Spanish I Syllabus

Certificated Teacher:

Date:

2014-15

Desired Results

Course Title/Grade Level: Spanish I Credit:

one semester (.5)

X

two semesters (1)

Estimate of hours per week engaged in learning activities 5 hours of class work per week.

Course Overview: Course content includes the vocabulary and the grammar skills necessary to communicate in the present tense on a conversational level in Spanish. All five language competencies (speaking, listening, reading, writing, and culture) are addressed, and Washington state EALRs are followed. Daily activities include vocabulary review; conversation practice; listening to native speakers on audio and video recordings; writing practice and reading comprehension. Instructional Materials: All learning activity resources and folders are contained within the student online course. Online course is accessed via login and password assigned by the student’s school (web account) or emailed directly to student upon enrollment with the login website address (URL). No additional textbooks or materials are required. Enduring Understandings for Course: • Pronunciation and spelling in Spanish • Sentence structure • Verb/subject agreement • Noun/adjective agreement • Formal vs. Informal voice • Learning vocabulary through context • Pre-reading strategies • Vocabulary for talking about school, family, foods, sports, health and pastimes • Present tense of –ar, -er, and –ir verbs as well as the verb ir and ser • Ability to differentiate between the different uses of ser and estar • Ability to recognize and use direct and indirect object pronouns

Establish Goals: • Conversational proficiency in the present tense. • Ability to recognize parts of speech. • Verb/Subject agreement. • Noun/Adjective agreement. • Awareness and appreciation for the diversity of the Spanish-speaking world.

Understandings: Students will understand the basic syntax, grammar and pronunciation rules of Spanish. Students will

Essential Questions: What is required to communicate effectively in the present tense?

understand and appreciate the cultural diversity of the Spanish-speaking world.

How is effective communication influenced by pronunciation? What are some fundamental differences in grammar between English and Spanish?

Students will know: • How to communicate by responding to commands, greetings and courtesies. • How to describe themselves, family and their home. • How to identify places, foods, rooms in the house and school subjects. • How to talk about and describe themselves and others • How to talk about likes, dislikes and pastimes • How to talk about health and exercise • How to deduce meaning of vocabulary through context. • How letters and combinations of letters represent intonation and pronunciation rules. • How to differentiate between the uses of ser and estar Students will be able to: Communicate at a conversational level about their likes/dislikes, family,, school and their community. Students will also be able to make cultural comparisons with foods, the school experience and family and homes.

Evidence of Assessment

Performance Tasks: • Formative Oral Assessments- (Class Audio Blogs) • Writing samples- assignments, blogs, journals • Summative projects (Unit Projects) • Summative Oral Assessments (Unit Projects)

Other Evidence: • Self-assessments • Practice quiz scores from glencoe.com • Online Vocabulary practice games • Blackboard Quizzes

Learning Activities

Learning Activities: Students will participate in a wide variety of learning activities in Black Board and Rosetta Stone, including: • • • • • • • •

vocabulary identification/recognition blogs audio blogs audio and video presentations reading comprehension activities Summarizing activities Self-assessments Performance tasks- presentations, etc

Direct Instruction

Indirect Instruction

Structured Overview

Problem-based Case Studies Inquiry X Reflective Practice x Project Paper Concept Mapping Other (List)

Mini presentation Drill & Practice X Demonstrations X Other : Videos, Livescribe pencasts

Experiential Learning Virt. Field Trip

Experiments Simulations X Games Field Observ. Role-playing Model Bldg. Surveys Other (List)

Independent Study

Interactive Instruction

Essays x_Self-paced computer _x Journals Learning Logs Reports Directed Study x Research Projects Other (List)

x Discussion Debates X_Role Playing Panels Peer Partner Learning Project team Laboratory Groups _Think, Pair, Share Cooperative Learning Tutorial Groups x Interviewing Conferencing Other (List)

Spanish 1 Semester 1 Learning Activities Unit 1 “Saludos, Adios, Cortesía, Números y La fecha” Week 1 Complete Welcome Unit Activities Week 2 Listen to Audio files, Introduction Audio Blog and “En el Restuarante” Week 3 View Números Powerpoint, “Numbers Class Audio Blog” Week 4 “La fecha listening activity”, “La fecha- Investigation” Week 5 “Telling Time Class Audio Blog”, “La Hora Quiz”, “¿Qué tiempo hace? quiz”

