Highly recommended:  Any Span/Eng and Span/Eng dictionary that  has verb charts.

GRADING POLICY FOR THE SPANISH SECTIONS
The whole Spanish section, in order to insure that students learn enough to move easily into the next semester (if needed), has implemented the following grade percentages:
    for a final grade of  A:  92%;   for a B:  83%;   for a C: 74%;   for a D: 65%.
In order to get into Spanish 102, a grade of C or better is required, as students who earn a D, do not have the "critical mass" of knowledge of Spanish to pass the next semester course.

QUIZ / TEST / EXAM MAKE-UP POLICY
Quizzes may NOT be made up if missed.  Contact me immediately if you think you have an unusual circumstance that caused you to miss the quiz; however, calling does not insure that you will be allowed to take the quiz.  Tests and exams may be made up within one day (Mon. to Fri., including Tues.), or you will be given a zero (0) for that test; no bonus points (See "Course Grading" below) will be available on any tests taken a day late.

LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY (See below for more on "ASSIGNMENTS")
You will be penalized 5 points for each day late any assignments are handed in.  The 5 pts. per day penalty will be ignored on the second draft IF (and only if) the second draft is handed in on the day it is due.  If the second draft is a day late also, the 5 pt. per day penalty will be charged against the second draft.  Being absent on the day an assignment is given, or on the day it is due does not excuse you from this penalty; however, if a completed assignment is dropped off by a friend, or if it is put into the envelope taped to my office door on the day it is due, no penalty applies.  MOST ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE POSTED TO THE WEB under the link "Previous Notes /Assignments" on the main web site page, and students who are absent are responsible for checking the web site to see if an assignment is due in the next class.  See below for further information about "ASSIGNMENTS".

DISABILITY POLICY
If you have emergency medical information to share with me, if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, or if you need accommodations in this course because of a disability, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. (See p.1 for office hours.)  If you plan to request disability accommodations you are expected to register with the Disability Support Services (DSS) office in Room 190 of McCannel Hall, 777-3425.

CELL PHONES AND PAGERS
Students are expected to turn OFF and refrain from using all cell phones and pagers while in class.  A student who repeatedly (more than once) gets calls or pages or uses a cell phone or pager will be asked to absent him/herself for the rest of that class.  If a student has an emergency situation in which s/he must receive calls or pages, please check with Mrs. Lee before class to inform her of the situation.

UNCLAIMED STUDENT PAPERS
If a student is absent on the day a composition, test or homework papers are returned, the unclaimed papers will be placed in alphabetical order in a file that Mrs. Lee takes to class. See her to claim your papers.  Any papers left at the end of the semester will be thrown away.

USE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL WEB SITE
There are several purposes for using an instructional web site.  Probably the best benefit of it is that the information for class is available 24/7 if you have access to the Internet.  The web site saves a lot of time spent in class dictating page numbers, giving examples for homework, etc.  If you have any questions on an assignment, my E-mail address is available on the index (main) page.  Please let me know if you find any errors or poorly worded sentences; I can make corrections on the web site or add extra info easily and instantaneously to documents.  If you lose the copy of the syllabus or Daily Class Plan that I distribute, you will have to copy them from the web site.  Also, any other notes, assignments or homework papers will not be handed out in class, but will be posted only to the web site.  You can print directly from the web, or you can highlight and copy just the text you need, and paste it into a blank page of your word processor.

AMOUNT OF STUDYING
Foreign Language is, by definition, "foreign" to most of us, and therefore more study than normal will be necessary in order to do well in the course.  Memorization will play a major part in your studying, as vocabulary and grammar have to be learned; also, the lab and audio exercises will take a significant amount of time to complete.  The University system has a general guide that a student should expect to study two hours outside of class for each one hour of class time.

