1. Señora Schroeder UW Spanish 103 Expectations
ESPAÑOL
Rm. d105
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2. Expectations
Be on time (in your seat when the bell rings, not as it is ringing)
Consistent attendance (don’t be tardy!)
Cooperate and participate in classroom activities
Regularly do your assignments
Have a positive attitude and contribute to the class positively.
Be respectful
Do Spanish homework

3. Materials Textbook - Gente 3rd Edition Corresponding Gente workbook
Notebook, or dedicated section of binder
Pens, pencils, scissors
Spanish-English dictionary or app
Planner for homework assignments

4. Expectations Do Spanish homework
Be on time (in your seat when the bell rings, not as it is ringing)
Consistent attendance (don’t be tardy!)
Cooperate and participate in classroom activities
Regularly do your assignments
Have a positive attitude and contribute to the class positively.
Be respectful
Do Spanish homework

5. Grading Grading Grading Scale Exams 50% Oral exam 5%
Class Participation 10%
Collaborative Tasks 10%
Compositions 15%
Homework 10%
A = C- =
A- = D+ =
B+ = D =
B = D- =
B- = E = 0.0
C+ = academic failure
C = no credit earned

6. Collaborative Tasks & Presentations
This means any kind of speaking group work such as videos, role-plays, dialogues, presentations, interviews, etc.
These will be graded in the Collaborative Tasks category &/ OR Tests category.
If absent on due date of presentation you will receive a zero (0).
I will assign you an individual presentation that is as rigorous as, or more rigorous than the presentation you failed to complete on the due date.

7. There are 50 possible participation points per week in a 5 day week.
You will earn daily points for each of the following:
Arriving on time and being prepared to work
Homework out for check off & completed when required
Regular and consistent attendance, appropriate behavior (see Student Handbook p.18), and positive participating in classroom activities
Speaking in Spanish when required
Total= 10 pts.
You will lose daily points for the following:
Inappropriate behavior
See Student Handbook p.18
Failure to have homework completed on the day it is due
Failure to remove hat (after being asked once)
Tardy
Off task (not participating in task or assignment)
Use of electronic devices during class when not required
Food or drink (other than water) in class
Excused absence= -3 pts (if you aren’t in class, you can’t participate)
Unexcused absence= -10 pts.

8. Homework HOMEWORK POINTS: 4th Year Students are expected to…
Each textbook or workbook assignment is worth a possible 10 points
LATE WORK: 5 points will be taken for ALL late assignments. To receive ½ credit, it must be completed the day after it was due.
1) write the original questions, sentence, or paragraph
2) Translate the *starred* activity to English (includes the original question, sentence or paragraph in translations)
3) Underline the vocabulary words or grammar concept used in each section
4) Complete the entire assignment
*Note each section that is incomplete will lower the grade by 2.5 points
*Forgetting one question is considered incomplete

9. Assignment Locations:
Whiteboard at back of room
Assignment sheet at end of class
Teacher website/ SWIFT page
Call/ text a friend from class

10. Assignments Make-Up Work Bathroom & Locker Passes BATHROOM REQUESTS
Assignments are to be completed on the day they are due. Full credit for late work is only accepted when there is an excused absence.
You are allowed 8 bathroom passes per semester. I will keep track of these as the semester progresses, if you do not use them they will rollover to the next semester they cannot be used as extra credit.
Make-Up Work
Only excused absences will be allowed to make up an assignment, you have the same number of days you were absent to make up any missed work, test, or quiz.
BATHROOM REQUESTS
NEW SCHOOL POLICY: You will be allowed to use the bathroom after the first 10 minutes of class and before the last 10 minutes of class only.

11. Tardies
Attendance
If you are more than 5 minutes late to any class, you are considered absent.
On the third tardy I make a phone call home to inform parents
On the fourth tardy you will deal with the Dean of Students
(Mr. Warrior)
After an absence, you are required to bring me an Excused Absence slip from the Attendance Office.
You will automatically be given one hour of detention if you do not bring in an excuse for your absence to the Attendance Office.
You will have 3 days to bring in an excuse for your absence to the Attendance Office in order to remove the detention from your record.

12. Daily Entry Routine
Complete the following routine every day upon entering class:
Go to your assigned seat
Take out your materials and homework
Put your cell phone in your backpack and place your back pack at the front of the room under the whiteboard
Return to your seat and put your homework on the outside corner of your desk with your stamp sheet
Complete the daily ENTRADA in your logbook

13. Heading Entradas Every day
In your composition notebook your will need to write the following:
Title: Entrada
Date
Whatever the entrada is …

14. Heading a Quiz or a Test
In the upper LEFT side of your paper write the following every time you take a quiz or a test:
Your student # (this is the number you’re given on the first day of class. This is the number you will be assigned ALL year so please remember it!)
Class Period
Date
Title of quiz or test

15. Forming Table Top Groups of Four

16. Quiz and Test-Taking Formation

17. Fire Drill Evacuation

18. Level 1 Evacuation

19. Level 2 Evacuation