Course Description: Enhances Level Four skills in Spanish and provides further opportunities to increase listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in an integrated way. Provides continued language development through exploration of familiar and unfamiliar topics and provides opportunities for a broader and more extensive understanding of Spanish speaking cultures. This class is taught in Spanish only. Students enrolled in AP or IB Spanish may take this course concurrently to provide for additional practice for their AP/IB exams. While this course does not carry college credit, students are encouraged to take the Placement Exam offered by their university in order to take advantage of the opportunity to exempt introductory college-level
Spanish.
Standards: Course standards may be found at http://www.georgiastandards.org
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Introducción y Repaso ii.
<<Mi Vida Loca>> iii.
¿Realidad o fantasía? iv.
Relaciones personales v.
La vida moderna vi.
Celebraciones y costumbres vii.
Nuestro Mundo viii.
Derechos humanos ix.
Arte x.
El trabajo y mi futuro
Textbook/Resources: With the emergence of technology as a tool for learning, South Forsyth
High School will be utilizing various resources to assist with instruction, including online textbooks and interactive websites. Students are encouraged to bring their laptops or I-pads to class.
Required Assignments: Each unit of study will include written summative and oral assessments as well as formative written and oral assessments. Students will be given advance notice in order to prepare for them.
Homework : Students are encouraged to study and prepare for the class on a daily basis. Homework assignments may include reading, writing and web-based assignments, language practice, and studying for formative and summative assessments. Homework will be graded as a formative assessment throughout the semester. Students should expect at least 1 hour of homework per week. All homework assignments and formative/summative assessment dates will be posted on ANGEL.
Students should get into the habit of checking it daily for notes and/or announcements for the class.

Retake policy: Formative assessments may be retaken once in preparation for the summative assessment of the unit and must be completed prior to the summative assessment of the same unit.
Formative assessment retakes will only be allowed if a student has attended a minimum 30 minute tutoring session. Retakes of summative assessments will not be allowed.
Availability for Extra Help: Tutoring is available. Please see the tutoring schedule that is posted in the classroom and on-line to find out the time and place.
Makeup Work: All missed work and assessments are the responsibility of the student when they are absent from school. A student who is absent on the class day before a regularly scheduled assessment will be responsible for completing the assignment on the regularly scheduled day and time. Students who have been absent more than two consecutive days (including the assessment day) will be given five (5) school days to make up the assessment and/or other assignments. This does not include major projects where the deadline has been posted in advance. The teacher has the discretion to grant additional time to make up work if there are extenuating circumstances.
Grading Calculations:
Course Average = 50% First Semester Course work + 50% Second Semester Course work
Course Work = 75% Summative + 25% Formative
Grading Policy:
A = 90 – 100
B = 80 – 89
C = 70 – 79
Failing = Below 70
*Formative Assessments include, but are not limited to homework, class work, practice tests, rough drafts, and sections of projects/ research papers/presentations.
*Summative Assessments include, but are not limited to unit tests, final projects, final essays, final research papers, and final presentations. All summative assessments will include listening and reading comprehension sections as well as writing and oral proficiency sections.