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Course Guidelines and Information Seorita Rodolico (rodolicom@jwhallahan.

com) Spanish I 2012-13


Dear Parents and Students:
(Textbook Buen Viaje I)

Welcome to Spanish Class. The objective of this course is to provide each student with the opportunity to develop communicative skills (i.e.: listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Spanish. This is a participatory course. In order to learn a foreign language, one must use the target language as much as possible. Students who participate fully by completing assignments and interacting in class in the target language should find the course more enjoyable, learn from their mistakes, and see their work improve. Above all, I hope that the students will enjoy Spanish and will learn organizational and thought processing skills necessary for life after high school. Listed below are expectations for the class. Required Materials for Class Materials must be brought to class EVERYDAY 1. Pen/Pencil 2. 2 Dry Erase Markers (dark colors preferred) 3. Binder (for Spanish class only) 4. Looseleaf Paper Homework Homework will typically be given on a daily basis and will also be assigned on weekends. Points will be deducted from the homework average for each homework assignment that is missed. Students begin the quarter with a 100 quarter average. Students have until the following day before homeroom to show me the missed assignment for partial credit. Grading Procedures: Tests and Assessments Homework (100 points to start) 45% 15% 15% 25%

Class Participation Quizzes Total = quarter grade

Semester Assessments The January exam is cumulative from September. The Final exam is cumulative from January but contains grammatical concepts from the entire year.

Testing Policy / Cheating: Any student seen or suspected of cheating on a test, quiz, project, or any assessment will receive the grade of 0 and her parents/guardians will be notified. Any student seen copying homework from another student will receive a 0 for that homework assignment and it cannot be made up for credit. The student providing the homework to be copied will also receive a 0. Class Participation: A students class participation grade is based on each student participating (being called on in class) 25 times per quarter. Each time a student is called on in class, she receives 4 points toward her class participation grade. At the end of the quarter if a student has reached her goal of 25, she will receive a grade of 100 for class participation for that quarter. Participation points will be deducted for the following: inattentiveness in class/talking, working on homework while a Spanish activity is in progress, sleeping in class, or disrupting the class. Discipline The student handbook will be very closely followed. 24 hour notice will be given for a private detention, so that the student may make transportation arrangements. A private detention is only given twice before administrative action is taken. All students need to follow the guidelines and conduct themselves in a mature, safe, manner at all times. Discipline The Hallahan Student Handbook will be followed and all school procedures will be enforced in class. All students must follow the behavior guidelines in place and conduct themselves in a mature and safe manner at all times. Extra Credit Because each students grade should be a true indicator of her performance, it is my policy to not offer extra credit. I do, however, give frequent opportunities for students to improve her grades through participation, homework, and informal classroom assessments/assignments. Tickets/Boletos Students have the opportunity to earn boletos (tickets) for various classroom participation activities i.e. going up to the Smartboard to write a sentence or complete an activity, providing an answer from her homework, answering a question in class, or teaching/helping a partner. Each boleto can be applied as one point toward her participation grade at the end of the quarter OR one point on her lowest quiz grade. For every 15 tickets that she earns, I will add 1 point to her lowest test grade. Boletos are only collected at the end of the quarter so it is important to keep them in a safe place such as a pencil case.

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