CANON CITY HIGH SCHOOL

COURSE GUIDE

Department: Foreign Language

 Course Title: Spanish 3

 Date: September 2005

 grade Level: 11 - 12

 prerequisite/Requirements:

  “B” or better in the second level or written teacher recommendation; Sophomores wanting to take the third level must have a B” average in English and written teacher permission.

 Costs to Students:

Students must purchase their own dictionary, $5-$10 for cultural activities and crafts, dry erase marker

General Course Outcomes:

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

„     Comprehend the main idea in oral and written materials on a familiar topic

„     Comprehend well-developed paragraphs containing complex sentences and idiomatic expressions

„     Comprehend a piece of fiction or essay

„     Identify emotions and feelings from selected reading material

„     Express and react to a variety of feelings

„     Develop and propose solutions to issues and problems cooperatively with other students

„     Support opinions with factual information

„     Use idiomatic expressions in oral and written communication

„     Present understandable written material

„     Perform short, student-created skits and scenes

„     Present a brief speech (monologue)

„     Retell a story

„     Present reports in the tart\get language orally and/or in writing on topics being studied in other classes

„     Understand how idiomatic expressions impact communication and reflect culture

„     Demonstrate an awareness that there is more than one way to express ideas across languages

„     Recognize that there are linguistic and cultural concepts that exist in one language and not in another

„     Compare and contrast a variety of art forms (e.g. music, dance,  visual arts, drama) with their own culture through oral and/or written descriptions and/or performance

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

„     Review Grammar Unit

„     Physical Descriptions

„     Personal Schedules and Daily Routines

„     Directions

„     Social and Cultural Activities

„     Vacations

„     Art

„     Past tenses, Future tenses, Conditional tenses, Imperative tenses

 Unit Modifications/Enrichments:

 „     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 3  (ScottForesman, 1999)

     Spanish for Mastery (Valette & Valette, 1989)

 en Voyage   (Glencoe McGraw-Hill  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)

            En Voyage - quizzes and unit exams (speaking, listening, reading, writing)

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

·        Notebook

·        Authentic production

·        Proficiency Test Requirement

·        Final

Instructional time:

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

„     Review Grammar Unit (3 weeks)

„     Physical Descriptions (3 weeks)

„     Personal Schedules and Daily Routines (3 weeks)

„     Directions (3 weeks)

„     Social and Cultural Activities (3 weeks)

„     Vacations (3 weeks)

„     Art (ongoing)

„     Past tenses, Future tenses, Conditional tenses, Imperative tenses (Ongoing)

CAÑON CITY HIGH SCHOOL

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