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spanishexpresate2	Señora Jiménez-Biles
St. Charles East High School	Español 1, 2, AP
http://www.d303.org/schools/highsch/
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Español 2
Profe. Jiménez-Biles
E-Mail: Melissa.A.Biles@d303.org
Phone: 630-377-4743 Ex. 9938
Extra Help: 6:50-7:10 & *2:31-3:15, Periods 4a
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¡Bienvenidos! Welcome to Spanish 2! I am very pleased to have this opportunity to expand your Spanish language!
Learning Spanish is your most important task this year! A recent statistic estimates that there are 41.3 million Hispanics in the United States, about 14% of the population, which have come from over 22 Spanish speaking countries in the world. (Time Magazine Vol. 166, No. 8, August 22, 2005)

Before we begin to learn Spanish, let’s examine the three R’s:

As your teacher, it is my RESPONSIBILITY to…
o Behave in a way that shows RESPECT for myself, others, the environment, property, time and rules.
o Behave in a way that encourages positive RESULTS.
o Provide a physically and emotionally safe learning environment.
o Design appropriate learning opportunities in order to maximize your time and opportunities to learn Spanish!

It is your RESPONSIBILITY to behave in a way that shows RESPECT for yourself, others and the values lived out by the entire St. Charles East community.

It is your Responsibility to behave in a way that encourages positive RESULTS by:
o Participating in class work
o Working with your classmates in a productive and cooperative manner.
o Asking questions (There is never a dumb question and even if I do not know the answer I will find out for you!)
o Practicing Spanish outside of the classroom. (Yes, this means doing your homework and more.)

SÉ AMABLE                      BE NICE
ECHALE GANAS                WORK HARD

Other Classroom Values:
o All students have the right to feel comfortable in my class. Absolutely no put-downs to other students, negative or offensive language.
o Disrespect, tardiness, use of cell phone or IPod damage classroom, and damage to furniture or property will not be tolerated and offences will result in teacher detentions, phone calls home, and dean referrals.
o Offenses for tardiness/disruptive behavior/use of electronics: 1st-Warning, 2nd-Teacher detention, 3rd-Phone Call Home, 4th-Dean Referral
o In order to help you participate in class, please no gum, food or drinks, no hats, jackets, cell phones or IPods. These rules will be strictly enforced.

Classroom procedures
Each class there will be different activities planned in order to help your understanding and acquisition of the Spanish language. Activities that you can always expect are:
*Pair and group work *Listening and speaking activities
*An opportunity to read and write *Cultural lessons
*Daily Homework

Grading Policies
Weighted Grading Scale: A-90%, B-80%, C-70%, D-60%, F-59% and below.
Semester Grade: 40% 1st/3rd Quarter Grade/40% 2nd/4th Quarter Grade
20% Semester Exam
Grading Distribution:
Tests, Homework, Quizzes, Projects, Participation
*Some daily homework will be taken as a
completion grade. See homework grading scale for more details.

Absences
Your success in Spanish relies on your attendance. In the event of illness or other excused absences, please make an effort to inform me in person, via e-mail, or phone with anticipation if possible. NO points can be earned for unexcused absences. I encourage you to exchange phone numbers with someone in class in order to find out assignments when you are absent. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET ABSENT WORK UPON YOUR RETURN.

Materials
Daily
Textbook and Workbook* (Exprésate)
Writing utensil (pencil preferred)
Notebook
Binder with sections or sturdy folder to keep handouts
(Chispa, Vocabulary, Listening, Homework, Culture, Tests/Quizes)
Homework & A good attitude
*There will be a charge for lost texts and workbooks

Online Resources and Practice
Visit my web page or http://www.quia.com/pages/spanishexpresate2.html

Know that I am always available for you. ¡Bienvenidos y buena suerte!

