Denver School of the Arts 2018-2019 school year Instructor: Señor Mark Mallaney E-Mail: mark_mallaney@dpsk12.org Phone: 720-424-1813 Classroom: 207 Office Hours: 3:00–3:30pm Tuesday/Thursday Overview Materials In this class we will explore the Spanish Language at the intermediate level. Every day you will be expected to Students will expand their command of the language through listening, reading, arrive in class on time and with the writing and speaking activities. following materials A folder for handouts A notebook for notes and Goals writing assignments Students who successfully complete the Honors Spanish program at Denver Writing utensils (pencils and/or pens, no markers School of the Arts will meet the following goals (based on CO standards): please) Participate in conversations (written or oral) on a variety of familiar topics using sentences. Milestones Understand increasingly complex (written or oral) messages, stories, conversations and presentations on a variety of topics. Semester 1 Present information about familiar topics (written or oral) in various Review of the most important time frames using a variety of phrases, idioms and sentences. structures from beginning Spanish in Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between the a variety of timeframes and practices and perspectives of the cultures studied. perspectives. Work on compound Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through verb structures, nouns and adjectives comparisons of the language studied and their first language. through the study of music and authentic resources. Classroom Rules Semester 2 Be on time and ready to participate Work with complex verbal phrases Do not distract or disrupt learning and a wide variety of nouns, No food or drinks (water is OK, and planned food days are exceptions) adjectives, adverbs and pronouns. No electronics unless directed Explore the past, conditional, future Be a good classroom citizen and encourage /help others and subjunctive tenses of Spanish Follow all other school wide rules grammar as well as compound tenses. Grades August 2018 and May 2019 Continuous semester grades based on 45% process (homework, classwork and Students will complete the Denver communication grades) 45% product (tests, quizzes projects and the like). The Public Schools World Languages final semester exam=10% (each semester). Proficiency assessment. The fall test will be a benchmark and the spring test will demonstrate student growth.
Denver School of the Arts 2018-2019 school year Instructor: Señor Mark Mallaney E-Mail: mark_mallaney@dpsk12.org Phone: 720-424-1813 Classroom: 207 Office Hours: 3:00–3:30pm Tuesday/Thursday Overview In this class we will explore the Spanish Language at the intermediate level. Students will expand their command of the language through listening, reading, writing and speaking activities. Goals Students who successfully complete the Honors Spanish program at Denver School of the Arts will meet the following goals (based on CO standards): Participate in conversations (written or oral) on a variety of familiar topics using sentences. Understand increasingly complex (written or oral) messages, stories, conversations and presentations on a variety of topics. Present information about familiar topics (written or oral) in various time frames using a variety of phrases, idioms and sentences. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their first language. Classroom Rules Be on time and ready to participate Do not distract or disrupt learning No food or drinks (water is OK, and planned food days are exceptions) No electronics unless directed Be a good classroom citizen and encourage /help others Follow all other school wide rules Grades Continuous semester grades based on 45% process (homework, classwork and communication grades) 45% product (tests, quizzes projects and the like). The final semester exam=10% (each semester). Materials Every day you will be expected to arrive in class on time and with the following materials A folder for handouts A notebook for notes and writing assignments Writing utensils (pencils and/or pens, no markers please) Milestones Semester 1 Review of the most important structures from beginning Spanish in a variety of timeframes and perspectives. Work on compound verb structures, nouns and adjectives through the study of music and authentic resources. Semester 2 Work with complex verbal phrases and a wide variety of nouns, adjectives, adverbs and pronouns. Explore the past, conditional, future and subjunctive tenses of Spanish grammar as well as compound tenses. August 2018 and May 2019 Students will complete the Denver Public Schools World Languages Proficiency assessment. The fall test will be a benchmark and the spring test will demonstrate student growth.