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Welcome
Bienvenidos
Seorita Barragan
2014-15

Contact Information
Phone: (951) 765-1600, Ext. 1176
E-mail: cbarragan@hemetusd.org
Go West Valley Website to send an
at Staff email

Our new textbook is Descubre 1 and is

a year course.

Be ready to bring your ID on Monday

or Tuesday Aug 18th or 19th. We will be
getting our textbooks. If you forget it,
you will have to get it on your own
time.

Spanish Notebook
Students need to keep a spiral
notebook or a section using loose
leaf paper in their notebook for
this class and it will be used for:
1. New vocabulary
2.Grammar concepts
3. Must be in Cornell
notes style.

Spanish Notebook
Your notebook can be a spiral
notebook for Spanish only notes.
Or a section of your 3 ring binder
with a divider titled Spanish
notebook using loose leaf paper if
fine also.l
You must take notes today on the
syllabus. This will be pg 1. of your
notebook.

Notebook

Your notebook can be a spiral

Spanish Notebook

You will create a table of contents as

the first page.
Title it Table of Contents first
page
#1 Syllabus, paste as your second
page
#2 Foreign Language Standards page

Syllabus

The Syllabus contains the

Rules and Course Expectations.
Paste your Syllabus page or
insert in your notebook section
after your table of contents
Turn in your parent signature
form. I will check signatures
for an assignment grade.

Foreign Language Department

Course Guidelines and Expectations
Students are expected to:
Attend class daily and on time.
Bring their Spanish notebook and all
prepared assignments to class EVERY
day.
Get a class textbook only if you cant
see the board.

Course Guidelines

and Expectations, cont.

Write down daily and weekly

homework, assignments, quizzes and
tests dates in your agenda and planner.
If absent it is your RESPONSIBILITY
to make up any missed work and come
and see me when to make it up.
You need to check the Agenda for
missed assignments and look in the
brown dividers on table for handouts,
if any.

Course Guidelines
and Expectations, cont.
Make up work when absent according to
district policy (two days per day absent)
Make up missed tests/quizzes due to an
excused absence within one week. Make
an appointment to see me afterschool.

Foreign Language
Department Policies

Late work will not be accepted

unless it is due to an excused
absence.
NO electronic devices in class
(IPods, MP3 Players, Cell phones,
etc.)THEY WILL BE CONFISCATED AND A

Foreign Language
Department Policies, cont.
All major assessments (chapter,
unit and final exams) are
standardized throughout the
department

Class/School Wide
Discipline Policies.

Be on time
Come prepared
Respect others
Participate

Cell phones or any Music devices

turned off or will be confiscated by a
supervisor.

1.
2.
3.
4.

Class/School Wide
Discipline Procedures.
Warning/a talk with
teacher/documented on discipline
chart on Aeries.
Phone call to parent.
Go to counseling or administration.
Set up a parent conference.

5. Disruptions, disrespecting others ,

fights, weapons, drugs, sexual
harassment immediately go to
administration escorted by a supervisor.

Class Procedures.
1. Daily warm-ups and homework or
classwork assignments will be
stamped by me and all work turned in
on Fridays on the top baskets by
period with Agenda stapled on top.

Class Procedures.
2. All graded work will be in white shelf
divider, do not turn in ungraded work
there.

Class Procedures.
3. Any handouts, worksheets, packets,
letters, copies of PPTs will be in the
brown dividers.

Class Procedures.
4. When needing to use the restroom or
nurse office you need to get a pass
from me and sign out on pad by door
on table with name, per, time.

Class Procedures.

5. Bring your class textbook if you cant see

the board. I will have the textbook pages
up on the smart board when needed but if
you cant see it bring your own textbook
to class everyday.

Grading Policy
1. Assessments- Tests, Quizzes,
Projects, Dialogues, etc.- 40%
2. Classwork, Homework, Notebook
Checks-

50%

3. Participation Points-

10%

Grading Policy, cont.

Quizzes/Tests
Part of your homework is to study
new vocabulary for matching
quizzes, grammar rules using
textbook and notes to reinforce
what you learned in class.
Also you can go to
www.Vhlcentral.com to study
vocab Flashcards.

Grading Policy, cont.

Classwork/Homework
All classwork that is not
completed will be homework.
You will have the option of
completing your homework on
paper or use the online activities
for instant correcting, make a
copy to turn in.
Go to : www.Vhlcentral.com to
complete homework.

Grading Policy, cont.

In order to view your current
grade, refer to Aeries
Go to West Valley Website and go
to Aeries Link.
Grades will also be posted on the
door approximately every 6
weeks.

Obtaining full credit

Students will bring their daily
prepared assignments to class.
My TAs or I will stamp their
work.
You will correct your work and
turn in all work on Fridays.
If you are late in completing
assignments you will receive
credit on next day only.

Spanish Speakers Test.

If you are a Spanish speaker and
would like to take the Spanish
Speakers test to move on to
Spanish 2, let me know ASAP.
There are different levels of
Spanish speakers. The test will
determine if you are ready.

Pacing Guide
Spanish Alphabet and sounds
Greetings: Formal and Familiar
Introductions
Gender of Nouns
Articles a, an, the

Pacing Guide
Spanish Alphabet and sounds
Greetings: Formal and Familiar
Introductions
Gender of Nouns
Articles a, an, the

Pacing Guide, cont.

Agreement of nouns and adjectives
Discuss likes and dislikes
Infinitive Verbs
Time and numbers
Present Tense of regular verbs

Pacing Guide, cont.

Uses of hay (hay que) one must
Forms of tener (tener que) to
have
Forms of ir (ir a + infinitive) to go
Writing sample (process)
Interrogatives-questions

STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

COMMUNICATION
Communicate in Languages Other Than
English
Standard 1.1:Students engage in
conversations, provide and obtain information,
express feelings and emotions, and exchange
opinions
Standard 1.2:Students understand and
interpret written and spoken language on a
variety of topics
Standard 1.3:Students present information,
concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners
or readers on a variety of topics.

STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

COMMUNICATION
CULTURES
Gain Knowledge and Understanding of
Other Cultures
Standard 2.1:Students demonstrate
an understanding of the relationship
between the practices and perspectives
of the culture studied
Standard 2.2:Students demonstrate
an understanding of the relationship
between the products and perspectives
of the culture studied

STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

COMMUNICATION
CONNECTIONS
Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire
Information
Standard 3.1:Students reinforce and further
their knowledge of other disciplines through
the foreign language
Standard 3.2:Students acquire information
and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that
are only available through the foreign language
and its cultures

STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

COMMUNICATION
COMPARISONS
Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and
Culture
Standard 4.1:Students demonstrate understanding
of the nature of language through comparisons of the
language studied and their own
Standard 4.2:Students demonstrate understanding
of the concept of culture through comparisons of the
cultures studied and their own.

STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

COMMUNICATION
COMMUNITIES
Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home &
Around the World
Standard 5.1:Students use the language both within
and beyond the school setting
Standard 5.2:Students show evidence of becoming
life-long learners by using the language for personal
enjoyment and enrichment.

California Foreign
Language Standards:
Functions
1.6 Reproduce and present a written,
oral product in a culturally authentic
way.
Your end of the year project will be to
write and create a skit using grammar
concepts or vocabulary in groups. They
may videotape or present it live.