Spanish IV Honors
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Spanish IV Honors 2022-23
Sra. Kelly Robinson, Rm. 321
email: kelly.robinson@acsk-12.org
website: kellyrobinson.org
Spanish IV Honors is an elective, high-level language class that will further prepare the student for real-life interactions and life experiences in the Spanish language, and for preparing students for college classes. This class also functions as a Pre-AP class and sometimes contains activities that are geared toward preparing and encouraging students to continue to AP Spanish. Activities will consist of higher-level listening, reading, speaking, and writing exercises as well as dealing with advanced grammatical structures and high-level vocabulary lists. Students are strongly encouraged to speak Spanish in the classroom as much as possible when dealing with each other or with me. This class will be challenging, but hopefully fun as well. Students need to be aware that reasonable out-of-class time will have to be devoted to this subject in order to be successful in this class.
Fees:
This class has a fee of $20, which pays for the AAPPL test, taken in the spring by all Honors and AP World Language students at AHS. Passing all 4 parts of this exam at an “Intermediate” level will be the Foreign Language requirement you need to reach in order to receive the state “Seal of BiLiteracy” mark on your diploma at graduation (there are English class requirements to this as well).
You can pay this and other fees easily at “myschoolbucks.com" on the AHS site.
Class Materials
All students will be expected to have ipads, fully charged, every day. Taking and keeping notes will be necessary to keep your work organized-- you may use a digital notebook or a physical one. Materials will be available in Schoology and sometimes on hard copy. Regardless of how you keep up with your notebook, these are basically the breakdown of categories on which you should focus:
1) Vocabulary
2) Grammar
3) Writing
Our main prep materials are textbooks through Vista Higher Learning website, www.vhlcentral.com. For this class we will be using “Senderos” Level 4. Make sure you remember your password; you will use this site often, both in and out of class. This site is available to you on ClassLink.
Grading scale: A= 93-100 / B = 85-92/ C = 75-84 / D = 70- 74 / F = 69
Category Weights for this class: Assessments: 60% ; Assignments 40%
*Please keep up to date by regularly checking your grades on-line by checking PowerSchool.
Since this is an Honors class, 3 points will be added onto each 9 weeks grade and both semester exams.
There will be assessments during each quarter based on vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and writing. There will also homework or classwork assignments that have to do with reading/ listening comprehension exercises as well as vocabulary practice, writing assignments, etc. These will possibly be at differing values as per the discretion of the teacher.
Make Up Procedures/Late Work
**Honors students are not expected to have incomplete or missing grades. Keep up with your work and turn it in on time!
It is the student's responsibility to find out about and make up all missing assignments. If you are present on the day of a test that was announced on a day you were present, you must take the test, no matter if you missed the day before. Late work will adhere to AHS’ late work policy: you have 2 physical days to turn in late work, with a value of 10% taken off for each day late.
Expectations
Please remember that to be successful in honors and AP level classes, you must focus not only on the grades you would like to earn, but also on other factors such as attitude and willingness to participate.
My goal is to make this class as enjoyable as possible for you and to make you feel engaged and involved this year. My goal is also to prepare you for real-life speaking situations-- learning a foreign language is an exciting and fun prospect, as is learning about other cultures and peoples. I hope to help prepare you to use your language in real-life situations and perhaps even to encourage you to consider international travel as an additional way to extend your knowledge.
I am looking forward to the year with you and am committed to making this year meaningful and beneficial for you. I hope you are excited about this class as well.
Sra. Robinson
