The key to success in my class is participation in and completion of all of the activities covered for each chapter.
LANGUAGE LAB EVERY THURSDAY
I use the Study Spanish web site to review and reinforce the grammar we are currently studying. Assignments completed on this site are part of the student's grade as well.
The GRAMMAR TUTORIAL link contains all of the topics needed for Spanish II.
All students are required to register and complete activities for points.
Additional vocabulary and grammar practice is available on the National Spanish Exam web site
Move your mouse to EXAM PREPARATIONS and open ONLINE EXAM EXERCISES to link to any topic contained on the test.
All students take the National Spanish Exam. This assessment is a useful tool to measure the strength of our Spanish program, as well as, provide scholarship opportunities.
National Spanish Exam
Thursday March 19 achievement
Friday March 20 proficiency
in the lab during class hour
Overall Course Schedule
Spanish II 2008-2009
Sr. Rose
Buen Viaje Level II (Textbook & Workbook)
[Glencoe/McGraw Hill publishing copy write 2003]
1st 9 weeks
August 18 – Oct 17
Most of the period (5 ½ to 7 weeks) will be spent reviewing 1st year Spanish. The text is broken up in 7 mini-chapters (5 to 7 pages) called Repasos. Each Repaso A-G offers an opportunity to review both vocabulary and grammar in order to refresh each student, and present me with the needed feedback to present additional activities where appropriate.
During this time, the goal is not to re-teach for mastery, but rather to refresh the students’ understanding of basic Spanish communication from level I.
The first nine weeks will end during or after we have completed Chapter 1 of the regular part of the text.
2nd 9 weeks
Oct 20 – Jan 9
During this nine weeks we will complete Chapters 2 through Chapter 6/7. Each chapter will from 6 to 9 days to complete. Each chapter will include several quizzes on vocabulary and grammar as well as graded written activities. A large chapter test will also accompany each chapter.
The focus of this nine weeks is the formation and use of the past tenses; Preterite and Imperfect.
Formation of the preterite past tense was begun in Spanish I. Although other grammatical concepts will immerge, using both tenses to adequately express the past will overwhelmingly be the theme as we finish the 1st semester. Hence it will dominate the mid-term exam.
3rd 9 weeks
Jan 12 – March 20
During this nine weeks, we will complete Chapters 7/8 through Chapters 11/12. A variety of intermediate concepts will be explored with the same pacing as the previous chapters. The National Spanish Exam will highlight the end of this nine weeks.
4th 9 weeks
March 23 – May 29
During this nine weeks we will complete the textbook material from Chapter 11 or 12 through Chapter 14. The focus of these last 4 chapters will be the uses of the present tenses subjunctive.
This move back to the present tense will represent an extremely common practice in Spanish of using subjunctive which has all but disappeared in English. As time allows we will change as many of the subjunctive aspects as we have learned to the past tense.
The final exam will overwhelmingly focus on the use of the subjunctive mood in Spanish.