Rancho Mirage High School
Spanish for Spanish Speakers Course Syllabus
Sra. Trejo Room : 628
Phone : (760) 202-6455
E-mail : [email protected]
Course Description
Classroom Expectations
(2) Private counseling with teacher
(3) Phone call home
(4) Referral
Class assignments
Grading Policy
Grades are not rounded up.
Materials/Textbook information
- Tomás Rivera, “…y no se lo tragó la tierra”
- Emilia Pardo Bazán, “Las medias rojas”
- Francisco Jimenez, “Cajas de cartón”
Attendance and Tardiness
EXTRA HELP
If a student would like extra help, I am available at the following times
Spanish for Spanish Speakers Course Syllabus
Sra. Trejo Room : 628
Phone : (760) 202-6455
E-mail : [email protected]
Course Description
- Spanish for Spanish Speakers is designed to provide intensive practice in oral expression and conversation based on assigned readings and films with frequent written exercises.
- Students are also introduced to the formal study of Latin American and U.S. Hispanic literature.
- The course aims to develop students’ critical reading and analytical writing skills in Spanish as well as their ability to make interdisciplinary connections and explore linguistic and cultural comparisons.
- This class will be conducted entirely in Spanish appropriate to this level and covers 5 of the official AP Spanish Literature and Culture reading list.
Classroom Expectations
- Students must respect everybody and all school property.
- Students are expected to be prepared and bring classroom materials daily.
- Students should participate and speak as much Spanish as possible, TRY and DO their BEST!
- Cell phones are only permitted in class for academic/research purposes.
- Students must learn that every choice they make will have a consequence. Consequences for negative choices are:
(2) Private counseling with teacher
(3) Phone call home
(4) Referral
Class assignments
- Almost all assignments are completed in class, otherwise they will be homework.
- Save all assignments after they are graded and returned, in case there is a question concerning your grade.
- One test will be given at the end of each unit. (8 units per school year) and one final test will be given at the end of each semester (2 semesters per school year).
- Students receive EIGHT bathroom passes per semester. If passes are not used, they will turn into extra credit for the Semester Final Test.
- Any quiz could be retaken by students in order to improve their grade.
Grading Policy
Grades are not rounded up.
- Tests/Projects 30%
- Oral participation 20%
- Quizzes 25%
- Assignments 15%
- Semester Final Test 10%
Materials/Textbook information
- Textbook: Revista, Conversación sin barreras (5th edition)
- Required reading list:
- Tomás Rivera, “…y no se lo tragó la tierra”
- Emilia Pardo Bazán, “Las medias rojas”
- Francisco Jimenez, “Cajas de cartón”
- All students need to bring every day to class a notebook/binder, folder, pencils, pen (black or blue) and highlighters. Color pencils and markers are highly suggested
Attendance and Tardiness
- Attendance is extremely important for learning a new language. Therefore students are encouraged to be in class every day.
- When emergencies occur and students have excused absences, it is their responsibility to meet with the teacher and make up what has been missed as soon as possible.
- Regarding tardiness student will be marked tardy if they are not in their seats at the very beginning of the class. After 4 tardy arrivals, students will get an office referral.
EXTRA HELP
If a student would like extra help, I am available at the following times
- After school tutoring on Tuesdays from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. in the classroom.
- During lunch time, on Mondays and Thursdays in the classroom.