BISHOP MAGINN HIGH SCHOOL ASPN 103
Mrs. Grasso (Foreign Language Department Chairperson) sragrasso@yahoo.com
Intermediate Spanish I / ASPN 103-Full year course is a 4-credit course offered at BMHS, in conjunction with the University at Albany. This year we will cover one semester of college-level Spanish, but at a high school pace. The course fee is $140 payable directly to University at Albany upon enrollment.
Spanish 103 shares the same objectives as set forth by the NYS Regents Action Plan for Modern Languages. Students will achieve proficiency in the following areas:
1. Listening: Students will be able to understand standard speech delivered by a native speaker not used to dealing with foreigners although some complex utterances may hinder comprehension.
2. Speaking: Students will be able handle most communicative situations with confidence, but may need help with more complex situations.
3. Reading: Students will be able to understand most factual information on topics of special interest. Students will be able to analyze written material and detect the overall tone and intent of the text.
4. Writing: Students will compose unified and organized texts on everyday topics, showing good control of the morphology of the language, although errors may still occur. Students will be able to express complex ideas with simple language that would be comprehensible to a native speaker not used to reading the writing of foreigners.
5. Culture: Students will show an understanding and appreciation of a culture that is not their own.
Pre-requisites:
ü Students enrolled in Intermediate Spanish must be in their junior or senior year of high school.
ü Students must have completed Spanish 3 (Regents Spanish) with at least a 90 average and successful completion of the NYS Regents Examination.
ü Students must have the Spanish 3 teacher’s recommendation.
Meeting Times: Mon- Fri. 7th period Room 100
Office Hours: 2:30 daily and upon request as needed
Attendance Policy: According to UALBANY guidelines, a student should not be absent from class more than 10 times for a full year course.
Supplies: 3-ring binder, looseleaf paper, and pen/pencil
Textbooks: Enfoques (Blanco and Colbert)
Conversacion y Repaso (Copeland, Kite, Sandstedt)
Conversemos (Jarvis, Lebredo)
Aventuras Literarias (Jarvis, Lebredo, Mena-Ayllon)
Grading:
TESTS (40%): We will cover approximately 2 units per quarter. An announced test will cover each unit. Individual projects, essays, papers, and group presentations will also serve as test grades.
QUIZZES (30%): Students will receive vocabulary lists that accompany each unit. This vocabulary will serve as the basis for quizzes and written assignments. There will also be announced grammar quizzes every 2 weeks.
HOMEWORK (20%): Students will be assigned homework Monday-Thursday. Every Wednesday a writing assignment will be due based on the week’s vocabulary list. Students will not receive credit for assignments completed with the assistance of computer resources.
PARTICIPATION/EFFORT (10%): Students must be on time, prepared, attentive to the lesson, actively taking notes and volunteering responses and, above all, courteous and respectful of others.
This course is A-E graded and there are no S/U (pass/fail) options.
Grading Scale
Grade Scale Grade Conversion Grade Scale Grade Conversion
93-100 A 73-76 C
90-92 A- 70-72 C-
87-89 B+ 67-69 D+
83-86 B 63-66 D
80-82 B- 60-62 D-
77-79 C+ Grade < 60 E
Website: All assignments, vocabulary lists, and announcements can be found by students and parents at the following website:
www.quia.com/pages/bishopmaginn4.html
(There is now a link from the school website www.bishopmaginn.org)
Students must apply on-line for registration in this course. We will do this as a group during class time. A formal registration (with required parental permission) will take place during October. The course fee of $140 will be due at this time.
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