First step to success: Perseverance is our motto
Primer paso al exito: Perseverancia es nuestro lema
Cuando eran ninos, la primera etapa fue el escuchar, entonces el hablar, luego el leer y finalmente el escribir. En un dia, escucharon y hablaron por catorce (14) horas en ingles; en un mes cuatrocientos (420) horas; en tres meses (un trimestre) mil doscientos sesenta (1260) horas. Puede ser en actualidad siete (7) horas por dia si fue perezoso o bueno y durmio la mitad del dia. (This could actually be seven if you were lazy or good and slept half the day.)
En la clase recuerden que solamente podemos usar mas o menos cinco (5) horas cada ciclo, cuarenta y cinco (45) horas por trimestre (9 ciclos). Seria igual a tres dias; o seis dias del lenguaje actual para los perezosos o los buenos (It would be equal to three days; or six days of actual language for the lazy and the good).
Por eso, tienen que hacer mucho en casa ..por lo menos cada dia dos horas de escuchar y hablar (repeticion) Es muy importante hacer esto antes del comienzo de SBAs. Lean y usen los sitios 'Websites' en esta pagina. Naveguen a otros sitios tambien. Si tienen problemas, usen el diccionario (spanishdict.com or any other dictionary).
En la clase recuerden que solamente podemos usar mas o menos cinco (5) horas cada ciclo, cuarenta y cinco (45) horas por trimestre (9 ciclos). Seria igual a tres dias; o seis dias del lenguaje actual para los perezosos o los buenos (It would be equal to three days; or six days of actual language for the lazy and the good).
Por eso, tienen que hacer mucho en casa ..por lo menos cada dia dos horas de escuchar y hablar (repeticion) Es muy importante hacer esto antes del comienzo de SBAs. Lean y usen los sitios 'Websites' en esta pagina. Naveguen a otros sitios tambien. Si tienen problemas, usen el diccionario (spanishdict.com or any other dictionary).
FORM 4 TERM 1
COURTESIES HOME & FAMILY FRIENDS
PLAN OF WORK FORM FOUR TERM ONE
TOPIC 1: Courtesies
General Objectives: Students will be able to
• compare forms of address in the native and target languages;
• select and use appropriate forms of address;
• use appropriate language (and body language) to function within social situations : greetings, welcome, personal introduction and farewells.
TOPIC 2: Family and Friends
General Objectives: Students will be able to:
• describe relationships with family members and friends;
• state the structure of the family and roles of family members in Spanish speaking cultures;
• use simple language to describe family members and friends
· list vocabulary for family members, events and celebrations
TOPIC 3: Family and Home
General Objectives: Students will be able to:
• describe chores done at home;
• state vocabulary for parts & furniture in the home
· state activities done with family in a given time and space
SENTENCE BUILDERS
Students will be able to build interrogative, declarative and negative sentences using the following parts of speech:
1. Verbs: revision of present tense of regular –ar, -er and –ir verbs
2. Verbs: present tense of irregular verbs: ser, estar, tener, ir, hacer, decir
3. Verbs: present tense of common radical changing verbs: querer, poder
4. Subject pronouns
5. Definite and indefinite articles
6. Descriptive, demonstrative and possessive adjectives
7. Comparative and Superlative
8. Diminutives and augmentatives
LISTENING SKILLS
Students will be able to listen and understand a series of comprehension passages in the target language and answer questions in both English and Spanish.
SPEAKING SKILLS
Students will be able to give a description of his/her family, home and friends and carry out a dialogue with a partner on the topics in the target language.
READING SKILLS
Students will be able to read and understand comprehension passages based on the term’s topics and answer questions in both English and Spanish.
WRITING SKILLS
Students will be able to produce simple dialogues based on teacher’s sample dialogues.
CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE
Students will be able to carry out a Webquest/Research project on
the Dominican Republic.
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THE WRITING PROCESS
Going through the full writing process—PRE-WRITING, DRAFTING, REVISING, REWRITING and PUBLISHING—can be a lot of work, but it’s always worth the effort.
Graphic organizers
- Graphic organizers are sets of charts, diagrams, and maps that offer ways to brainstorm for details about a topic and then arrange those details in logical order. (Observation chart/senses; story map-setting, characters, plot, events, outcome; idea wheel with sections; 5 Ws chart: what, who, when, where, why)
Creating simple sentences
- Types of sentences: Declarative and Interrogative, imperative and exclamatory
- Noun singular & Plural
- Possessive adjectives
- Adjectives and adverbs in sentences
- Pronouns with Subject-verb agreement in Present, Past and Future
- Punctuation
- Contractions
- Homophones
Putting Sentences Together/compound sentences
- Conjunctions and commas and/or semi-colons.
