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 Spanish 1 Provisional Course Calendar: Spring Quarter, 2010
Overview
Spanish 1
Spanish 2
Spanish 3
Spanish 1A
Spanish 2A
Course Format
Grading
Attendance Policy
Stanford Honor Code
Office of Accessible Education
ODA Schedule

 

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SQ = ¿Sabías que …? (textbook available at the Stanford Bookstore and on reserve in Green Library)

Online Manual = online exercise manual to accompany ¿Sabías que …?  available at http://books.quia.com. Instructions on how to access the manual come with your textbook. (Additional copies of the audio materials that accompany ¿Sabías que …? are available at http://thelab.stanford.edu/sabias/index.html and http://mhhe.com/sabiasque5.)

Using Your Online Manual: Doing regular practice exercises in your manual may seem tedious, but such consistent reinforcement helps solidify your Spanish and enable you to produce it with increasing automaticity. As such, you should plan to spend one or more hours daily on language exercises, activities, and/or home study. You will be required to complete several of the exercises in your online manual, as indicated in the calendar below. Specifically, for the first lesson of each quarter, you will be expected to complete all the exercises in your online manual in order to become acquainted with its various exercise formats and to decide which are best suited to your learning styles. After that, you will be expected to complete 8 exercises of your choosing from each lesson of your online manual.

A Note on Diagnostic Assessments (Quizzes): There will be six diagnostic assessments administered throughout the quarter. They will be based on weekly themes (as noted in the calendar), and will emphasize the most recent chapter under study but will also be cumulative. No make-up diagnostics can or will be offered.  Instead, the lowest grade will be dropped from your overall diagnostic assessment grade, allowing you to miss a diagnostic in an emergency.

Oral Diagnostic Assessments: In addition to written diagnostics administered in class, you will also take a 15-minute oral diagnostic in the Digital Language Laboratory, on the second floor of Meyer Library, three times during the quarter. (See the ODA schedule to find out when your section is to do its oral diagnostics.) The diagnostic assessments are designed to track your improvement in oral proficiency as the quarter progresses. They will be graded on a pass/no credit basis. In order to pass, you will simply need to complete the assessment by responding to questions completely and spontaneously, without the use of reading or written notes. Reading (instead of speaking) responses will result in a loss of credit for that diagnostic. You will have a two-day window in which to complete your diagnostic, but we encourage you to do it as early as possible, as the Language Lab may become crowded with last-minute test-takers.

Portfolio Assignments and Composition Assignments: These enrichment activities are noted in the calendar below. For the specifics on these assignments, see the separate handouts at http://spanlang.stanford.edu/first_year/spanish1.html.

WEEK ONE
THEME: ¡Vamos a conocernos! (Let's get to know each other!)

Objectives for Week One:

Interpersonal:
Meet and greet others; introduce yourself
Express politeness
Express place of origin
Express personal interests
Talk about people
Talk about academic fields and majors
Name classroom items and places at the university
Express personal interests
Express likes and dislikes
Describe people

Presentational:
Write a one-page essay describing yourself, your personality and interests


Date

Class Activities

Preparation for the next class
(at home/in lab)
3/29
Lección preliminar		 Introduction to Course
Introducing yourself (2)
Stating/asking place of origin (2)
Greetings and introductions (3)
Stating/asking one’s name (4-6)

Study: SQ pp. 1-10.
Study: Course Syllabus (overview, format, grading, attendance) at http://spanlang.stanford.edu.
Online Manual: pp. 1-7.
3/30 The alphabet
Talking about academic fields and courses of study (7-10)		 Study supplementary vocabulary list:
El salón de clase (The Classroom),
La universidad (The University).
Online Manual: pp. 8-12.
3/31

 

 Naming things in the classroom and places at the university
Stating my major and asking someone what her/his major is		 Study: SQ pp. 10-12.
Study supplementary vocabulary:
La universidad (The University) and Stating my major and asking someone what her/his major is.

4/1 Discussing likes and dislikes (10-12)
 Review: SQ pp. 10-12.
Progress Card: Bring to class tomorrow a printed copy of the Progress Card available at http://spanlang.stanford.edu/first_yearspanish1.html.
Online Manual: pp. 13-15, 33-7.
Portfolio 1: Begin this assignment this evening. Read carefully the instructions available on the course website at http://spanlang.stanford.edu/first_yearspanish1.html.
Due next Thursday.
4/2 Discussing likes and dislikes (Review) (10-12)
Pre-writing for Composition 1.1
Introduce Progress Card

 Study:  SQ pp. 10-17.
Online Manual: pp. 16-20, 23.
Portfolio 1: Continue to work this assignment this evening.
Composition 1 «Yo»: See composition guidelines at http://spanlang.stanford.edu/first_year/spanish1.html. Bring completed draft to class on Monday.

