BIENVENIDOS WELCOME

SEÑORA TAMARA LINARESGIFTED

TEACH21

TAMARA.LINARES@CHEROKEE.K12.GA.US

 2011-2012   

ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL 

Course Description

This course is designed to help students read, write and communicate orally in Spanish. The more complex structures will be taught, emphasizing and stimulating oral proficiency through the use of the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. A greater appreciation and understanding of the Hispanic culture will be gained.

Course Content

A brief review will be done first. Content will include new and old grammar along with essential vocabulary. Hispanic culture will be explored through readings, internet, cultural projects and foods.

Materials: Notebook: A 3-ring binder, plenty of paper

and dividers, pens or pencils.

GRADING

Participation/ Classwork…25%

Summative Assessments…….....30%

Homework…….. ..……..10%

Mid-term/Final Exam ………….10%

Formative Assessments Quizzes/Projects…………25%

FL CURRICULUM

CONTENT GUIDELINES

ACTFL GuidelinesGeorgia Performance

Standards

LEARNING STRATEGIES

Learning Focused Schools LFS

TEACHING APPROACH

Communicative approach

Project based learningPerformance based

approach

ASSESSMENTFormativeSummative

CLASS RULES

1. Be on time every day. School policy on attendance and tardiness will be enforced.

2. Come to class prepared: homework, writing utensil, notebook, etc.

3. Participate. 4. Sit in the assigned seat daily. 5. Request extra help – DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST

MINUTE! 6. Treat others with respect and consideration . Students

have to be responsible for their own behavior and actions. 7. No cell phones, calculators or personal organizers in class 8. Make up work: guidelines provided in the Students

handbook

PARENT/TEACHER COMMUNICATION

Communication among parents, teachers and students is very important and allows us to work as a team. Please email me with your questions or concerns. I will make every effort to reply to your email as soon as possible.

Email: tamara.linares@cherokee.k12.ga.us

IMPORTANT INFO

ASPEN: Parents Portal

Access to the Online Book: Students created their own login.

Class Resources: Visit our webpage

NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM

NSE WebsiteOur goal: To

encourage all Spanish Honors students taking the exam.

Regular Registration due late January

Test Administration (March 1 – April 10)

National Results Sent Out via Email early May

Cost per Student: $6.00

TEACHERS AS ADVISORS

T.A.A: The purpose of advisement is to help students to develop bonds with their peers that will continue throughout high school.

We will be meeting together once a week for a 30 minute session.

We will focus on academic, career, character education, and social topics.

What’s going on in class?

ALL MY STUDENTS HAVE THEIR OWN ON-GOING PORTFOLIO ON OUR CLASS WIKI. HAVE THEM SHOW YOU WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE

HOW OTHERS ARE DOING.

SPANISH 2 HONORS SPANISH 2H PBWORKS WIKI

SPANISH 3 SPANISH 3 PBWORKS WIKI

Check out your childs’ portfolio

WHY STUDY FOREIGN LANGUAGES?

There is a correlation between language learning and…

Development of cognitive abilitiesAbility to hypothesize in scienceHigher scores on standardized testsHigher academic performance at the college levelIncreased linguistic awarenessAttention control on cognitive tasksDevelopment of reading skillsImprovement of verbal and spatial skillsProblem solving ability

ONWARD AND UPWARD