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Seora Gutirrez
Waverly High School
Rm. 33 rgutierrez@waverlyk12.net (517) 323-3831, ext. 1193
Bienvenidos!
LISTENING: Throughout the school year
students will take part in listening
activities that will develop their ability to
orally comprehend the Spanish language.
Course Description: 1 Not only will they hear Spanish through
audio and video, they will also be
Throughout the year we will dive into surrounded by faculty, including myself,
learning and exploring every aspect of speaking Spanish as much as possible!
the Spanish language, including SPEAKING: Every week we will be
Grammar completing in-class speaking activities that
Vocabulary 2 will challenge students to step out of their
comfort zone and apply the concepts
Pronunciation weve been learning in class.
Cultural Awareness READING: For in-class activities and
homework, students will be required to
Students will develop skills in each of 3 read authentic Spanish texts and complete
related assignments.
these areas through listening, speaking,
WRITING: One of the most essential
reading and writing exercises.
concepts we will be working on is writing
4 complete and accurate sentences in
Spanish, taking spelling and punctuation
into account! Get ready!
Learning a new language takes strong critical thinking skills. Everything we do this year
will challenge us to think critically about what weve learned and apply it to new ideas!
MATERIALS
GRADING
INFORMAL ASSESSMENT FORMAL ASSESSMENT
A 93-100% (20%) (80%)
A- 90-92% This category includes our homework, Each unit will contain vocabulary &
projects, class participation, and grammar tests and performance
B+ 87-89% in-class activities. Homework will be assessments. Projects will also be
checked daily and may be corrected assigned to further explore topics in
B 83-86% for accuracy or completion. Students varying units. We will also have a
B- 80-82% earn participation points by being Semester Exam in January and a Final
prepared for class and properly Exam in June.
C+ 77-79% engaged in class activities.
C 73-76% RETAKES
Each quarter students will
C- 70-72% LATE WORK have the opportunity to
D+ 67-69% Assignments are due at the retake certain assignments
beginning of each class after successfully
D 63-66% period. Some late completing a study guide
assignments will be plan and a free tutoring
D- 60-62% accepted for 50-100% credit session with an SHS
up until the end of the unit. member during PRIDE.