1. Mrs. Margarita Medina Spanish III
Open House
Mrs. Margarita Medina Spanish III

2. ¡BIENVENIDOS PADRES!
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mrs. Margarita Medina
Web page:

3. Class Goal
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
HIGHER PROFICIENCY

4. GRADING
Exams/ Projects
60%
Classwork/ Speaking
20%
Homework

5. CURRICULUM: ¡Así se dice!
Capítulo 1
Cocina Hispana
-foods and food preparation
-Hispanic recipes
Capítulo 2
¡Cuidate bien!
-Identify body parts
-talk about exercise
-talk about accidents and emergency room
-discuss physical fitness
Grammar Capítulo 1
(subjunctive tense, formal commands,negative informal commands)
Grammar Capítulo 2
(subjunctive with impersonal expressions, Ojalá, quizás,tal vez subjunctive of stem-changing verbs, comparison of like things)
Spanish III

6. CURRICULUM: ¡Así se dice!
Capítulo 3
Pasajes de la vida
-talk about passages of life: weddings, baptisms, birthdays, and funerals.
-Poem by Peruvian writer Abraham Valdelomar
Capítulo 4
Quehaceres
- Talk about errands
-discuss preparing for a trip through Andalusia
-read a short story from Argentina
Gramática Capítulo 3
(subjunctive to express wishes and emotions, possessive pronouns)
Gramática Capítulo 4
(subjunctive with expressions of doubt, subjunctive wiith adverbial clauses, pluperfect, conditional perfect, and future perfect tenses)
Spanish III

7. CURRICULUM: ¡Así se dice!
Capítulo 5
¿Buenos o malos modales?
-Discuss manners
-compare manners in Spanish-speaking countries to manners in the United States
-read a famous episode from El conde Lucanor by Don Juan Manuel
Capítulo 6
Viajes
- Discuss several modes of travel
-talk about a trip to Bolivia
-read a short story by the Spanish author Emilia Pardo Bazán
Gramática Capítulo 5
(the imperfect subjunctive, the subjunctive vs the infinitive, suffixes)
Gramática Capítulo 6
(subjunctive with conjunctions of time, subjunctive to express suggestions and advice, irregular nouns)
Spanish III

8. CURRICULUM: ¡Así se dice!
Capítulo 7
Arte y Literatura
-Discuss fine art and literature
-talk about a mural by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera
-read a sonnet by the Spaniard Federico García Lorca
-read a poem by the Cuban poet Gertrudis de Avellaneda
Capítulo 8
Latinos en los Estados Unidos
-discuss history of Spanish speakers in the United States
-read a poem by the Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos
Gramática Capítulo 7
(the present perfect and pluperfect subjunctive, si clauses, adverbs ending in -mente)
Gramática Capítulo 8
(subjunctive with aunque, subjunctive with –quiera, definite and indefinite articles, apocopated adjectives)
Spanish III

9. CURRICULUM: ¡Así se dice!
Capítulo 9
Historia de la comda latina
-Identify more foods
-Describe food preparation
-Discuss the history of foods from Europe and the Americas
-read a play by the famous Spanish writer Lope de Rueda
Capítulo 10
Carreras
-talk about professions and occupations
-have a job interview
-discuss the importance of learning a second language
-read a short story by the famous Uruguayan writer Horacio Quiroga
Gramática Capítulo 9
(the passive voice, relative pronouns, expressions of time with hace and hacía)
Gramática Capítulo 10
(por and para, the subjunctive in relative clauses)
Spanish III

10. Classwork
Grade is based on students work and participation in target language.
Students must:
Be on task and working to the best of his/her ability.
Complete all classwork. This includes “do now” activities.
Copy all notes.
Volunteer to answer questions.
Speak almost, if not entirely in target language.
Be prepared.

11. Exams Exams are announced at least one week in advance.
Upcoming exams are posted on School Tool.
Exams missed due to an excused absence will be made up on the day the student returns to school.
All information needed to do well on an exam can be found in students notes. This is why note taking is extremely important. If a student is absent on a particular day, he/she should ask me for a copy of the notes missed.
Students should study their notes on a daily basis.

12. Projects Projects are weighed as exams.
All projects must be submitted on the day they are due. Failure to submit a project on its due date will result in a grade of a zero.
There will be two types of projects: group and individual.
A project will be issued for each unit of study.

13. Homework All homework is collected and returned with corrections.
If absent on the day homework is assigned, student is required to make up the assignment for full credit.
A missed assignment not due to an excused absence can be made up for half credit.

14. Webpage On web page student can:
View upcoming homework's, exams and projects.
Access grammar and vocabulary review.
Access online tutorials.
Play games to help with memorization of vocabulary as well as practice grammar.