Pleasant Grove Middle School

Spanish I—Mrs. Pettit—Room C6

7th Grade Trimester Class

Course Overview:

         Students will be taught the Spanish alphabet, greetings/introductions, numbers, days of the week, months of the year, seasons, the weather, dates, pronouns, the gender of nouns, plurals, adjectives, the family, things in the home, prepositions, the community, clothing, sports, comparisons, asking questions, and telling time. Students will learn about Spanish verbs, including how to conjugate –ar,  -er, and –ir verbs, the difference between ser and estar (both mean “to be”), the different uses of tener (to have, plus 5 other uses), and the conjugations of such irregular verbs as ir (to go), dar (to give) and poder (to be able to).  We will not use a textbook in this class. Students will receive direct instruction and will have worksheets for practice, which we will usually do and go over in class. Learning will be supplemented and reinforced with some instructional video clips and games.  Students will also learn about culture by watching a few excellent videos about Spanish speaking countries, doing a video worksheet, and having a class discussion about the video.

Homework is generally only classwork that hasn’t been completed.

Grades:

         Quizzes: 6-8 quizzes per trimester. No tests.

         Projects: Weather Report worth 100 points

         Written paragraph and oral/visual presentation about family (week 12),

                           worth 100 points

         Classwork: 200 points for the trimester (broken down into two 100 pt. grades)

          Video Worksheets: usually 20 points each —4 or 5 videos are shown

         Grades can be viewed on jupitergrades.com  I use the standard grade scale.

To be successful in this Spanish class, students should:

· Participate in class

· Complete and turn in all classwork and projects

· Drill and practice at home at least 15 minutes each night

· Review all work done the previous week for each week’s quiz

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about your  student. I can be reached at (530) 672-4400, ext. 4052, via e-mail at npettit@my.rescueusd.org, or through the link on jupitergrades.com.