HOMEWORK SCALE

STUDENTS RECEIVE ONE FREE PASS PER QUARTER. WHEN THAT IS USED YOUR HOMEWORK GRADE WILL DROP ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING SCALE:
1-95%        2-90%
3-85%        4-80%
5-75%        6-70%
7-65%        8-60%
9-55%        10-50%

(DEDUCT 2-3% FOR ADDITIONAL INCOMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS.)

WORD PROCESSING TIPS
Standard Microsoft Word software has Spanish spelling and grammar check. In order to change the language, follow these steps:
Tools
Spelling & Grammar
Language
Set language
Spanish Traditional Sort
This tool can help you when you word process in Spanish but you should always be conscious of spelling and grammar as you will not always be able to word process your writing in Spanish, especialmente en el Examen AP!

For Accents and other Spanish Writing Points:
When in doubt you can always use “Insert Symbol”, which can be long and tedious. Many of you are probably aware of the way you can add accents with the number codes (which I never learned and find cumbersome also…) So here’s my way that has become second nature after practice: Note: If I wrote the command in [BRAQUETS] this means to hold the keys down simultaneously.
For an áccént on vowels:
[CTRL + APPOSTROPHY], then your letter.
For an accent on a CÁPÍTÁL vowel, it’s the same:
[CTRL + APPOSTROPHY], but then [SHIFT + the Letter].
For an upside down question mark (¿) or exclamation point (¡):
[CTRL + SHIFT + ALT], then [SHIFT + ? or SHIFT + !]
For ñ or Ñ:
[CTRL + SHIFT + ~], than n or N
For ü (dieresis or the two dots):
I do insert symbol. (Many times spell-check will auto-correct this for you.)

Calendar events

Wed Jun 06, 2012 CDT Untimed / All day STCE Late Start Day

Wed Jun 20, 2012 CDT Untimed / All day STCE Late Start Day

Wed Jul 04, 2012 CDT Untimed / All day STCE Late Start Day

Wed Jul 18, 2012 CDT Untimed / All day STCE Late Start Day

Wed Aug 01, 2012 CDT Untimed / All day STCE Late Start Day

My Quia activities and quizzes

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Direct Object Pronoun Placement-Pop-ups

http://www.quia.com/pop/158954.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Direct Object Pronouns - Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/237940.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Direct Object Pronouns Practice with Commands

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128884.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Direct Object Pronouns-Identifying

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128871.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Frases útiles

http://www.quia.com/jg/1135410.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Informal (tú) Commands-Affirmative-Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/237960.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Informal (tú) Commands-Negative-Cloze

http://www.quia.com/cz/99887.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Ir + a + infinitivo

http://www.quia.com/pop/158967.html

Exprésate 2, Capitulo 1, Preguntas para conversar-Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/237526.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Present Progressive Practice 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128861.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Present Progressive Tense-Challenge Board

http://www.quia.com/cb/216539.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Present Progressive-Hangman

http://www.quia.com/hm/321019.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Present Progressive-Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/237939.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Present Tense and Present Progressive Tense

http://www.quia.com/cb/216520.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Present Tense Irregular Verbs Review-Patterns

http://www.quia.com/pa/36570.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Present Tense Regular Verbs and SER Review

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127471.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Present Tense-Stem-changing, reflexives, and other irregulars-Battleship

http://www.quia.com/ba/112057.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Repaso de Vocabulario 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127194.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Repaso de Vocabulario 2

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127233.html

Expresate 2, Capitulo 1, SER Review

http://www.quia.com/pop/158756.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Stem Changing Verbs E to I

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128878.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Stem-Change/Boot Verbs - Present Tense I

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128888.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Stem-changing verbs

http://www.quia.com/ba/112257.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Stem-changing Verbs

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128880.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 1, Stem-Changing Verbs

http://www.quia.com/cb/216521.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Preterite of Regular Verbs-Patterns

http://www.quia.com/pa/36582.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Preterite Regular Verbs - AR -ER-IR

