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Spanish IV (HON) 390

TIME FRAME: one semester
GRADE: 9-12
CONTACT:

         MAP LEVEL: 1
30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE

30.0.1.9.1 -- Students will exchange information about current and past events, as well as aspirations in their personal lives and the lives of their friends, families and others within their community.

30.0.1.9.2 -- Students will exchange information about international current events based on newspaper or magazine articles, television and radio programs, videos, films and Internet resources, and compare and contrast how information is reported in both the target and their native cultures.

30.0.1.9.3 -- Students will participate in culturally appropriate exchanges that reflect social amenities such as expressing gratitude, extending and receiving invitations, apologizing and communicating preferences.

30.0.1.9.4 -- Students will work in groups to develop solutions to problems that are of contemporary or historical interest in both the target and their native cultures.

30.0.1.9.5 -- Students will exchange opinions on a variety of topics, including issues of contemporary or historical interest in the target and their native cultures.

30.0.1.9.6 -- Students will share their personal reactions and feelings about authentic literary texts such as poems, plays, short stories and novels.

08.1 SOCIAL STUDIES - HISTORY

08.1.2.9.2 -- Students will locate the events, peoples and places they have studied in time and place (e.g., on a time line and map) relative to their own location

08.1.2.9.3 -- Students will explain relationships among the events and trends studied in local, national and world history.

08.1.2.9.4 08.3 SOCIAL STUDIES - GEOGRAPHY

08.3.2.9.5 -- Students will draw a freehand map of the world with continents (appropriate shape and size) located in relation to equator, tropics, circles and prime meridian

08.3.3.9.2 -- Students will explain the characteristics, distribution and relationships of economic systems at various levels

08.3.3.9.3 -- Students will explain and analyze how various populations and economic elements interact and influence the spatial patterns of settlements

08.3.3.9.5 -- Students will use geographic tools to represent and interpret Earth's physical and human systems

08.3.4.9.1 -- Students will use maps, globes, charts and databases to analyze and suggest solutions to real-world problems

08.3.4.9.2 -- Students will create appropriate maps and other tools to solve, illustrate or answer geographic problems

23.3 LANGUAGE ARTS - COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS

23.3.4.9.4 23.3.4.9.5 23.3.5.9.1 23.3.5.9.2 23.3.5.9.3 23.3.5.9.4 06.0 PHYSICAL EDUCATION

06.0.6.9.1 -- Students will pursue new activities, both as individuals and with others

06.0.6.9.2 -- Students will enjoy participating in a variety of physical activities that meet individual needs

06.0.7.9.1 06.0.8.9.1 06.0.8.9.2 06.0.8.9.6

As stated in Connecticut's 2005 World Language Curriculum Framework, there are six domains and nine content standards which frame world language content:

COMMUNICATION
1.How do I use another language to communicate with others?
2.How do I understand what others are trying to communicate in another language?
3.How do I present information, concepts, and ideas in another language in a way that is understood?

CULTURES
1.How do I use my understanding of culture to communicate and function appropriately in another culture?

CONNECTIONS
1.How do I use my understanding of another language and culture to reinforce and expand my knowledge of other disciplines, and vice versa?
2.How do I use my understanding of another language and culture to broaden and deepen my understanding of that language and culture and access and use information that would otherwise be unavailable to me?

COMPARISONS AMONG LANGUAGES
1. How do I demonstrate an understanding of the similarities, differences, and interactions across languages?

COMPARISONS AMONG CULTURES
1. How do I demonstrate an understanding of the similarities, differences, and interactions across cultures?

COMMUNITIES
1.How do I use my knowledge of language and culture to enrich my life and broaden my opportunities?






Honors Spanish IV, taught exclusively in Spanish, expands and edifies the four communication skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing as well as the five C's of foreign language learning (i.e. communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities).

At this level, emphasis is placed on the practical use of basic skills previously learned in Spanish I-III, integrating them into the creation of complex and sophisticated conversations and compositions.

