This Spanish 1C 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 (clothing, colors, weather, seasons, classroom, school schedule, places, sports, telling time) 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:  REVIEW:  introductions (say hello, good-bye, how are you) + colors + questions 1a + subject pronouns
week 2:  numbers 30-100 + days of the week / months + seasons (las estaciones)
week 3:  describe activities + places ( + likes/dislikes during week days and weekend) 
week 4:  describe activities + places ( + needs / have to / ought to during week days and weekend) 
week 5:  clothing (la ropa + what I wear, she wears) + describe weather (el clima) 
week 6:  ask others about themselves and describe self + regular verbs + estar + emotions
week 7:  learn several regular verbs (-AR, -ER, -IR) + telling time
week 8:  describe family members + places I/he/she/we go
week 9:  presentation y practice (describe activities on different days, seasons + needs / wants)
week 10:  describe what I wear, need, want, have + what others wear, need, want, have
CULTURA:  + 21 Spanish-speaking countries y capital cities + nationalities
* EXTRA:  ESTAR + emotions, SER + adjectives + Irregular verbs (tener que, deber, ir, & querer)

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.  Students will create a portfolio of electronic assignments and will present their topic assignments during class time and at the end of each class/course.  Students are encouraged to create/use vocabulary that fits their lives, personalities, and interests.  Class time is precious and we will be using Spanish for most of class time.

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 third of 6 classes that includes an entire year of Spanish 1.