 

WEEK TWO
THEME: La universidad

Objectives for Week Two:

Interpersonal:
Describe daily routines
Ask and answer simple questions
Describe aspects of your immediate world: activities and personal interests
Give and requeust information

Interpretive:
Understand simple questions
Understand information in a transportation schedule
Become familiar with the socio-geography of the Spanish-speaking world

Presentational:
Write and present information from interview of a classmate
Revise your essay for content, organization, and style


Date

Class Activities

Preparation for the next class
(at home/in lab)
4/5 Composition 1.1 Peer revision of the first draft
Describing people and things (13-17)
Using numbers (17-18)
Expressing existence using the verb hay (19-20) 		Study:  SQ pp. 13-21.
Online Manual: pp. 21-22, 24-32.
Portfolio 1: Continue to work on this assignment tonight.
Portfolio 3 Advance Preparation: Have you found a native conversation partner yet? Be sure to ask politely rather than assume that someone is a Spanish speaker. Also be willing to extend a favor for one given. Go to http://spanlang.stanford.edu/first_year/format.html#requirements for more information.

 
4/6
 Intercambio (21)
Vistazos culturales: El español como lengua mundial (22-4)


 Study:  SQ pp. 29-35.
Online Manual: pp. 39-42.
Review for Reading Diagnostic/Theme: La universidad: SQ pp. 1-21, readings and vocabulary handouts.

 
4/7
Unidad uno
Lección 1
 Talking about daily routines (29-35)
Reading Diagnostic/Theme: La universidad 		Study:  SQ pp. 35-9.
Online Manual Lección 1: Choose any 8 exercises and complete them before the start of Lección 2 (Tuesday).
Portfolio 1: Compile and complete your work. Due in class tomorrow.

 

4/8

 Talking about how often people do things (35-9)
Days of the week (38)
Portfolio 1		 Study:  SQ pp. 39-42.
Portfolio 2: Begin this assignment over the weekend. Read the instructions carefully. Due next Thursday.

4/9
 Describing and comparing my daily activities (39-42)


 Study:  SQ pp. 42-45.
Portfolio 2: Continue to work on this assignment over the weekend.
Composition 1.2 «Yo»: Bring revised draft to class on Monday.

 

WEEK THREE
THEME: Las actividades diarias

Objectives for Week Three:

Interpersonal:
Describe your immediate world: leisure activities, personal interests, and the weather
Express likes and dislikes (cont.)
Describe people and daily activities (cont.)
Ask and answer simple questions (cont.)
Give and request information (cont.)
Extend, accept, and decline invitations

Interpretive:
Become familiar with the socio-geography of the Spanish-speaking world
List ideas in brief oral presentations of which you have some knowledge

Presentational:
Edit your composition with extra attention to correcting frequent errors, such as number and gender agreement, subject-verb agreement, and spelling


Date

Class Activities

Preparation for the next class
(at home/in lab)
4/12 Composition 1.2: Editing the second draft
Expressing the time of day at which things happen (42-5)
 Study:  SQ pp. 45-8.
Portfolio 2: Continue to work this assignment this evening.
Portfolio 3 advance preparation: Have you found a native conversation partner yet? Be sure to ask politely rather than assume that someone is a Spanish speaker. Also be willing to extend a favor for one given. Go to http://spanlang.stanford.edu/first_year/format.html#requirements for more information.
4/13 Addressing others; Expressing obligation, capability, and preference (45-8)
Intercambio (49)
Vistazos culturales: La vida en el mundo hispano (50-2)		 Study:  SQ pp. 49-54.
Online Manual: Complete 8 exercises from Lección 1.
Review for Listening Diagnostic/Theme: Las actividades diarias.
Portfolio 2: Continue to work this assignment this evening.
4/14
Lección 2		 Listening Diagnostic/Theme: Las actividades diarias
Talking about weekend activities (55-8)
Talking about when we do and don't do things using negation and negative words (58-9)

Study:  SQ pp. 55-61.
Online Manual Lección 2: Choose any 8 exercises and complete them before the start of Lección 3 (Tuesday).
Portfolio 2: Compile and complete your work this evening. Due in class tomorrow.
4/15

 More about likes and dislikes (60-1)
Portfolio 2		 Study:  SQ pp. 61-63.
Portfolio 3: Read the instructions carefully and schedule an interview with your conversation partner. Due next Thursday.


