Espaol II PreAP

Seora Pryor


CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone #: 512-858-3146
Email: katie.pryor@dsisd.txed.net
Room: D116
Conference Period: 2
nd

Teacher Webpage: www.pryorspanish.weebly.com

TUTORIALS
Tutorials will be held from 8:20-8:50 am daily.

GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESS
1. Choose to be curious.
2. Choose active participation.
3. Strive for your personal best.
4. Choose integrity and honesty.
5. Help create and maintain a positive and safe learning environment.

CLASSROOM RULES
1. Treat everyone with respect, kindness, and dignity.
2. Treat personal and school property with respect.
3. Come to class on time and be prepared for learning.
4. Abide by all school and district rules and regulations.
5. Participate at all times.

MATERIALS
- One 1 binder with 3 tabs labeled:
essentials, notes, worksheets
- One journal notebook, preferably not a spiral
- Pens, pencils, 2 red pens
- Dry Erase Expo Marker (to be turned it)
- One sock or rag (to be turned in, used for white board activities, used but clean is ok)
- Kleenex

Additional needed supplies:
kleenex, hand sanitizer, crayon, markers, hanging file folders with tabs, THANK YOU!

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Pre-AP Spanish II classes differ from Spanish I & II classes in that a textbook is one of the main
resources in the classroom and at home. TPRS will still be employed as a useful learning method,
but grammar and vocabulary will also be reinforced through a combination of the Realidades and
other texts, mini-novels, and various on-line resources. Students should expect to spend time
reading and listening to authentic Spanish sources. Targeted grammar structures may overlap with
those covered in on-level Spanish II classes, but the Pre-AP classes will explore these more fully, will
practice their skills in a more integrated way, and will achieve a more advanced level of proficiency.


ACADEMIC POLICIES

GRADING
Six week grades will come from tests, quizzes, daily work, homework, and writing assignments.

Summative Grades (70%)

Tests/Projects will be weighted twice as much as a quiz. Students will have at least 2 tests/projects
each six weeks.

Quizzes are given almost weekly. Quizzes are weighted once.

Formative Grades (30%)

Daily work is homework and in class assignments. Expect 10 - 20 minutes of homework/study time
per night. Practice and review at home are crucial to the success of learning a new language.

Formative quizzes are counted twice and may include: warm up sheets, pop quizzes, in class
assignments, more challenging and time-consuming homework assignments.

Practice and Participate In class students will have many opportunities to practice Spanish!
Students earn this grade by contributing answers during class, reading stories out loud, acting in
stories, etc. They earn stamps demonstrating their growing proficiency which I will collect at the end
of every 6 weeks.

MAKE UP WORK FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
The student is to be given one day for each day absent. It is the student's responsibility to make up
any work missed. Work assigned prior to the first day of absence is due the day the student returns
to class. Any quizzes or tests missed during your absence must be made up during tutorials one day
after your return unless other arrangements are made with me. Failure to follow through with
make-up test or quiz arrangements will result in a zero. Homework is posted on my webpage.
Students are expected to check my webpage for missed assignments when absent.

Assigned work and/or assessments missed due to a school-sponsored extracurricular absence
shall be due upon the students return to class unless arrangements are made with the teacher in
advance of the absence.

LATE WORK POLICY
Homework: Students are allowed 2 late passes a semester. This means students can turn in an
assignment one day late for a maximum grade of a 100%. After two assignments, no late work will
be accepted.

In-class assignments will not be accepted late and cannot be turned in the next day with a pass.

Summative (Projects): Projects will be given a due date. Projects turned in one day late will be
given a maximum grade of a 70. Projects turned in two days late will be given a maximum grade of
a 50. Projects will not be accepted after the second late day and the student will receive a zero.

QUIZ/TEST CORRECTIONS
Students may retake tests for up to 70%. Retakes must be done within a week of the test being
graded. All retakes must be done in morning tutorials (8:20 am).

THERE ARE NO QUIZ RETAKES/CORRECTIONS.

TARDY POLICY
Students are allowed two unexcused tardies each semester. At three unexcused tardies, students
will be asked to turn in their phone and can pick it up at from the office at the end of the day. Four
tardies will result in a referral which usually results in an afterschool detention, but is at the
discretion of the administration.