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128859.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Preterite Triggers-Meanings

http://www.quia.com/jg/1129550.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Regular/Irregular Present Tense Verbs-Challenge Board

http://www.quia.com/cb/216253.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Repaso de Vocabulario 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127244.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Repaso de Vocabulario 2

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127241.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Saber vs. Conocer 1-Pop-ups

http://www.quia.com/pop/158964.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Saber vs. Conocer 2-Pop-ups

http://www.quia.com/pop/158965.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Ser and Estar Forms-Matching

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128856.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, SER o ESTAR?

http://www.quia.com/pop/158757.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, SER o ESTAR? #2

http://www.quia.com/pop/158758.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Ser vs. Estar 1-Pop-up

http://www.quia.com/pop/158952.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Ser vs. Estar 2-Pop-up

http://www.quia.com/pop/158966.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Ser vs. Estar 3-Cloze

http://www.quia.com/cz/99886.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 2, Ser vs. Estar 4-Pop-up

http://www.quia.com/pop/158953.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 3, Preterite Irregular (Conjugaciones)-Patterns

http://www.quia.com/pa/36599.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 3, Preterite Irregular Verbs-Special Meanings

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128860.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 3, Preterite-Irregular Verbs-Columns

http://www.quia.com/cm/137869.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 3, Pretérito (Regular AR Verbs [-car,-gar, ver]-Cloze

http://www.quia.com/cz/99961.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 3, Repaso de Vocabulario 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127361.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 3, Repaso de Vocabulario 2

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127370.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 3, Se impersonal-Cloze

http://www.quia.com/cz/99885.html

Exprésate 1, Capítulo 4, Past Participles used as Adjectives

http://www.quia.com/jg/1135495.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 4, Ponerse, Decir, Ser, Estar, Caerse, & Ir Stem-Changers

http://www.quia.com/pa/36733.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 4, Preterite review -ar,-er, -ir regular verbs and -car, -gar,- zar verbs, hacer, conocer, ir, ser

http://www.quia.com/rr/237938.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 4, Repaso de Vocabulario 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127377.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 4, Repaso de Vocabulario 2

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127378.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 5, Affirmative and Negative words

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128873.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 5, Irregular Preterite Verbs-Challenge Board

http://www.quia.com/cb/216496.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 5, Negative and Positive Words in a Sentence

http://www.quia.com/cz/99962.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 5, Pero,ni, o, sino-Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/237543.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 5, Pero,ni, o, sino-Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/237937.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 5, Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns-Pop-ups

http://www.quia.com/pop/158963.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 5, Preterite Regular and Irregular Review-Challenge Board

http://www.quia.com/cb/216498.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 5, Preterite-Regular and Irregular

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128854.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 5, Repaso de Vocabulario 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127272.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 5, Repaso de Vocabulario 2

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127379.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 6, Imperfect Tense-ver, ir, ser

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128839.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 6, Practica con Vocab-Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/237528.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 6, Preterite Regular and Leer-Challenge Board

http://www.quia.com/cb/216519.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 6, Preterite Verbs-Irregular, stem-change and spelling change

http://www.quia.com/jg/1128879.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect Triggers-Identification Flashcards

http://www.quia.com/jg/1129519.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect Triggers-Meanings

http://www.quia.com/jg/1129518.html

Regular Imperfect Tense Verbs-Hangman

http://www.quia.com/hm/321000.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 6, Repaso de Vocabulario 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127380.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 6, Repaso de Vocabulario 2

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127390.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 7, Adverbs

http://www.quia.com/jg/1339739.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 7, Practica de Vocab 1-Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/237527.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 7, Pronouns: Impersonal, D.O., I.O., Reflexive-Cloze

http://www.quia.com/cz/99884.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 7, Reflexive Pronouns-Pop-ups

http://www.quia.com/pop/158951.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 7, Repaso de Vocabulario 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127493.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 7, Repaso de Vocabulario 2