4/16

 Talking about the activities of two or more people (61-3)


 Study:  SQ pp. 64-6.
Study: Supplementary Phrase List: Extending, accepting or declining invitations
Online Manual: pp. 92-97.
Composition 1.3 «Yo»: Self-edit and bring in the final draft, with all previous drafts and revisions stapled beneath it, on Monday.

 

WEEK FOUR
THEME: Las diversiones del fin de semana

Objectives for Week Four:

Interpersonal:
Describe your immediate world: past events
Ask and answer simple questions (cont.)
Extend, accept, and decline invitations

Interpretive:
Glean biographical information from written materials
Understand connected discourse in an expository text
Become familiar with the socio-geography of the Spanish-speaking world

Presentational:
Write a one-page description of a trip you made

Date

Class Activities

Preparation for the next class
(at home/in lab)
4/19 Composition 1.3
Talking about activities that you or others do (64-6)
Extending, accepting or declining invitations

Study:  SQ pp. 66-74.
Portfolio 3: Schedule an interview with your conversation partner if you haven’t done so already. Due Thursday.

4/20

Talking about the weather and the seasons of the year (66-72)
Talking about future activities and events (73-4)

Lluvia de ideas: Mi presentación final

Study:  SQ pp. 73-9.
Online Manual: Complete 8 exercises from Lección 2.
Review for Writing Diagnostic /Theme: Las diversiones del fin de semana, emphasis on Lección 2 and supplementary phrase list on extending, accepting or declining invitations.
Final presentation advance preparation: Have you thought of a topic for your final presentation? Consult with your instructor for ideas and guidelines.

4/21

Vistazos culturales: La música y la danza en el mundo hispano (76-8)
Preparation for Web Activity
Writing Diagnostic/Theme: Las diversiones del fin de semana


Study:  SQ pp. 80-4.
Online Manual Lección 3: Choose any 8 exercises and complete them before the start of Lección 4 (Monday).
Web activity: SQ p. 78 «Navegando la red» Activity (1) OR (2)
Portfolio 3:Compile and complete your work this evening. Due in class tomorrow.

4/22
Lección 3
 Talking about activities in the past (80-88)
Discussion of Web Activity
Portfolio 3		 Study:  SQ pp. 84-8.
Review: SQ and supplementary handouts for Wednesday’s midterm.

4/23
 Talking about what you did recently (89-90)
Pre-writing for
Composition 2.1


Study:  SQ pp. 88-95.
Composition 2.1 «Mi viaje a…»: See composition guidelines at http://spanlang.stanford.edu/first_year/spanish1.html. Bring completed draft to class on Monday
Review: SQ and supplementary handouts for Wednesday’s midterm.

 

WEEK FIVE
THEME: ¿Qué pasó?

Objectives for Week Five:

Interpersonal:
Describe your immediate world: past events (cont.)
Ask and answer simple questions (cont.)
Describe people (cont.)

Interpretive:
Understand connected discourse in an expository text
List ideas in brief oral presentations of which you have some knowledge
Become familiar with the socio-geography of the Spanish-speaking world

Presentational:
Revise your essay for content, organization, and style


Date

Class Activities

Preparation for the next class
(at home/in lab)
4/26 Composition 2.1:
Peer revision of the first draft
Talking about the past (Review 80-90)
Vamos a ver: scanning a text (92-5)
 Online Manual: Complete 8 exercises from Lección 3.
Review: SQ and supplementary handouts for Wednesday’s midterm.
Progress Card: Review your progress card and check off those items you feel you can do so far. Bring it to class tomorrow.

4/27 Review activities
Progress Card Check

 Review:  SQ Lección Preliminar through Lección 3, pp. 1-95 and supplementary handouts.
4/28 Midterm Study:  SQ pp. 96-9.
4/29 Talking to a friend about what he or she did recently (96-7)
Talking about what two or more people did recently (97-9) 		Study:  SQ pp. 99-101.
Portfolio 4: Begin this assignment this evening. Read carefully the instructions available on the course website at http://spanlang.stanford.edu/first_year/spanish1.html.
Due next Thursday. Suggestion: Plan ahead! As you read for this assignment, be thinking about a topic for your final, oral presentation in March.
4/30

Talking about what you and someone else did recently (99-100)
Intercambio (101)
Vistazos culturales: El folclor en el mundo hispano (102-4)

Outline in Spanish of your final presentation

 Study:  SQ pp. 114-118.
Online Manual Lección 4: Choose any 8 exercises and complete them before the start of Lección 5 (Monday 5/12).
Composition 2.2: Bring revised draft to class on Monday.
Portfolio 4: Continue to work on this assignment over the weekend.

