Spanish

         Spanish II
         Spanish 7

Ms. Elizabeth Lowney            ext. 71072
         Spanish 7
         Spanish 8
         Spanish I

Mr. Todd Johnson                      ext.   71157
         Spanish III
         Spanish II 

Mrs. Billie Teixeira                 ext.   71320
         IB Spanish
         AP Spanish
         Spanish II

Ms. Amy Gilbert                             ext.  71109
         Spanish III

SPANISH I:

•   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:

SPANISH II:

• written, aural, oral, culture and geography quizzes and tests both textbook and teacher formulated
• mid-term exam
• final exam
•   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

SPANISH III:

•   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

SPANISH IV:

•   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

SPANISH V / AP /IB¹ / IB² SPANISH:

• 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: regular, stem change, 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