Oceana High School

All Spanish Courses

Spanish 1

This is an introductory Spanish course that satisfies language requirements for high school graduation and college entrance. In this class students explore and learn to express themselves around everyday topics such as school life, extracurricular activities, food, health, plans, family, celebrations and home life. Students will interpret songs, articles, infographics, and short videos in Spanish. They will also practice communication through daily interaction with classmates, and present their Spanish in both written and spoken form. By the end of the course, students will be able to discuss the present and immediate future. Instruction is primarily in Spanish. Active listening and participation are required.  

Spanish 2

This is a second year Spanish course that satisfies language requirements for high school graduation and college entrance. In this class students broaden and continue to develop their ability to express themselves around everyday topics studied in Spanish 1 as well as fashion, errands, giving directions, childhood, recent activities, natural disasters and cinema.  Students will interpret songs, short videos, and slightly more sophisticated articles and infographics in Spanish. They will also practice communication through daily interaction with classmates, and present their Spanish in both writing and speaking. By the end of the course, students will be able to discuss the past, present and immediate future. Instruction is primarily in Spanish. Active listening and participation are required.

Spanish 3

Spanish 3 is an intermediate to advanced Spanish class that satisfies language requirements for high school graduation and college entrance. In this class students start to move beyond the everyday topics of Spanish 1 and 2 to explore more complicated themes such as the role that folklore plays in modern life, the immigrant experience, the way that propaganda is and is not effective, and the impact of artists from the Spanish speaking world. Students will interpret literature, articles, songs and videos. They will practice communication through daily interaction with classmates, but will also be expected to formulate and defend their opinions in Spanish through classroom debate, fishbowls, and other more formal formats for conversation.  Students will write both creative and analytical pieces in Spanish. By the end of the course, students will be able to discuss hypothetical or desired but improbable situations as well as the past, present, and future. Instruction is primarily in Spanish. Active listening and participation are required.  

Spanish 4

Spanish 4 is an advanced Spanish class organized around thematic units guided by essential questions.  Students explore challenging academic topics such as societal attitudes towards death, access to education, environmental concerns, cultural definitions of beauty, the world economy, and personal vs. national identities. Students interpret sophisticated articles, literature, podcasts and other audio clips around these themes. Spanish 4 students focus on expanding basic literacy, and write short responses to the materials. All students participate in socratic seminars and regular discussion with classmates. Instruction is entirely in Spanish. Active listening and participation are required.

AP® Spanish Language & Culture

Spanish 4 AP is an advanced Spanish class organized around thematic units guided by essential questions.  Curriculum is organized on a 2-year rotation of units so that students who take the AP class after taking the Spanish 4 class will not repeat materials used in Spanish 4, even when the classes are concurrently enrolled in the same classroom. Students in the AP strand will receive additional preparation for the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam, and may earn college credit upon passing. Along with their Spanish 4 classmates, students in Spanish 4AP explore challenging academic topics such as societal attitudes towards death, access to education, environmental concerns, cultural definitions of beauty, the world economy, and personal vs. national identities. Students interpret sophisticated articles, literature, podcasts and other audio clips around these themes, some of which they complete independently outside of class. Spanish 4AP students will focus on more academic writing and produce longer, more analytical essays and also present regularly to the class. All students participate in socratic seminars and regular discussion with classmates. Instruction is entirely in Spanish. Active listening and participation are required.

Spanish for Spanish Speakers

Spanish for Spanish Speakers is designed to introduce Spanish speakers to the academic study of the language. This course will support development of oral and listening skills, exposing students to dialects from Spain and different parts of Latin America. In terms of reading and writing development, students will focus on spelling accuracy, use of accents, the use of tenses, and academic vocabulary in addition to paragraph and essay length writing. The course will be thematically organized and include literature and readings from a variety of Spanish-speaking cultures.