PROFICIENCY LEVEL INTERMEDIATE LOW - INTERMEDIATE HIGH

PREREQUISITE: Grade of C in Spanish IV Honors with teacher recommendation.

This course, conducted almost entirely in Spanish, is designed to synthesize all the skills learned in the first four
levels of Spanish. In accordance with the department’s proficiency-based approach of teaching and learning,
students “learn by doing.” The Newburyport World Language department uses the ACTFL can-do statements as
guiding indicators for our students’ progress within our curriculum sequence. Therefore, by the end of this level,
students should be able to *participate in conversations on a wide variety of topics that go beyond everyday life, and
communicate effectively on a wide variety of present, past and future events. The course will not rely on any
specific textbook. Increasing proficiency in both spoken and written use of the language will be developed within a
cultural context with emphasis on the expansion of vocabulary. Grammar will be reviewed as it applies to situations
encountered. Literature is introduced via selected short stories and poems that will be used as a tool to increase
comprehension of written Spanish. Students will be expected to speak Spanish daily as their main form of verbal
communication, to write regularly, to periodically present to the class and to participate in daily class discussion.

0358 Spanish 5: Honors* Grade 12 Full Year 2.5 Credits/semester