Spanish 102 Fall 2013 MWF 9:30 FAC 105 Dr. Linda Zee White Hall 226 lzee@utica.

edu 223-2461 Office Hours: MWF 10:30-12:00, M 4-5:00, Th. 12-2:00 and by appointment http://www.utica.edu/academic/ssm/language/index.cfm COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of this course you should have dramatically expanded your active and passive vocabulary, mastered the various past tenses, and acquired cultural, historic and geographic knowledge about various Spanish-speaking countries. TEXTS: 1. A GOOD bilingual dictionary (one that includes parts of speech and gives examples). On-line translators are often unreliable. 2. 501 Spanish Verbs 3. http://spanish102utica.blogspot.com [NOT ANGEL] [NOT ANGEL] [NOT ANGEL] 4. SMARTHINKING Online tutoring. Youve paid for ituse it! 5. Materials archived online for you to print out or access by laptop/tablet OVERVIEW OF SPANISH 102 [ELEMENTARY SPANISH II] You have been placed in Spanish 102 because 1. Youve successfully completed Spanish 101 [at UC or elsewhere] 2. You have taken 3 years of high school Spanish with less than an A average 3. You have taken 4+ years of high school Spanish with less than a B average 4. It has been a number of years since youve taken Spanish but youre not a true beginner. If you feel that you have been incorrectly placed, please see me outside of class time. You may test out of 102 by taking and receiving at least a 75% on a 102 final exam. If 102 is proving too difficult for you, you may, with permission, drop down to a 101 class. WAIT A WEEK BEFORE DOING SO! DONT PANIC OR UNDERESTIMATE YOUR ABILITIES! Spanish 102 assumes that you are familiar with the material covered in 101: Greetings Titles Gender and adjectives [el, la, los, las] Days, months, seasons The present tense of regular, irregular, and stem-changing AR ER IR verbs Stem-change verbs The numbers from 0-1.000.000 Colors A + el--al; de + el---del Personal A Comparatives [ms que / menos que] and Superlatives [el ms] Idioms [expressions] with the verb TENER [tengo hambre, sed, sueo] Possessives [La clase de Paula vs. Paulas clase] The difference between SABER and CONOCER Some basic foods and drinks [other than la pizza, la pasta y el pollo]; table settings Restaurant vocabulary [how to order] How to ask a question [Qu? Quin? Dnde? Cundo Cmo? Cunto? Por qu?] How to tell time [Son las tres vs. A las tres]

The immediate future [ir + a + infinitive Vamos a comer a las 7:00] The present progressive--what is happening right now, [estar + -ndo: Ests leyendo] Affirmative and negative words [alguien vs. nadie, algo/nada, siempre/nunca, etc.] The reflexive verbs--an action that you do to yourself; includes a reflexive pronoun [Me levanto a las 6:00] Parts of the house [rooms, furniture, etc.] Family members Demonstratives [este, ese, aquel] The difference between SER and ESTAR What doesnt look familiar to you is easily found on-line and in reference materials. CLASS BEHAVIOR AND EXPECTATIONS: 1. Be on time. Arriving late is rude, disruptive and disrespectful to me and to the rest of the class. 3 late arrivals equals 1 absence. 2. Spanish is a spoken language and the only way for me to know if and when youre speaking is if youre here in class. Therefore there is an attendance policy: * you have 3 unexcused absences [excused absences are for College-sanctioned events and must be accompanied by prior notification] * after 6 absences (2 weeks) I reserve the right to automatically fail you, and you should drop the class. * If at the end of the semester you have perfect attendance, 3 points will be added to your overall grade. 3. CELL PHONES OFF!!! LEAVE IT VISIBLE ON TOP OF YOUR DESK. If I see you texting, I will consider it an insult [since youre obviously not paying attention to me] and a testament to your rudeness and immaturity. PHONES MUST BE ON TOP OF YOUR DESK DURING EXAMS! I will suspect the worst if I see you with your hands between your legs during a test. 4. Cheating and plagiarism are serious offenses and will be punished accordingly--F/F for cheating on your transcript/vivisection [look it up]. DO YOUR OWN WORK! It will be painfully obvious to me, and embarrassing for you, if your bilingual friend has done your work for you, and you will not receive credit for that work. You also wont learn anything and isnt that kind of the point of doing the work? Exams will have different forms and the person next to you might not necessarily have the same form that you do. 5. NO GUM SNAPPING! It really gets on my nerves and it will probably cause me to subconsciously hate you and lower your grade. Why risk it? 6. Please come to class prepared, or stay home. You should have your books, paper, something to write with, the assignment should be completed and ready to hand in. If you missed the previous class, it is your responsibility to find out ASAP what you missed and what is due. Get the names, numbers and emails of several classmates. The assignments and work covered are readily available on the blog. WHICH IS NOT ANGEL. DONT EMAIL ME ASKING FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OR MATERIAL COVERED. THAT S WHAT THE BLOG PAGE IS FOR. ITS NOT ON.....ANGEL. 7. Falling asleep in class is the same as being absent and will be penalized accordingly. You may also be made fun of, possibly decorated, and left behind at the end of class.

