Spanish 1 & 3 Syllabus & Expectations

 

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1.   We (parent or guardian and student) have read the above Spanish course description, class expectations, grading and rules. 
2.   We understand that Señora Bennett’s G.A. website is mainly for parents, but shows only a lesson, not the required links and print materials for student completion. Those are found by the student in the students “ Google Classroom” where graded assignments and lesson specifics, handouts, quiz and test dates, etc. are located.
3.   We understand that because each class block is 90 minutes long (2 class periods per day), one day absent is actually two days of lessons to make up.

4.       We understand that the student should study Spanish for 15 minutes every night, whether there is a homework assignment or not.

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Spanish Course Description, Señora Bennett                                                 (updated 1/3/23)

 

 

Señora Bennett                                                          

912-267-4210 ext. 3308

ingrid.bennett@glynn.k12.ga.us 

 

 

Note: Foreign language is NOT REQUIRED for graduation from Glynn Academy.

Only college-bound students have a 2 course same-foreign language requirement. (Or certain computer courses can replace foreign language college requirements.)

 

Some students can take higher levels of Spanish in high school (levels 4, AP, etc.) to graduate high school with the Gold Distinguished Biliteracy Seal (highly impressive on a resumé for employers)

 

 

Spanish 1 Textbooks: “Así se dice. Level 1 and Level 3 textbook extra help online at:

http://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078777836/student_view0/

 

Grading Scale:

 

NOTE:  You must have an average of 75 to proceed to Spanish 2.  You must have an average of 85 to proceed to Spanish 3.

           

    30%  Homework and Class Work                          90-100  A

    25%  Quizzes                                                            80-89    B

    25%  Tests (includes any projects.)                       70-79   C

    20%  Final Exam                                                      69          F     

You can exempt your final exam if:

1. no referrals, AND
2. 80 average, AND
3. five or less unexcused absences.

EXTRA CREDIT: I do not offer extra credit unless you have attended three after-school help session tutorials to work on your identified weaknesses in concept acquisition. 

 

Homework:  Every night, 5 nights a week, study 15 minutes.

          2-3 nights a week, you will have graded homework assignments.

Late Homework: Graded from 100 if on time, graded from 65 if 1-5 days late.  0 if over 5 days late.

 

Supplies Needed :      One - 1.5 inch, three-ringed binder with pockets

 Lined paper (LOTS), either college or wide ruled

 Pencils,LOTS,  OR pens (but not red or pink ink)

You do NOT need a Spanish dictionary.

 

 

Highly Recommended: Students in High School need an agenda/calendar to record all assignments/homework  for all courses,not just Spanish class. This is a proven element for success for a high school student.

Señora Bennett does not remind you of missing work. That life skill is part of growing up, and is on you. Check your Infinite Campus for missing work. “M” in Infinite Campus means “Missing, and calculates as a “0” until you make it up within the allotted time.

 

Make up tests and quizzes are done after school in my room. The student handbook states that make up work must be done within the same number of days as the excused absence. (1 day absent = 1 day extension, 2 days absent = 2 days extension, etc.)

 

Spanish 1 concepts: greetings, house, family, numbers 0-100, months, dates, weather, verbs, irregular verbs, food, restaurant, grammar, present tense, colors, adjectives, noun agreement, etc., listening skills, plus conversations at the introductory level.

Spanish 3 concepts: listening skills, increasingly advanced speaking skills, present tense, subjunctive, double pronouns, reflexive verbs, preterite past tense, imperfect past tense, present progressive tense, future & conditional, informal & formal commands, stem-changing verbs, Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns, regular & irregular verbs, vacations, travel, conversations, etc.

 

CLASSROOM RULES: 

This is a “bell-to-bell” Class instruction Model. Please do not get up and start lining up by door before bell rings. Wait until dismissal bell rings to leave your seat.

 

No ear pods, ever, including entry through my doorway.

 

Cell phones must be OFF and cannot be visible during class, unless I say otherwise, for a particular assignment on a particular day.

 

Cell phones CANNOT be on your desk, in your hands, in your lap, in the open top of your bookbag, or under your legs. You must put away cell phones into either your pocket, or in your closed bookbag where it is not visible to you or to me. You may not look at your cell phone when it is in your pocket or your book bag. There is a clock on the wall. You may not leave the classroom to call parents during Spanish class. If you need to call a parent, do that before or after class, or at your lunch. (See next page for the stated school policy on this.)

 

Six bathroom/water fountain passes are allowed per semester, unless a nurse note is provided indicating specific need, or for an emergency. (Let me know if you have a specific emergency need, and of course I will work with you.)

 

Cheating.  No electronic translation help.  In any way.  Do not copy homework. Do not cheat. (Cheating: copying homework, copying others’ assessments, talking about tests to another student who has or hasn’t taken it yet, using electronic translation, including but not limited to online or smart phone translation, google translate, or any online translation buttons.) For translation, you may use only your notes and vocabulary list handouts, unless specifically given permission for an assignment.  Remember: “A good student does not lie or cheat , and does not tolerate those who do.”

 

Student Tardy Policy

If a student is late to a class because a teacher held him/her back in a previous class it is the student’s own responsibility to ask the previous class teacher for a late note, to avoid being marked tardy.

TARDY POLICY from the Student Handbook:

• 3^rd – Teacher contact parent/put in IC contact log.
• 5^th – Email Administrator, NO DISCIPLINE REFERRAL.
• 8^th – Discipline referral and 1 day after school tutorial or 3 days of lunch detention assigned by an administrator.
• 10^th – Discipline referral and 1 Block of ISS (during their favorite class).
• 11^th – Discipline referral and 1 day of ISS and attendance contract with student and parent.

 

ELECTRONIC DEVICES from the Student Handbook:

• 1^st Offense: Contact parent and confiscate device.
• 2^nd Offense: 1 block of ISS and confiscate device.
• 3^rd Offense: 1 day of ISS and confiscate device.
• 4^th Offense: 1-3 Days ISS and confiscate device.

 

• Leaving class (bathroom, etc.) is not allowed during the first ten minutes or the last ten minutes of class.  (School policy)
• Ten (10) minutes tardy, unexcused, results in a SKIPPING referral. (school policy)
• 45 minutes tardy is changed to an absence. (School policy)
• Three (3) tardies = a contact to parents (school policy)
• Five (5) tardies = assigned mandatory after-school detention through an administrator’s office (school policy)
• Eight (8) tardies = behavior referral (school policy)

We will be focused, but fun. Fasten your seatbelt, and get ready to “aprender.” (learn)

 

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