12th Grade – Spanish 4

SPANISH IV – 12^th Grade                                   

 

Objective:

 

This course continues to strengthen oral communication and reading comprehension skills while reinforcing grammatical knowledge. Emphasis is placed on the use of idiomatic expressions from around the Spanish-speaking world. Writing and research skills are also developed through looking at a selection of Spanish and Latin American artists and poets, including Dalí, Picasso, Velázquez, Rivera, Kahlo, Lam, Botero, Machado, Paz, and Neruda. We will also focus intensively on cultural studies of Latin America and Spain, with particular emphasis on cusine, society, and the economy of the Spanish-speaking world. Frequent journal entries improve writing skills and serve to collect information for a final research project on an artist of choice.

 

Final Project:

 

Internet/library research and written comparative analysis on aspects of Spanish and Latin American culture.

 

Texts include:

Amsco Review Text in Spanish Fourth Year, by Stephen L. Levi and Robert Nassi

Cosas que Pasan (Myths and Folklore), Edelsa

Selected readings

 

Assessment:

 

Homework is assigned everyday. Weekly quiz and Final Exam at the end of the each trimester. Grades will be an average of:

 

– Class participation and homework:         25%

– Quizzes (Oral and Written):                           25%

– Final Project:                                             25%

– Final Exam:                                             25%

 

Materials:

 

 Students are required to keep a notebook for class notes and they must have the Amsco Review text in class everyday.