Brooklyn High School of the Arts Primavera 2009
Profesora Miriam Medina la.profesora.medina@gmail.com
Clase de Español
Plan de Estudios
This is a syllabus for the Spanish Year 1 Term course. I have limited the outline to the homework, notebook check, test dates and the listening CD required for the class (I will provide the CD). The length of each class period is an hour and 15 minutes (3:15-4:00 PM), this will allow time in every class for the four most important areas of language learning: speaking, listening, reading and writing. The speaking parts will depend mostly on your participation and willingness to try the sounds of a new language, in this specific case, Spanish. The listening will be from different resources, such as, the required CD for class, websites in Spanish language, podcasts in Spanish, children’s songs, Spanish music in a variety of genres and myself. The reading will be mostly from the Spanish Textbook Somos Así: En sus marcas and Sandra Cisnero’s La casa en Mango Street (translated from English). The writing will be original work from you derived from different topics in class, such as, writing postcards, composing children’s stories, poetry and songs. All lessons will also include tidbits about Hispanic culture. Homework will consist primarily of the structure of the Spanish language (grammar) and vocabulary acquisition.
Each month you will turn in a calendar including all the important dates for the month. I will provide a template, you may be as creative as you wish, but you must at least comply with the minimum requirements. I will model an example. There is a final project due on April 30, 2009. I will accept only an electronic copy created using PowerPoint. Throughout May and June, you will have to present your projects to the class. I have supplied a description of the project on the last page of this syllabus. At the end of this course you should have a portfolio complete with all the activities, including quizzes/exams, that you have completed.
You have my email as listed above: la.profesora.medina@gmail.com. Please use it to contact me, if you have any question and to submit your project. A copy of the syllabus will be posted on the school’s website www.BHSAonline.org and I hope to upload all of the homework assignments. Caveat: homework will not be accepted for credit after it is reviewed in class, therefore do not hand it in late. Yet, I expect to see all of the completed homework assignments in your portfolio whether or not you have received homework credit for it or not.
Extra-credit assignments will only be accepted if you have completed all of the required assignments: calendars, class work, homework; projects, quizzes/exams, etc. and are not satisfied with your grade. Extra-credit may not be used to substitute the assignments required for this course.
Suggested materials for class: MP3 player/iPod; earphones; USB drive; one inch binder; folder; colored pens, pencils, or markers.
5 febrero 09 – Primera Sesión
Orientación en el auditorio
Repasar el Plan de Estudios, el Proyecto Culminante y el Extra-crédito
Tarea número uno – Envie un correo electrónico a
la.profesora.medina@gmail.com con su correo electrónico profesional.
10 febrero 09 – Segunda Sesión
Calendario de febrero
Track 1 – Getting Started
Tarea número dos – GENDER OF NOUNS – The Indefinite Article & THE
DEFINITE ARTICLES, Singular Form
12 febrero 09 – Tercera Sesión
Notebook Check 1
Tarea número tres – GENDER OF NOUNS Continued & PLURAL FORM OF
NOUNS
24 febrero 09 – Cuarta Sesión
Tarea número cuatro - THE DEFINITE ARTICLES Continued &
ADJECTIVES
26 febrero 09 – Quinta Sesión
Prueba/Examen 1
Tarea número cinco – ADJECTIVES Continued & The verb SER
3 marzo 09 – Sexta Sesión
Calendario de marzo
Tarea número seis – SUBJECT PRONOUNS & INDEFINITE ARTICLE: With
Predicate Nouns
5 marzo 09 – Séptima Sesión
Notebook Check 2
Tarea número siete – VERBS OF THE FIRST CONJUGATION: AR ending
verbs & VERBS OF THE FIRST CONJUGATION Continued
10 marzo 09 – Octava Sesión
Track 2 – Getting Ready to Leave
Tarea número ocho – NEGATIVE FORM & INTERROGATIVE FORM
12 marzo 09 – Novena Sesión
Tarea número nueve – NUMBER Continued & VERBS OF THE SECOND CONJUGATION: ER ending verbs
17 marzo 09 – Décima Sesión
Tarea número diez - VERBS OF THE THIRD CONJUGATION: IR ending verbs & REVIEW
19 marzo 09 – Sesión Once
Tarea número once – REVIEW OF VERBS Continued & POSSESSIVE FORM
24 marzo 09 – Sesión Doce
Tarea número doce – SER & ESTAR & SER & ESTAR Continued
26 marzo 09 – Sesión Trece
Prueba/Examen 2
Tarea número trece – REVIEW & The verb TENER
2 abril 09 – Sesión Catorce
Calendario de abril
Track 3 – On the Street
Tarea número catorce - The verb TENER Continued & TENER QUE
7 abril 09 – Sesión Quince
Notebook Check 3
Tarea número quince – ADJECTIVES Continued & POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVES
21 abril 09 – Sesión Dieciséis
Tarea número dieciséis - POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES & Irregular verbs IR,
VER
23 abril 09 – Sesión Diecisiete
Tarea número diecisiete – IR A and an infinitive & Demonstrative adjectives
ESTE and ESE
28 abril 09 – Sesión Dieciocho
Tarea número dieciocho – ESTE, ESE, AQUEL & ESTE, ESE, AQUEL
Review
30 abril 09 – Sesión Diecinueve
Prueba/Examen 3
Tarea número diecinueve – Irregular verbs HACER, PONER & Irregular verbs
SABER, TRAER
5 mayo 09 – Sesión Veinte
Calendario de mayo
Track 4 – At Work
Tarea número veinte – Irregular verbs DAR, SALIR & Use of preposition A
7 mayo 09 – Sesión Veintiuno
Notebook Check 4
Tarea número veintiuno – FORMATION OF ADVERBS & IRREGULAR
VERBS Review
12 mayo 09 – Sesión Veintidós
Tarea número veintidós – Irregular verbs DECIR, OIR & Irregular verbs VENIR, QUERER
14 mayo 09 – Sesión Veintitrés
Tarea número veintitrés – Auxiliary Verbs PODER & IRREGULAR VERBS
Review
19 mayo 09 – Sesión Veinticuatro
Tarea número veinticuatro – Past tense of verbs EL PRETÉRITO & Past tense of verbs EL PRETÉRITO Continued
21 mayo 09 – Sesión Veinticinco
Tarea número veinticinco - Past tense EL PRETÉRITO Continued
26 mayo 09 – Sesión Veintiséis
Track 5 – On a Date
Tarea número veintiséis – PERSONAL PRONOUNS Prepositional Form &
PERSONAL PRONOUNS Prepositional Form Continued
28 mayo 09 – Sesión Veintisiete
Prueba/Examen 4
Tarea número veintisiete - PERSONAL PRONOUNS Direct Object Forms &
PERSONAL PRONOUNS Indirect Object Forms
2 junio 09 – Sesión Veintiocho
Calendario de junio
Tarea número veintiocho - PERSONAL PRONOUNS Redundant Construction
& The verb GUSTAR
4 junio 09 – Sesión Veintinueve
Notebook Check 5
Tarea número veintinueve – GUSTAR Continued & REFLEXIVE VERBS
9 junio 09 – Sesión Treinta
Examen Final
Tarea número treinta - REFLEXIVE VERBS Continued
11 junio 09 – Sesión Treinta y uno
¿Qué aprendiste?