Subject matter to be covered includes a review of grammar and vocabulary from levels I-III and an introduction to finer points of grammar (i.e., prepositions, seven simple tenses, seven compound tenses, formal and informal commands, direct and indirect object pronouns, idiomatic expressions, passive voice, if clauses, demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, superlatives and comparatives) and new vocabulary; as well as a continuation of the study of the products, practices, and perspectives of the Spanish-speaking world.





Students in Honors Spanish IV will exhibit the ability to achieve the following skills specifically stated by the Connecticut State Department of Education World Languages Curriculum Framework:

COMMUNICATION
-- engage in conversation and correspondence, provide and obtain information, express feelings, and exchange opinions,

-- understand and interpret spoken and written language on a variety of topics,

-- present information, concepts, and ideas to listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

CULTURES
-- demonstrate an understanding of the products, practices, and perspectives of the cultures studied and use their cultural knowledge for interpersonal, interpretative, and presentational communication.

CONNECTIONS
-- reinforce and expand their knowledge of other areas of study through the world language, and vice versa,

-- acquire and use information from a variety of sources only available in the world language.

COMPARISONS AMONG LANGUAGES
-- demonstate literacy and an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons across languages.

COMPARISONS AMONG CULTURES
-- demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons across cultures.

COMMUNITIES
-- use the world language and their cultural knowledge both within and beyond the school setting for personal enjoyment, enrichment, and active participation.




All Spanish IV students will:

-- Compare and contrast culture based on authentic texts and products,
-- Read and respond orally and in written form to articles pertaining to current events,
-- Write essays synthesizing information from other sources (i.e., print and audio),
-- Respond in oral and written form to pictures using the target language,
-- Listen to the target language via videos, cd's, and music,
-- Listen to AP practice dialogues and narrations,
-- Express feelings and opinions in oral and written form,
-- Read, summarize, and discuss information regarding the Hispanic and Spanish culture,
-- Give oral presentations (assigned projects),
-- Participate in grammar and vocabulary-building activities,
-- Create thematic-based vocabulary and/or cultural projects,
-- Role play real life situations,
-- Read literature and other texts in the target language and respond to them in written and oral form,
-- Review previous levels' vocabulary and grammar,
-- Develop and record individual responses via a mobile language laboratory,
-- Participate and practice AP-simulated conversations.





Students will be assessed by the following:

Daily oral participation
Listening comprehension activities
Vocabulary quizzes
Chapter tests
Grammar quizzes
CAPT-style essays
Oral presentations
Projects
Essays
Daily homework assignments
Mid-term examination
Final examination

Midterm exam: 100% qualitative
Final exam: 40-50% quantitative, 50-60% qualitative



Students may experience the following: guest speakers, holiday celebrations, cooking, singing, movies, PowerPoint presentations, a world language concert, trip(s) to restaurant(s), letters to pen-pal(s), travel and study abroad



Amsco - Review Text in Spanish Two Years
Pepino Gonzalez detective reading series: El secuestro, La casa embrujada, La momia
El Conde Lucanor, El Cid, Don Quijote de la Mancha
CD selections
Legends
Magazines
Radio announcements
Dictionary
501 verbs
World maps
Authentic products
AP practice materials
Mobile Language Lab




The following additional standards are also applicable to the Spanish IV curriculum:
World Languages:

10.0.9.9.1
10.0.9.9.2
10.0.9.9.3
10.0.9.9.5
Language Arts Reading and Responding
23.1.1.9.1
23.1.1.9.3
23.1.2.9.2
Language Arts Communicating with Others
23.3.1.9.1
23.3.2.9.3
23.3.1.9.3
Social Studies and Geography
8.3.1.9.1
8.3.1.9.5
History
08.1.1.9.3

After-school tutoring is offered by teacher for assistance in Spanish IV. Spanish IV students often tutor lower level Spanish students.

Students may be nominated for Spanish National Honor Society based on the bylaws of the Society.