SpanishII

Teacher:

Email:

WarrenBillings

wbillings@pittsfieldnhschools.org

Semester(s):

Phone:

YearLong2016/17

4356701ext.4226

CourseDescription:

SpanishIIisacourseforlearnerswithaboutoneyearofexperiencespeakingSpanish.Bytheendoftheyearlearnerswillbe
abletoaskandanswersimplequestionsaboutfamiliartopicsusingphrasesandsimplesentences,sometimessupportedby
memorizedlanguage.

Learnerscollaboratetomakeandunderstandmeaninginthetargetlanguage,rememberingthatthereisnosinglecorrect
answer.Learnersuseinformationtobuildtheirownideasandconnectlearningacrosssubjectareas.

Learnershavecontroloverwhattheylearn.LearnersdemonstrateevidenceofCommonCorealignedlearningtargetsand
demonstrateproficiencyduringourbiweeklysummativeassessments.Learnersformthreepersonteamseverytwoweekstoset
goalsandsupporteachotherbeforethesummativeassessments.

Learnersearncreditassoonastheymeetallindicatorstatementsandproficiencyguidelines.Inthecaseofthelearnerearning
creditbeforetheendoftheyears/hemaychoosetocontinuegrowingfromSpanishIItoSpanishIIIproficiencywiththesame
class.

Studentsareabletodemonstratecompetencyinawaythatworksforthem.Below,thecourseassessmentsarelistedto
giveyouanideaofthesummativeopportunitiesthatwillbeprovidedwithinthecourseforstudentstodemonstrate
competency.

CourseCompetencies
Competency1:Speaking

Studentswilldemonstratetheabilityto
applyprimarilyshortandsometimes
incompletesentencessupportedby
memorizedlanguagetocommunicate
acrossfamiliarcontexts.

SummativeAssessments
PresentationAssessments:Describefamiliarexperiencesorevents,familiar
people,places,orthings,otherpeople,giveinstructions,anddescribesomething
Ivelearned.
DiscussionAssessments:Exchangepersonalinformation,usetexts,graphs,or
pictures,askforandgivesimpledirections,makeplans,andinteractineveryday
situations.
1. Icancommunicateinstraightforwardsocialsituations.
2. Icanrespondtosimplequestions.

Competency2:Writing

Studentswilldemonstratetheabilityto
applyphrasesandsimplesentencesto
communicateacrossfamiliarcontexts.
Competency3:Listening

Studentswilldemonstratetheabilityto
applywords,phrases,andsimple
sentencestosometimesunderstand
acrossfamiliarcontexts.
Competency4:Reading

Studentswilldemonstratetheabilityto
applywords,phrases,andsimple
sentencestosometimesunderstand
acrossfamiliarcontexts.

3. Icanaskafewformulaicquestions.
PresentationAssessments:Describemydailylife,shortnotes,experiencesor
events,somethingIvelearned,andaskforsomethinginwriting.
1. Icanrecombinelearnedvocabularyandstructurestocreatesimple
sentencesandincompletesentences.

InterpretiveAssessments:Simplequestionsandstatements,informationwith
picturesorgraphs,conversations,andmessages.
1. Icanunderstandsentencelengthspeech.

InterpretiveAssessments:Descriptionswithpicturesorgraphs,published
materials,andpublicnotices.
1. Icanunderstandshort,noncomplextextsthatconveybasicinformation.

StudentExpectations:

Ourclassroomgoalsareattainablechoicesthatalllearnerscanmakethatsupportacademiclearning.Theyareformatively
assessedbiweeklyinclasswithinputfromthelearner,classmates,instructor,andparents.Classroomandschoolnormsare
whatweneedfromeachothertolearn.Ourgoalsarestrategiestolearnthefastestandeasiest,whetherasagroupor
individually.

ClassroomGoals
1. Ichoosetospeak100%Spanish.(Professionalism)
2. Ichoosetoparticipateandbepartoftheclass.(Leadership)
3. Ichoosetomakemistakes.(Ambition)
4. Ichoosetocommunicatemessages.(Integrity)
5. Ichoosetotrytounderstandthemessagesofthepeopleinmycommunity.(Grit)

PMHSNORMS
1. TheNORMSapplytoeveryoneinvolvedwiththePMHScommunity.
2. Wealltreateachotherhowwewanttobetreated.
3. Weusemannersandpracticecommoncourtesyandmodesty.
4. Wenurtureindividual,social,andintellectualgrowthasacommunity.
5. Wepracticehonesty,tolerance,andpatience.
6. Wecollaboratewithotherstocommunicatedifferencesandchallengeswhileallowingeveryvoice
7. Wevaluethediversityofpeopleandcultures.
8. Wewelcomeindividualsinourcommunity,helpingthemtofeelcomfortablebeingthemselvesand
9. Wepromoteintegrity,courage,honor,anddignity.
10. Wetakeresponsibilityforourselves,ourenvironmentandeachother.

CourseEvaluation&AssessmentPractices:

1. Masteryofallcoursecompetenciesshallbethebasisforawardingcoursecredit.
2. Summativeassessmentsareworth100%andformativeassessmentsareworth0%towarddeterminingthescorefor
eachcompetency.
3. Onlywhenastudenthasmasteredallcoursecompetencieswillthefinalcoursescorebecalculatedbyaveragingthe
individualcoursecompetencies.
4. Rollingprogressreportsareissuedapproximatelyeverynine(9)weeks.
5. Studentsareencouragedtorecovermissedcompetenciesthroughoutthecourseandnotwaituntiltheendofa
course/coursefailure.

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Thetranscriptwillreportonlyfinalcoursescores.Uponrequestforatranscript,acopyofthemostrecentrolling
progressreportwillbeused.
Traditionalextracreditisnotanappropriatemeasureofstudentlearningandwillnotbeassignedorincludedinscore
calculation.
Rubricsandthecorrespondingnumericalpointscalewillbeusedtoassessstudentprogressandmastery.
Amidtermsummativeassessmentwilloccurattheendofthefirstsemesterandwillbeusedtopreparestudentsfor
college,giveanopportunitytoshowmasteryofcompetencies,and/ordevelopcompetencyrecoveryplans.

AdditionalNotes:

Newstudentswillbeprovidedacompositionbook.Pleasebringpensand/orpencils.

Returningstudentsneedtobringtheirowncompositionbooksandpensand/orpencils.

Assignifiedbyoursignatures,wehavereceivedandreadthiscourseoutline.

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