Spanish Honors5 (Section 3)
Course Description
The basic textbook is Buen Viaje, Level 3. The curriculum emphasizes reading,
vocabulary, grammar review and advanced grammar. Each chapter contains three
lessons. There are readings on geography and history. There are newspaper
artices and conversations. The students will have three to four quizzes per chapter
and two examinations. In addition, there will be a common verb mastery exam and
a departmental final exam each semester.
The Honors sections have special projects, for example, an internet exploration of
Spain with a selection of three sites, their photographs and a student written text.
Groups of 8-10 students will study different aspects of the same country, using
library sources and internet sources and creating a five minute report to be
communicated to the class in Spanish as part of the group country report.
Later in the semester students will create original dialogues and scenes which they
will present to the class.
vocabulary, grammar review and advanced grammar. Each chapter contains three
lessons. There are readings on geography and history. There are newspaper
artices and conversations. The students will have three to four quizzes per chapter
and two examinations. In addition, there will be a common verb mastery exam and
a departmental final exam each semester.
The Honors sections have special projects, for example, an internet exploration of
Spain with a selection of three sites, their photographs and a student written text.
Groups of 8-10 students will study different aspects of the same country, using
library sources and internet sources and creating a five minute report to be
communicated to the class in Spanish as part of the group country report.
Later in the semester students will create original dialogues and scenes which they
will present to the class.