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I completed 17 years as a home / /school mom May 2010 when my son, the youngest of two children, graduated from / /home. My daughter also graduated from home and is now living in Houston. / /I have had the distinct honor of teaching with PREP / /Classes since our first year in / /1995. I first taught Spanish to a group of families at Bear Creek / /Community Church in 1994; These same families formed PREP Classes the very next / /year. I guess you could say I was with PREP Classes before there was a / /PREP Classes. I am second / /generation American and I grew up in a home where Spanish was and is the main / /language spoken. I learned / /English in first grade right along with learning Reading, 'Riting and 'Rithmetic. I took Spanish in high school and / /began to realize how it helped me with English. I love it when I can teach a student / /something in Spanish that turns on a light about English grammar. At UT I was able to test out of my / /required semesters of foreign language. In / /my PREP classes, I try to teach Spanish with a missionary emphasis because I / /know firsthand the difference a bilingual person can make in reaching the lost / /for Christ. As a child, I learned about Jesus from ladies, who spoke very / /little Spanish, at the First Baptist Church in my little town. I will forever be grateful to them. I am very excited to announce that a / /former student who majored in education and is a Spanish teacher at a local / /high school. In Spring of 2015 one of my Spanish 3 students took the / /Spanish AP exam and passed it. I / /also have several former students who decided to minor in Spanish, and many / /other of my students report gaining college credits through placement / /tests. A few years back, I / /had a student who had not been in my classes for 2 years and when he took the / /placement test at Lone Star, he tested out of 3 levels of Spanish. I love teaching the students the home / /school community has entrusted to me and hope they develop a lifelong reason / /for using the language. This / /year I will again be teaching Elementary and Jr. High students. Before my / /sister, Gloria Smith, taught those courses, I was the teacher. I am having so much fun looking though / /the material for those age groups. I / /want my students to find a real reason for learning this language, because that / /is what will help them be well on their way to being fluent in the second most / /spoken language in the United States and fourth most spoken language in the / /World.
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I will be
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/teaching your student using Proficiency Oriented Language Instruction. 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.
/
/
/
/ A proficient
/
/learner can communicate about something appropriately and accurately for a
/
/purpose. This is the goal. This is 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.
/
/
/
/ What will the
/
/instruction look like? It will have
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/these four elements:
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/
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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
/
/
/
/ READING: choral reading with the
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/class, reading stories that have been told/asked in class, embedded reading,
/
/reading storyboards
/
/
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/ WRITING: filling in missing words
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/in CLOZE passages, free writes, completing personalized sentence frames
/
/
/
/ SPEAKING: responding to simple
/
/questions from the teacher (yes/no, either/or, etc.), re-telling class stories,
/
/reacting with rejoinders
/
/
/
/ Don’t worry, there will be plenty of fun. Think….puzzles, games, challenges, singing
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/and so much more!
/
/
/
/ To support each of these 4 elements during the week, I
/
/assign homework so that ideally the student is using one or two of the 4
/
/elements daily. At times what I assign
/
/requires using online sites such as: Señor
/
/Wooly, Quizlet, Quizizz and some specific videos on YouTube.
/
/
/
/ Drop Fees: No withdrawal fee if you withdraw in
/
/September. Withdrawal fee for October
/
/and November is $140. If you withdraw in
/
/December or later, the withdrawal fee is the balance of the year’s tuition.
/
/
/
/ Do not send
/
/any fees to Profe Cooper until you receive an email from her.
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.
/
/
/
/ A proficient
/
/learner can communicate about something appropriately and accurately for a
/
/purpose. This is the goal of the class
/
/and is 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.
/
/
/
/ What will the
/
/instruction look like? It will have
/
/these four elements:
/
/
/
/ LISTENING: listening to the teacher
/
/tell a story, listening to questions asked by the teacher, listening to the
/
/teacher describe a film
/
/
/
/ READING: choral reading with the
/
/class, reading stories that have been told/asked in class, embedded reading,
/
/reading storyboards
/
/
/
/ WRITING: filling in missing words
/
/in CLOZE passages, free writes, completing personalized sentence frames
/
/
/
/ SPEAKING: responding to simple
/
/questions from the teacher (yes/no, either/or, etc.), re-telling class stories,
/
/reacting with rejoinders
/
/
/
/ In the Middle School Class, I will concentrate on what is
/
/called the Super 7 Verbs. It is
/
/a concept of teaching and recycling the highest frequency verbs in Spanish (actually
/
/in all languages):
1 estar (is at a place / is feeling)
/ /2 hay (there is / there are)
/ /3 tener (has)
/ /4 ser (is)
/ /5 gustar (likes / is pleasing to)
/ /6 ir (goes / is going)
/ /7 querer (wants)
/ /Don’t worry, there will be plenty of fun. Think…. puzzles, games, challenges, singing
/
/and so much more!
