General Course Expectations and Class Policies

We have high expectations for both your achievement and behavior over the course of the upcoming school year. The purpose of these Class Expectations is to establish an enjoyable, productive, and safe learning environment for everyone. You are encouraged to volunteer your answers, thoughts, and ideas and have every right to expect that they will be respected. Likewise, you are expected to treat your classmates' contributions with respect. Any actions that detract from these goals cannot be tolerated.

Please read these expectations and policies carefully with your parent or guardian. You are expected to adhere to them throughout the year.

CLASS PREPARATION

Bring your notebook, textbook, workbook, pen, and/or pencil to class everyday.

Bring a pencil for lab days. YOU MAY NOT USE PEN IN THE LAB.

Arrive ON TIME. This means you will be sitting at your desk when the bell rings.

LANGUAGE LAB PREPARATION

Bring a pencil. You may not use pen in the lab.

Leave all food and drink in the classroom. No food is allowed in the lab.

Be quiet in the hall on the way to the lab.

Sit in your assigned seat. Inform your teacher or the lab assistant if you notice any marks or damage to your assigned desk and computer.

Hang up your headphones and push in your chair at the end of lab time.

TARDINESS

Students are expected to arrive to class on time and be prepared to participate. If you arrive late to class, please sign the late book. Students who are late to class a second time, without a pass, will be assigned a detention for a minimum of 20 minutes to be served the day of the second tardy or the following school day. Further information can be found in the CCHS Handbook for Students and Parents.

TEXT

The text that is given to you during the year is being loaned to you. All texts are expected to be kept in good condition. If materials are lost or returned damaged you will be assessed a replacement fee.

BOOK RETURN / INCOMPLETE POLICY

At the end of the school year you are expected to return your book in the same condition as you received it. If you do not return a book (if, for example, you have lost it) you must pay the book replacement cost. If you neither return the textbook nor pay the replacement fee you will receive an incomplete in the class.
Replacement Cost
¡Ven conmigo! 1 - Text: $69.35 Workbook: $12.50
¡Ven conmigo! 2 - Text: $69.70 Workbook: $12.50
¡Ven conmigo! 3 - Text: $70.40 Workbook: $13.00

LIBRARY PASSES

Library passes will be issued on a limited basis. They will be given to accomplish specific tasks. It must be demonstrated that these tasks were completed.

FOOD IN CLASSROOM

The eating of food in the classroom will be very limited. There will be absolutely no food or drink allowed in the lab.

OTHER ITEMS IN CLASS

At any given time you should only have out your notebook and any materials we are using in class. Any items that are out and are not class related (graphing calculators, Walkmans, pagers, cell phones, materials for other classes, etc.) will be confiscated and returned the next time the class meets.

HOMEWORK

Homework will be assigned every night. Assignments include written, oral and review (studying and memorizing) tasks. All assignments are due at the beginning of class. If you miss two assignments, you must stay after school THE SAME DAY you miss the second assignment, and every subsequent day that you are missing another assignment. (This is CCHS policy.)

LATE WORK

Homework is due at the beginning of each class, after which it will be deemed late. Please see your teacher's grading policy to see how late homework is marked.

Projects will be marked down 5 points for EACH DAY they are late. This includes weekends.

PLAGIARISM

The work you hand in must be your own. In some cases, on-line dictionaries can be used to look up specific words, but translation of expressions and sentences much be done by the student. Group work in class is permitted and often encouraged; however, making minimal contribution to a group project and accepting full credit is cheating, as is asking or receiving information about a test or other graded material. All of the rules set by CCHS regarding plagiarism apply to this course. Please see the CCHS Student Handbook for details. If you have specific questions or need further clarification, please see your teacher.

MAKE-UP POLICY

Students missing class due to unexcused absences will not be extended the privilege to hand in work late and will be given a zero for all work done on that day or due on that day. This includes tests. Any unexcused absence will exclude you from co-curricular activities for that day and will result in a three hour office detention.

Students missing class with excused absences are responsible for finding out what they missed, obtaining notes, and making up work. Homework and/or any other assignments or projects are due the class following the excused absence, after which they will be marked late. All work must be made up prior to the next scheduled quiz or test on that same material.

Missed tests must be made up within one week of your return. It is your responsibility to arrange a time to take the test. After one week tests may not be made up and you will be assigned a zero for a grade.

SUBSTITUTES

When the teacher is absent from class, you will conduct yourself in accordance to these expectations and in the manner expected of you by your teacher. Any student whose name is brought to our attention for misbehavior with a substitute will be assigned a three hour office detention.

EXTRA HELP

If you are having difficulties with the material or a particular assignment, please don't hesitate to come get extra help! We are available at various times before, after, and during the school day. See your teacher to find out when he/she is available to meet with you.

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NOVICE 1

Spanish Novice 1 seeks to develop students' communicative skills in a cultural context. Students acquire and expand their knowledge of language by engaging in guided conversation in settings such as the café, home, and school; by reading authentic materials such as menus, schedules, signs; and by writing notes postcards, and short letters. In order to perform thise functions, students learn the appropriate grammar. Varied methods, such as group work, paired work, and direct instruction are used to help students develop communicative proficiency at this level.

REQUIRED MATERIALS

Text: ¡Ven conmigo! 1

Workbook: VC1 Grammar and Vocabulary

Other: pencil, 3-ring binder or notebook with pockets for handouts, index cards for flashcards

GRADING

Generally, there will be a quiz after each paso and a test after each chapter. The mid-year exam and the final exam will be averaged as two test grades in the term in which they are taken.

Students are responsible to schedule a time with their teacher if they need to take a make-up quiz or test. If absent, they are responsible for finding out about missed homework or class work and for turning it in the day they return to class. Any work missed because of unexcused absences cannot be made up.

Forms of evaluation include tests, quizzes, writing assignments, oral quizzes and projects.

*The participation grade reflects attendance and preparation for class and lab; willingness to communicate in Spanish; and completion and accuracy of homework.

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Novice 2

At this level, students continue to develop communicative skills in varied cultural contexts. Students acquire and expand their knowledge of language by engaging in guided conversation in various situations such as the going shopping, planning a party, and planning a vacation; by reading authentic materials such as advertisements, schedules, signs; and by writing guided compositions and short letters. In order to perform these functions, students learn the appropriate grammar. Varied methods, such as group work, paired work, and direct instruction are used to help students develop communicative proficiency at this level.

REQUIRED MATERIALS

Text: ¡Ven conmigo! 2, chapters 1-6

Workbook: VC2 Grammar and Vocabulary

Other: pencil, 3-ring binder or notebook with pockets for handouts, index cards for flashcards

GRADING

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