Bienvenidos

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Bienvenidos

• Ms. Hayes
• Spanish Teacher
• Mendham High School

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PURPOSE

• Our goal at Mendham High School is to develop the
  students capacity to use the language in
  communicative situations. Emphasis will be from
  the text, workbook, videos and supplementary
  materials such as newspaper and magazine
  articles. Students will improve their skills in
  reading, writing and speaking in the target
  language.

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MATERIALS

• YOU SHOULD COME TO CLASS PREPARED WITH
• BINDER AND NOTEBOOK.
• TEXTBOOK.
• PEN WITH BLUE OR BLACK INK.
• HANDOUTS AND HOMEWORK.
• TEXTBOOK

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Participation

• Participation will be assessed four times per
  quarter and will be based on a point system of
  forty points total per quarter.

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HOMEWORK

• ASSIGNMENTS ARE GIVEN EACH DAY AND ARE WRITTEN ON
  THE SMART BOARD IN THE FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM.
• HOMEWORK MAY INCLUDE ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE
  TEXTBOOK, WORKBOOK OR ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY
  HANDOUTS.
• ALL WORK IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE DUE DATE. THE
  ONLY EXCEPTION IS WITH AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.
• You are responsible for making up missed work
  within one week upon returning to school. A blank
  grade on PowerSchool means that a make up
  assignment was not handed in.
• A grade of 0 on PowerSchool means that an
  assignment was not completed or handed in on the
  day it was due.

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QUIZZES/TESTS

• QUIZZES IN SPANISH ARE GIVEN WEEKLY AND MAY
  INCLUDE
• LISTENING
• SPEAKING
• READING
• WRITING
• QUIZZES ARE BASED ON A POINT SYSTEM.

• Quizzes may be announced or unannounced.
• Tests will be announced at least one week in
  advance.

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DISCIPLINE

• Warning
• Detention
• Phone call homeComment on PowerSchool
• Guidance conference
• Disciplinarian contacted
• Parental conference

• Listen attentively
• Actively participate in a positive way
• Arrive to class on time
• Have confidence in ones abilityno cheating
• Demonstrate respect for school property
• No food, cell phones, BYO technology rules
• (water onlyNO FOOD!)

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STUDY SKILLS

• ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE LEAVING CLASS.
• COPY OVER NOTES IF SLOPPY AND USE A COMPUTER IF
  NECESSARY.
• STAY AFTER SCHOOL FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION.
• CHECK OFF FINISHED ASSIGNMENTS IN HOMEWORK PAD.
• MY OFFICE HOURS ARE TUESDAYS IN ROOM 126
• 245-345 P.M. OR BY APPOINTMENT
• PHONE EXTENSION 5139

• OBTAIN A HOMEWORK PAD.
• WRITE DOWN THE ASSIGNMENT FROM THE BOARD.
• CLEAN AND SORT BINDER REGULARLY.
• REVIEW NOTES EACH EVENING AND PREPARE QUESTIONS
  FOR THE NEXT DAY.

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ADDITIONAL INFO.

• Teacher Web PageOnline dictionaries, Verb
  conjugators, Course outlines, Class summary.
• Recent Developments Grammar Review, Current
  Events Articles about Spanish-speaking country,
  Vocabulary building/circumlocution.
• Themes
• Spanish 3 Culture, Vacations, Activities
  (Sports Pastimes), Relationships (Family
  Friends), Expressing opinions, School courses,
  Arts Architecture, Electronic media.
• Spanish 2 Activities (Sports Pastimes),
  Home/Chores, Things in a town, Sports Exercise,
  Parts of the body medical themes, Routines and
  activities from the past, Food restaurant
  vocabulary.

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Spanish 5 AVThemes for this year will include
Spanish and Latin American Literature, Global
Issues, Science and Technology, Customs and
Traditions, Cultural Diversity, Leisure
Activities and Health Medicine