Spanish: High School 1 (NW)

Class Year:  2020-2021
Time:  Wed 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm;
Teacher:  Grace Cooper
Tution:  $474 / Year or $79 / Month for 6 Months (Sept - Feb) Course Ends in May
Supply Fee:  $40 / Year Due Upon Registration / Non-Refundable after July 31
Location:  PREP North West (Cypress)

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**New this / /year is an online lab time.  Please see / /description below.
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/ / I will be / /teaching your student using Proficiency Oriented Language Instruction / /(immersion).  As a language teacher, my / /goal is for your student to be more proficient in the target language (Spanish) / /when they complete my course than when they began.
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/ / A proficient / /learner can communicate about something appropriately and accurately for a / /purpose.  This is the goal of the class / /and my vision for your student.  I want / /them to be able to communicate about something appropriately and accurately for / /a purpose.  Do I need to say it one more / /time?  My goal is for the students to be / /able to communicate about something appropriately and accurately for a purpose.
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/ / What will the / /instruction look like?  It will have / /these four elements:
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/ / LISTENING: listening to the teacher / /tell a story, listening to questions asked by the teacher, listening to the / /teacher describe a film
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/ / READING: choral reading with the / /class, reading stories that have been told/asked in class, embedded reading, / /reading storyboards
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/ / WRITING: filling in missing words / /in CLOZE passages, free writes, completing personalized sentence frames
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/ / SPEAKING: responding to simple / /questions from the teacher (yes/no, either/or, etc.), re-telling class stories, / /reacting with rejoinders
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/ / In the Spanish 1 Class, I will concentrate on the Super 7 / /Verbs and then expand that list to the Sweet 16 Verbs. First semester will concentrate strongly on / /this list of verbs:

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1.     estar (is at a place / is feeling)

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2.     hay (there is / there are)

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3.     tener (has)

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4.     ser (is)

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5.     gustar (likes / is pleasing to)

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6.      ir (goes / is going)

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7.     querer (wants)

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8.     salir(to leave)

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9.     hacer(to do/to make)

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10.  poner(to put)

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11.  poder(to be able)

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12.  dar(to give)

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13.  decir(to say)

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14.  saber(to know)

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15.  venir(to come)

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16.  ver(to see)

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Don’t worry, even in Spanish 1 there will be plenty of / /fun.  Think…. puzzles, games, challenges, / /singing and so much more!
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/ / I will be using a Curriculum called SOMOS as the backbone / /of my course.  By the second semester,the students will read a novel as part of the course (this could possibly / /happen in first semester).  Students / /enrolled for the full year will be using the language with only some explicit / /grammar instructions.  I know that sounds / /foreign (pun intended) but as I mentioned at the beginning, I want to teach / /this class as immersion rather than the traditional vocabulary and grammar / /based course.   Is there / /memory work?  YES, but the lists are / /short.  Some of the grammar concepts the / /students will use are: present tense, past tense (preterite and imperfect), / /present progressive, reflexive verbs, articles (definite and indefinite), / /adjectives, direct and indirect object pronouns, telling time and at what time.
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/ / To support learning Spanish during the week, I assign / /homework so that ideally the student is using Spanish daily.  Some assignments will require using online / /sites such as: Señor Wooly, FlipGrid, EdPuzzle, Quizlet, Quizizz and some / /specific videos on YouTube.
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/ / ONLINE LAB:  In / /addition to class time, I will require a weekly online lab time for 30-45 / /minutes for the entire class together.  I / /propose Thursday evenings at 8 pm for this lab time ; if at all possible please / /leave that time slot open in your student’s schedule.  If this time is not possible for your / /student, please call me and we will discuss this; do not let this lab time stop / /you from signing up for the class.
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/ / Drop Fees: No withdrawal fee if you withdraw in / /September.  Withdrawal fee for October / /and November is $180.  If you withdraw in / /December or later, the withdrawal fee is the balance of the year’s tuition.
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/ / Do not send any fees to Profe Cooper until you receive / /an email from her.