GRAMMAR PAGES IN DOS MUNDOS
At the end of each Paso or Chapter in Dos Mundos, there are several blue-colored pages which constitute the grammar explanations for each grammar point covered.  As we work in the main (white) pages of each chapter, there is a cross reference to the grammar that you should read over before coming to class.  Below the grammar explanation there are exercises for you to answer/write out to see if you understood the grammar point.  Correct answers are given for these blue-page exercises in Appendix 4 (starting p.A-13) in the back of your textbook.  It is your responsibility to read over the grammar explanation, and to do and correct the exercises.  This lessens class time taken for grammar explanations, thus allowing more time for communication and comprehension practice.  Very occasionally an additional grammar presentation will be made in class.  In those cases students will be expected to take notes that will complement and expand on the grammar explanation in the textbook.

CLASS ACTIVITIES AND NOTE TAKING
Generally I will assign grammar material ("blue pages") to be read BEFORE the class when it is practiced.  I reserve the right to ask students to tell me some details about what they read.  If a grammar point is a difficult or involved one, I will make a short presentation, using the overhead projector.  I expect students to take notes on that presentation, and to study those notes as part of preparation for any quiz or test.  After explaining a grammar point, I will have some students answer some of the exercises in the book for practice.  Occasionally I will assign an exercise or activity from the book for recitation;  answers will count toward the Class Participation grade.  [See "CLASS PARTICIPATION GRADE" on pp.4-5 below.]  Workbook exercises will be assigned to further practice the grammar points.

QUIZZES
Quizzes cover comprehension and grammar.  There will be 5 quizzes about 20-25 minutes long (after the Pasos, Chap.1, Chap.3, Chap.5, and Chap.7) during the semester. The quiz for Ch.7 is open book. Quizzes will begin with a short comprehension exercise, and from then on will test grammar that has been practiced in that chapter. To do well in quizzes, study vocabulary, and do all of the exercises assigned in the textbook and workbook, and any worksheets or other assignments. Generally the same or similar material (perhaps in a slightly different form) will be tested.

One open-book quiz is given (Ch. 7).  You will be allowed to use your textbook, your class notes and a dictionary IF (and only if) you bring those materials to class.  You will not be allowed to share materials with another student.  In general an open-book quiz is designed to be more difficult than a closed-book quiz, since you are able to look answers up. Students who have done the exercises and assignments will not have difficulty, because they will know where to look for answers; students who are opening the book for the first or second time will have great difficulty.

QUIA ONLINE WORKBOOK
I have signed up my classes for use of the "Quia" system, meaning that workbook and lab manual exercises will be done over the computer and sent to me for credit.  Information on the access code and other details will be presented in class at the start of the semester. 

You are expected to do the lab exercises as they are assigned, and to listen to the audio exercises for our textbook in the workbook under the Quia system.  STUDY THE VOCABULARY OF THE CHAPTER BEFORE LISTENING TO THE AUDIO EXERCISES!!!  To participate in the Quia online system, rather than buying the paper-copy workbook, you will have to buy a "key" (serial number) to show that you paid a fee, which is usually approximately half the cost of the print workbook.  The computer will keep track for you of which exercises you have done, and will generate a "grade".  These grades from each chapter will contribute to the 70 points for the Homework (Class Participation) grade.  [See further information on Class Participation Grade below.]  To earn the points for Homework you will have to purchase either the Quia Online Workbook "key", or hand in assigned pages from the print version of the Workbook.

SECTION TESTS
Three Section Tests, 50 minutes long, will be given after Chapters 2,  4 and 6.  The first part of each test will be Comprehension.  I will explain what the type of comprehension testing will be before each test. Other parts of the test will cover grammar and vocabulary of the lessons involved, with special emphasis on the grammar of Chapters 2, 4 and 6 (i.e. the chapter after which there was no quiz).  Also you may be expected to answer questions in Spanish and/or to write sentences to describe a drawing on your paper.  More detailed information will be given in class as these tests approach.

