Spanish 3H

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Course Purpose:

Spanish 3H is an accelerated intermediate/advanced course for students who have successfully completed their Spanish 2 requirement with a grade of B or higher. Three years of Spanish are required to graduate from Gateway. The Spanish 3H course is designed to prepare students for the continuing AP Language course. Students are expected to take the National AP Spanish Language Exam next year.

Course Objectives

The course encompasses four-language skills: listening, speaking, reading comprehension and writing. Because it emphasizes the use of Spanish for active communication, the class is mostly conducted in the target language and by the end of this course students are expected to:

• Work with partner, in-group and independently.
• Understand the difference between formal and informal spoken Spanish
• Understand a lecture in Spanish
• Acquire extensive vocabulary and the grasp of structure to allow the easy reading of newspaper and magazine articles, short stories and poems.
• Write in-class 200 words essays (45 minutes in preparation for the AP exam)
• Express ideas orally with improved accuracy and fluency.
• Self correct and rewrite each essay following a Correction Code (part of the final portfolio)
• Do a close reading of short literary works including poems (Latin America / Spain
• Research and investigate material for projects (Library, Internet)

Textbooks:
Buen Viaje (Glencoe) Level 3

Required Material:

The “carpeta” (binder) with 5 sections - Class work, Homework, Handouts for reading comprehension and Listening Activities, Vocabulary, Grammar and Tests and Quizzes - is a tool. Sp3H being a College Preparatory course, students are taught to take notes when necessary and to organize work.

Language Lab

Students are responsable for completing and turning in ALL the assigned AUDIO ACTIVITIES. (two grades : Process of Learning 5/5 + Mastery of Content)