Dr. Conde's Syllabus Requirements

SPANISH I - COURSE SYLLABUS

Prerequisites for the course: None. This course is only for students who have not earned credit in
Spanish I, II, III, or IV/V AP.

Topics to be covered: Spanish I introduces students to the basics of the four skills: listening, speaking,
reading, and writing. Primary emphasis is on speaking and listening, but students will also be expected to write
and read Spanish at the beginning level. The National Standards for Foreign Language Learning are emphasized,
with emphasis primarily in: Communication, Culture, Connections, and Comparisons.

Order of material to be covered: The Spanish phonetic system, basic pronunciation and grammar
are presented. Lesson themes and grammatical concepts are in introduced as follows: Describing Yourself,
Comparing Likes/Dislikes, Teen Activities, Adjectives, Ni...ni, Si/Tampoco; Describing Your Class Schedule,
Pronouns, -AR Verbs, Telling Time, Nouns (Masculine and Feminine); Leisure Activities, Accepting and Declining
Invitations, IR and ESTAR, IR + a + infinitive, The Preposition 3con;2 Food, Plural Nouns, Plural Adjectives, -ER
Verbs, Compound Subjects; Family, Age, Telling What Others Like to Do, TENER and SER, Possessive
Adjectives; Clothing, Colors, Fit, Price of Clothing, Buying Clothes, Position of Adjectives, Demonstrative
Adjectives, Direct Objects, Introduction to the Preterite Tense When Telling About Something You Bought;
Vacation, Weather, PODER, QUERER, PENSAR, Personal 3a2.

Resources to be used: Textbook Paso a paso 1, Prentice Hall, and accompanying practice/activity
books, videos, CD-Roms, cassettes, as well as library resources. Students will be given web-site tutorials on the
internet to use outside of class.

Planned testing points: Students will have approximately one test and two or three quizzes over each
chapter. Testing may be oral or written. There will also be a comprehensive final exam which will count 1/7 or
14% of the grade. For each chapter, students are expected to master all grammar and vocabulary presented,
and be able to use it in Spanish. Class participation, class work, and homework will also be evaluated and
factored into the student1s grade.

Performance standards and expectations: The National Standards for Foreign Language
Learning are followed as a basis for what material to present and how student performance is evaluated. The goal
is to make students competent in more than one language and culture and to make them successful language
learners. Competence comes from not only being able to communicate in Spanish and in understanding Hispanic
culture, but also in developing insight into their own language and culture.

SPANISH II - COURSE SYLLABUS DR. JUDITH CONDE

Prerequisites for the course: Students must complete Spanish I with a passing grade in
order to enroll in Spanish II.

Topics to be covered: Spanish II continues with the essentials of Spanish, oral and
written, learned in Spanish I. All four skills will be taught: reading, writing, speaking, and
listening. The National Standards for Foreign Language Learning are emphasized, with
emphasis on proficiency in: Communication, Culture, Connections, and Comparisons.

Order of material to be covered: Review of Spanish I essentials; School, Daily Routine,
Clothing, Leisure Activities, Childhood, Special Occasions, Shopping, Food, Travel.
Grammar is interspersed throughout each lesson, with Spanish II emphasis on present,
present progressive, preterite, and imperfect tenses.

Resources to be used: Textbook Paso a paso 2, Prentice Hall, and accompanying
practice/activity books, videos, CD-Roms, cassettes, as well as library resources. Students
will be given web-site tutorials on the internet to use outside of class.

Planned testing points: Students will have one test and two or three quizzes over each
chapter. There will also be a comprehensive final exam. For each chapter, students are
expected to master all grammar and vocabulary presented, and be able to use it in Spanish.
Class participation and homework will also be evaluated and factored into the student1s
grade.

Performance standards and expectations: The National Standards for Foreign
Language Learning are followed as a basis for what material to present and how student
performance is evaluated. The goal is to make students competent in more than one
language and culture and to make them successful language learners. Competence comes
from not only being able to communicate in Spanish and understand Hispanic culture, but
also in developing more insight into their own language and culture.

SPANISH III - COURSE SYLLABUS DR. JUDITH CONDE

Prerequisites for the course: Students must complete Spanish II successfully (C or
higher) in order to enroll in Spanish III.

Topics to be covered: Spanish III continues with concepts learned in Spanish II, oral and
written, but the course moves at a faster pace. All four skills will be taught: reading, writing,
speaking, and listening. The National Standards for Foreign Language Learning are
emphasized, with emphasis primarily in: Communication, Culture, Connections, and
Comparisons.

Order of material to be covered: Review of Spanish II essentials; Identity and
Self-Perception, Rural and Urban Life, Art, Television, Mayan Civilization, Communication
Technology, Multiculturalism, Special Occasions. Tenses covered: Present, Present
Progressive, Preterite, Imperfect, Present and Past Perfect, Future, Conditional, introduction
to the Subjunctive.

Resources to be used: Textbook Paso a paso 3, Prentice Hall, and accompanying
practice/activity books, videos, CD-Roms, cassettes, as well as library resources. Students
will be given web-site tutorials on the internet to use outside of class.

Performance standards and expectations: The National Standards for Foreign
Language Learning are followed as a basis for what material to present and how student
performance is evaluated. The goal is to make students competent in more than one
language and culture and to make them successful language learners. Competence comes
from not only being able to communicate in Spanish and in understanding Hispanic culture,
but also in developing more insight into their own language and culture.

SPANISH IV-V AP - COURSE SYLLABUS DR. JUDITH CONDE

Prerequisites for the course: Students must complete Spanish III successfully (C or
higher) in order to enroll in Spanish III. This course is for the highly motivated student who
wishes to pursue further work in the Spanish language.

Topics to be covered: Spanish IV-V AP continues with concepts learned in Spanish III,
oral and written, but the course continues to move at a faster pace. All four skills are taught:
reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The National Standards for Foreign Language
Learning are emphasized: Communication, Culture, Connections, and Comparisons.
Students will speak, read and write extensively in Spanish and will have group and
individual presentations. Spanish V students will also complete a service-learning tutorial
project at Collins Lane Elementary.

Order of material to be covered: Practice in listening and speaking, oral reports and
informal conversation. Grammar presented: El Verbo, Los Tiempos del Pasado, Los
Tiempos del Futuro y del Condicional, El Subjuntivo, Los Sustantivos y Los Articulos.
Student work will consist of writing essays, making oral presentations, writing journal
entries, reading and discussing literary pieces in Spanish, writing a script and preparing a
group video for class viewing, practicing AP review materials. Spanish V AP students will
also make class plans and teach second graders at Collins Lane for several weeks.

Resources to be used: Textbook Una vez mas, Longman Publishing Group, AP practice
materials, short stories and poems from various sources, videos, cassettes, transparencies
to generate practice in the language. Students will also use library and internet resources.

Planned testing points: Students will be tested over each unit of study. Tests may be
oral or written, and rubrics will be given for teacher expectations. Students at this level are
expected to show proficiency on all four skills listed above and master the material
presented by the instructor.
Grades will also be assessed for homework and class participation.

Performance standards and expectations: The National Standards for Foreign
Language Learning are followed as a basis for what material to present and how student
performance is evaluated. The goal is to make students competent in more than one
language and culture and to make them successful language learners. Competence comes
from not only being able to communicate in Spanish and in understanding Hispanic culture,
but also in developing insight into their own language and culture.