realidades
This course will be an introduction to the Spanish language and the cultures that
speak it. The course will be taught in the target language, and students will be
required to demonstrate proficiency in the four areas of language arts: reading,
writing, listening and speaking. Students will also demonstrate an ability to make
connections between their realities and those of others.
Materials Required:
 Textbook: Boyles, Peggy P. and others. Realidades. Upper Saddle River:
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.
 Realidades workbook
 1”, 1 1/2” or 2” 3-ring binder with pockets
 paper and pens/pencils
 composition notebook
 flashdrive
Supplemental materials available:
 Textbook on cd rom
 Mindpoint Quizshow, a cd rom game
 Publisher’s website, including textbook online and audio/video tutorials
 Spanish/English dictionary
Course requirements:
 Projects to be announced.
 Oral assessment/Partner dialogues
 Quizzes
 Tests
 Daily grades/Written work
 Maintain a notebook, including handouts and lecture notes
Our room will maintain an academic atmosphere, with everyone sharing
one goal, to become increasingly proficient in Spanish. In order to sustain
an environment conducive to learning, the following guidelines must be
respected:
 All workers must be completely in the room when the bell rings, otherwise
a tardy will be issued.
 Everyone must be equipped everyday with the necessary materials.
 Eyes front when the teacher or a presenter is speaking.
 All materials not necessary for Spanish must be out of sight.
 All work must be done as it is assigned. We are BUILDING Spanish
knowledge.
 Transitions between tasks shall be quick and quiet.
Behavioral expectations:
 Self-respect and professional treatment of colleagues, their ideas, their
quirks, their strengths and downfalls are expected at all times
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Back-talk and bickering among students are not permitted
Ownership of teacher-identified misbehaviors is not only honorable, but
imperative
Classroom procedures and guidelines:
 Enter quietly and take a seat.
 Students must be seated in order to be dismissed when the bell rings.
 A roll of toilet paper will on the TV cart. If you need some, take enough to
keep at your desk all period. Blowing your nose is not a hall pass!
 Once in the room, no one is permitted to leave the room.
 Questions are always welcome; they are the best part of the classroom
dynamic! If an off-topic idea occurs to you, please write the question
down and wait for the appropriate moment to pose it, or raise your hand
and wait to be addressed.
 Extra help is available from 3:40 pm to 4:15 pm Monday-Friday by
appointment, or by phone at night after 8:30pm.
Tardies will be counted and addressed by the school policy.
Attendance is registered for each class separately. Four unexcused absences
results in loss of credit for the class. Excuses for absences must be turned
into the attendance office, not the classroom teacher.
Make-up work: Missed work must be turned in, at the latest, at least three days
before the distribution of the progress report for the period of the missing work.
Questions about what to do need to take place before or after school or by
phone, not during class. On the make-up work, please write “ABSENT” and the
date you were absent in addition to the other information required on all written
assignments. Students must initiate inquiry about makeup work. I will not
track missing make-up work. Information about our day in class appears daily on
my website and can be requested from me before or after school or by phone.
Progress reports will be sent home according to the WSFCS schedule; it is
posted on my website. Progress reports showing grades lower than a C will be
accompanied by a phone call to parent(s). Grading policy: Each of the following
areas will contain multiple opportunities for graded responses. Rubrics will be
distributed. The final grade will be composed of:
Culture 5%
Vocabulary 10%
Structures 10%
Speaking 10%
Listening 15%
Reading 15%
Writing 20%
Participation 5%
The Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools grading scale is:
93-100 A
85-92 B
77-84 C
70-76 D
69-below F
Class website: Log on to the WSFCS homepage. At top in schools box scroll to
bottom and find Carver. Click faculty/staff webpages. Find Stacie Taylor
I want to know how to serve you. I love questions!
Calendar for Spanish I, Fall 2010-2011
Wednesday, Aug 25 to Friday, Aug 27:
Receive books, workbooks, syllabus, expectations, procedures, library
training, online passwords, grading policies. Practice, practice, practice
PROCEDURES. Pronunciation, subject pronouns and the alphabet. Assess of
prior knowledge. Introduction of learning format.
