Spanish Class

Spanish at Crestwood Middle School

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Course Description:

Spanish 1 provides a foundation for the advanced study of the Spanish language through listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Students build a working vocabulary, learn correct syntax and grammar, engage in conversational dialogs and translate short passages. Studying geography, history, and the Hispanic influence on music, food, and dance enhances the learning experience for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. Structural elements of the Spanish language are first explained and then illustrated in a series of hands-on activities.

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Course Objectives:
		After the completion of Juntos I students will:
	1.	Recognize and use vocabulary words and phrases.
	2.	Read short simple Spanish stories, magazines, newspapers, and other information.
	3.	Develop cultural appreciation through songs, dances, arts and crafts, and biographies of famous Hispanic actors, and musicians.
	4.	Examine customs, and traditions of Spanish speaking communities in the U.S.
	5.	Examine the customs, traditions, food, politics, governments, and economics of Spanish speaking countries in Central America, South America and several Caribbean islands.
	6.	Develop conversational abilities using role-play scenarios, listening comprehension activities, and software programs.

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Course Activities:
	1.	Memorize dialogs.
	2.	Recognize the Spanish speaking countries in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Europe.
	3.	Identify Spanish speaking communities in the United States.
	4.	Communicate in the target language.
	5.	Practice writing short dialogs.
	6.	Translate from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish.
	7.	Practice reading and listening comprehension exercises.
	8.	Reinforce study skills in writing and speaking.
	9.	Write letters to family and friends.
	10.	Write paragraphs about school, vacation, favorite season, family, pets, and leisure activities.
	11.	Compete in classroom games to review course content.
	12.	Research Hispanic countries using computer programs such as the internet. Create a power point presentation, and a spreadsheet to research percentages of exported products of a Hispanic country to other countries.

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Curriculum Resources:

Textbook Juntos 1

Activity Workbook Juntos 1

Activity Magazines

CD-ROM Juntos 1
CD-ROM Word Attack

Audio CDs/Audio Cassettes

Videos Tapes/VideoDiscs

Video Activity Book

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