 

WEEK SIX
THEME: ¿Qué pasó?

Objectives for Week Six:

Interpersonal:
Describe your immediate world: the family
Give and request information
Describe the home

Interpretive:
Understand connected discourse in an expository text
List ideas in brief oral presentations of which you have some knowledge
Become familiar with the socio-geography of the Spanish-speaking world

Presentational:
Edit your composition with extra attention to correcting frequent errors

Date

Class Activities

Preparation for the next class
(at home/in lab)
5/3
Unidad dos
Lección 4
 Composition 2.2: Editing the second draft
Talking about the immediate family (111-4)
 Study:  SQ pp. pp. 115-120.
Portfolio 4: Continue to work on this assignment as needed.

5/4
 Asking questions using interrogative words (summary)
Talking about the extended family (115-120)
 Study:  SQ pp. 121-7.
Portfolio 4: Continue to work on this assignment as needed.

5/5 Additional vocabulary related to the family (121-3)
Expressing to or for whom an action is performed (123-7)

Study:  SQ pp. 127-132.
Portfolio 4: Complete and compile this assignment. Due in class tomorrow.

5/6
 Indicate the object of an action using direct object pronouns (128-32)
Portfolio 4		 Study: Supplementary vocabulary:  La casa (The Home).
Portfolio 6: Another time sensitive project! Begin working on this assignment this evening. Read carefully the instructions available on the course website at
http://spanlang.stanford.edu/first_year/spanish1.html. Due next Thursday.
5/7 Talking about the home
Time in class to work on Portfolio 5		 Study: Supplementary vocabulary: Talking on the telephone.
Composition 2.3: Self-edit and bring in the final draft, with all previous drafts and revisions stapled beneath it, on Tuesday.
Portfolio 5: Get together with your group as necessary over the weekend or during next week.

 

WEEK SEVEN
THEME: La familia

Objectives for Week Seven:

Interpersonal:
Talk on the telephone
Describe your mental state and that of others

Interpretive:
Understand connected discourse in an expository text
List ideas in brief oral presentations of which you have some knowledge
Become familiar with the socio-geography of the Spanish-speaking world

Presentational:
Write descriptions of people, including family members

Date

Class Activities

Preparation for the next class
(at home/in lab)
5/10 Composition 2.3
Talking on the telephone
Intercambio (133)
Vistazos culturales: el bilingüismo en el mundo hispano (134-6)
Study: SQ pp. 133-141.
Online Manual: Complete 8 exercises from Lección 4.
Read: Supplementary reading on bilingualism in the U.S.

5/11
Lección 5

 Discussion of reading on bilingualism
Describing the physical characteristics of people (138‑141)

 Study: SQ pp. 141-2.
Online Manual Lección 5 : Choose any 8 exercises and complete them before the start of Lección 6 (Monday).
Review for Reading Diagnostic /Theme: La familia. Review Lesson 4 and supplementary handouts.

5/12

 Making comparisons (141-2)
Reading Diagnostic/Theme: La familia

Study:  SQ pp. 142-6.
Portfolio 6
5/13 Talking about family resemblances (142-5) Describing the physical or mental state of people (145-6)
Pre-writing for Composition 3.1 Portfolio 6
 Study:  SQ pp. 146-8.
Study:  Supplementary vocabulary: Hablando del cuerpo y de la salud (Talking about the body and health).


5/15
 Talking about knowing someone (147-8)
Time in class to work on Portfolio 5
More Pre-writing for Composition 3.1

Study:  SQ pp. 148-151.
Study:  Supplementary vocabulary: Calling a health hot-line, describing your symptoms and seeking medical advice.
Composition 3.1 «El bilingüismo en mi vida y en la vida de mi compañero/a hispano-hablante». See composition guidelines at
http://spanlang.stanford.edu/first_year/spanish1.html. Bring completed draft to class on Monday.
Portfolio 5: Get together with your group as necessary over the weekend or during next week. Due next Thursday.

