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¡Bienvenidos a Español 1!

This semester in Spanish 1, students will primarily acquire the Spanish language through the use of storytelling. Storytelling is a proven method of second language acquisition that pushes repetitive, diversified and personalized use of the language itself. Through weekly stories, students will be immersed in two days of storytelling in Spanish which is completely comprehensible and appropriate for the student's level. Each week stories focus on target structures beginning with the most frequently used words in Spanish. As I guide students through the story students determine the details and characters so that it is personalized and meaningful to them. With students as characters, students constantly engage in dialog and constant input (listening and reading comprehension) as well as output (speaking and writing) throughout the whole process. This method is highly successful and very much dependent on consistent attendance as language acquisition requires repetitive and immersive experiences.

Conjunta de trabajo Portfolio

A passing grade in this class will be determined by the successful completion of the portfolio. The portfolio includes all work that will be required of you all semester. Since a language is assessed in five ways; reading, writing, speaking, listening and cultural knowledge the portfolio incorporates each of these modes of language learning while also allowing for choice and personalized pace. As you will see in the portfolio certain assignments have deadlines, the assignments that don't have deadlines need to be completed by Friday, June 2, 2017 when the portfolio is collected.

Details on many of the assignments for the portfolio may be found linked below and on this website as well as in the classroom. The bulk of the assignments are explained below:

- Anuncios four deadlines, Español 1 may choose to make anuncios using any of the frases de la semana, or with approval from me

students may choose to use the target phrases used doing our weekly stories.

- Duolingo each week students complete 100 points of duolingo. Duolingo points for the week are due by Sunday evening when a

report is pulled automatically and sent to me.

- Conversaciones students will schedule two conversations with me after school through out the semester. The conversations are

based on the student's ability to converse in Spanish and will be assessed by on their ability to randomly answer any of the

five questions per week. For the second conversation students will additionally be able to describe a movie using a animated film

found on the conversaciones page, or talk about an article they have read in Spanish.

- Artículos over the entire semester students should read and complete these questions based on 8 articles they have read in

Spanish. Artículos en español and the sheets with questions can be found in the back of the classroom.

- Trabajo Semenal Each week students will have work to complete based on the weekly story. Work is due by the next class period

unless otherwise noted.