Welcome to Week 8: the final week!
with Señora Melo
Welcome to Week 8 (the final week) of the course: Aug. 6-10, 2018
Welcome to week 8: Aug. 6 through 10. This week is the final week of the class, so all students need to work extremely hard to stay on pace. This week we are completing Unit 8, the final exam, & the final course project. Unit 8 is based around the arts. By the end of unit 8, students will be able to talk about the fine arts, music & instruments, dance, drama & movies, architecture, and graffiti.
· Pacing – There is a total of 16 graded assignments this week (including the final exam project RLC, which you MUST attend this week). This does NOT include the notas activities (con actividades para practicar). This means students should aim to complete a minimum of 3-4 graded assignments per day to stay on pace AS ALL WORK IS DUE BY FRIDAY, AUG. 10 BEFORE MIDNIGHT, when the class closes out for good. There is NO opportunity this week for students to submit ANY late work! Please see the list of assignments below for this week:
Unidad 8 - Las Artes
**Unidad 8 & Preparing for Final Exam/Project - Required Live Class** - (during week 8 only)
Unidad 8 - Las Artes
Unidad 8 & Final Exam / Project Required Live Class (during week 8 only)
Lección 1
_____ Notas (con actividades para practicar)
_____ Prueba de Vocabulario
Lección 2
_____ Notas (con actividades para practicar)
_____ Prueba de Vocabulario
_____ Actividad Cultural
_____ Hablar
Lección 3
_____ Notas (con actividades para practicar)
_____ Prueba de Vocabulario
_____ Leer
_____ Escribir
_____ Hablar
Lección 4
_____ Notas (con actividades para practicar)
_____ Prueba de Vocabulario
_____ Escuchar
Lección 5
_____ Notas (con actividades para practicar)
_____ Prueba de Vocabulario
_____ Proyecto Final de Unidad 7 y 8
_____ Proyecto Final: Leer y Escuchar
Culture Cafe
____ Culture Cafe Assignment
Proyecto Final de Español III:
_____ Examen Final de Español III
_____ Proyecto Final de Español III
**ALL portions of the Final Exam & Project must be turned in by August 10th**
· Peer Tutoring Center – Need some last-minute help from a Peer Tutor? They’re available to help when I am not!
· RLC Schedule - Here are the U8/Final Exam RLC’s being offered this week. You only have this week to attend because the course ends this week! It is the BEST idea to attend the very first if not one of the very first RLCs. I highly recommend Sra. Aguirre's session if you cannot attend mine. Please mark one down on your calendar.
U 8/ FE Sr. Martin Monday 8/6 @ 10 a.m..
U 8/ FE Sra. Aguirre Monday 8/6 @ 8 p.m.
U 8 /FE Sra. Samuel-Kincy Monday 8/6 @ 9 p.m.
U 8/ FE Sr. Alvarado Tuesday 8/7 @ 8 a.m.
U 8/ FE Sra. Blachy Tuesday 8/7 @ 1 p.m.
U 8/ FE Sra. Pastorius Wednesday 8/8 @ 9 a.m.
· Final Grades – Remember that your regular coursework for units 1-8 count toward 80% of your semester grade and the other 20% come from your final project and final exam.
Final Exam & Project
- Regular Coursework 80%
- Final Exam Reading & Listening/Final Course Project: 20%
It is extremely important that students are paying attention to the requirements for this project and including all of the required pieces in the project since it counts so much towards their semester grade. Students have struggled during the semester with not including required elements in their projects and receiving low grades as a result. Please see this Tips for a Great Final Project document that students have access to in the final project section of the course.
Sra. Melo's U8/Final Exam Required Live Class
Tuesday, Aug 7, 2018, 08:00 PM
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Grading, Rubrics & Feedback
The course grade is comprised of 2 parts (Course work the Final Project/Exam). The final course grade is made up of: Course work = 75% and the Final Project/Exam Average=25%. Progress reports are completed and submitted to schools every week. Students in NCVPS Spanish courses are graded based on their Spanish-language proficiency. It's the school's/ELA/s responsibility to provide them to the students/parents. Please see the rubrics below for complete details. NCVPS only reports numerical grades, not alphabetical grades due to the variance among different schools/districts. All assignments receive specific feedback. It's critical for the students to check their grades/feedback daily and inquire with the teacher if they don't understand something or feel that there is an error. Assignments not attempted/completed receive a 0.
Grading Rubrics:
Below, are the grading rubrics that will be used to evaluate your performance/proficiency throughout the course. You should refer to these often, so that you know at what proficiency level you are performing and what you need to do to move to the next level. I have seen many students this past week not be able to move to the next level based on items I asked them to revise from their first attempt to the second attempt in looking at the rubrics. This could be something as simple as using cohesive devices in your speaking or writing. A list of cohesive devices was posted in this announcements for students to show up this week.
- Writing Rubric
- Speaking Rubric (original text production)
- Speaking Rubric (reproduction of existing text/speech)
- Listening & Reading Rubric
- Rubric - Required Synchronous Session
- Rubric - Actividad Cultural
- Rubric - Proyecto(s) Final(es)
- Rubric - eLinguaFolio
- Rubric - Culture Cafe Extra Credit
Proficiency Levels and Examples:
Often students have misconceptions on what they will learn/be able to do by the end of the course. For world language, please note that you will not be fluent after one or two levels. It takes time to develop and increase in proficiency.
- Click here to see the overarching grid of proficiency levels and outcomes.
- Click here to see samples of Novice level speakers
- Click here to see samples of Novice level writers
- Click here to see samples of Intermediate level speakers
- Click here to see samples of Intermediate level writers
- Click here to see samples of Advanced level speakers
- Click here to see samples of Advanced level writers
- (Click here to see samples of all levels of Listening)
- (Click here to see samples of all levels of Reading)
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About Me
Email: erin.melo@ncpublicschools.gov
Location: Holly Springs, NC, United States
Phone: 919-346-3889
Twitter: @srameloncvps