Teacher: Mrs. Tonya Burgess
Butler Senior High School
World Language Department
Honors Spanish III (LS30)
2015-2016
Classroom: 215
E-mail address: tonya_burgess@butler.k12.pa.us
Phone: 724-214-3200 x5292
Spanish III (LS30) is an Honors-level course available to students in grades 10, 11, and 12 who have successfully using more advanced vocabulary and grammar skills. Additionally, the student is introduced to more in-depth aspects of the Spanish-speaking world.
Required text:
Required materials:
En Español Tres
Recommended materials:
2 inch 3-ring binder
English-Spanish dictionary
Library card for the Butler Public Library
Earbuds or headphones
Spanish-English app for smartphone like Spanish English Dictionary+Freemium
Goals of SPANISH III : By the end of the 2015-2016 school year students should be able to:
1.
Engage in dialogue with classmates and instructor about situations in the past, present, and future; discuss daily activities, likes and dislikes, give advice and suggest group activities, express hope and desire as well as judgment and feelings;
2.
Understand narration from the teacher, from various on-line sources, and from classmates;
3.
Read authentic material and understand the main points;
4.
Write personal descriptions, descriptive essays, family or friend anecdotes, statement letters, cause-effect essays and comparative essays;
5.
Know basic concepts of the Hispanic culture and other current events.
6.
Apply the following skills:
• Describe childhood experiences
• Narrate in the past
• Describe in detail
• Demonstrate an understanding of Diego Rivera’s life and art
• Talk about lodging plans
• Distinguish between uses for por and para
• Give instructions
• Recall vocabulary used in Day of the Dead festivals and rituals
• Express emotions
• Give advice
• Ask for and give opinions
• Say what people want
• Talk about shopping for clothes
• Compare Las Posadas with American traditions
• Comment on airplane travel
• Ask for and give opinions
• Persuade others
• Demonstrate understanding of Tejano music and
• Express hypothetical situations
• Describe parts of a car
• Demonstrate an understanding of the life of El Cid
• Express actions that people do to or for each other
• Shorten sentences using pronouns
• Discuss accidental situations
• Navigate city streets
• Discuss future career and how Spanish can be used
• Discuss what has or had been done
• Discuss past activities
• Discuss non-specific activities
• Create passive structures
• Demonstrate an understanding of the story of Don
Quixote
• Describe what will happen in the future
• Express that which will have happened by a certain
time
• Describe what could happen in the future
• Talk about what would happen and make polite
Mexican cultures
• Make group plans
• Relate events in time
requests.
• Describe animal vocabulary
• Demonstrate understanding of Cinco de Mayo
facts
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Grade Calculations:
• Multiply each nine weeks quarter by a weighted percentage of 20% (.20)
• The 1st and 2nd semester exam percentages will each be multiplied by 10% (.10)
• Add these six numbers together to obtain a final percentage.
Q1- 78 %
Q2- 80 %
Q3- 84%
Q4- 81%
78 x 20%= 15.6%
80 x 20%= 16.0%
84 x 20%= 16.8%
81 x 20%= 16.2%
1st Sem. Exam- 80% 80 x 10%= 8.0%
2nd Sem. Exam- 84% 84 x 10%= 8.4%
Final Grade 81% B
Grading Scale : The Butler Area School District utilizes the following grading system:
100- 90
89-80
A
B
79-70
69-60
< 60
C
D
E
Some class rules:
1.
Bring a pen, pencil, binder, dictionary and any assignments to class with you.
2.
You are to be seated, not walking through the door, when the bell rings.
3.
You will not work on assignments for other classes. This is not a study hall.
4.
You will not listen to music unless given permission by the teacher.
5.
Do not talk while others are talking.
6.
Respect others’ property and feelings, including the schools, your classmates’ and mine.
7.
Do not pack up your materials at the end of the period until I have finished speaking.
Responsibility Points: Class interruptions and bad behavior situations are not beneficial to the learning process in the classroom and will not be tolerated.
Some examples are: inappropriate gestures, newspaper/book reading, crossword puzzles or other games or distracters, doing homework during class, studying for other classes, using gadgets such as cell phones, calculators, laptops/netbooks, mp3 players. Make sure that your cell phones are turned off before entering the classroom.
