CURRICULUM GUIDE 2026-27
334 | SPANISH III HONORS 1.0 CREDIT
Prerequisites: 80 % in Spanish II Honors( or 90 % in Spanish II)
This Pre-AP course is a warm up for the AP course coming next year. The student will be expected to work confidently within all three modes of communication- interpersonal, presentational and interpretive. Students will be exposed to additional readings, cultural themes, grammar and advanced supplemental activities. Authentic print, visual and audio materials are integrated. Course is taught primarily in Spanish.
$ A fee is charged for the National Spanish Assessment.
335 | SPANISH III 1.0 CREDIT
Prerequisites: 70 % in Spanish II OR successful completion of Spanish II Honors
A third year course designed to help students begin applying their previous knowledge of the language to certain tasks, situations and prompts. There is the expectation that these moments are more extemporaneous. The course aims to build confidence in the language and seeks to use the language in everyday settings. By means of authentic text as well as audio and video, students will be able to recognize, participate and understand more of the Spanish-speaking world.
$ A fee is charged for the National Spanish Assessment.
339 LATIN III HONORS 439 LATIN IV HONORS 1.0 CREDIT
Prerequisites: 80 % in Latin III Honors( for Latin IV Honors)
The student learns Latin prose and Latin poetry in alternating years. In the Latin prose year, works of Cicero, Caesar and other selected Roman writers are studied. Some excerpts from the New Testament are read in Latin as well. In the Latin poetry year, selected works of Virgil, Martial, Horace, Ovid and Catullus are read. In this two-year sequence, the study of advanced grammar, advanced vocabulary, and English words derived from Latin continues. The course is intended to prepare the student for literary studies on the university level and to challenge and develop the student’ s critical and logical skills. Students are encouraged to take the National Latin Examination.
$ A fee is charged for the National Latin Exam.
434 | SPANISH IV HONORS 1.0 CREDIT
Prerequisites: 80 % in Spanish III Honors( or 90 % in Spanish III)
This course, conducted in Spanish, further develops the skills gained during the first three years of Spanish. This course is designed to increase the student’ s proficiency in all four skill areas while also expanding their understanding of the Spanish speaking world. Students will participate in classroom discussion, oral presentations, role-play, and written activities. Students will read and analyze a variety of texts including fiction, short story, poetry, journalism as well as Spanish language music and film. As in previous Spanish courses, all four skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, are tested.
$ A fee is charged for the National Spanish Assessment.
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