Paragraph Writing
The Topic Sentence: first line summarizes your paragraph.
Supporting Details
Writing in Chronological Order Using transitional words between sentences (next; similarly)
Closing Sentence
Narrative Paragraphs tell about a scene or event,
Descriptive Paragraphs give vivid descriptions of one subject
Expository paragraphs provide information.
Compare/Contrast Paragraphs
FINAL PRODUCT - Starting a piece of writing with an attention grabber is a good approach to securing reader interest. (Quotes, rhetorical questions, anecdote, description, surprising fact) -
Ending with a cliffhanger. Whether the writer’s cliffhanger asks a question, gives the reader a last idea to ponder, or mentions an unexpected twist, ending with a cliffhanger can make the essay memorable and interesting to the very last word. (main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation)
CULTURE
Webquest for Cultural Research on Dominican Republic
COMPARISONS
Discuss the similarities and differences in dance in Dom Rep and Trinidad & Tobago
Prepare by listing all the types of dance in Trinidad & Tobago
CONNECTIONS
A brief history of Hispaniola and Santo Domingo
COMMUNITIES
Participate in a Merengue Festival
SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
TERM ONE EXAMINATIONS
Exam will comprise the following:
A. Vocabulary
Self; Family; Friends; Home; Idiomatic expressions
B. Grammar:
Present Tense Verbs; Masculine & Feminine nouns; Agreement of adjectives
FORMAT OF EXAM
Paper 1 Multiple Choice (30 items): Listening and Reading Comprehension 30%
Paper 2 Writing: Situations, Composition, Dialogue, Reading Comprehension 40%
Paper 3 Orals: Reading, Oral Situations and Guided Conversation 30%
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FORM FOUR TERM TWO
DAILY ROUTINES SCHOOL AND CAREER
FORM FOUR TERM TWO
TOPIC 1: Daily routine
General Objectives: Students will be able to
• talk and write about the activities in which they participate in a typical day
during the school week and on the weekend
TOPIC 2: School
General Objectives: Students will be able to:
• state and describe the personnel and the locations on the school compound
SENTENCE BUILDERS
Students will be able to build interrogative declarative and negative sentences using the following parts of speech:
1. Verbs: preterite tense of regular –ar, -er and –ir verbs
2. Verbs: preterite tense of irregular verbs: ser, estar, tener, ir, hacer and decir
3. Verbs: preterite tense of common radical changing verbs: querer, poder
4. Verbs: imperfect tense regular verbs
5. Verbs: Imperfect tense irregular verbs
LISTENING SKILLS
Students will be able to listen and understand a series of comprehension passages in the target language and answer questions in both English and Spanish.
SPEAKING SKILLS
Students will be able to give a description of his/her daily routine and his/her school and
carry out a dialogue with a partner on the topics in the target language.
READING SKILLS
Students will be able to read and understand comprehension passages based on the term’s topics and
answer questions in both English and Spanish.
WRITING SKILLS
Students will be able to produce simple dialogues based on teacher’s sample dialogues.
CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE
Students will be able to carry out a Webquest/Research project on Argentina.
DIALOGUE: SCHOOL AND CAREER
Sara: Señora Morales, ¿tiene usted tiempo para hablar un rato conmigo?
Señora M: Sí, Sara, voy a estar libre hasta mediodía. ¿En qué puedo ayudarte? Acompáñame a la biblioteca.
Sara: Es que me encanta su clase y estoy pensando especializarme en la lengua española algún día. Creo que tengo el talento suficiente para ser profesora de español.
Señora M: También lo creo. Tendrías una satisfacción enorme. Para mí, es la mejor profesión.
Sara: ¿Qué me recomienda usted? También estoy estudiando el teatro, la lieratura, la historia y la biología.
Señora M: ¡No te preocupes! Si realmente quieres ser profesora de español, tendrás que ir a España durante seis meses y luego seis meses más en uno de los países hispanoamericanos. Así lograrás ser completamente bilingϋe dentro de un año.
Sara: Todo esto me emociona mucho, pero no sé qué pensarán mis padres de la idea.
Señora M: Habla con ellos. Prepara una propuesta formal que explica tus metas. Incluye todos los detalles- lo que piensas estudiar y donde. Cuesta todo y diles cómo vas a ayudar con los gastos. Eres muy buena estudiante y es probable que consigas una beca.
S: Eso sería fantástico. Gracias por todo. No sé que haría sin usted.
