Spanish 3: Syllabus
Continuing on what students encountered in the first two years, each week will consist of new vocabulary and grammar concepts, numerous interactive games reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities, and multimedia cultural presentations covering major Spanish-speaking countries.
Content may be subject to change due to pedagogical considerations.
Preliminary Unit: Review daily routines and comparisons.
Unit I: Talk about what you did with friends, family vacations and places using the preterite and imperfect.
Unit II: Talk about volunteer activities, expressing opinions using impersonal expressions and commands.
Unit III: Talk about obligations, predictions and technology using the future tense and present subjunctive.
Unit IV: Talk about wishes and desires and expressions of doubt and denial using the subjunctive.
Unit V: Talk about expressing what does and doesn't exit and what would or would not happen using subjunctive and conditional tense.
Unit VI: Talk about the neighborhood, excursions and expressing what will have happened using past perfect and future perfect.
Unit VII: Talk about past assumptions and emotions along with hypothesis using the imperfect subjunctive and "if" clauses.
Assessment
The assignments for this class are divided into three weighted categories:
50%: Assessments (Tests and large projects)
30%: Quizzes (Quizzes and mini-projects)
20%: Daily Work (Homework and participation)
Grade scale:
100 - 90 A
89 - 80 B
79 - 70 C
69 - 60 D
59 or less F