/
/
/
/ To support learning Spanish during the week, I assign
/
/homework so that ideally the student is using one or two elements daily, always
/
/with Super 7 in mind. At times what I
/
/assign requires using online sites such as: Señor Wooly, Quizlet, Quizizz and some
/
/specific videos on YouTube. Is there
/
/memory work? YES, but the lists are
/
/short.
/
/
/
/ Drop Fees: No withdrawal fee if you withdraw in
/
/September. Withdrawal fee for October
/
/and November is $140. If you withdraw in
/
/December or later, the withdrawal fee is the balance of the year’s tuition.
/
/
/
/ Do not send any fees to Profe Cooper until you receive
/
/an email from her.
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.
/
/
/
/ A proficient learner can communicate about something appropriately and accurately for a purpose. This is the goal of the class and is 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.
/
/
/
/ What will the instruction look like? It will have these four elements:
/
/
/
/ LISTENING: listening to the teacher tell a story, listening to questions asked by the teacher, listening to the teacher describe a film
/
/
/
/ READING: choral reading with the class, reading stories that have been told/asked in class, embedded reading, reading storyboards
/
/
/
/ WRITING: filling in missing words in CLOZE passages, free writes, completing personalized sentence frames
/
/
/
/ SPEAKING: responding to simple questions from the teacher (yes/no, either/or, etc.), re-telling class stories, reacting with rejoinders
/
/
/
/ In the Middle School Class, I will concentrate on what is called the Super 7 Verbs. It is a concept of teaching and recycling the highest frequency verbs in Spanish (actually in all languages):
1 estar (is at a place / is feeling)
/ /2 hay (there is / there are)
/ /3 tener (has)
/ /4 ser (is)
/ /5 gustar (likes / is pleasing to)
/ /6 ir (goes / is going)
/ /7 querer (wants)
/ /Don’t worry, there will be plenty of fun. Think…. puzzles, games, challenges, singing and so much more!
/
/
/
/ To support learning Spanish during the week, I assign homework so that ideally the student is using one or two elements daily, always with Super 7 in mind. At times what I assign requires using online sites such as: Señor Wooly, Quizlet, Quizizz and some specific videos on YouTube. Is there memory work? YES, but the lists are short.
/
/
/
/ Drop Fees: No withdrawal fee if you withdraw in September. Withdrawal fee for October and November is $140. If you withdraw in December or later, the withdrawal fee is the balance of the year’s tuition.
/
/
/
/ Do not send any fees to Profe Cooper until you receive an email from her.
**New this
/
/year is an online lab time. Please see
/
/description below.
/
/
/
/ 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.
/
/
/
/ 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.
/
/
/
/ What will the
/
/instruction look like? It will have
/
/these four elements:
/
/
/
/ LISTENING: listening to the teacher
/
/tell a story, listening to questions asked by the teacher, listening to the
/
/teacher describe a film
/
/
/
/ READING: choral reading with the
/
/class, reading stories that have been told/asked in class, embedded reading,
/
/reading storyboards
/
/
/
/ WRITING: filling in missing words
/
/in CLOZE passages, free writes, completing personalized sentence frames
/
/
/
/ SPEAKING: responding to simple
/
/questions from the teacher (yes/no, either/or, etc.), re-telling class stories,
/
/reacting with rejoinders
/
/
/
/ 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:
1. estar (is at a place / is feeling)
/ /2. hay (there is / there are)
/ /3. tener (has)
/ /4. ser (is)
/ /5. gustar (likes / is pleasing to)
/ /6. ir (goes / is going)
/ /7. querer (wants)
/ /8. salir(to leave)
/ /9. hacer(to do/to make)
/ /10. poner(to put)
/ /11. poder(to be able)
/ /12. dar(to give)
/ /13. decir(to say)
/ /14. saber(to know)
/ /15. venir(to come)
/ /16. ver(to see)
/ /Don’t worry, even in Spanish 1 there will be plenty of
/
/fun. Think…. puzzles, games, challenges,
/
/singing and so much more!
/
/
/
/ 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
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/grammar instructions. I know that sounds
/
/foreign (pun intended) but as I mentioned at the beginning, I want to teach
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/this class as immersion rather than the traditional vocabulary and grammar
/
/based course. Is there
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/memory work? YES, but the lists are
/
/short. Some of the grammar concepts the
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/students will use are: present tense, past tense (preterite and imperfect),
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/present progressive, reflexive verbs, articles (definite and indefinite),
/
/adjectives, direct and indirect object pronouns, telling time and at what time.
/
/
/
/ 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.
/
/
/
/ 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.
/
/
/
/ 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.
/
/
/
/ Do not send any fees to Profe Cooper until you receive
/
/an email from her.
My goal is to
/
/make Spanish engaging, fun, and challenging for your student. The most
/
/important thing for the students to discover is that learning another language
/
/is fun and will be useful throughout their lives. They are encouraged to
/
/participate without hesitation in an environment that is supportive and open to
/
/experimenting with Spanish. I desire to communicate not just the nuts and
/
/bolts of the language, but its practical use in everyday life.