Monday, Aug 30 to Friday, Sept 03: Para Empezar, p1-23
Greetings/Introductions, Classroom commands, Numbers, Time, The
Body, The Classroom, Gender of Nouns, Alphabet, Calendar, Weather
Tuesday, Sept 07 to Friday, Sept 10: Para Empezar, p1-23
Greetings/Introductions, Classroom commands, Numbers, Time, The
Body, The Classroom, Gender of Nouns, Alphabet, Calendar, Weather
Test: Para Empezar
Monday, Sept 13 to Friday, Sept 17: Chapter 1A, p24-47
Activities
Infinitives
Me gusta.../no me gusta...
Negative expressions
Agreement/Disagreement
Monday, Sept 20 to Friday, Sept 24: Chapter 1B, p48-71
Descriptive adjectives
Gender agreement (irregular endings)
Ser
Sentence structure vs. Question structure
Placement of "No"
Placement of Adjectives
Definite and indefinite articles
?Que es?
Monday, Sept 27 to Friday, Oct 01: Chapter 2A, p73-97
School schedules
Subject pronouns
Conjugations of regular verbs
Introduce Tener
Test, Chapters 1A, 1B, 2A
Monday, Oct 04 to Friday, Oct 08: Chapter 2B, p98-121
The Classroom
Estar (location)
Prepositions of location
Plurals of nouns and articles
Hay (Questions with hay)
Monday, Oct 11 to Friday, Oct 15: Chapter 3A, p122-145
Breakfast and lunch
Present tense of ER/IR verbs
Structure of questions and statements
Me gustan/ me encantan
Short answer and reading practice
Test, Chapters 2A, 3B, 3A
Monday, Oct 18 to Friday, Oct 22:
Review for Exams
Exams: Para Empezar through 3A
Tuesday, Oct 25 to Thursday, Oct 28(END QUARTER): Chapter 3B, p146-169
Procedures and assessment of prior knowledge
Dinner and the food pyramid
Preferir/ Deber/ Creer
Review time and the clock
Estar de acuerdo
Plurals of adjectives
Review ser
Monday, Nov 01 to Friday, Nov 05: Chapter 4A, p170-195
Community locations
Ir
Question vs statement
Question words
Monday, Nov 08 to Friday, Nov 12: Chapter 4B, p196-219
Leisure activities and sports
Ir+ a+ infinitive
Stem-changing verbs (Jugar and Tener)
Invitations (Querer, Poder)
Two-verb structures
Monday, Nov 15 and Friday, Nov 19: Review, reteach, remediate
Monday, Nov 22 and Tuesday, Nov 23: Test 3B, 4A, 4B
Monday, Nov 29 to Friday, Dec 03: Chapter 5A, p221-245
Families/parties
Tener
Possessive adjectives
Monday, Dec 06 to Friday, Dec 10: Chapter 5B, p246Physical characteristics of people
Restaurant/ table settings
Venir
Ser vs Estar
Test Chapters 5A, 5B
Monday, Dec 13 to Thursday, Dec 17: Chapter 6A, p??
Bedroom items
Electronic equipment
Colors
Comparisons
Superlative
Monday, Jan 03 to Friday, Jan 07: Poder/Dormir (stem-changing Chapter 6B,
p??
Rooms in a house
Household chores
Affirmative Tu commands
Present progressive
Test, Chapters 6A, 6B
Monday, Jan 10 to Friday, Jan 14: Exam Review/preparation, Reteach,
Remediate
Overview of remaining chapters:
7A
Clothes
Quedarse
Pensar, Querer, Preferir (stemchanging)
Demonstrative adjectives
7B
Preterite of AR (won’t address)
Direct object pronouns
8A
Preterite of ER/IR and preterite of IR
(won’t address)
Personal A
8B
Present of Decir
Indirect object pronouns
Preterite of Hacer/Dar (won’t
address)
9A
Acabar +de +infinitive
Gustar and similar verbs
9B
Technology
Pedir and Servir (stem-changing)
Saber/Conocer
Monday, Jan 17 to Thursday, Jan 20: Exams