CANON CITY HIGH SCHOOL

Department: Foreign Language

Course Title: Spanish I

Date: September 2005

Grade Level: 9 - 12

Prerequisite/Requirements: “C” or better in English; CSAP reading should be proficient

Costs to Students:

• $5 per quarter for cultural activities/crafts
• Notebook
• Dry Erase Marker
• Dictionary

General Course Outcomes:

            Upon completion of this course the proficient student will know and be able to: (core concepts/essential skills).

• Respond to simple commands
• Read and understand simple words and expressions
• Comprehend short conversations/stories on familiar topics
• Identify people and objects based on oral and written descriptions
• Interpret gestures, intonation and other visual or auditory cues
• Comprehend the main idea and identify the principal characters of short stories or children’s literature
• Comprehend simple recorded material
• Follow simple written instructions
• Greet people, make small talk and close conversations
• Give and follow simple instructions and ask and answer questions
• Expresses likes and dislikes
• Describe people, places and things in their daily lives
• Identify occupations in the target language
• Express feelings
• Recite short and simple materials (i.e., stories, poems, advertisements and popular sayings) with appropriate expression
• Write or orally present short messages
• Present descriptions of familiar people, places and things to a group
• Read and recite short poems or stories with appropriate expression
• Use appropriate gestures and oral expressions for greetings, leave- takings and courtesy phrases
• Participate in age-appropriate cultural activities such as games, songs, celebrations and short dialogues
• Identify and describe a variety of objects from the cultures, a.g., toys, dress, buildings, foods
• Identify parts of the world where the target language is spoken
• Identify and discuss (in English, if necessary) typical behaviors from the target culture in a variety of specific setting
• Identify on the map the countries where the target language is spoken and the major cities very minimal
• Discuss culturally appropriate language and behavior in basic school and social situation
• Explore topic related to other school subjects in the target language includes weather terms, math facts, or animals
• Read or listening to and talk about age- appropriate folk tales, short stories, poems and songs that are written for native speakers
• Recognize that words are borrowed from one language by another
• Make basic comparisons between the celebration of the target culture and their own culture (e.g., Halloween and Día de los Muertos; Bastille Day and Independence Day)
• Know level 1 vocabulary
• Know the singular regular present tense
• Know the following irregular verbs in the present tense

-Spanish:  veo, tengo, voy, digo, soy, estoy

-French:   dire, venir, allen, etre, avoir, vouloir, pouvoir

Standards:

List State Standards addressed in this course.  (Identify the course outcomes that support those standards.)

1. Students communicate in a foreign language while demonstrating literacy in all four essential skills:  listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
   1.1 Students listen to and derive meaning from a variety of foreign language sources.
   1.2 Students speak in the foreign language for a variety of purposes and for diverse audiences.

      1.3 Students read and derive meaning from a variety of materials written in a              foreign language.

1.4    Students write in a foreign language for a variety of purposes and for diverse audiences.

2. Students acquire and use knowledge of cultures while developing foreign language skills.

Required Unit of Study:

Themes within the course/Specific concepts being targeted

• Introduction to the World of Spanish/French
• Friendship
• School
• Seasons/Weather
• Food
• Family
• Clothing
• Animals
• Infinitive
• Verb/subject agreement
• Adjective agreement

Unit Modifications/Enrichments:

• Assistance to students having difficulty and/or special needs
  Follow requirements of IEPs:
1. Pass /fail
2. Modified assignments
3. Time extensions

Additional experiences for students capable of advanced work (cooperative learning, adaptive materials, re-teaching, second chance, etc.

Technology, class presentations, connect to native speakers, field trips

Materials/Resources:

• Textbook (CORE and Supplemental) (Publisher, Edition, Year Adopted)
  
  Paso A Paso 1 (ScottForesman, 1999)

Bienvenue (Glencoe, 1999)
Media materials used

1.      Variety of cultural medias

2.      Contemporary movies in target  language  (rated G or PG)

3.      Audio cassettes

4.      Contemporary music in target language

5.      magazines/periodicals in target language
Technology needs
Computer Lab, DVD/VCR, Foreign Language software, Internet, Quia

• Other resources (guest speakers, field trips)
  Native speakers/Foreign exchange students

Assessment Program

            Publisher Developed (list test)

            Teacher Developed

·        Tests and Quizzes, Homework

Paso A Paso – quizzes and unit exams (speaking, listening, reading, writing)

·        Type:  Essay, constructed response, criterion referred, oral response,

·        Notebook

·        Authentic production

·        Proficiency Test Requirement

Instructional time:

            List units or interdisciplinary themes and approximate length of time (actual or percent, etc.)

• Introduction to the World of Spanish/ - 3 weeks
• Friendship – 1 week
• School  - 3 weeks
• Seasons/Weather – 3 weeks
• Food – 2 weeks
• Family – 2 weeks
• Clothing – 2 weeks
• Animals – 2 weeks

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