MRS. FERRYMAN’S SPANISH III (H) POLICIES
GRADING
*Students will receive grades each quarter for class participation, class activities or
assignments, tests, quizzes, projects, compositions, journals, oral presentations, and various
other assessments. Tests and quizzes are posted on the chalkboard well in advance. I
grade using a total point system. Point examples, subject to change, include: participation,
listening, or reading, 10-20; journal, 25; quiz, 50; test, 100. I reserve the right to drop any
grades deemed appropriate at the end of the quarter.
SUPPLIES
The following items are required: three-ring binder, college-ruled paper (preferred),
composition notebook, pen/pencil, book/workbook/journal/dictionary daily (random checks
will occur) and designated supply for each class period. No spiral paper will be accepted. Do
not complete any work in red ink.
CLASS PARTICIPATION POLICY
* When I take points for class participation and class activities or assignments, all students
are expected to participate and give their best effort. If a student refuses to participate,
there will be consequences.
*All III(H) students are required to take the National Spanish Exam in the spring. The cost
is typically $5.
DAILY PRACTICE
* Students will frequently be provided with daily practice. Students are responsible for
choosing to complete the daily practice and should choose to do so in order to master the
material and be successful on quizzes and tests. The daily practice will reinforce the
grammar and vocabulary being studied in class. Students must take responsibility for and
ownership of their own learning. The daily practice, when provided, will be checked,
stamped/initialed, then reviewed in class the following day. Students who complete the
practice will be allowed to correct their work; students who choose not to will not be
allowed to fill in or copy down the answers. Daily practice must be completed before
students enter the classroom.
*Academic honesty is expected on all assignments, including daily practice. Both parties
involved in copying daily practice will receive a zero, an honors infraction, and a parental
phone call. Translation sites/services are strictly prohibited and are considered
academic dishonesty on all assignments, including journals.
JOURNALS
*Spanish III students will keep a daily journal in Spanish. On Fridays, weekly journal entries
are due at the beginning of class (dated from Friday to Thursday). Use a composition
notebook. Journal entries should be a minimum of five full lines in length. Journal entries
will serve as “bell work” each day. One entry per week should be directly related to the
grammar, culture, or vocabulary being studied in class at the time. Label this entry as
“gramática, cultura, o vocabulario” depending on the focus of the entry. At times I will
provide journal topics in class, but normally journal entries will be on topics of your own
choice, including your activities, plans, thoughts, etc. Be creative and make it interesting.
Don’t be repetitive; no credit will be given for repetitive journals or copied/repeated
entries. Do not ever use English in your journal. NO TRANSLATION SITES ALLOWED
(see above statement). Journals are worth 25 points per week. After the first week, we will
move to checking journals every two weeks (14 days total; 50 points), and students should
have two focused entries upon submission.
MAKE-UP POLICY
*It is the student’s responsibility to get his/her makeup work after an absence. A zero will
be recorded if the work is not made up according to my guidelines.
After an EXCUSED absence, the following guidelines apply:
*If a student misses a test or a quiz, he or she has 3 days to make up the test or quiz,
including the first day he or she returns to school. I reserve the right to make make-up
tests or quizzes different than the original test or quiz. Students are responsible for
checking the assignment binder for missed work.
*Students have the number of days they were absent to submit daily practice.
*Make-up tests or quizzes may not be taken during the student’s class time. Students must
schedule a make-up appointment with me before school or during Channel 1 or Study Hall.
*If a project is due on the day a student is absent, provided the absence IS excused, the
project must be turned in the day he or she returns to school.
*If a student is absent on Friday when journals are due, the journal is due the day he or
she returns to school. If a student is absent on Friday due to school-sponsored absence,
the journal should be turned in Thursday. Students are welcome to turn journals in
Thursday if they wish to have them returned on Friday to work in them over the weekend.
*If class participation points were taken on the day of an excused absence, the points will
neither count for nor against the student.
After an UNEXCUSED absence, the following guidelines apply:.
*No tests or quizzes may be made up that were given, and no projects that were due may be
turned in. No credit will be given for journal entries for the day.
*If class participation points were taken, the student will receive a zero.
*Please sign and fill out the acknowledgement statement form and return it.