Planes hasta el fin del semestre

El 15 de abril:

+ Composition rewrites due
+ Finish reading the first six pages of El Delantal Blanco
+ Vocabulary quiz on words from El Delantal Blanco: not the obscure, weird words, but the key words, the interesting words, the words you will use again!

Questions? Send e-mail… And: I’ll be in the lab in 418 HLG large parts of Monday.

El 17 de abril:

+ We will work further in El delantal blanco, and have a vocabulary quiz

El 22 de abril:

+ We will finish El delantal blanco, and turn in and discuss a one paragraph character sketch
+ We will organize ourselves into groups to put on El delantal blanco
+ Homework is to research and prepare to discuss Latin bands playing at Festival International and to work on BKN, “Instantes”

El 24 de abril:

+ We will discuss Latin bands playing at Festival International
+ We will work on BKN, “Instantes”
+ We will rehearse the play

El 29 de abril:

+ We will put on the play (this is an oral presentation grade, and you want it)
+ We will briefly discuss Festival International
+ We will prepare for QUIZ 3 on Thursday

El 1 de mayo:

+ QUIZ 3 … and discuss!
+ Extra credit #3, on Festival International, is due!

El 6 de mayo:

+ FILM

El 8 de mayo:

+ We will discuss the film and plan for the final: a brief series of questions on the film (this is quiz 4), a composition on the film (prepared ahead of time), and a conversation based on this composition.

GRADES: I made a mistake on the original grading scale – I created four items at 20% each, not 25% each as I should have, so I have had to reweight it. Note as well that we haven’t done quite as much as foreseen (only one composition before the final, not two). The quizzes took up more time and the compositions less, so I am weighting them more. It is to your advantage. Also, the quizzes and compositions were more sophisticated than the oral presentations, so again, I am weighting these last a little less and the compositions more. Again, it is to your advantage.

GRADE BREAKDOWN, REWRITTEN BUT THE SAME IN SPIRIT:

1. Attendance and homework: 10% (this is essentially a completion grade).
2. Informal oral work: 10% (this is on quantity and quality of oral participation).
2. Three best grades on four quizzes, averaged (the fourth quiz is the written part of the final): 30%
3. Composition (two grades, averaged): 20%
4. Oral presentations: (two grades, averaged): 10%
5. Final composition (due the day of the final): 10%
6. Final conversation (due the day of the final): 10%

OUR FINAL IS THURSDAY, MAY 15, AT 8 AND WE CAN PLAN A REVIEW SESSION EARLIER IN FINALS WEEK!