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127395.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 7, Review of Stem-Changers

http://www.quia.com/jw/160224.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 8, Comparatives and Superlatives 1-Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/237955.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 8, Comparatives and Superlatives 2-Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/237935.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 8, Demonstrative Adjectives 1-Pop-ups

http://www.quia.com/pop/158961.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 8, Demonstrative Adjectives 2-Hangman

http://www.quia.com/hm/320972.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 8, Jumbled Words Voc 1

http://www.quia.com/jw/160315.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 8, Por vs para 1 Pop-ups

http://www.quia.com/pop/158950.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 8, Por vs. para 2 Pop-ups

http://www.quia.com/pop/158960.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 8, Por vs. para 3-Cloze

http://www.quia.com/cz/99959.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 8, Repaso de Vocabulario 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127408.html

Expresate 2, Capitulo 8, Repaso de Vocabulario 2

http://www.quia.com/jg/1127396.html

Exprésate 2, Capítulo 9, Vocabulario 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1318543.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect Triggers-Identification (Flashcards only)

http://www.quia.com/jg/1129520.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect Triggers-Meanings (Matching etc)

http://www.quia.com/jg/1129553.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-Battleship

http://www.quia.com/ba/112293.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-CLOZE 1

http://www.quia.com/cz/99971.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-CLOZE 2

http://www.quia.com/cz/99750.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-CLOZE 3-Juan estaba enfermo

http://www.quia.com/cz/100002.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-CLOZE 4-La Luna de Miel

http://www.quia.com/cz/100001.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-CLOZE 5-Zoo Trip

http://www.quia.com/cz/99989.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-CLOZE 6-Cuento de la Playa

http://www.quia.com/cz/99999.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-CLOZE 7

http://www.quia.com/cz/99996.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-CLOZE-10-Cenicienta

http://www.quia.com/cz/100004.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-CLOZE-11-Catrina

http://www.quia.com/cz/99997.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-Pop-ups

http://www.quia.com/pop/159020.html

Preterite vs. Imperfect-Pop-ups2

http://www.quia.com/cz/99998.html

Pretérito o Imperfecto-Triggers and Characteristics

http://www.quia.com/jg/1129320.html

Pretérito vs. Imperfecto-CLOZE 8

http://www.quia.com/cz/99968.html

Pretérito vs. Imperfecto-CLOZE 9

http://www.quia.com/cz/99751.html

Preterite Review:-ar,-er, -ir regular verbs and -car, -gar,- zar verbs, hacer, conocer, ir, ser

http://www.quia.com/rr/238081.html

Preterite story: El viernes pasado-CLOZE

http://www.quia.com/cz/99995.html

Preterite Triggers-Meanings-(Matching etc)

http://www.quia.com/jg/1129552.html

Preterite-Irregular J-verb various tenses

http://www.quia.com/cb/216597.html

Preterite-Irregular Preterite Verbs

http://www.quia.com/jg/1129336.html

Preterite-Irregular Preterite Verbs 1

http://www.quia.com/jg/1129319.html

Preterite-Irregular Preterite Verbs 2

http://www.quia.com/cb/216619.html

Preterite-Irregular "U" Group

http://www.quia.com/jg/1129318.html

Preterite-Irregular Verbs: dar, ir, tener, estar, poder, hacer

http://www.quia.com/cb/216620.html

Preterite-Reflexive Verbs

http://www.quia.com/pa/36586.html

Preterite-Reflexive Verbs 2

http://www.quia.com/pop/159009.html

Preterite-Regular & Irregular-Challenge Board

http://www.quia.com/cb/216596.html

Preterite-Regular & Irregular-Cloze

http://www.quia.com/cz/100000.html

Preterite-Regular & Irregular-Patterns

http://www.quia.com/pa/36605.html

Preterite-(Regular AR Verbs [-car and -gar included] and VER

http://www.quia.com/cz/100003.html

Useful links

Last updated 2012/04/03 23:50:15 CDT

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