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SPANISH 3 

SEMESTER 2

Your grade:

  1. Your grade will be mostly based on your participation and classwork. 
  2. You will have listening, written, spoken, and reading assignments.
  3. Your written classwook will be graded, and you will have one more week to do corrections to improve your grade after the due date.
  4. When doing corrections, don't forget to explain why your answer was wrong. Don't erase the previous answer, scratch it and write the new answer next to it.
  5. If you don't know how to correct a mistake, you can always ask your teacher or classmates. 
  6. If the work is turned in late without a valid excuse, the student will not be allowed to make corrections. And after a week, the classwork will not be accepted, and the student will receive a zero. 

Homework

  1. Your homework will mostly be to finish the assignments you didn't have time to do in class. 
  2. Using Google is prohibited, and if the teacher realizes Google was used, the student will get a zero on the assignment. 
  3. Homework is important and necessary in Spanish 3 because it will help you keep practicing Spanish outside the classroom.

Vocabulary Tests and Quizzes

  1. You will probable have only  one or two vocabulary tests or quizzes during the whole semester.
  2. You will know what to study ahead of time.

Learning a language requires a lot of practice and dedication. Since you are in this class by choice, I recommend you to:

 Think in Spanish outside the class when doing any activity.

  1. Memorize new verbs and idioms in Spanish, try to broaden your vocabulary.
  2. Listen to music, videos, shorts, or TV in Spanish, so you get used to the language.
  3. Learn songs in Spanish and sing along to improve your fluency.
  4. Read news in Spanish
  5. Do homework, or the extra practice provided. 
  6. Don't be afraid to make mistakes or to talk to native speakers. They will understand Spanish is not your first language and will try to help you.

Passing the CLEP test

  1. Passing the CLEP test will give you TWO semesters of college credit.
  2. You only need 50 POINTS to pass this test.
  3. This is a multiple choice test.
  4. You will practice in class. However, to pass the listening portion of the test, you need to improve your listening comprehension skills by listening to native speakers (Youtube, shorts, reels, podcasts, etc)

The importance of knowing and using the grammar correctly:

  1. Knowing the all verb tenses, the subjunctive mood, and when to use them, will help you speak correctly and be understood when you speak.
  2. We will practice more complex estructures in Spanish 3 and use them in class.

 

 

STANDARS

 

CONVERSATIONS

 Standard 1: Interpersonal Communication Interact with others in informal, one-on-one, or small group conversations using culturally appropriate language and gestures. (MOD.CLL.NL.1.1, MOD.CLL.NL.1.2, MOD.CLL.NM.1.3, MOD.CLL.NL.3.1, MOD.CLL.NL.3.2)

 Standard 3: Present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience orally or in written form (MOD.CLL.NL.3.1, MOD.CLL.NM.2.3)

 

PACKETS/WRITING/VOCABULARY

Standard 2: Interpretive Demonstrate an understanding of words and concepts presented in the target language and in authentic materials using listening, reading, and viewing strategies (MOD.CLL.NM.2.1, MOD.CLL.NM.2.3)

 

 

 

    AGENDA DE LA SEMANA

Grammar 

Review

Week 1

 

 

6 - 9 de enero

 FIRST BLOCK DAY:   

      Subjunctive / Indicative / Infinitive - ORAL REVIEW

 Study 4 different cases where the SUBJUNCTIVE is used. - pages 1-3

            1. Study the diagrama "Indicative vs Subjunctive Summary - page 4

 

PRACTICE

              Begin to work on some of the items from pages 5 to 9 to practice:

  • Conjugation in Subjunctive - (Complete part A on page 5)
  • Present or Imperfect Subjunctive - (Complete 1 to10 on part B pages 5-6)
  • Subjunctive, Indicative, Infinitive - (Complete 1 to 6 on part C page 6)
  • Subjunctive on Adjectives Clauses  -  (Complete 1 to 9 on part D page 7)
  • Emotions in the past. - (Complete 1 to 3 on part D with your teacher page 8)
                                                      (Complete 4 to 14 on part D with a partner page 8)

  (Some items were left incomplete for independent extra practice next block) 

 

LEARN NEW GRAMMAR - DOBLE STRUCTURE IN SUBJUNCTIVE

 

After listening to the teacher's explanation, work on exercises A,B, C on pages 10-11

 

       Reading comprehension – El Armario

  

          • Start reading "El Armario". (Capítulo 1)
          • Talk to your partner in Spanish about this chapter.
          • Get ready for chapter 2 next block.

   

SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

 GRAMMAR PRACTICE

  1. Go back and finish the items from pages 1-9 you didn't complete last block.
  2. Finish pages 11-12 on the packet.

 

      Reading comprehension – El Armario

  

  • Lee el capítulo 2  "El Armario".
  • Responde las preguntas dadas. 

 
 

 Week 2

13 - 17 de enero

MONDAY: 

 Reading comprehension – El Armario

  

    • Start reading "El Armario". (Capítulo 3)
    • Talk to your partner in Spanish about this chapter.

