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Rich Lane
Email: richardson.lane@ccboe.net
Phone: (706) 833-0508
Description: This course is designed to provide students with the foundational
vocabulary and grammatical structures needed to begin building towards fluency in the
Spanish language. Some of the topics covered this year include the alphabet, numbers,
basic sentence structure, and expressing likes and dislikes, as well as a wealth of
practical vocabulary to be covered. I will be implementing the flipped-classroom model
of teaching with all of my Spanish classes; more specific information will be provided on
this topic in a separate handout, but suffice it to say that students will be much more
intellectually and -yes!- even physically involved in the classroom, since it will be more
practice-oriented and focused on what they can create, not what they can regurgitate.
Course Materials: - Textbook: Avancemos! Level 1
-Pencil or pen
- A separate notebook for Spanish (3-ring binder)
Suggestions: - Pocket Spanish-English Dictionary
- Highlighter
- Index Cards
Grading Policy: Grade percentage distribution is as follows:
-Tests and Quizzes: 50%
-Classwork / Projects: 35%
- Homework / Daily grades: 15%
*NOTE: I do not believe in giving students zeroes. A failed attempt is precisely
that, whether the numerical grade assigned to it is a 55 or a 5. I will not give my students
below a 60% on any assignment, and I will give them ample opportunities to make up
for any assignments that they complete 0% of. If they do not even attempt an
assignment, there is clearly a problem that must be addressed before we can move
forward academically. I do fully intend to address such problems to the very best of my
ability as a teacher before a failing grade is finalized.
Classroom Rules: During class students are expected to observe all rules as
outlined in the Evans High School Student Handbook; however within the walls of my
classroom there are three rules in particular that I desire my students to grasp and
actuate each day. These rules, which will be posted in my classroom, are as follows, in
the form of I will statements (these will be posted in Spanish and English on the wall
of my room):
1. I will be prompt and prepared for class every day.
2. I will follow the directions of the teacher.
3. I will respect myself and others at all times, in terms of their person, property,
and ideas.