Teacher Name: Maribel Squibb
Available Tutoring: Tuesday 4:15 - 4:45
Course Outline/Timeline:
This course is designed for students with knowledge of the Spanish language or culture. Students are expected to meet the requirements prescribed by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Languages Other Than English by developing the four basic language competencies (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) and engaging in the five Cs: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities.
This course also supports the Standards for Foreign Language Learning by providing clearly defined objectives, a variety of pair- and group-work activities so that students can use Spanish in a wide range of settings and contexts, and offering culture-related activities and questions that develop students’ insight and encourage them to develop observational and analytical skills.
First Semester
Week
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Topic
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Week 1, 2, 3
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- Introduction to course, class rules, procedures, and expectations
- The Hispanic world.
- Greetings
- Descubro quién soy
- Yo soy aquél.
- Mis primeros versos
- Los géneros literarios
- Campos léxicos y campos semánticos
- Hiatos, diptongos y triptongos
- La carta personal
- La improvisacion
- La geneologia familiar
- Herramientas de la comunicación
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Week 4, 5, 6
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- Nuestro valor
- Interludio
- El Cuento
- Los conectores lógicos.
- Reglas de acentuación y su clasificación
- El sustantivos
- El cuento
- Narración oral.
- Imagen narrativa
- Fotografía digital
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Week 7, 8,
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- La Amistad
- Don Quijote de la Mancha
- La prosa y el verso
- Los sinonimos
- El acento diacrítico
- Los pronombres
- El resmen
- La oratoria
- Nado sincronizado
- El correo electrónico
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Week 9
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Week 10, 11, 12
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- Recordémos nuestras raíces
- Ten con ten
- Vejigantes
- El teatro
- Los antónimos
- La raya, el paréntesis y el guión
- Los determinantes
- Parlamentos y acotaciones
- La dramatización
- El cartel publicitario
- El cine documental
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Week 13, 14, 15
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- Nuestra identidad cultural
- Cuando era puertorriqueño
- La memoria
- Préstamos linguísticos y extranjerismos
- El punto y los puntos suspensivos
- El adjetivo
- La autobiografía
- La rueda de prensa
- Las fracciones
- Los libros electrónicos
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Week 16, 17, 18
Week 19
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- El puertorriqueño en su lengua
- Amol se escribe con r
- El ensayo
- El español de Puerto Rico
- Las comillas y los dos puntos
- El verbo
- El ensayo
- El debate
- Bibliotecas digitales
- Los foros
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Course Expectations:
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Participation is expected in class. This includes completing the assigned work.
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There will be a minimum of three grades each week: one participation grade and one journal and grammar grade.
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There will be a minimum of one project during the semester
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There will be a chapter test at the end of each chapter.
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The semester exam will be on the last week of the semester
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Please refer to the ISD policy for information on absences and submitting late work.
http://www.sharylandisd.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=420
Various projects will be completed throughout the school year. They may include but are not limited to researching a Hispanic country, region and/or city, building a family tree, researching famous monument, etc.
Students will also write and perform various skits based on topic studied (i.e., introducing themselves, shopping, ordering food and drinks.)
Texbooks/Materials/Suggested Readings: En Español, Santillana
This book is available from the school and is picked up during the first week of school.Additional texts may be used in class at the teacher’s discretion and based on the topic studied.
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Classroom Expectations:
- Policies regarding grading guidelines, late work, and absences can be found on the Sharyland High School website:
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Guidelines for grading, late work, and absences
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All students are expected to follow SHS rules. They are also expected to bring a positive attitude to class, be willing to learn, and participate. Foreign languages open up the world, but only to those willing to discover it. Therefore, enthusiasm is key to success.
Statement for Academic Dishonesty:
Academic integrity is fundamental to the activities and principles of our school. No student shall cheat or copy the work of another. Plagiarism, the use of another person’s original ideas or writings as one’s own without giving credit to the true author, will be considered cheating, and the student will be subject to academic discipline that may include loss of credit for the work in question.