Unit 2 “Cómo somos?” Week 6 “¿Cómo Eres? Class Audio Blog” , “Vocabulario en Vivo Comprehension Questions” Week 7 “¿Cómo son tus amigos? Class Audio Blog”, “La concordancia quiz” Week 8 “Diálogo en Vivo Comprehension Questions”, “Un alumno Nuevo Comprehension” Week 9 “End of Unit Assessment” Unit 3 “La familia y la casa” Week 10 Interactive Chalkboard, “La Familia Class Audio Blog” and “Actividad de leerrompecabezas” Week 11 “La casa y las preposiciones” Week 12 Possessive Adjective assignments and “El verbo tener Class Blog” Week 13 “Reading Comprehension Una Familia Equatoriana” Week 14 End of Unit Assessment- El árbol geneológico” Unit 4 “En clase y después” Week 15 Interactive Chalkboard, “Unit 4 Listening: En la escuela”, “Unit 4 Class Audio BlogMira la foto” Week 16 Vocabulario en Vivo. “Unit 4:Práctica escrita”, “Class Audio Blog-Personaliza”, “Unit 4 Blog- Personaliza Blog 2 Ustedes y Nosotros” Week 17 “–ar verb quiz”, Reading Comprehension:Escuelas aquí y en Latinoamérica” Week 18 End of Unit Assessment- “Un día típico”

Spanish 1 Semester 2 Learning Activities Unit 5 ¿Qué comemos y dónde? Week 1 View Interactive Chalkboard, Practice on Glecnoe.com (Práctica link), complete “Categorías- ¿Sí o no?” assignment, Unit 5 Charlemos: Audio Blog Comidas Favoritas, Week 2 Unit 5 ¿Qué comes en un día típico?, Unit 5 Actividad Auditiva: ¿Cuál Comida?:, Interactive Chalkboard slides 6-18 nuevo vocabulario, Week 3 Unit 5 práctica (practice online on Glencoe.com), Individual Audio Blog: Correcting Sentences Unit 5 Forma Preguntas, Vocabulario en Vivo Preguntas de comprensión, Week 4 View Gramática: Presente de los verbos –er. –ir, Unit 5 Verbos –er/-ir práctica (follow link), Class audio blog –er verbs, Unit 5 Más preguntas: Práctica escrita Week 5 Self-check quiz, Unit 5 quiz de –er/-ir verbos, Diálogo en Vivo y preguntas de comprensión Week 6 View “Expresiones con el Infinitivo”, Práctica Online (follow link), Unit 5 Individual Audio Blog Acabar, Actividad Auditiva Adela y Diego, Unit 5 Class Blog: Adela y Diego Week 7 Proyecto Final Unit 6 Deportes Week 8 View Interactive Chalkboard, Práctica en Glencoe.com (follow link), Unit 6 Class Blog Investigaciones-colores Week 9 Unit 6 Vocabulario: Completa las frases, View slides 13-19 in the Interactive Chalkboard, Unit 6 Individual Audio Assignment ¿Qué necesitas?, Unit 6 Vocabulario 2

Escribir, Unit 6 Class Audio Blog lógica/ilógica Week 10 View Unit 6 Vocab en Vivo and complete comprehension questions, view “Gramática Los verbos de cambio radical powerpoint, Práctica en Glencoe.com (follow link) Week 11 Unit 6 Forma Frases Class Blog, Unit 6 Class Audio Blog ¿Qué prefieres?” Week 12 View Gramática- Los verbos interesar, aburrir y gustar, práctica en Glencoe.com (follow link), Unit 6 Class Blog: Gustar, Interesar y Aburrir, view Diálogo en Vivo and answer comprensión questions Week 13 View “El pato” and respond in class blog, Read “Lectura: Roberto Clemente” and answer preguntas de comprensión Week 14 Unit 6 Final Project Unit 7 El bienestar Week 15 View Interactive Chalkboard, más práctica en Glencoe.com (follow link), Unit 7 Personaliza, ¿Cómo eres tú?, Unit 7 Blog: la personalidad y los opuestos, Unit 7 Tu personalidad Week 16 View Interactive Chalkboard slides 11-20, Unit 7 Vocabulario No puedo ir a la escuela, Unit 7 Blog eres el medico, Vocabulary Quiz Week 17 View Vocabulario en Vivo and answer comprehension questions, view Unit 7 Grámatica Ser y estar: Características y condiciones, Unit 7 Personaliza Ser y Estar, Class Audio Blog ¿De dónde eres y dónde estás?, Unit 7 Ser/Estar Quiz Week 18 View Diálogo en Vivo and answer comprehension questions, Semester Final Project/Revise previous work III. Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements/National Standards for Foreign Language Learning (ACTFL) Please visit http://www.glencoe.com/correlations/PDFs/Buen%20viaje%201.pdf for standards correlations.

Adapted from Understanding by Design Template available online and the Understanding by Design: Professional Development Workbook. References: Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (n.d.). Understanding by Design Exchange. Retrieved November 2, 2004 from http://www.ubdexchange.org/ Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2004). Understanding by design: Professional development workbook. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.)