INVENTARIO DE PATRIMONIO DEL CERRATO PALENTINO

French 1-2

Course #:

4551, 4552

Full Year Credit: 1 Credit

Pre-requisite: None

Note: A French/English dictionary is required.

This beginning level course is designed to provide students with instruction in the French language. It includes an introduction to French culture and conversation and development of fundamental skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing the language. In addition, samples of music, art, and culture of Francophone countries are included. Communication is at the forefront of the class and connections are made to other disciplines to improve understanding of the global community.

French 3-4

Course #:

4553, 4554

Full Year Credit: 1 Credit

Pre-requisite: French 1-2

Note: A French/English Dictionary is required.

This second year course of French stresses speaking, listening, reading, and writing as well as grammatical skills and vocabulary. Small group and leveled instruction will be the basis for this class. The course addresses the contributions of French-speaking persons throughout the world; improvement of conversation and composition; and a survey of French culture for a better understanding of the French.

French 5-6

Course #:

4555, 4556

Full Year Credit: 1 Credit (Honors)

Pre-requisite: French 1-2 and 3-4

Note: A French/English Dictionary is required.

This course is designed for advanced third year French students. The course emphasizes greater fluency, better pronunciation and intonation, and improved skill in understanding native speakers. It also focuses on composition skills and review of French phonology, syntax, and grammar. This course will enable the student to gain a greater awareness of the cultural contributions of France and its influences around the world.

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French 7-8

Course #:

4557, 4558

French 9-10

Course #:

4559, 4560

Full Year Each Credit: 1 Credit (Honors)

Pre-requisite: French 5-6

Note: A French/English Dictionary is required.

These courses are designed for the fourth and fifth year French students and emphasize increasing oral and written fluency, reading French literature for pleasure and understanding, and gaining more knowledge of French culture. Students are expected to use French at all times in this class.

Note: These courses fulfill the Arts/Humanities graduation requirement (If passed).

Advanced Placement French 7-8

Course #:

4577, 4578

Advanced Placement French 9-10

Course #:

4579, 4580

Full Year Credit: 1 Credit (Honors)

Pre-requisite: Teacher’s signature to indicate student has picked up Class Registration Packet

Fee: AP Exam Fee (About $95.00) (Exam is required)

This course continues conversation, grammar, and composition, as well as literature from a variety of French-speaking countries in the form of newspaper and magazine articles, short stories, novels, and/or poetry. Students will be required to demonstrate their competence in the language on an on-going basis through a variety of presentations and writing activities. Student evaluation may include journals, essays, oral exams, literary exams and student portfolio work. Students will be required to take the AP French Language Exam. They are also expected to practice exam activities at home in preparation for the May testing date with the help of the AP materials provided in class.

Note: These courses fulfill the Arts/Humanities graduation requirement (If passed).

Spanish 1-2

Course #:

4611, 4612

Full Year Credit: 1 Credit

Pre-requisite: None

Note: A Spanish/English dictionary is required.

This beginning level course is designed to provide students with instruction in the Spanish language. Students will develop fundamental skills in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing the language as well as understanding and appreciating the culture of the Spanish- speaking people.

Spanish 3-4

Course #:

4613, 4614

Full Year Credit: 1 Credit

Pre-requisite: Spanish 1-2

Note: A Spanish/English dictionary is required.

This second year level course is designed to provide students with further practice and training in conversation as well as clarity in writing the Spanish language. It includes instruction and enriched development in speaking, listening, reading, and writing as well as grammatical skills and vocabulary. Students will be encouraged to study Hispanic culture, including history, geography, customs, and current affairs.

Spanish 5-6

Course #:

4615, 4616

Full Year Credit: 1 Credit (Honors)

Pre-requisite: Spanish 3-4

Note: A Spanish/English dictionary is required.

This course is designed to help students develop proficiency in the four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn the vocabulary and structure of the oral and written language. The 5Cs of World Languages will be included throughout the course, which are: communication, culture, connections, comparisons, and communities. Students will grow in their abilities to read pieces of literature and discuss them, define words in Spanish through understanding their context, communicate using previously-learned vocabulary, write short essays, and develop a deepened awareness of the culture, history and literature of Spain and Latin America.

Note: This course fulfills the Art/Humanities graduation requirement (If passed).

Spanish 7-8

Course #:

4617, 4618

Spanish 9-10

Course #:

4619, 4620

Full Year Each Credit: 1 Credit (Honors)

Pre-requisite: Spanish 5-6

Note: A Spanish/English dictionary is required.

These courses are designed to reinforce skills learned in previous Spanish classes. Students will expand their vocabulary, as well as knowledge of Spanish grammar. Students will learn new verb tenses and sentence structures. The 5Cs of World Languages will be included through the courses, which are communication, culture, connections, comparison, and community. These courses will develop the listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills

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Advanced Placement Spanish Language

Course #:

4641, 4642

Full Year Credit: 1 Credit (Honors)

Pre-requisite: Teacher’s signature to indicate student has picked up Class Registration Packet

Fee: AP Exam Fee (About $95.00 ) (Exam is required)

This course is designed to give students and intensive practice at an advanced level in Spanish. The four language skills in second language learning – listening, reading, writing and speaking- are practiced in an integrated fashion as they are presented on the AP exam. It encompasses aural and oral skills, reading comprehension, grammar and composition. Vocabulary building is heavily emphasized. Finally, students will continue to increase their knowledge of culture, history, and current events in the Spanish-speaking world.

Note: These courses fulfill the Arts/Humanities graduation requirement (If passed).

Advanced Placement Spanish Literature

Course #:

4643, 4644

Full Year Credit: 1 Credit (Honors)

Pre-requisite: Teacher’s signature to indicate student has picked up Class Registration Packet

Fee: AP Exam Fee (About $95.00 ) (Exam is required)

The exclusive use of the target language, Spanish, is stressed. The course focuses on presenting an overview of Spanish literature and will expose students to a wide variety of genres and types of discourse. Students will trace the history of Spanish prose and get acquainted with significant works that have become sources of literature and art worldwide. Reading and writing will be done primarily outside of class and class time will be dedicated to continuing the development of oral communication skills and an extensive and thorough review of grammar.