CELL PHONE USE POLICY
Cell phone use will not be allowed during class unless specifically requested by the teacher for
curriculum related activities. Students using their cellphones in class will have it taken up and turned
into the office. During a test or quiz I will collect student cell phones.

EXPECTATIONS
Pre-AP students will be expected to master a considerable amount of vocabulary and grammar in
order to prepare them for success at the upper levels of Spanish. Therefore, a mastery of basic
vocabulary and language skills from Spanish 1 is presupposed. Students should expect to be
assigned at least one major project per semester, along with smaller mini-projects and speaking
assessments, in which they will demonstrate their language-related skills. The following is an
overview of the target material for each of the six weeks.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR THIS YEAR

1st six-weeks:
Review of Spanish I vocabulary
Review Regular Present Tense
Review Spanish I grammar
Present Progressive
Stem-Changing Verbs
Irregular present Tense Verbs
Reflexive & Reciprocal Verbs
Verb Phrases w/ Infinitives
Uses of Ser & Estar
Tener Expressions
Project: Autobiografa



2nd six-weeks:
Thematic Vocabulary
Stem-Changing Verbs
Expressing Negation
Gusta and Similar Verbs
Comparisons
Superlatives
Time Expressions
Tener Expressions






3rd six-weeks:
Thematic Vocabulary
New Reflexive Verbs & Verb
phrases
Ser & Estar Extension
Possessive Adjectives
Comparison Structures all
Preterite Regular& Irregular Verbs

Fall Final Exam includes all concepts of
the semester, but does not target
Spanish 1 material, whose mastery is
assumed.

4
th
six-weeks:
Thematic Vocabulary
Imperfect Tense Reg. & Irreg.
Preterite and Imperfect
Past Tenses
Demonstrative Adjectives
Direct Object Pronouns
Accentuation/Pronunciation
Preterite Mini-Project





5
th
six-weeks:
Thematic Vocabulary
Reinforce Past Tenses
Novelette: El Viaje Perdido
Stem-Changing Preterite
Project: Haba una vez
Video: El rey len







6th six-weeks:
Thematic Vocabulary
Affirmative Commands
Negative Commands
Mini-project: el anuncio
Introduction to the Subjunctive
Mood Basic Forms & Uses

Spring Final Exam includes all
vocabulary and concepts of the
semester, but does not target fall
material
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY


Cheating--Plagiarism--Academic Dishonesty (Student Handbook)
Academic dishonesty includes cheating or copying the work of another student, plagiarism, and
unauthorized communication between students during an examination. The determination that a
student has engaged in academic dishonesty will be based on the judgment of the classroom teacher or
other supervising professional employee, taking into consideration written materials, observation, or
information from students. A student found to have engaged in academic dishonesty will be subject to
disciplinary penalties per the SCC [two days], as well as, academic penalties. Teachers who have reason
to believe a student has engaged in cheating or academic dishonesty will assign a zero for the work in
question.

Plagiarism: a form of academic dishonesty in which you use other peoples words or ideas (pictures, art,
charts, graphs, computations, scientific data, music, etc.) as your own by failing to credit the others at all
or by improperly crediting them. If you use someone elses exact words, you must put quotation marks
around them and give the person credit by revealing the source in a citation. Even if you revise,
rearrange, or paraphrase the words of others or just use their ideas, you still must give them credit
instead of pretending the words or ideas are your own. *Any use of electronic or on-line translators,
and use of translations by native speakers or other students is considered plagiarism.

Your teachers will instruct you how to properly credit your sources. While some plagiarism is obviously
intentional and some might be considered unintentional (missing or improper citation due to
carelessness, often because of hurrying to do an assignment at the last minute), both types are still
subject to the same penalties. If in doubt, ask your teacher before you turn in your assignment!

NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
Dripping Springs Independent School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national
origin, age sex, or disability in its employment, practices, activities and programs.

El districto independiente de la escuela de Dripping Springs no discrimina en base de la raza, del color,
del origen nacional, de la edad, del sexo, o de la inhabilidad en su empleo, practicas, actividades y
programas.