7th Grade Foreign Languages
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7th Grade French
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Bonjour! Bienvenue to the MYP 2, 7th grade French program. This year’s materials will present and explore the necessary skills and concepts leading up to MYP 3, 8th grade French. This is the bridge from introductory to intermediate French and needs to be viewed as perhaps one of the most important levels. Putting forth one’s best effort will ensure a stronger and more accurate future application of French concepts and skills.
Bon Voyage 1 is the text used in this course. This year, francophone/French-speaking countries and islands will be studied in greater depth. By mid year, at least half of class instruction will be conducted in French.
Students will learn to ask for basic needs in nearly every practical setting, ranging from shopping for food, clothes or plane tickets, sports, and health.
Course Materials:
- Textbook: Bon Voyage! Level 1. Conrad J. Schmitt and Katia Brillie Lutz.Glencoe/Mcgraw-Hill, 2005.
- Bon Voyage 1 workbook
- Composition book/journal
Weighting grades:
- Homework/Classwork: 25%
- Quizzes: 35%
- Tests/Projects/Journals 40%
Course Overview:
Quarter 1
- Greet and meet people
- Learn alphabet, numbers, colors, days, months
- Tell time
- Express likes, dislikes, and preferences about activities
- Describe people and things
- Tell what subjects you take in school and express some opinions about them
- Speak to people formally and informally
- Talk about French-speaking people in the United States
- Talk about what you do after school
- Identify and shop for school supplies
- Tell what you and others like and don’t like to do
- Discuss schools in France
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7th Grade Japanese
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I. Overview
The hiragana writing system is introduced and solely used about 2/3 of the year.
- Oral skills are developed through dialogues, speaking & listening drills, inquiry, and pair/group work.
II. Content
Learn the following language functions through Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in Adventures in Japanese 1:
- Introduce yourself, family, and others
- Express age, ethnic background, grade level, and occupation
- Use everyday greetings and classroom expressions
- Give and understand simple directions
- Request objects and offer objects politely
- Express weather and feelings.
- Express possession and location of objects
- Count to 100
- Recognize counters for flat objects, people, unclassified objects, months
- Express frequency, time, location, accompaniment, means with action verbs
- Express like/dislike, skill level of different activities, such as hobbies and sports.
III.Classroom Policy
Expectations of students
- Accept responsibility for your own progress in Japanese
- Come to class prepared with necessary materials and assignments
- Seek extra help
- Make up all work due to absence within a reasonable time period
IV. Grading
Responsible Learner 10%
Homework / Classwork 20%
Dialogues, Inquiry, Presentations, Projects 30%
Quiz / Tests 40% (30% for Q2 & Q4)
Semester Exam (10% for Q2 & Q4)
HOMEWORK / CLASSWORK
On most homework and classwork assignments, points are earned as follows:
- Neatly complete entire assignment
Correct missed parts if reviewed in class
- Complete ½ of the assignment
Work is sloppy, crumpled, torn, or messy
Not follow directions
- Complete less than ½ of the assignment
- Not turn in the assignment within 2 foreign language class periods (unless you have an excused absence)
RESPONSIBLE LEARNER: 20 points per quarter
10 points INDIVIDUAL
A point is subtracted for acts such as:
- Being tardy to class
- Turning in an assignment late
- Not bringing supplies to class (binder, paper, pencil, pen, flashcards, textbook, workbook, etc.
- Not taking responsibility for own learning
10 points CLASS / PAIR / GROUP
A point is subtracted when not working well as a group member in such areas as:
- Following the 4 School Agreements
- Staying on task
- Ensuring the safety of group members
- Maintaining a positive, productive learning environment
- Speaking English when specifically instructed to use Japanese
Every 3 subtracted points, parents will be contacted.
Supplies: Textbook (Paso a Paso Level A); Practice workbook; Writing, Audio & Video Activities (WAVA) Level A workbook; 2 marble composition notebooks (1 used for written homework assignments and 1 for writing assignments); writing utensils; loose leaf paper or an extra notebook for taking notes; 1 small box of dry erase markers (used for in-class translations).
Course Description: Spanish 7 serves as the first half of an introduction to and overview of the Spanish language. The main focus of this course is developing the following communication skills in Spanish: speaking, writing, listening and reading. Students will also develop an understanding and appreciation of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking people and learn to compare these cultures to their own.
This course is built upon six themes: Friendship, school, sports and leisure activities, food, family and clothing. These are the organized themes in which students will begin learning to communicate in Spanish.
Grading System:
- Homework (20%): Late assignments are NOT accepted! (Homework must be completed before the sound of the bell.) Homework must be completed neatly in a homework (composition) notebook (except for workbook assignments).
- Quizzes (35%): There will be two vocabulary quizzes per chapter along with a cumulative chapter quiz at the end of each chapter. Other quizzes may include, but may not be limited to: class-work quizzes (a.k.a. “pop-quizzes”), video and audio quizzes.
- Tests/Writing Assignments/Projects (45%): Tests will be given at the end of each chapter. Writing assignments will be given towards the end of each chapter (topic will follow chapter theme). Projects/presentations will be included under this category.
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