Spanish

My name is Monica Marco-Marquez and I teach Spanish from 7th through 8th grade and Spanish Elective. E-mail address: mmarco-marquez@stlukeshoreline.org

Curriculum Learn to communicate in Spanish Work on written and grammatical skills How we do this: Examples: Role plays Creating board games in Spanish and play them Creating Venn diagrams

Class Description (7th grade) The units that we are covering during the year are: Lessons preliminary: Best regards Good bye The days of the week The date The time Forms politeness The weather and the sessions Other lessons: Friends and students My family and my house

Class Description (8th grade) The units that we are covering during the year are: Lessons: In the house and in class Shopping At the coffee and at the market Sports

Homework Study vocabulary Pages in the workbook Webpage

Tests/Quizzes Students will have several tests/quizzes during the school year Students don’t need to study how to spell the vocabulary, but need to know the meaning of the word. Final test (April/May): - Writing one paragraph (7th grade) - Writing multiple paragraphs (8th grade) Webpage

Class Description for Elective The students are working in groups and need to decide which Spanish speaking country they will visit. The project will include arranging train fare or airfare, lodging, some meals, budgeting your time and money, and sightseeing. Each group will learn about the process of planning a trip, while learning helpful vocabulary for buying tickets, ordering food, asking for directions, and making conversation with new acquaintances. At the end of the trimester, each group will present to the class their trip, using Power Point, to show where they would stay and what they would do.

Resources Duolingo: Vocabulary practice with a listening component. Website: https://www.duolingo.com/ Quizlet: Online flashcards for learning new vocabulary. It has an audio component so you can hear how the words or phrases are pronounced. www.quizlet.com Conjuguemos: Online resource for practicing vocabulary and verb conjugations. Organized by textbook and by verb conjugations. www.conjuguemos.com