This Spanish 1D course follows first year Spanish in secondary school (middle school or high school).  
This is not an immersion class, it is taught in English but we speak a lot of Spanish.
Topics discussed: thematic vocabulary (home/house/apartment, colors, items in the home + in specific rooms, prepositions of place, sports, instruments, classroom, body parts + verbs to describe) that builds on verbs + verb conjugations, writing, reading, listening and speaking, all with the goal that students will be able to communicate in the language.  The plan of topics is listed below and may vary depending on the students interests and the class dynamics.
week 1:  la oficina / la clase / el escritorio 
week 2:  ser + tener
week 3:  Do you have...?  What do you have?  What is it?  answering questions with vocabulary
week 4:  Tengo / tienes
week 5:  direct and indirect objects
week 6:  review of vocabulary
week 7:  more verbs:  to open, to close, to see, to put
week 8:  review of vocabulary
week 9:  direct and indirect object review
week 10:  more questions + to prefer + to have to
CULTURA:  + 21 Spanish-speaking desserts

Profesora D uses strategies that help students learn quickly and feel good about their ability to learn another language.
Focus is on fluency (pronunciation, correct sentence structure, a variety of vocabulary).
Class time involves presenting/learning vocabulary (time with teacher), breakouts to practice (with other students) and focus in class is on speaking and conversation for retention and proficiency.

Class time involves presenting/learning vocabulary (time with teacher), breakouts to practice (with other students) and focus in class is on speaking and conversation for retention and proficiency.

Each topic includes several strategies for learning.  Student and instructor create sentences that describe their lives and the people around them, personalities, and interests..  Students speak in Spanish for the majority of class time as conversation is the best way to learn Spanish - by using it!

No knowledge of Spanish is needed, as this is beginner/novice level.  Students with some introductory Spanish classes can also find success in this class as this course focuses on these specific topics and builds conversational ability in tandem with reading and writing.  Listening is incorporated as a natural extension with the other areas.

Students may find having a physical notebook (un cuaderno) handy and preferable to an electronic notebook in order to create sentence examples along with Profesora D presents each topic and the lessons in the class/course.

This is the fourth of 6 classes that includes an entire year of Spanish 1.