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:   

     

   SUBJUNCTIVE - Part 2 (Grammar Review)

 

          • Practice "HAD DONE" in indicative and Subjunctive - page 13 (A,B,C,D)
          • Practice VALORATION, GIVING OPINIONES AND FEELINGS - page 14  (a) and (b) on each item
   

        Reading comprehension – El Armario

  

    • Finish reading "El Armario". (Capítulo 3)
    • Talk to your partner in Spanish about this chapter.
    • Get ready for chapter 4 next block.

   

SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

        

SUBJUNCTIVE - Part 2 (Grammar Review)

 

LISTENING COMPREHENSION Oncourse Assignment  VENGA LO QUE VENGA
    • Practice "HAD DONE" in indicative and Subjunctive - page 13 (E,F)
    • Practice VALORATION, GIVING OPINIONES AND FEELINGS - page 14  (c) on each item

 

      Reading comprehension – El Armario
          •   Lee el capítulo 4  "El Armario".
          • Responde las preguntas dadas. 
Chapter 25

 Week 3

 

21 - 24 de enero

 

 

MONDAY:  NO SCHOOL - MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY

 

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:   

      

GRAMMAR - learn POR VS PARA -  Study how to use POR & PARA

 

      1. Learn how to use POR and PARA. (pages 1)
      2. See real-life examples page 3-5
      3.  An important hack page 2
      4.  Completa la página 6 y 7

 

     Reading comprehension – El Armario

  

    • Finish reading "El Armario". (Capítulo 4)
    • Talk to your partner in Spanish about this chapter.
    • Get ready for chapter 5 next block.

 

   SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

    

    1. GRAMMAR - Practicar POR VS PARA -  

       

        1.  Completa los ejercicios páginas 8-10
        2. Oncourse Assignment POR VS PARA-
    2.       Reading comprehension – El Armario
          •   Lee el capítulo 6  "El Armario".
          • Responde las preguntas dadas.

Week 4

27 - 31 de enero

(BETA CONVENTION)

 

ONCOURSE CLEP ASSIGMENTS

  1.  Work on Oncourse Clep Assignments
  2. Submitt assignments
  3. Make corrections
  4. Submit again.

 

 Week 5

 3 de febrero - 7 de febrero

 

Finish - ONCOURSE CLEP ASSIGMENTS

 

  1.  Work on Oncourse Clep Assignments
  2. Submitt assignments
  3. Make corrections
  4. Submit again. 

 

Take the Spanish CLEP Practice Exam

 

  1. Work on Oncourse CLEP PRACTICE EXAM
  2. Submitt assignment
  3. Make corrections
  4. Submit again. 

 

 Week 6

10 de febrero - 14 de febrero (Remote Day)

ONCOURSE CLEP RESOURCES

  1. Once you have finished all the Oncourse assignments, study the other resources on Oncourse to practice listening and reading comprehension

 

 

FRIDAY 14/FEBRERO/2025 (Remote Day Assignment=

CLEP TEST

 
 

Week 7

17 de febrero - 21 de febrero

 

MONDAY:  

* CELEBRATE CLEP RESULTS

        1. Roxxem
        2. Aprender a bailar

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:   

      GRAMMAR - POR VS PARA -  Study how to use POR & PARA

                 Oncourse Assignment POR VS PARA (second assignment)

      Reading comprehension – El Armario

  

    • Finish reading "El Armario". (Capítulo 7 & 8)
    • Talk to your partner in Spanish about this chapter.
    • Get ready for chapter 9 next block.

 

   SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

          Reading comprehension – El Armario

  1.  Completa los ejercicios páginas 8-10
  2. Oncourse Assignment POR VS PARA-
    •   Lee el capítulo 9  "El Armario".
    • Responde las preguntas dadas.

Week 8

24 de febrero - 28 de febrero

MONDAY:  

*   GRAMMAR -Demonstrative adjective and Demonstrative pronouns

  1. Learn the difference between a Demonstrative Adjective and a Demonstrative pronoun
  2. Learn the demonstrative adjectives
  3. Learn the demonstrative pronouns
  4. Practice

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:   

  

      Reading comprehension – El Armario

  

    • Finish reading "El Armario". (Capítulo 7 & 8)
    • Talk to your partner in Spanish about this chapter.
    • Get ready for chapter 9 next block.

 

    Homework:

Study GRAMMAR - POR VS PARA -  Study how to use POR & PARA

                 Oncourse Assignment POR VS PARA (second assignment)

 

   SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

          Reading comprehension – El Armario

  1.  Completa los ejercicios páginas 8-10
  2. Oncourse Assignment POR VS PARA-
    •   Lee el capítulo 9  "El Armario".
    • Responde las preguntas dadas.

