Spanish 3
Ms. Fernández
2011 – 2012
E-mail: tfernandez@ctreg14.org
School phone #: 203-263-2186
Philosophy
Spanish 3 is designed to meet the needs of students who have an interest in learning the
Spanish language and the culture of those who speak the language. The goal of the
course is to help the students reach an intermediate to pre-advanced proficiency level and
be able to hold a conversation about a variety of topics while encouraging understanding
of the cultures of native speakers.
Every class will be taught predominantly in Spanish with the inclusion of cultural
information and research about a different Spanish-speaking country or region every
quarter. Through this “immersion” process, students will be exposed to a wide-range of
grammar concepts and enrich their vocabulary while communicating in Spanish on a
daily basis.
Ultimately, through the use of technology, authentic resources, and frequent opportunities
to converse in Spanish, students will see themselves developing proficiency and
confidence while speaking Spanish.
Academic expectations
Students should come to class, on-time and prepared, with necessary supplies, any
assigned work that is due, and with the mentality that once they step through the door
they have crossed a border into a Spanish-speaking country. The class will interact
predominantly IN SPANISH. While it may be appropriate for a student to ask a question
in English at times, each student should make every attempt to use Spanish as their
primary language in class.
Grading Policy:
The World Language teachers, as a department, have agreed upon the following policies:
The categories on PowerSchool will be listed as follows and have the following values:
 Formative Assessments = 20%
 Interim Assessments = 40%
 Summative Assessments = 40%
Formative Assessments: This category will be referred to as “The 3 P’s”. “The 3 P’s”
are participation, preparation and proficiency.
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Participation: This “P” is associated with the student’s overall
engagement in the class. More specifically, the student’s contribution to
group and individual assignments as well as class discussion will be
assessed. Students are expected to be on-task at all times.
Preparation: Students are expected to come to class with all necessary
materials and supplies (i.e. textbook, notebook, writing utensils,
assignment pad) and with completed homework assignments. Credit is
given for homework that is complete and on time. No partial credit will
be given.
Proficiency: Students are expected to communicate at their learning level
in the target language. Proficiency refers to a student’s ability to use the
language to hold a conversation.
Interim Assessments: This category refers to quizzes. Quizzes may be reading
comprehension assignments, writing assignments and/or speaking assignments relevant
to the curriculum content. The purpose of interim assessments is for the teacher and the
individual student to recognize the areas or concepts that require more review before the
summative assessment.
Summative Assessments: This category refers to tests and performance-based
assessments (i.e. presentations, essays, stories, videos) that usually occur at the end of a
unit.
Make-Up Policy
Students must speak with me the day they return from an excused absence to arrange a
time to make up any missed work. Missed quizzes and tests due to excused absences
must be taken the day within the same time frame the student was absent from school.
For example, if a student is out for three days, the test or quiz must be made-up within
three days. Students forfeit the opportunity to make up a test or a quiz missed as a result
of an unexcused absence. A zero will be given if the student does not arrange a time to
make-up the quiz/test or does not take the quiz/test at the arranged time. Students must
speak with the teacher the day prior to a school field trip, a school meeting, a sporting
event or rehearsal which will result in the student’s absence to request work and must
have the work completed or make up any missed test or quiz the day following the field
trip or event. It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements with the
teacher to make up missed tests and quizzes.
Extra Help
I strongly encourage you to seek extra help if you are having difficulty with any aspect of
the course, even if to review previously learned material. There are multiple ways to
receive extra help:
 I am available for extra help, most days, between the end of the school day and
3pm daily. Please speak with me before planning to attend as I may have a
meeting or already be scheduled to help another student. There will also be a
calendar in the classroom to schedule extra help.
 You may set-up an extra help session with a fellow classmate or a student in
another class at the same or higher level. If you would like suggestions of other
students you can work with please come see me.
 You may get a tutor assigned to you from the National Honor Society
Supplies
For this class you will need the following on a daily basis:
1. pens
2. a binder separated into sections for vocabulary, grammar, classwork and handouts
3. looseleaf for notes, homework assignments and classwork
4. A Spanish-English dictionary
World Language Department Policy
All backpacks and personal belongings are to be left in the back of the classroom along
the wall. Be sure to take out all necessary supplies for class before taking your seat (i.e.
pen, paper, binder, textbook, and dictionary).
Nonnewaug High School Policies
Tardy to Class: In accordance with the Nonnewaug High School student handbook,
when students are tardy to class without a pass, the consequences will be:
 First Time: Teacher warning; reminder of subsequent consequences.
 Second Time: Teacher detention and teacher calls parent/guardian.
 Third Time: Office Referral and teacher calls parent/guardian. Office issues an
after-school detention.
 Fourth/Subsequent Times: Office referral and extended detention; administrator
calls home.
Electronic Devices: Students are not allowed to use electronic devices (e.g. cellular
telephone, iPods, MP3 players, game boys), between 7:24 a.m. and 1:59 p.m. If students
bring these devices to school, they will be confiscated and returned at the end of the day.