Señora M: Sí, Sara, voy a estar libre hasta mediodía. ¿En qué puedo ayudarte? Acompáñame a la biblioteca.
Sara: Es que me encanta su clase y estoy pensando especializarme en la lengua española algún día. Creo que tengo el talento suficiente para ser profesora de español.
Señora M: También lo creo. Tendrías una satisfacción enorme. Para mí, es la mejor profesión.
Sara: ¿Qué me recomienda usted? También estoy estudiando el teatro, la lieratura, la historia y la biología.
Señora M: ¡No te preocupes! Si realmente quieres ser profesora de español, tendrás que ir a España durante seis meses y luego seis meses más en uno de los países hispanoamericanos. Así lograrás ser completamente bilingϋe dentro de un año.
Sara: Todo esto me emociona mucho, pero no sé qué pensarán mis padres de la idea.
Señora M: Habla con ellos. Prepara una propuesta formal que explica tus metas. Incluye todos los detalles- lo que piensas estudiar y donde. Cuesta todo y diles cómo vas a ayudar con los gastos. Eres muy buena estudiante y es probable que consigas una beca.
S: Eso sería fantástico. Gracias por todo. No sé que haría sin usted.
School and career
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdTkmHm7iMg
CULTURE
Webquest for Cultural Research on Dominican Republic
COMPARISONS
Discuss the similarities and differences in dance in Dom Rep and Trinidad & Tobago
Prepare by listing all the types of dance in Trinidad & Tobago
CONNECTIONS
A brief history of Hispaniola and Santo Domingo
COMMUNITIES
Participate in a Merengue Festival
EVALUATION
REVISION OF ALL TOPICS
http://www.spanishdict.com/learn
TERM 2 JANUARY EXAM RECREATION
a. Oral Reading Passage 10 marks
b. Multiple Choice Exercises on (i) Recreation and (ii) Preterite verbs 20 marks
c. Reading Comprehension on Recreation 10 marks
d. Situational Exercises 10 marks
TERM 2 FEBRUARY EXAM SCHOOL AND CAREER
a. Reading Passage 10 marks
b. Multiple Choice Exercises on (i) School and Career and (ii) Imperfect verbs 20 marks
c. Reading Comprehension on School and Career 10 marks
d. Situational Exercises 10 marks
TERM 2 MARCH EXAM PUBLIC FACILITIES
a. Reading Passage 10 marks
b. Oral interview related to all topics 20 marks
c. Multiple Choice Exercises
(i) Listening Comprehension 10 marks
(i) 'public facilities' vocabulary and (ii) preterite versus imperfect verbs 20 marks
d. Reading Comprehension 10 marks
e. Situational Exercises 10 marks
f. Creative writing:
Topic: My daily routine/ My dream career) 20 marks
PLEASE NOTE
THERE WILL BE NO FORMAL EXAM THIS TERM
FORM 4 TERM 3
TOPIC:
SPORT and RECREATION
LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT SPANISH UNIT
FORM FOUR TERM THREE
TOPIC: Sports & Recreation
General Objectives: Students will be able to
• talk and write about family activities and social activities with their friends
in the present and past tenses
SENTENCE BUILDERS
Students will be able to build interrogative, declarative and negative sentences
using the following parts of speech:
1. Verbs: present perfect tense with regular past participles –ar, -er and –ir verbs
2. Verbs: present perfect tense with irregular past participles
3. Verbs: past perfect tense with regular and irregular participles
LISTENING SKILLS
Students will be able to listen and understand a series of comprehension passages in the target language and answer questions in both English and Spanish.
SPEAKING SKILLS
Students will be able to give a narration based on sports and recreation which he practices with his family and friends and carry out a dialogue with a partner on the topics in the target language.
READING SKILLS
Students will be able to read and understand comprehension passages based on the term’s topics and answer questions in both English and Spanish.
WRITING SKILLS
Students will be able to produce simple dialogues based on teacher’s sample dialogues.
CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE
Students will be able to carry out a Webquest/Research project on Costa Rica.