3. Finish the packet: Demonstrative Pronouns and Demonstrative Adjectives

 

Week 9

 

6 de marzo

Mardigras

 

 

SECOND BLOCK DAY:  MARDIGRAS

 

  1.  Reading comprehension – El Armario

    1.  Lee los capítulos 9 y 10
    2.  Responde las preguntas  sobre estos capítulos.

 

         

 

Week 10

 

10 -14  de marzo

ACT WEEK

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:  

 

  1.  Reading comprehension – El Armario

    1.  Lee los capítulos 10 y 11
    2.  Responde las preguntas  sobre estos capítulos.

 

WEDNESDAY: ACT DAY

    

SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

 

  1. Read the passages related to   VIVIR SIN ELECTRICIDAD
  2. Highlight the word you don't know and look for the meaning
  3. Read the passages again to be able to understand what they say.
  4. Listen to the videos on Oncourse without reading or using the subtitles. 
  5. What was the most difficult accent to understand?

 

 

Week 11

 

 

 

17 -21 de marzo

 

   MONDAY: 

  1. Star writing a story about your life and the things you WOULD DO if there was no eletricity.

  2. Make sure you use all the new vocabulary words from the previous passages
  3. On the last paragraph describe what happen one day when there was no eletricity and say thing you WOULD HAVE DONE if you HAD HAD electricity that day.

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:  

  • Reading comprehension:

Start Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapters 1 and 2

    

SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

  • Speaking

Narrate to your teacher about your life with no electricy.

 

  • Reading comprehension:

Start Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapter 3

 

Week 12

 

 

 

24-28 de marzo

  MONDAY: 

  1. Star writing a story about your life and the things you WOULD DO if there was no eletricity.

  2. Make sure you use all the new vocabulary words from the previous passages
  3. On the last paragraph describe what happen one day when there was no eletricity and say thing you WOULD HAVE DONE if you HAD HAD electricity that day.

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:  

  • Reading comprehension:

Start Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapters 4 and 5

    

SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

  • Speaking

Narrate to your teacher about your life with no electricy.

 

  • Reading comprehension:

Start Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapter 6

 

Week 13

 

 

 

31 de marzo al 4 de abril

 MONDAY: 

  1. Remote Day Assignment: One chapter of Las Sombras

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:  

  • Grammar
    • Adjetivos apocopados

  • Listening assignment:

Echar pa'palante (Oncourse Assignment)

  • Reading comprehension:

Start Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapters 7 and 8

    

SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

  • Reading comprehension:

Start Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapter 9-10

 

Week 14

 

 

 

7 de abril al 11 de abril

 

 

 

 MONDAY: 

  1. Fieldtrip to a Latinamerican Supermarket to explore culture and Latin food.
  2. The students will talk about the market in Spanish

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:  

  • Grammar

Spanish Verb ECHAR - 10 Different Uses 

 

  • Reading comprehension:

Finish Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapters 9 and 10

    

SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

  • Reading comprehension:

Start Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapter 11 -12

 

 

Week 15

 

 

 

14 de abril al 17 de abril

 

 

 

 

  

MONDAY: 

Grammar: The verb TO GET in Spanish

  

Most people learning Spanish encounter a lot of trouble when it comes to the word "get" in English. That's because there's actually no direct translation for that little word in Spanish, instead we have to use a variety of substitutes to get around it.

 

In this lesson I'll show you one of the simplest, yet most powerful ways of doing exactly that. It's something you can add into your vocabulary right away and will instantly make your Spanish sound much more natural.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

SECOND BLOCK DAY:  

  • Reading comprehension:

Finish Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapters 11 and 12

    

Friday: 

  • EASTER BREAK Begins

 
  Chapter 30

  Week 16

 28 de abril al 2 de mayo

 

    MONDAY: 

Reading comprehension:

  1. Start Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapters 13 and 14

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:  

  • Grammar

NEGATION ningún, ninguno nunca, algo, alguno,etc 

 

 

 

    

SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

 

    • Reading comprehension:

Finish reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapters 13-14

Begin chapter 15 if possible.

 
 

Week 17

 

5 de 9 de mayo

      

MONDAY: 

Reading comprehension:

  1. Finish Reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapters 15 and 16

  2. Turn in the video for the Food Project
  3. Remember to clearly turn in a copy of the ingredients to avoid allergies.

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY:  

  • THE FOOD PROJECT
  1. Present the video o poster about the food. 
  2. Then give the opportunity to the class to try what you prepare. You can serve it, or allow each student to take a portion.

 

SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

 

    • Reading comprehension:

Finish reading "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapters 15-16

Begin chapter 17 if possible.

 

  • Listening comprehension Practice

Watch the following video to practice present subjunctive in real conversations.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSsWCkz3nsY

 

Week 18

 

12 de 17 de mayo

      

MONDAY: 

Reading comprehension:

  1. Read "LAS SOMBRAS" Chapters 17 and 18

  2. Complete the questions about these chapters

 

FIRST BLOCK DAY: 

Listening comprehension Practice

SECOND BLOCK DAY: 

 

  • SPEAKING

 

LET'S TALK ABOUT "las sombras"

 

 

 

 

FINAL EXAM