READINGS:

Short children’s books,

Romeo & Julieta (simplified/short version), song texts, readings in the TEXTBOOK

WRITING, SPEAKING & LISTENING:

• dictations, quickwrites, letters, summaries, diaries…
• guided sentence frames writing, story (re)telling, conversation rows, pair/share, presentations…
• Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal (video excerpts in Spanish)
• songs

ONLINE PLATFORMS:

Google classroom, edpuzzle

flipgrid, quizlet, quizizz…

CONTACT INFORMATION:

[email protected] 

I will check email daily and get back within 48 hours.

Help by appointment, during tutorials.

VOCABULARY, TOPICS/THEMES: 

• school and hobbies
• my family and friends, myself 
• favorite activities and special events
• clothing, shopping
• daily routines
• places in the city
• sport/body
• animals
• the weather, telling time

AUTENTICO TEXTBOOK MOST DAYS! CHAPTERS PE (para empezar), 1A, 1B, 2.A (1st semester) and 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A (2nd semester)

IMPORTANT GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES:

-ADJECTIVES: review endings (they “match” the NOUNS!)

-VERBS: 

Review of present tense 

stem change, irregular & reflexive verbs

introduction of past tense (preterite and imperfect)

-PRONOUNS: direct and indirect objects

RULES:

CELL PHONES in your backpacks, out of sight, before you enter the class 

(warnings, confiscate → pick up from me after school, confiscate again → office)

BE POLITE AND RESPECTFUL 

ASSIGNMENTS, ASSESSMENTS AND GRADING:

POINT SYSTEM! classwork, oral, writing, quizzes, tests!

SPELLING COUNTS! (that includes accents)

quizzes around 10- 15 points

tests around 20 to 25 points

final about 30 points (questions) 

The semester final will be multiple choice.

There will be regular in class PRACTICE assignments for each chapter/theme, and one quiz & one test per chapter.  

LATE WORK accepted upon request, depending on circumstance.

TWO retakes PER SEMESTER for a highest grade of C- WITHIN A WEEK OF RETURN.

A: 100 - 90 %       B: 89 - 80 %       C: 79 - 70 %     D: 69  - 60 %        F: below 50 %