/
/
/
/ In this
/
/second year of high school Spanish, the students will build on their earlier
/
/foundation of Spanish 1 skills as they broaden their ability to communicate.
/
/They are one step closer to becoming fluent. This is an exciting year for your
/
/student because he begins to see the effort of the first year begin to pay off.
/ /* Students will learn to apply and refine their grammar and vocabulary / /skills.
/ // /* Students will journal about their day-to-day life in Spanish.
/ // /* Students will be assigned major grade projects though oral / /presentation.
/ // /* Students will use the internet for: quizzes, workbook & textbook / /exercises, listening activities, flashcards, and games.
/ // /* Students will play fun and engaging games in-class and online.
/ /
/
/* Students will have about 4 hours per week of HOMEWORK (this does not
/
/include time needed to memorize words).
/
/
/
/ Text Book:
/
/You order the textbook on line from a bookseller of your choice. As soon as you
/
/register for this class, I will send you the ISBN. It will cost between
/
/$25-$60.
/
/
/
/ Workbook:
/
/I will order the workbook for you from the publisher ($18).
/
/
/
/ 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.
/
/
/
/ Do not send any fees to Profe Cooper until you receive
/
/an email from her.
/ /
/
/ These high-school level Spanish classes will develop
/
/reading, writing, listening, and speaking abilities through a variety of
/
/different activities.
/
/ ?
/
/Students will journal about their day-to-day
/
/life in Spanish.
? Students will use the internet for: quizzes, / /workbook & textbook exercises, listening activities, flash cards, and / /games.
/ /? Students will participate in an interactive / /video series.
/ /? Students will play fun and engaging games and / /online.
/ /? Students will learn about Hispanic culture
/ /? With such a variety of activities, students / /will listen to the language and write it on a daily basis.
/ /? Students can expect to work approximately 45 / /minutes a day on homework.
/ /
/
/ Online Class specifics:
We will meet at ?????10AM every Thursday online in a / /virtual classroom at WizIQ. Orientation for this class will take place / /the first 30 minutes on the first day of class.
/ /
/
/ Students and instructor will interact with each other in
/
/real time. The instructor will use the provided whiteboard and other
/
/tools available in the classroom to conduct the class. A student may ask
/
/questions and respond to prompts by ?raising his/her hand? and either speaking
/
/into the microphone or typing into the chat box on the page.
/
/ Students will need:
1. Access to a computer with high-speed / /internet.
/ /2. A good headset with a built-in microphone
A scanner (phone with camera will work too). Most desktop copiers / /are equipped with scan function.? Tests will be online at a / /separate site. / / / / / // /
/
/ In this second year of high school Spanish, the students will
/
/build on their earlier foundation of Spanish 1 skills as they broaden their
/
/ability to communicate. They are one step closer to becoming fluent. This is an
/
/exciting year for your student because he begins to see the effort of the first
/
/year begin to pay off. Homework will be about 5 hours per week (this does not
/
/include time needed to memorize words).
/
/ * Students will learn to apply
/
/and refine their grammar and vocabulary skills.
/ /
* Students will journal about / /their day-to-day life in Spanish.
/ /* Students will be assigned major / /grade projects though oral presentation.
/ /* Students will use the internet / /for: quizzes, workbook & textbook exercises, listening activities, flash
/ /cards, and / /games.
/ /* Students will participate in an / /interactive video series.
/ /* Students will play fun and / /engaging games in-class and online.
/ /* Students will learn about / /Hispanic culture through singing songs, and eating authentic Hispanic foods.
/ /
/
/ Online Class specifics:
We will meet at ?????8AM every Thursday online in a / /virtual classroom at WizIQ. Orientation for this class will take place / /the first 30 minutes on the first day of class.
/ /
/
/ Students and instructor will interact with each other in
/
/real time. The instructor will use the provided whiteboard and other
/
/tools available in the classroom to conduct the class. A student may ask
/
/questions and respond to prompts by ?raising his/her hand? and either speaking
/
/into the microphone or typing into the chat box on the page.
/
/ Students will need:
1. Access to a computer with high-speed / /internet.
/ /2. A good headset with a built-in microphone
/ /3. A scanner (phone with camera will work / /too). Most desktop copiers are equipped with scan function.? Tests will be online at a separate site. ??
/ /
/
/ Textbook: ?
Text Book: online textbook provided by teacher.?It is your option (but highly recommended) to
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/buy a hardcover text from a bookseller of your choice or I can buy a new one
/
/for you from the publisher ($90).
/
/
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/ Workbook: available online. If you wish, I will
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/buy a workbook from the publisher for you ($18).?
/ /
/
/ Do not send any fees to Sra. Cooper until you receive an email
/
/from her.
/
/ Withdrawal Fees: