Ms. Amy Jo Edwards

Spanish IV

Grade 12

Objective:

This class is a continuation of the previous year.  The objective is to expand on the foundations set from the first, second, and third years of Spanish and to further develop an understanding and appreciation for foreign languages.   Throughout the year we will continue to 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 reviewing basic and key points from Spanish I, Spanish II, and Spanish III, and studying basic vocabulary themes such as: current events, entertainment, animals, holidays/traditions, travel, ancient civilizations, art, music, literature, and geography.  We will continue to compare Spanish grammar to English grammar by studying verbs (present tense, past tense, future tense, commands, reflexive, progressive, conditional, and subjunctive), adjectives, nouns, pronouns, direct objects, and indirect objects. As a result of studying the vocabulary and grammar the students will be able to develop greater detailed conversations (proficient level) in Spanish, write in Spanish, listen to and read Spanish.  They will demonstrate this by skits, reading lessons, writing lessons, research projects, tests, quizzes, homework, and listening comprehension exercises.