Any of these actions mentioned above will affect your
RESPONSIBILITY grade.
Every student will begin each term with 15 responsibility points. Every time you are irresponsible, break the rules, cause a class disruption, etc., you will lose one responsibility point. If you lose all responsibility points, every reason for loss of points will be referred to the office for discipline.
Class participation is based on active participation. Class participation will be worth 20 points for each term.
You may earn one point per day. You can earn these points by volunteering to read aloud, write on the board, answer questions, etc. You must be present to participate! Your absences will affect your participation grade.
Online Practice: As scheduling allows we will have class in the computer lab one time per week. You will be required to complete 20 online activities as assigned by your teacher throughout the school year. Some work may need to be completed on your own time as well.
Tests and quizzes: Tests and quizzes will be given in the form of paper and pencil tests, oral exams, hands-on activities, projects and presentations. As we will cover a substantial amount of material this school year, we will have occasional quizzes between major tests, in order for your teacher and for you to evaluate how you are progressing in class. You will always know about all tests and quizzes at least one day in advance.
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Homework includes reading work, communication activities, and short writing activities you will complete on a daily basis. If you don’t do your homework you will not fully understand the concepts presented. Every sentence written will be worth a ½ point. Every one-word answer will be worth a ¼ point. Late homework is not accepted.
Attendance and Missing Work: In case of absences YOU are responsible for consulting SchoolWires and for communicating with your classmates to get information about class activities and the homework you need to complete. It is important that you have some of your classmates’ e-mails and phone numbers. You may also email your teacher to find out the work you missed or consult the calendar and binder on the counter in the back of the room. You have 5 days to make up any homework or tests after an unplanned absence. Field trips, sports activities, music festivals, doctor appointments, or any other planned absences are not excuses for not preparing for class or for not completing homework. For planned absences, all assignments musts be handed in the day you return to class and you must take any tests or quizzes that were missed the day of the planned absence or any test scheduled for the day you return.
Make ups and Re-Takes : Any student that receives a letter grade of a D or an E on any test or quiz (final exams and oral quizzes excluded) has the opportunity to re-take the test and the scores will be averaged together. The re-takes must be taken within the term they were given. If you need to make up or re-take a test or a quiz you may come between 7:15 a.m. and 7:45 a.m., during homeroom, during a study hall, or between
2:45 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. This is your responsibility. If your five days have passed and your work is not made up they will become zeros.
Final examination : The final exam will be given according to the schedule set out by the building principal each semester. If you are absent for the final exam, without prior notice of absence, you must present documentation from a parent or guardian stating the reason you were unable to come to school on exam day. It is also important that you talk to your teacher to let her know that you will need to take your final exam at a date other than that scheduled. If you do not provide a reason for absence of the final exam, you will take the extremely difficult make up exam.
Oral Quizzes: We will practice phrases monthly that will help you to speak Spanish more fluently. The last
Friday of each month there will be an oral quiz based on the phrases we will practice.
Portfolios: Throughout the year you will be working on a portfolio that will show your good work and effort in this class. The portfolio will be due May 27, 2016 and must be turned in during your class period or before.
Failure to turn them in on time will result in ½ credit for the first day missed and no credit for any days after.
Details of the portfolio will be presented shortly.
Grades: For each progress report and for each grading period you will be shown a printout of your grade. You will be required to read it through and sign it to confirm that you are aware of your grade at that point in time.
These papers will be collected and filed for future reference.
Bonus Opportunities:
Quote of the DayEveryday there will be a quote located on the right dry erase board. The first 2 people from each class to interpret the quote will earn one bonus point. The quotes will change daily as they are interpreted.
You may earn 10 points per term.
Pinteresante-
It’s like Pinterest in Spanish. On the bulletin board in the back of the classroom there are
“boards” entitled A Visitar, La Comida y La Bebida, Festivales y Celebraciones, Arte, Musica y Deportes, A
Leer, La Historia, and La Gente Famosa. You may post anything you find interesting from a Spanish-speaking country to each of the respective boards. You will earn one bonus point for each pin. You may earn 10 points per term.
Bonus AssignmentsEach term you will have the opportunity to do one 10-point bonus assignment. I will decide the topic of these assignments of which you will have one week to complete.
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