open house – september 17, 2014 español 3 (please sign in) !gracias! mrs. heather puchta...

OPEN HOUSE – September 17, 2014

Español 3

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!GRACIAS!

Mrs. Heather Puchta

hpuchta@nscsd.org

4 PARTS OF THE FINAL EXAM

SPEAKING 24%LISTENING 30%READING 30%WRITING 16%

SPEAKING 24%

Composed of 2 situations in which you must speak 6 times each.

LISTENING 30%

Second part = 6 passages read in Spanish with the settings in English and the questions in Spanish.

First part = 9 passages read in Spanish with the settings and questions in English

READING 30% 1) 1 long reading

passage with the questions in English

2) 5 short Spanish readings with the questions in Spanish, (advertisements)

3) 1 long Spanish reading with questions in Spanish.

WRITING 16%

2 100 WORD COMPOSITIONS

What do we do during the year to prepare? 1) Participation - The students are

required to speak in Spanish with the teacher about certain vocabulary topics. (Weekly)

2) Listening Activities - Throughout the school year with each unit. Podcasts on website

3) Reading Activities - short stories, and practice reading passages from old Regents exams.

4) Writing - Picture compositions, letter writing, Journal writing -etc.

GRADING

20% PARTICIPATION(Speaking topics)

80% TOTAL POINTS (Everything else)

Every student should have a SEPARATE notebook for Spanish

GRAMMAR Review of Present

& Present Progressive Tenses.

In depth work with Preterite and Imperfect Tenses. (Past)

Introduction of Future Tense = will _____

Introduction of the Conditional Tense = would

Introduction of the Perfect Tenses

Commands Present subjunctive

VOCABULARY TOPICS

TEXT BOOK: AVANCEMOS (PURPLE) CHAPTERS Prelim – Ch 6 Chapter Themes: Preliminar- Una vida ocupada, rutina diaria Capítulo 1- Nos divertimos al aire libre (Camping, Nature) & Vamos a la playa (Beach, Family Relationships). Capítulo 2 – Es hora de ayudar (Volunteer activities & projects) & ?Cómo nos organizamos? (Requests and recommendations, Media) Capítulo 3- El futurode nuestro planeta ( Environmental concerns) & Por un future mejor (Social awareness, Presenting and supporting opinions) Capítulo 4 – Así quiero ser (Describing others, Professions) & ?Quiénes son los héroes? (Expression positive and negative emotions, more professions, supporting opinions) Capítulo 5 - ?Cómo te entretienes? (Travel preparations, Computers, Requirements and conditions) & Nuevos amigos, nuevas oportunidades (Particpating in a group discussion, Leisure activities) Capítulo 6-?Dónde vivimos? (Around the neighborhood, an apartment in the city) & Fuera de la ciudad (Traveling by train, describing a cultural excursion)

EXTRA HELP-WEDS & THURSDAYS IN ROOM 317

Please contact me anytime:

E-MAIL: hpuchta@nscsd.org

SIS GRADEBOOK

The Parent Portal is open on SIS Gradebook. So you are able to view their grades online.

What does the LOTE classroom look like?Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking and culture with every single unit.

Please encourage your child to go to the links on my teacher webpage and practice listening to the podcasts. http://www.nscsd.org/webpages/hpuchta/spanish3.cfm

Also go to www.my.hrw.com to the online textbook to practice every week!

Thank you for coming tonight! Have a great evening!

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