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Spanish 1

Español I

Srta. Clark / [email protected] / (860) 870-6818 x10237


Course Overview:

¡Bienvenid@ a la clase de español I!  This year you will be introduced to the rich culture of the Spanish language.  We will begin exploring Spanish through a variety of situational units from the text Senderos 1.  Grammar structures, vocabulary, and heritage ideas will be explored through units 1-4.  We will work through different mediums of Spanish communication through the use of video & audio-clips, short supplementary readings, and cultural materials. 

You will need:

  • Writing utensil (pen or pencil)

  • 1 inch 3-ring binder, to store and organize notes and handouts

  • Agenda/Planner to record daily assignments

  • Your charged school-issued device every day

Assessment:

You will practice your ability to speak and write both presentationally and interpersonally and to interpret written and spoken Spanish. Your grades will be based on:

  • Summative assessments that include all areas of proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, writing, language mechanics (grammar and vocabulary), and culture.  Summative grades will be recorded in PowerSchool on a total points system.  

  • Formative assessments that may be entered into PowerSchool but will not count in the final grade.

Summative Assessments may include, but are not limited to:

  • Lesson & Unit assessments (Quizzes & Tests)

  • Lesson Packets (Corrected for Accuracy @ the end of the lesson)

  • Projects and Research Papers

  • Presentations

  • Speaking Prompts

  • Writing Prompts

  • Interpretation Tasks

  • Cultural Connections



  • World Language Department Summative Late Policy: Students will have up to 5 school days to turn in the assignment while incurring a 10% penalty per day late.  

    • No late work will be taken after 5 school days. 

    • Exceptions will be made for extended absences on a case-by-case basis.

Exam Grade:

  • Final Exam…………………………………………………………..…….... Preliminar, Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3 & Unit 4

    • Presentational Writing

    • Presentational Speaking

    • Interpretive Task: Reading

    • Interpretive Task: Listening

    • Language Mechanics: Grammar formation and Vocabulary Identification

    • Cultural Connections

Portrait of a Graduate

Student at THS will demonstrate functional mastery of the following skills and dispositions: 







Mastery Based Diploma Assessment 

The Nest

For each assignment/assessment utilizing a THS school wide rubric to evaluate your understanding of content and ability to apply a skill, you can upload it into your Nest, the portfolio that satisfies the new state mandated Mastery Based Diploma Credit, that all students need to graduate from high school in the state of Connecticut.  Here is a list of the possible assignments/assessments for this particular class that will be uploaded to your Nest:

🟥Country Project 🟥Family Tree 🟥Country Project


Make-up Work and Absences: 

  • Catch up FAST! 

  • Making up work is YOUR responsibility.   YOU come to ME.   WE make a plan.   Work gets DONE.

  • Any pre-assigned work that is due on a day a student is absent, is required to be turned in the day the student returns to school.

    • 1 day absence = up to 5 days to make up work

    • Extended absences = students have 2 days upon return to make a plan with the teacher for making up work.

  • Missing assignments are recorded in PowerSchool as a (0.01%). Don’t worry--as you complete work, those 0.01’s go away.

  • If you do not make up work in a timely fashion it will result in a permanent 0 in PowerSchool. 


Extra help?

  • Sure! See me to schedule extra help afterschool in person or via Google Meets or Google Hangouts.

  • There is a late bus that is available to students most days.  Get a pass from me and sign-up in the main office for a late bus pass.

Classroom expectations and policies:

  • Respect

  • Late x 3 = teacher detention, Late x 6 = teacher detention AND a call home, Late x 9 = Office referral

  • Sign-out and sign-in to leave the room

  • Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated.  If independent assignments are shared, both parties (the “giver” and the “receiver”) will receive a zero for that assignment.  According to the THS Student/Parent Handbook “Academic dishonesty is a serious offense and carries serious consequences. Examples of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • plagiarism (using the ideas, writings or words of another as one’s own)

    • Plagiarism also includes the use of web-based translators, native speakers, and other students translating English to the target language

  • cheating (e.g., sharing ideas or work with others when not explicitly instructed to do so or falsifying information)

  • taking, buying or receiving a paper written or translated by someone else and presenting it as one’s own

  • turning in the same or similar work two or more times for credit without teacher authorization.”

School Wide Rubrics 

Students enrolled in World Language at Tolland High School will be assessed using the following School Wide Rubrics