• spanish

    Why study Spanish?

    To start off it is the second most common language in the United States and third most commonly spoken language in the world. Studying Spanish helps in the understanding of culture, expands career opportunities and improves your language skills.

    Acquiring a foreign language is not easy but that is why at first we start slowly but as the course progresses, we learn more vocabulary and develop increasingly complex communication skills. I have high expectations for my students. I expect them to do their best at all times. Daily practice and study are the true road to success in our class.

    “You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all, just as an intelligence without the possibility of expression is not really an intelligence. Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing.” 
    - Luis Buñuel quotes (Spanish Film Director, 1900-1983)


    6th Grade
    In Grade 6, students master previously learned skills in increasingly complex presentations, reading selections, and written compositions. Sixth-grade students take notes during oral presentations and organize and summarize spoken messages. Students evaluate their own oral presentations. Sixth-grade students read widely in classic and contemporary selections and informational texts. Students are able to understand idioms, multi-meaning words, and analogies in text. Students can distinguish denotative and connotative meanings of words and use word origins as an aid to understand historical influences on word meanings. Students use study strategies to learn and recall important ideas. Students recognize literary devices such as flashback, foreshadowing, and symbolism. Sixth-grade students are able to select and use different forms of writing for specific purposes such as to inform, persuade, or entertain. Students vary sentence structure and use more complex punctuation such as hyphens, semicolons, and possessives. Sixth-grade students edit their writing based on their knowledge of grammar and usage, spelling, punctuation, and other conventions of written language. Students produce final, error-free pieces of written composition on a regular basis. Students search out multiple texts to complete research reports and projects. Sixth-grade students evaluate the purposes and effects of film, print, and technology presentations. Students assess how language, medium, and presentation contribute to meaning.

    7th Grade
    In Grade 7, students refine and master previously learned knowledge and skills in increasingly complex presentations, reading selections, and written compositions. Seventh-grade students analyze a speaker's persuasive techniques and credibility. Students evaluate a spoken message in terms of its content, credibility, and delivery. Seventh-grade students continue to read widely in classic and contemporary selections and informational texts. Students use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and prefixes and suffixes in reading. Students recognize how style, tone, and mood contribute to the effect of the text. Seventh-grade students are able to select and use different forms of writing for specific purposes such as to inform, persuade, or entertain. Students vary sentence structure and use verb tenses appropriately and consistently such as present, past, future, perfect, and progressive. Seventh-grade students edit their writing based on their knowledge of grammar and usage, spelling, punctuation, and other conventions of written language. Students produce final, error-free pieces of written composition on a regular basis. Seventh-grade students draw data from multiple primary and secondary sources for use in research reports and projects.

    8th Grade
    In Grade 8, students refine and master previously learned knowledge and skills in increasingly complex presentations, reading selections, and writing. Eighth-grade students continue to read widely in classic and contemporary selections and informational texts. Students are able to identify characteristics of various literary forms. Eighth-grade students are able to select and use different forms of writing for specific purposes such as to inform, persuade, or entertain. Students produce multi-paragraph compositions with varied sentence structure. Eighth-grade students edit their writing based on their knowledge of grammar and usage, spelling, punctuation, and other conventions of written language. Students produce final, error-free pieces of written composition on a regular basis. Students use citations competently and write by following accepted formats for research reports. Eighth-grade students present oral and written reports, including presentations strengthened by visuals and media.