1. Mrs. Laing and Mrs. Dubos

2. New York State LOTE Checkpoint A Standard 1: Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication. Standard 2: Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.

3. Skill Areas SpeakingWriting -Conversation-Spelling -Verbal Participation-Compositions ListeningCulture - Dictation-Projects -Audio activities-Activities ReadingVocabulary/Grammar -Authentic materials-Thematic -Short stories

4. Curriculum Introductions School & Education Food & Meal Taking Sports & Leisure Health & Welfare Shopping Travel & Transportation Physical Environment Class work/ homework/ quizzes/ participation 25 % Listening/ dictation/ reading/ writing/ translation 25 % Verbal/ Exams/ Projects 50% Grading Policy

5. Final Examination Upon completion of the first unit of study of the second language, students are required to take and pass a local assessment. Students must earn a passing grade of 65 or better on the local final exam, in order to earn credit for the course and to satisfy the foreign language requirement for graduation from high school.