8. Never ever ever ask either of the following 2 questions: Did I miss anything last class? or Did we do anything important in the last class? OF COURSE YOU DID/ WE DID!!! Do you think we just sat there waiting for you to show up?? It was your responsibility to find out BEFORE class what you missed. Check the non-Angel blog. (This holds true for all of your professorsif you want to annoy them, ask them one of those two questions.) 9. To keep things interesting, you may working in assigned groups. These groups will be reconfigured over 2 weeks or so. By the end of the semester, you should have had the opportunity to work with everyone in the class. 10. My name is Professor Zee, Profesora Zee, Profe Zee or Dr. Zee. I am not Miss Zee, Mrs. Zee or yo, Zee. Once you have your degree you can call me Linda. 11. I have a somewhat dry, somewhat snarky, somewhat obnoxious sense of humor. Get used to it. GRADING Please dont tell me [or any other professor for that matter] what grade you need. If you need a B, do the work and get a B. We dont give grades. We add up the points of the work that youve done. At the start of the semester, you have ZERO because you havent done anything yet. In other words, you earn an A, not lose it. EXAMS 50% There will be 4 in-class exams, a map exam and a final exam, which is NOT comprehensive [i.e. its exam #5]. I drop the lowest exam grade, so if you miss an exam, thats the one you drop. NO MAKEUPS. If, at the end of the semester youre satisfied with your grade, you dont need to take the final. **The map test does not count as one of the 5 exams and cannot be dropped. HOMEWORK AND NULU 15% Homework is due on my desk at the beginning of class. Late work, if accepted at all, will be penalized one letter grade per day. NULU is due once a week. This is your lab. Yes, its $25 a semester. But you did not have to purchase a $200 text book, right? MINIPRUEBAS 25% These are short quizzes on the material covered in the previous class. They will be given at the beginning of class. If you are late, you will not be given the quiz. Depending on how many are given, one or more of the lowest grades will be dropped. ORAL EXAMS 10% More information to come. GRADE DISTRIBUTION: A 93+ C+ 77-79 A- 90-92 C 74-76 B+ 87-89 C- 70-73 B 84-86 D+ 67-69 B- 80-83 D 64-66 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: Subject to modifications and revisions 8/28 8/30 9/2 9/4 9/6 Introduccin; pick groups SIT WITH YOUR GROUP! Where You At? practicar material de 101 SIT WITH YOUR GROUP! Where you at? examen; Argentina Direct object pronouns Indirect and double object pronouns

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Gustar verbs PICK NEW GROUPS; reflexive verbs SIT WITH YOUR NEW GROUP! reading/culture review for exam Examen I write in class/group activity AR preterit ER-IR preterites comidas y bebidas PICK NEW GROUPS; stem-changing preterits; restaurante SIT WITH YOUR NEW GROUP! irregular preterits review for exam

10/7 Examen II 10/9 PICK NEW GROUPS; practice for map test 10/11 Map test; write in class (resum/vita) 10/14 Vacaciones 10/16 Per; Las actividades, las diversiones, etc. 10/18 Per 2; la ropa, los colores, ir de compras 10/21 Per 3; el tiempo; el imperfecto 10/23 Per 4; el imperfecto 10/25 Per 5; pretrito vs. imperfecto 10/28 PICK NEW GROUPS; pretrito vs. imperfecto 10/30 pretrito vs. imperfecto; review 11/1 Examen III 11/4 11/6 11/8 Un crimenwrite in class los mandatos/commands las partes del cuerpo, la salud

11/11 present perfect 11/13 present perfect 11/15 las preposiciones 11/18 pelcula 11/20 pelcula 11/22 Examen IV 11/25 11/27 Vacaciones 11/29 Vacaciones 12/2 12/4 12/5 12/6 12/9 Group competition Group oral exam Individual oral exam Individual oral exam Pre-final grades available

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