Last modified: September 10, 2020

Spanish 2

Welcome to Spanish 2 Class with Señor Reynolds. I am excited for a year of teaching Spanish and I hope you are excited for a year of learning Spanish.

I believe students learn best when they are immersed in a context-rich Spanish language environment and have opportunities to communicate from the very beginning. Because of this, I ask that you commit to give 100% effort to use all the Spanish you know, and the Spanish you learn throughout the year, every day of class.

Course Description:   You will receive 1 credit towards graduation.

This is a class where you will need to speak. Language acquisition does not and will not come from sitting back and taking the easy road. There will be times where you want to give up, times where you feel inadequate, and times where you will make mistakes. All of these things show that you are human. There is nothing wrong with making mistakes. When you make mistakes, it shows that you are trying. Like I said previously, all I ask is that you give 100% in everything we do in class. You will succeed in my class if you: participate as much as you can, learn from your mistakes and failures, and never lose sight of our end goal; acquire a new language.

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” -Michael Jordan

We will also be using ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines to guide where we are going as a class and as individual students. ACTFL stand for: American Council of Teaching Foreign Language. We will spend many days as a class covering and talking about these standards and how they apply to acquiring a foreign language.

Expectations:

Señor Reynolds expects the following from each student:

Show up on time. Come prepared with all necessary supplies. Respect yourself, your classmates, your classroom, and your teacher. If you respect me, I will respect you. Be honest. Try your best.

Electronics:

I will follow the same procedures that are in the Timpview High School Handbook. Students may not use Electronics during class. I will confiscate devices that are being used during class time. I know that cell phones and iPods are a huge part of life now days. That is why I am willing to give breaks to use phones, iPods, etc. I understand that classes are long and it’s hard to not be on instagram for that long, so I will allow what I call “tech time”. This is not something that is given without sacrifice on the part of the students. I will give “tech time” only if the class participates, is off electronics during the other parts of class, and if the students follow the directions of the teacher. I like to reward my students, but I also expect students to be respectful to what I ask of them. I will take any phone or electronic that I see being used during instruction time. The first offense will be the phone being taken for the remainder of the class period. The second offense will be me taking the phone for the class period. The third offense will be the phone taken down to the main office. ANY PHONE TAKEN TO MAIN OFFICE WILL RESULT IN A PARENT OR GUARDIAN COMING TO THE SCHOOL TO PICK UP THE PHONE OR DEVICE.

Grading:

A = 100­-93.00 % B­- = 82.99-­80.00 % D+ = 69.00-67.00 %

A­- = 92.99­-90.00 % C+ = 79.99-­77.00 % D = 66.00-63.00 %

B+ = 89.99­-87.00 % C = 76.99-­73.00 % D- = 62.00-60.00%

B = 86.99-­83.00 % C­- = 72.99­-70.00 % F = 59.99 % or less

Your grade will be earned from the following categories:

Participation: 40%

Tests/Quizzes: 30%

Homework: 30%

Throughout the year we will have many different opportunities for the students to show their mastery of the concepts that will be taught in class. Each day the students will demonstrate their knowledge in Spanish. This will give each student the opportunity to show me how well they are doing.

Participation:

I expect students to participate every day. You will be graded on daily participation as well as weekly participation. This will be part of your grade for each term. There are many different ways to participate: speak Spanish, not sleep, do your bell work each day, answer questions that Señor Reynolds asks, complete and turn in assignments we do in class, etc. Besides homework, tests or projects, the rest of your grade each term will be participation

Homework:

Students will be required to do thirty minutes of homework outside of class each week. Students will report each week on what they did for homework for the week. If the last day the student has Spanish is on Thursday then Thursday is when the student should turn in his or her homework report. The same will apply for the weeks that the last class is on Friday. This type of homework is a little different than most others. The homework that each student will need to complete each week is thirty minutes of being immersed in the Spanish language. This can be done in many different ways: listening to Spanish music, watch a television show or movie in Spanish (you can have English subtitles), spend time with duolingo, conversations with a fluent Spanish-speaker, reading a book or any other reading material in the language, write a story or poem, etc. There are many different things that students can do to fulfill the requirements for this assignment. If there is anything else any student wants to do for this assignment and it was not mentioned, talk to Señor Reynolds about it.

Completing this homework assignment is all about the honor code. Señor Reynolds will never know if a student completes the assignment or not. If a student signs the homework slip, they will receive full points. The hope is that students will take advantage of this easy assignment so it can help with the acquiring of the Spanish language.

Attendance:

I will follow the attendance policy from Timpview High School Handbook. It is extremely important that students show up to class as much as possible. This is a class that is heavy in participation. It is hard to participate if you are not in class. We will take notes in my class and there will be certain units and tests that I will allow you to use your notes. It is important that if you miss a day of class, grab notes from a friend or classmate to make sure that you have what we covered the class you were absent.

Late Work:

I don’t believe in late work. There will rarely be an assignment that you will need to complete outside of class, so if you miss a day where we did an in-class assignment, it if your responsibility to complete the assignment before the end of the term. Students will be given as much time as possible to complete any work. All that I ask is that you have all your work in by the last day of the term.

Required Materials:

Things to bring to class everyday:

Pens or Pencils. (Blue and black pens only. No other colors.) A notebook to write your answers to questions and quizzes.(Stays in classroom) Expo markers. A great attitude and an eagerness to learn.

Things that you will need to buy and/or have by the second day of class:

2 Notebooks. ($1-$10 depending on what you want to buy.) Writing utensil. ($1-$5 at Walmart.) Dry erase markers. ($3-$6 at Walmart.)

I am excited to get this year started. There is no doubt in my mind that we will have a wonderful year. We will have fun, work hard, and learn Spanish. I am here to help. Do not ever feel that you can’t come talk to me about your grades, what we are learning, or anything else. I know if you put forth the effort in my class, you will learn. I know it will be a struggle sometimes, but there is no growth without struggle. Please contact me at anytime. My email is travisr@provo.edu I will try to respond within 24 hours of the received email. You can also come and see me in my room anytime before or after school. I hope that you learn to love and love to learn Spanish as much as I do. Learning Spanish will bless your life in more ways than you will ever know.