 

WEEK EIGHT
THEME: La salud mental y física

Objectives for Week Eight:

Interpersonal:
Describe people and daily activities
Describe your mental state and that of others
Ask and answer simple questions (cont.)
Give and request information (cont.)
Describe the immediate world: expressing numbers, ages, and dates

Interpretive:
Understand connected discourse in an expository text (cont.)
Become familiar with the socio-geography of the Spanish-speaking world

Presentational:
Present rehearsed reports on such topics as the family
Answer questions about prepared presentation topics
Write descriptions of people and daily activities
Write a one-page composition comparing bilingualism in your life and in the life of your conversation partner

Date

Class Activities

Preparation for the next class
(at home/in lab)
5/17 Composition 3.1:
Revising the first draft
Talking about the body and health
Service Encounter: Calling a health hot-line, describing your symptoms and seeking medical advice
More about daily routines (148-151)


 Study:  SQ pp. 151-5.
Online Manual: Complete 8 exercises from Lección 5.
Portfolio 5: Get together with your group as necessary this next week. Due Thursday.
5/18 Expressing reciprocity (152-5)
Intercambio (155)
Vistazos culturales: el mestizaje en el mundo hispano (156-8)
Final Presentation Preparation: Lluvia de ideas
 Study:  SQ pp. 156-162.
Online Manual Lección 6 : Choose any 8 exercises and complete them before the start of Lección 2 (Tuesday).
Review for Listening Diagnostic Theme: La salud mental y física: Lesson 5 (to p. 155) and supplementary handouts.

5/19
Lección 6
Using numbers 30-99 and talking about people’s age (160-2)
Listening Diagnostic/Theme: La salud mental y física

 Study:  SQ pp. 163-9.
Portfolio 5: Due tomorrow.
Final Presentation Preparation: Consider possible topics and do some exploration in Spanish on the internet. Prepare to chat in Spanish about your topic and explain why it interests you.

5/20 Using numbers 200-1999 and expressing years (163-4)
Describing continuous actions in the present (165-6)
Reading about family size (166-9)
Portfolio 5

Study:  SQ pp. 170-2.
Portfolio 7: Final compilation. Due Thursday.
Composition 3.2: Bring revised draft to class tomorrow.

5/21

Composition 3.2: Editing the second draft
Listening about family size (169)
Describing and narrating continuous actions in the past (170-2)

 Study:  SQ pp. 173-7.


WEEK NINE
THEME: ¿Cómo era la vida?

Objectives for Week Nine:

Interpersonal:
Describe similarities and equalities
Ask and answer simple questions (cont.)
Give and request information (cont.)

Interpretive:
Understand connected discourse in an expository text (cont.)
Understand simple questions (cont.)
Understand information requested (cont.)
List ideas in brief oral presentations

Presentational:
Present rehearsed reports on people and places related to the Spanish-speaking world
Answer questions about prepared presentation topics
Edit your composition with extra attention to correcting frequent errors

Date

Class Activities

Preparation for the next class
(at home/in lab)
5/24
 Describing and narrating continuous actions in the past (173-6)
Describing similarities and equalities (176-7)

Study:  SQ pp. 180-185.
Online Manual: Complete 8 exercises from Lección 6.
Study for Writing Diagnostic/ Theme: ¿Cómo era la vida?
Prepare your final Presentation
5/25 Vistazos culturales: La inmigración y emingración en el mundo hispano (180-2)
Writing Diagnostic/Theme: ¿Cómo era la vida?

 Supplementary reading on Latino (im)migration and the U.S.
Prepare your final Presentation
5/26

Supplementary reading on Latino (im)migration and the U.S.
Presentations and review

 Study/Review:  SQ Lección preliminar through Lección 6 and Grammar Summary pp. 1-185.
Prepare your final Presentation
5/27 Presentations and review Composition 3.3: Self-edit and bring in the final draft, with all previous drafts and revisions stapled beneath it.
Portfolio 7: Final Compilation.
5/28 Presentations and review
Composition 3.3
Portfolio 7		 Study/Review:  SQ Lección preliminar through Lección 6 pp. 1-185 and supplementary handouts.

WEEK TEN
END-QUARTER PERIOD

Objectives for End-Quarter Period:

Interpretive:
List ideas in brief oral presentations

Presentational:
Present your rehearsed report
Answer questions about your prepared presentation topics
Ask questions of others following their presentations

Date

Class Activities

Preparation for the next class
(at home/in lab)
5/31 Día Memorial (No hay clase) Study/Review:  SQ Lección preliminar through Lección 6 pp. 1-185 and supplementary handouts.

6/1

 Presentations and review

 Study/Review: SQ Lección preliminar through Lección 6 pp. 1-185 and supplementary handouts.

6/2

 Presentations and review Study/Review: SQ Lección preliminar through Lección 6 pp. 1-185 and supplementary handouts.


Final Exam: Saturday, June 5, 12:15-3:15 p.m.