• The descriptions provided below will serve as a general guide. The curriculum content for each level will progress in depth and complexity each year. Instructional techniques and methods may vary depending on the language being taught.
    Graduation requirements for foreign language must be with one continuous language for two years.

    SPANISH 1A/1B
    Grade: 9 – 12
    Prerequisites: none
    Credit: 1 credit; 0.5 per semester
    Native speakers of a romance language or speakers of a language other than English who have attended school in a country other than the United States for a period of six years may be placed in a higher level of the language after diagnostic evaluation by teacher or curriculum director.  First-year languages represent the novice progress checkpoint at the high school level. The novice language learner will deal with the following familiar topics: school and classroom routine; family, home, health, and age; weather, time and measurements; leisure time, sports and vacation; and clothing and colors. The student will develop knowledge and skills in communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities. Communication will be acquired using the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Cultures will be appreciated by gathering knowledge and understanding of other cultures. Connections will be constructed by developing relationships with other subject areas, and by participating in cultural events.

    SPANISH 2A/2B
    Grade: 9 – 12
    Prerequisites: Completion of the first year language or placement by examination and/or teacher approval.
    Credit: 1 credit, 0.5 per semester
    Native speakers of a romance language or speakers of a language other than English who has attended school in a country other than the United States for a period of six years may be placed in level two of the language after diagnostic evaluation by teacher or curriculum director.  Students in level 2 continue to develop at the novice level. The novice language learner, while continuing to address familiar topics such as the weather, time, family, age, school, home, travel, health, sports, clothes and food, will also augment his or her knowledge and skills. Objectives at this level include: enhancing the students’ communication skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing; fostering the students’ deeper appreciation of cultures by gaining  deeper knowledge and understanding of other cultures; strengthening the connections with other subject matters; emphasizing comparisons by comparing students’ own language to the language studied; and fostering a sense of community through a variety of activities designed to  bring about personal enrichment and career development.

    SPANISH 3 (offered through our grad lab)
    Pre AP: Spanish 3
    Grade: 10 – 12
    Prerequisites: Completion of the second year language or placement by examination and/or teacher approval
    Credit: 1 credit; 0.5 per semester
    Students in level 3 will expand their ability to perform novice tasks and develop their ability to perform the tasks of the intermediate language learner. When dealing with everyday topics, the students will intensify their knowledge and skills in communication, cultures, connections, and communities. Students will be presented information and convey short messages on everyday  topics. Students will study of the practices, products and perspective of the people(s) who speak the language studied. Comparisons will be created so that insights into the nature of language and culture can be enriched. Communities will be integrated through activities, cultural events,  and technology to promote life long learning.

    NATIVE SPEAKER SERIES:
    SPANISH FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS 1
    Grade: 9 – 12
    Prerequisites: Spanish as a first or dual language
    Credit: 2 credits; 1 per semester


    This course is designed for those students who speak and read Spanish as a first or dual language. The students will be provided the opportunity to enhance the skills they already possess in the Spanish language in the areas of reading, writing, and speaking. In the reading domain, students will read literary, cultural, and historical selections to enhance the ability to read for meaning, increase vocabulary, and develop reading strategies. In the writing domain, students will acquire written composition skills to write coherently, including the ability to explain, narrate, and describe in the past, present and future time. In this process, students will achieve an acceptable level of accuracy of expression by using knowledge of language components, including grammar and orthography. In the speaking domain, students will use their knowledge of all components of language to increase their accuracy of expression in face-to-face and public speaking situations. Through this intensive course of study of the Spanish language, students obtain the tools and develop the context needed to connect with other subject areas and to use the language to acquire information and reinforce other areas of study. Students who successfully complete the course will have advanced the development of their native language and will have been provided opportunities for success.