If there are subsequent offenses, the device will be held for parent pick-up. Devices may
be used after school is dismissed for the day. Registered EMT’s, while on duty, are the
only students who may routinely carry a communication radio. This privilege needs to be
approved by an administrator. Disrespect to faculty or staff regarding this issue will be
treated as a separate infraction.
State law prohibits the possession and use of laser pointers on school grounds. If such a
device is discovered, the violation will be reported to an administrator, who shall
confiscate it. Parents will be asked to pick up the device.
Preview of the Year
Following is a list of the cultural concentration, grammar topics and vocabulary for each
quarter of the year.
Quarter 1: Personal and Public Identities
Cultural Concentration: Sports, Pastimes and Leisure Activities
Grammar Concepts: Review of the preterite and imperfect tenses, the present perfect
Pasatiempos
Acampar
La tienda (de campaña)
La cantimplora
Los fósforos
La fogata
Encender la fogata
Montar la tienda
La estufa de gas
Las ollas
El saco de dormir
El aire libre
Hacer/dar una caminata
Los senderos
Hacer una excursión
Divertirse
alegrarse
Agua dulce
Un guía
Una guía
La cueva
Campista
Mochila
Montañero
En la playa
La tabla de surf
El surfista
El velero
El chaleco salvavidas
La canoa
El kayac/el piragua
Voleibol playero
Los motos acuáticos
La arena
Una sombrilla
La orilla
Los castillos de arena
Recoger caracoles/conchas
Hacer un crucero
Nadar
Bucear
La puesta del sol
Calor agobiante
Vocabulary – Personal and Public Identities
Hace fresco
Deportes
La brisa
Deportes competitivos
Practicar tablavela
Fútbol
Volar una cometa/papalote
-futbolista
-la copa mundial
Deportes
-el balón
El partido
-patear/dar una patada
El jugador
-el árbitro
El equipo
-el gol
Los fanáticos/el aficionado/el
-meter un gol
espectador
-la red
Las entradas
-la cancha/el campo
El estadio
Fútbol americano
El entrenador
El basquetbol/El baloncesto
El entrenamiento
El béisbol
Entrenarse
-beisbolista
El uniforme
-la pelota
La calambre
-el guante
La marca
-lanzar/tirar
El empate
-batear
Empatar
-el bate
El ídolo
-el jonrón
El adversario
-el ponchout
Ganar
-el lanzador
Perder
-el bateador
Campeón
-los bases
El campeonato
-el casco
El capitán
-la gorra
El golf
-los palos de golf
-golpear la pelota
-el agujero
-un ace
-la calle
-el green
El hockey sobre hielo
-los palos
-el disco
El atletismo
-La pista
-la carrera
El tenis
-la cancha
El boliche
-la bolera
-lograr el golpe
-voltear los bolos
Deportes extremos
Escalar montañas
La escalada en roca
Heli-esquí
Explorar cuevas
La corrida de toros
-el torero/el matador
-el toro
Juegos de mesa
El ajedrez
Las cartas/los naipes (la
baraja)
-repartir las cartas
La crucigrama
Las damas
Los dominós
La veintiuna
El rompecabezas
Avanzar
Regresar
Quarter 2: Science and Technology
Cultural Concentration: The Environment and Technology
Grammar Concepts: The future tense, por vs. para
El medio ambiente
El porvenir
El aire puro
La biodiversidad
La capa de ozono
El clima
La contaminación
La deforestación
El derrumbe
El efecto invernadero
La erosión
Las especies en peligro de
extinción
La inundación
No renovable (renovable)
El petróleo
El planeta
El recurso natural
La responsabilidad
El riesgo
La sequía
El smog
El suelo
El temblor
La Tierra
La tierra
El ecosistema
La conservación
El contaminante
El ecólogo
El guardabosques
Vocabulary – Science and Technology
El cielo
La tecnología
El cráter
El desarrollo
El valle
El invento
La energía nuclear
La innovación
La energía solar
El avance
La lluvia ácida
La calculadora
La energía de viento
La cámara digital
El gobierno
La cámara de video
Las leyes
El televisor/la televisión
La población
La pantalla
La naturaleza
El canal
La transformación
El control remoto/El
La investigación
telemando
El invento
La computadora/el ordenador
El ratón
El Internet
El teclado
La red
El monitor
Arroba @
La impresora
La dirección electrónica
Las bocinas
El correo electrónico
El cederrón
El sitio web
El reproductor de DVD
La página principal
Los videojuegos
Contraseña
El teléfono celular/El móvil
Página de inicio
El Ipod
Lento
El disco compacto
Lleno
El correo de voz
Descompuesto
El fax
Usuario
La computadora portátil
El archivo
El programa de computación
Los verbos
Dañar
Destruir
Disminuir
Fomentar
Preservar
Proteger
Ayudar
Respirar
Reutilizar
Valorar
Amenazar
Extinguirse
Informarse
Salvar