ARCHIVED MATERIAL
COMMUNICATION
Listening & Speaking
Vowel sounds
(Bueno entonces: Clandestino)
Word selection exercise
(lomastv.com click: juanes- fotogafia)
Repeating activity.. questions and answers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSErQSihsTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU08NsctMf4
History of Spanish sports
(youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VknSL_2TsJg&list=PLE8CD8F3E76058C28)
Recreation/sports vocabulary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsigrZaqeJc&list=PLE8CD8F3E76058C28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPYtXZl6QKI&list=PLE8CD8F3E76058C28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RSUtxc7uY&list=PLE8CD8F3E76058C28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDrjI32NdO0&list=PLE8CD8F3E76058C28http://www.spanishlearninglab.com/hobbies-likes-and-dislike-in-spanish/#spanish-vocabulary-some-common-hobbies-in-spanish-8211-pasatiempos-comunes
Pastimes Vocabulary exercise
from Episode 44 Destinos (learner.org)
http://learner.org/series/destinos/mexico/mx_vocabulario2.html
Hobbies and days of the week
(go to youtube 'Spanish Dict')
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hbBitv0em8
SKILL: SPEAKING & READING
13. An invitation to an event (talk about being invited and accepting invitation)
14. Grammar and idiomatic expressions
15. Talking to a teacher (talk about your recreational activities)
16. Grammar and idioms
17. On tour (talk about public facilities)
18. Grammar and idioms
SKILL: READING & WRITING
Composition
*Choose items related to RECREATION from CXC Past Papers
use the present, present continuous, preterite and imperfect tenses
SKILL: WRITING
proper use of the following:
Preterite tense and imperfect tense regular –ar verbs
Preterite tense and imperfect tense regular –er and –ir verbs
Preterite tense and imperfect tense most common irregular verbs
Preterite tense and imperfect tense most common radical changing verbs
Preterite tense and imperfect tense most common reflexive verbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWjViLFmupU (for the difference between preterite and imperfect)
Present continuous tense with estar
Adverbs modifying verbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er8hZk_yluI
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CULTURE
Research project on Costa Rica
CONNECTIONS
Compare the life of the tribes from Costa Rica with the Amerindians
who settled in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean
COMPARISONS
Compare Peru's school system with system in Trinidad and Tobago
COMMUNITIES
Connect with students in Costa Rica via Skype
***COURSE MARKS***
Listening Comprehension 20 mks
Oral questions on Recreation 20 mks
Reading Passage 10 mks
Reading Comprehension 10 mks
Writing (Composition) 20 mks
Brochure on Costa Rica 20 mks
SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
- final exam -
Section 1 Situations
Section 2 Letter or Composition
Section 3 Contextual Dialogue
Section 4 Reading Comprehension
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LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT: SPANISH UNIT
FORM FIVE TERM ONE
TOPIC 1: Travel
General Objectives: [local travel]
Students will be able to:
• know how to plan and undertake a trip locally;
• compare the elements of transport/vehicles in the native and target cultures.
• describe local cuisine, attractions and experiences and compare with those of the target culture;
General Objectives: [foreign travel
] Students will be able to:
• plan a trip by air/sea;
• compare the elements of a journey in the native and target cultures.
• compare the geographical/historical characteristics of our nation and selected Latin-American nations;
• understand signage in public, educational, and selected occupational environments;
· Identify key tourist attractions
TOPIC 2: Hotel
General Objectives: Students will be able to:
· Make a hotel reservation
· Request a variety of services at the hotel
· Make specific complaints at the hotel and restaurant
TOPIC 3: Shopping
General Objectives: Students will be able to:
· Carry out shopping transactions
· Develop an awareness of specialty shops
SENTENCE BUILDERS
1. Verbs: used with prepositions a/de/con/en and with infinitives
2. Conjunctions and connectives
3. Prepositions por and para
4. Introduction to the present subjunctive
LISTENING SKILLS
Students will be able to listen and understand a series of comprehension passages in the target language
and answer questions in both English and Spanish.
SPEAKING SKILLS
Students will be able to carry out a dialogue with a partner related to the topics in the target language.
READING SKILLS
Students will be able to read and understand comprehension passages based on the term’s topics
and answer questions in both English and Spanish.
WRITING SKILLS
Students will be able to produce all forms of writing in preparation for CSEC Exam.
Focus this term on Contextual Announcement
CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE
Students will be able to carry out a Webquest/Research project based on Chile.
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LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT SPANISH UNIT
FORM FIVE TERM TWO
Topic: Future Work
CSEC REVISION
PAPER 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE
SECTION A LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION B READING COMPREHENSION
A. VOCABULARY
B. GRAMMAR
C. READING
PAPER 2 WRITTEN PAPER
A. SITUATIONS
B. LETTER OR COMPOSITION
C. CONTEXTUAL DIALOGUE OR CONTEXTUAL ANNOUNCEMENT
D. READING COMPREHENSION
PAPER 3 ORAL EXAMINATION
A. READING PASSAGE
B. ORAL SITUATIONS
C. GUIDED CONVERSATION
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