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OPEN HOUSE AP Spanish. BIENVENIDOS Room 317 Mrs. Heather Puchta hpuchta@nscsd.org. College Credit Options & AP. The deadline is beginning of September 19thfor SUNY Oswego , (students had to pre-register this summer) a nd October 30 th for Adelphi
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OPEN HOUSEAP Spanish BIENVENIDOS Room 317 Mrs. Heather Puchta hpuchta@nscsd.org
College Credit Options & AP • The deadline is beginning of September 19thfor SUNY Oswego, (students had to pre-register this summer) and October 30th for Adelphi SUNY OSWEGO – 3 credits – Sept. – June SPA 201 Adelphi– 3 credits Fall semester & 3 credits Spring semester AP Exam will be administered in May of their 12th grade year. College credit will depend on their exam score of 3, 4 or 5. All Colleges accept College credit differently, please look into the Colleges your child is thinking about attending. I have had students that have received both AP Credit and SUNY Oswego Credit and the Colleges accepted both.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap08_spanish_coursedesc.pdfhttp://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap08_spanish_coursedesc.pdf Format of AP Exam
COURSE GOALS By the end of this course, students will be able to: • Predict or make inferences by identifying and summarizing major ideas and important details • Synthesize the source and express opinion • Initiate, maintain and close a conversation • Create questions in order to clarify or obtain additional information • Communicate with proper semantics grammar • Recognize cultural elements • Demonstrate grammar control and good pronunciation in 2-3 minute oral presentations while describing, narrating and presenting information or persuasive arguments • Write a coherent and cohesive persuasive or analytical essay with good syntactical and grammatical control
GRADES • 15% Participation (usage of Spanish in class) and Journals • 85% Everything else (quizzes, journals, listening activities, speaking activities, reading activities, writing activities etc.) • SIS GRADEBOOK- you are able to see the grades online. • AP EXAM FEES will be collected in the bookstore starting in November.
If a student is absent… • All missed work will be in the absent folder. • If they missed a quiz, there will be a green slip of paper in the absent folder telling them that they have 1 week to take it or receive a zero.
PODCASTS • On my teacher webpage, I have some sites for the students to go to and listen to native speakers on a regular basis. • Please encourage them to do this 1-2 times a week. This is training their ears! • Timewarner CH 16 is good for them to listen to for 8-10 minutes at a time.
EXTRA HELP • I am available on Weds & Thursdays from 2:10 – 3pm
COSTA RICA • I’m organizing a trip to Costa Rica for the 2nd week of July, 2015. There is an informational meeting next Wednesday at the North Syracuse Public Library at 6:30pm. I hope to see you there!
VIDEO • http://www.i-catcher-online.com/Spanish/SpanishPlayer-hi.php?ID=41
GRACIAS • Thank you so much for coming tonight!!! • I understand how busy everyone is and for you to take time out of your busy schedule and come tonight means a lot to me and to your children! THANK YOU AGAIN!!! MUCHAS GRACIAS.