Volar
Conservar
Ensuciar
Cuidar
Apreciar
Mejorar
Reemplazar
Votar
Quemar un CD
Poner/prender
Guardar
Grabar
Imprimir
Sonar
Descargar
Borrar
Apagar
Ingresar
navegar
Quarter 3: Contemporary Life
Cultural Concentration: Socially Conscious Behavior
Grammar Concepts: The subjunctive mood with emotions, doubt and impersonal
expressions
Consciencia social
El ciudadano
El compromiso
Encargarse de
Encargado
La irresponsabilidad
Penalizar
La política
El principio
Respetar
Satisfacer
La sociedad
La unidad
La advertencia
El fracaso
La mejora
El obstáculo
El sufrimiento
Comercializar
Invertir
Novedoso
La patente
El producto
Advertir
Cometer un error
Emprender
Insistir
Luchar
Persistir
Progresar
Prosperar
Seguir adelante
Solucionar
Superar
Criticar
Evaluar
Vocabulary – Contemporary Life
La ambición
La explotación
Solicitud
Explotar
Aprovecharse
El motivo
El apoyo
El sufrimiento
Apoyar
La riqueza
Estar en contra
La pobreza
Compañía
El portavoz
Negocio
El respeto
Empresa
Respetar
Empleado
Pacífico
Entrevistar
Tener éxito
Entrevista
La dignidad
La fábrica
La economía
Impersonal expressions
El gobierno
Es bueno
Las leyes
Es malo
Organizado
Es mejor
Organización
Es necesario
La oficina/el despacho
Es urgente
La inversión
Es importante
La experiencia
Es interesante
La encuesta
Es imprescindible
El informe
El desempleo
Will and Influence
La igualdad
Aconsejar
La desigualdad
Desear
La discriminación
Exigir
Los derechos
Importar
Los derechos humanos
Insistir
El impuesto
Mandar
El cliente
Necesitar
El colega
Pedir
La creencia
Preferir
Creer
Prohibir
La expresión
Querer
La censura
Recomendar
Censurar
Rogar
Sugerir
Emotion
Alegrarse
Esperar
Gustar
Molestar
Sentir
Sorprender
Temer
Tener miedo
Es extraño
Es una lástima
Es ridículo
Es terrible
Es triste
Ojalá
Doubt and certainty
DOUBT
Dudar
Negar
No creer
No pensar
No estar seguro
No es cierto
No es seguro
No es verdad
Es imposible
Es improbable
No es posible
Es posible
No es probable
Es probable
CERTAINTY
No dudar
No cabe duda de
No hay duda de
No negar
Creer
Pensar
Estar seguro de
Es cierto
Es seguro
Es verdad
Es obvio
Quarter 4: Beauty and Aesthetics
Cultural Concentration: The Arts
Grammar Concepts: The subjunctive mood with adjective clauses and adverbial clauses,
the imperfect subjunctive
La música
El músico
El instrumento
La banda
La orquesta
El concierto
-aplaudir
-el público
La cantante
La canción
El compositor
folklórica
moderna
musical
la ópera
el mariachi
tejana
Vocabulary – Beauty and Aesthetics
La literatura
El teatro
La poesía
Hacer el papel de
El poeta
El director
El poema
El dramaturgo
La metáfora
El escritor
La sílaba
El personaje
La novela
El personaje principal
El género
La comedia
Los cuentos
El drama
El ensayo
El cuento
El escritor
La obra de teatro
El lector
El espectáculo
La lectura
Dirigir
Ensayar
La escultura
El ensayo
El escultor
Presentar
Esculpir
La historia
La estatua
El actor
La obra maestra
La actriz
Arcilla
Mármol
La vidriera de colores
El vidrio
Manipular
Moldear
tallar
la danza
la bailarina
el bailarín
el tango
el bolero
el merengue
la bachata
la cumbia
la salsa/el mambo/la
guaracha
el flamenco
La pintura
Pintar
La acuarela
Acuarelista
En primer término
En el fondo /en segundo
término
El matiz
Matizar
Online Resources
The textbook has a website which contains flashcards for the vocabulary, animated
grammar reviews, grammar exercises and detailed descriptions of the cultural concepts
and all aspects of the chapter. The website is www.classzone.com
Other resources you may find helpful are:
Periódicos
www.mediatico.com – todos los periódicos del mundo en un sitio. Escoge cualquier país
que te interese y encontrarás enlaces a todos sus periódicos disponibles en la Red.
www.prensaescrita.com
Revistas
www.peopleenespanol.com – People, pero enfocada en el mercado latino
www.latina.com – revista bilingüe, la mayoría en inglés con breves traducciones después
de cada artículo.
Noticias
www.BBCmundo.com
www.cnn.com/espanol
www.antena3.com
www.un.org/radio/es - Radio naciones unidas
Diccionario
www.rae.es – diccionario de la real academia española. (If you type in a verb and click
on the square to the left of the verb you can see ALL of the possible conjugations of the
verb)
Práctica
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises - ejercicios de práctica
Podcasts
Cadena Ser – entrevistas
Univision Radio – Backstage Pass
ESPNdeportes.com
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