1.  SRA. PATRICIA FREIRE2010-2011

4.  MEANS ONE EXTRA QUALITY POINT PER GRADE (A=5, B=4, ETC.)  MEANS A HIGHER STANDARD THAN SPANISH I & II  MEANS MORE WORK THAN SPANISH I & II  MEANS THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO READ, WRITE, LISTEN AND SPEAK

5.  HAS NO EFFECT ON CBHS CREDIT (HONORS)  COSTS TENNESSEE STUDENTS NOTHING  EARNS COLLEGE CREDIT WHICH CAN BE USED AT CBU OR – IN MANY CASES – TRANSFERRED  REQUIRES A GRADE OF “A” OR “B” TO CONTINUE (in Dual Enrollment, not CBHS)

6.  GRADES WILL BE UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE BY NOON EACH TUESDAY  QUARTER GRADES WILL BE SHOWN AS A PERCENT. MINIMUM GRADE FOR A QUARTER IS 55%. THERE IS NO MINIMUM FOR A SEMESTER EXAM  SEMESTER GRADES WILL BE SHOWN AS LETTERS WITH PLUS/MINUS

7.  GRADE IS BASED ON YOUR POINTS DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL POSSIBLE  TESTS WILL ALWAYS BE ANNOUNCED IN ADVANCE (80-140 PTS EACH)  QUIZZES WILL ALWAYS BE ANNOUNCED IN ADVANCE (20-50 PTS)  MOST HOMEWORK (EXCEPT PRESENTATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS) WILL BE DONE ON THE VISTAS SUPERSITE.

8.  CLASS PERFORMANCE WILL COUNT AS A MAJOR GRADE THREE TIMES DURING EACH QUARTER  CLASS PERFORMANCE IS NOT THE SAME AS YOUR APPLICATION GRADE  CLASS PERFORMANCE IS YOUR ABILITY TO ANSWER ORALLY, WORK IN PAIRS/GROUPS, MAKE ORAL PRESENTATIONS

9.  SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES  HISPANICS IN THE U.S.  LITERATURE  HISTORY  CULTURE  GEOGRAPHY  CURRENT EVENTS  NEWS ARTICLES  EL CINE HISPANO

10.  REPORTS ON SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES  CLASS PRESENTATIONS  WRITING ADS  PLANNING A TRIP TO A SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRY – AIRLINE RESERVATIONS,HOTELS, THINGS TO SEE AND DO

11.  Information searches in Spanish  (www.yahoo.es)www.yahoo.es  Spanish press  (www.elpais.es)www.elpais.es  (http://www.elmundo.es/)http://www.elmundo.es/ (www.cnnenespañol)www.cnnenespañol  Contact Sra. Freire at pfreire@cbhs.orgpfreire@cbhs.org