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SPANISH
FACULTY:
Mrs. Bibina Cordova ext. 71068Spanish IISpanish 7Ms. Elizabeth Lowney ext. 71072Spanish 7Spanish 8Spanish IMr. Todd Johnson ext. 71157
Spanish III
Spanish IIMrs. Billie Teixeira ext. 71320IB SpanishAP SpanishSpanish IIMs. Amy Gilbert ext. 71109Spanish III- textbook:
- Funston, James F., Dolores Koch and Vargas Bonilla Alejandro. Somos asi 1. Saint Paul, MN: EMC Publishing, 1997.
- workbook:
- Funston, James F., Dolores Koch and Vargas Bonilla Alejandro. Somos asi 1 Student Workbook. Saint Paul, MN: EMC Publishing, 1997.
- readings:
- target language reading from above text
- culture reading in English and Spanish
- various poems
- writing:
- varied writing assignments: dialogues, postcards, notes, ABC books, haiku
- testing:
- written, aural, oral, culture and geography quizzes and tests both textbook and teacher formulated
- mid-term exam
- final exam
vocabulary topics
personal identification
home live
the classroom
travel
food
shoppinggrammar topics
gender and number agreement
verb forms present and preterit
progressive tense
personal pronouns
direct object pronouns
indirect object pronouns
demonstrative adjectives
prepositions
prepositional pronouns - textbook:
- Cazabon, Maria, Jose Fernandez, Nancy Humbach, and Dolores Koch. Nosotros, los jovenes. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990
- workbook:
- Richmond, Dorothy. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions. Chicago: Passport Books, 1998.
- Richmond, Dorothy. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses. Chicago: Passport Books, 1996.
- readings:
- Altabe, David F. Temas y dialogos. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.
- Hanley-Carrera, Teresa; Valette, Jean-Paul, Valette, Rebecca M. Viztazos: Lecturas Faciles. Lexington MA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1986.
- writing:
- compositions, letters, reports, postcards, menus, and other directed writing activities
- testing:
- textbook directed and teacher directed quizzes and tests
vocabulary topics
vacations
occupations
leisure time
school
shopping
diet and health
technology
progress
holidays
idiomatic expression
proverbs
Latin Americagrammar topics
irregular verbs in the preterit
irregular comparisons
comparisons of equality with adjectives
comparisons of equality with nouns
imperfect tense
progressive tenses
verbs requiring indirect object pronouns
future tense
conditional tense
prepositional pronouns
double object pronouns
reflexive verbs
reflexive pronouns
- textbook:
- Valette, Jean-Paul, Rebecca Valette, and TeresaCarrera-Hanley. Spanish for Mastery. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1994.
- workbook:
- Nassi, Robert, Bernard Bernstein, and Theodore Nuzzi. Workbook Spanish Three Years. New York: Amasco School Publishing, Inc., 1966.
- readings:
- newspapers
- internet articles
- Hoy Dia. scholastic Spanish paper
- writing:
- dialogues, compositions, notes, letters
- preparation for NYS Regents Exam
- testing:
- unit and text exams
- conversation testing
- New York State Regents Examination
- textbook:
- a variety of texts are used for enriching cultural and literary learning including but not limited to the topics of history, literature, culture, and geograpy.
- half of the year is the study of Spain, half of the year is the study of Latin America
- workbook:
- Nassi, Robert, Bernard Bernstein, and Theodore Nuzzi. Workbook Spanish Four Years. New York: Amasco School Publishing, Inc., 1966.
- readings:
- variety of texts
- short stories
- literature of Spain and Latin America
- writing:
- independent study on a topic / area of Spain or Latin America
- presentations in class
- questions on readings
- testing:
- quizzes and tests on specific topics that have been covered in class
- grammar topics:
- review all grammar topics to be able to write and present at a more comprehensive level
- textbook:
- Abrundo Paso Lectura NY: Prentice Hall, 2001.
- workbook:
- Abrundo Paso Lectura NY: Prentice Hall, 2001.
- readings:
- Leal, Luis, and Joseph Silverman. Siglo Veinte. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1968.
- Crow, John, and Edward Dudley. El Cuento. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1966.
- Gine de los Rios, Gloria, and Laura del los Riode de Garcia Lorca. Cumbres. New York: Holt, Rinehart,and Winston, 1966.
- Ernst, Frederic. Corazon de Espana. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1957.
- Jarvis, Ana, Raquel Lebredo, and Francisco Mena. Aventuras Literarias. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1987.
- newspapers
- short stories
- internet articles
- other assorted resources and class texts
- writing:
- journals
- notebook of assignments
- literary summaries
- letters
- individual research topics
- testing:
- taping of debates
- quizzes and tests from curriculum and texts designed after IB exam formats
- grammar topics:
- Spanish V / IB 1
- present tense: regualr, stem cange, irregular reflexive
- preterit: regular, irregular
- imperfect: preterit and imperfect contrasted
- present tense
- future
- conditional
- imperative
- present subjunctive
- formation of adverbs
- placement of adjectives and agreement
- grammatical structure as it presents itself
- Spanish IB2
- review of all grammar covered last year
- subjunctive continued
- passive constructions
- verbs not addressed earlier
- idiomatic expressions using verbs
- pronouns, all types
- por/para, prepositions, comparatives, affirmation, negation words, numbers
- suffixes
- textbook: