CLASS EXPECTATIONS (required for optimal language acquisition)

1.  PAY ATTENTION
     Listen and read to understand
    Sit up straight and make eye contact with the person speaking
    Signal when I'm going too fast or being unclear
    Follow along with the reading
    Nothing on your desk or in your hands

2.  PARTICIPATE
     Come to class on time and stay in class.
     Be on task.
     Answer all questions, or signal that I'm being unclear.
     Contribute to stories and discussions, avoiding English.
     Volunteer.
     Ask pertinent questions.
     Review regularly by checking the website.
     When absent-check the website and promptly make up everything you missed.

3.  BE POLITE
     There is always only one conversation taking place, involving the whole class-no private conversations, no English.
     Listen to and look at the person speaking.
     Use good manners to show respect to people and property.
     Be silent and listen during announcements.
     Help each other out.

4.  SPEAK ONLY SPANISH (unless translating)
     Communicate only in Spanish during class time, even with classmates.

DAILY INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION RUBRIC

4
I came to class on time and stayed in class (no passes).

I paid attention by listening carefully, sitting up straight, and making eye contact with the person speaking.

I followed along while the class was reading.

I answered all of the questions addressed to the class.

I actively contributed to stories and discussions, in Spanish/French.

I always signaled when Señora was going too fast or being unclear.

I always behaved respectfully. 

I spoke only Spanish during class time, even with my classmates.


3.

I was late to class or asked for a pass during class.

I paid attention by listening carefully, sitting up straight, and making eye contact with speaker.

I followed along while the class was reading.

I answered most of the questions addressed to the class.

I actively listened to stories and discussions, but I did not contribute.

I sometimes signaled when Señora was going too fast or being unclear. 

I always behaved respectfully.

I was relatively silent during  class.


2.

I was late to class or asked for a pass during class.

I sometimes got distracted , or I didn't bother making eye contact with the speaker.

I sometimes followed along while the class was reading

I answered some of the questions addressed to the class.

I didn't contribute to stories or discussions.

I didn't bother signaling when Señora was going too fast or being unclear.

I tried to speak some Spanish, but I also spoke English during class.



1 or 0

I was late to class or asked for a pass during class.

I didn't pay attention, or I put my head down during class.

I didn't follow along while the class was reading.

I didn't answer any questions.  I didn't make any contribution to the class discussions.

I behaved disrespectfully.

I disrupted class or distracted my classmates.

I spoke English during class.


ABSENCES

You are required to make up the work you missed due to an absence for any reason.  It is your responsibility to find out what assignments and material you missed.  Check PowerSchool for any work that may be due when you return to class.  (Double-click on an assignment in Powerschool for any further instructions.)  Check with your classmates and check my website for material you missed.