ASSIGNMENTS
Four assignments worth 25 pts. each will be given during the semester.  For Assignments #2, 3, and 4, no paper copy of the assignments will be handed out, and you should copy each assignment from the Web Site [at link "Current Assignment" on the index page] and hand it in for correction. (You MUST leave several lines between answers [where I will place my comments]; failure to do so will result in points being deducted for not following directions.)  These assignments will be aimed at practicing a particular grammar point, like forming questions, practicing verbs, or later in the semester, answering questions in several tenses. You will be allowed two drafts of each assignment.  When you hand your assignment in the first time, a grade will be recorded. I will indicate, but not correct, your errors.  If you wish to increase your grade on the assignment, you may correct errors by rewriting the whole sentence where any error occurred.  When you hand in the corrected assignment, a second grade will be computed, which will be averaged with your first grade.  The effect of averaging gives you ½ point back for each error that is corrected.  If your "correction" is still wrong, no extra credit is given.  The second draft is NEVER required, but is optional.  Remember: doing a second draft is a good way to learn what you didn't know earlier, and to increase your grade at the same time.  You are encouraged to save all of your assignment sheets to study from for the Final Exam.

CLASS PARTICIPATION GRADE
There are two components in the 150-point class participation grade:  80 pts. for attendance, and 70 pts. for class recitation of assigned exercises, and any homework handed in.
    1- Attendance  (See Attendance Policy on page 1.)
    2(a)- Class recitation is answering assigned exercises in your textbook or workbook.  Occasionally I will have students define vocabulary words studied for homework. Several times during the semester there will be an oral quiz based on oral practice done previously in class.  Being prepared is the most important goal, and some evaluation (shown below) will be made of your answer.  Often class recitation will be assigned after a couple of practice activities in class.  "EVERY-DAY" PRACTICE IS NOT EVALUATED. "PRACTICE" ERRORS ARE NOT HELD AGAINST YOU; I WILL INFORM YOU WHEN ANSWERING IS FOR CLASS RECITATION AND WHEN IT IS PRACTICE.
    2(b)- Classwork is a task, or "mini-quiz" or other exercise completed in class, based on some practice already done.  The work will be handed in, and a "grade" will be assigned using same system as for "Homework" in 2(c).  [See Attendance Policy on page 1 for details on absence when recitation or class work is listed on the web site.]
    2(c)- Homework handed in is based on the exercises on the grammar.  From time to time we will practice an exercise in class, and I will assign a few extra lines to be handed in that day or the next day, to see if you did in fact understand a grammar point.  In addition you are expected to do the exercises in the Quia workbook. The grading system used for Class recitation, Class work and Home work is:
     O (outstanding)      =  great competence shown; student answered all questions with ease;
     E (excellent)           =  great competence shown; student answered most questions with ease;
     G (good)                =  fairly good competence shown; student answered with a few pauses;
     F (fair)                   =  some competence shown; student answered with long pauses;
     U (unsatisfactory)   =  student showed little or no understanding of questions;
     Ab/--                     =  student was absent, didn't attempt any answer, or didn't hand work in.

If your homework is late I will add an L to the grade, and if just one or two lines are missing, I will add an M to your grade, counting those letters slightly against your grade.  I will keep track of all these Class recitation, Classwork and Homework "grades", and determine how many of the 70 points to give each student.
    2(d)- Quia Workbook exercises will be assigned for each chapter.  You will be graded very generally on how well you did in the exercises (the computer assigns a grade), and whether you completed the work "on time" (before the next test).  If you do not do the Quia exercises by the deadline, you will receive a "Ab/--" grade (see grading system above) for that chapter.  IF YOU ARE CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT ATTENDANCE, CLASS RECITATION AND HOMEWORK, YOU WILL EARN THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE 150 POINTS.

FINAL EXAM
The Final Exam will cover the whole course.  The Comprehension part (40 points) will be True/False, and the Grammar part (160 points) will be multiple choice, in which you will have to choose the correct grammatical form.  Practice will be done in class to prepare for this exam.

        Final grade equivalents:
        A = 92% or 805 to 875 points;  B = 83% or 726 to 804;  C = 74% or 648 to 725;
        D = 65% or 569 to 647;  F = <65% or <569 points

Some bonus points (total of 10-12) on cultural material will be included on Section Tests.  Cultural information will be presented in class from time to time.  A right answer can increase your score, but a wrong answer will not lower your grade.  The cultural information will not be drilled in class; it will be your responsibility to review your notes.