Ms. Amy Jo Edwards

Grade 9

Objective:

This class is an intro to Spanish.   The objective is to give students an understanding and appreciation for foreign languages.   Throughout the year we will focus on the five C’s: communicating in Spanish, discussing the culture of Spanish speaking countries, connecting the studying of Spanish to other subject areas, comparing Spanish to the students’ native tongue, and connecting Spanish to the community.  This will be addressed by studying basic vocabulary themes such as: numbers, greetings, time, dates, colors, people, verbs, adjectives, nouns, countries, food,  school, spelling, sports, past time activities, shopping, weather, buildings, and families.  We will also compare Spanish grammar to English grammar by studying verbs (present tense), adjectives, and nouns.  As a result of studying the vocabulary and grammar the students will be able to develop conversations in Spanish, write in Spanish (limited-present tense), listen to Spanish, and read Spanish.  They will demonstrate this by skits, reading lessons, writing lessons, research projects, tests, quizzes, homework, and listening comprehension exercises.