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Francesca Fox Lauren Butler
Angie Mohanty Danielle Lorentz
Adrienne Chevalier Kinan Sawar
Juliette Patrylo Daniel Tolley
Daniel Sykes Rabab Isa
Louisa Arseneau Rachel Paull
Chloe Barratta Joseph Steinbock
Chardonnay Bennett Helen Lant
Anna Darling Samantha Goodale
Suza Del Rio Nick Ginsburg
Jessica Donvito Sierra Heckman
Kendall Jones Elizabeth Tolley
Foreign Language Day 2014:
This year at the Southern Illinois University Foreign Language Day, the French Scholar Bowl Team B beat Effingham 130 to 120 to take home the first place trophy. The competition tested French culture, vocabulary, and grammar knowledge. The team was led by Senior Elizabeth Tolley and in-cluded Seniors Nick Ginsburg, Sierra Heckman, and Emily Fink. The alternates were Seniors Jo-seph Steinbock and Rachel Paull. Juniors Chanchali Agrawal and Daniel Sykes also participated as alternates. Go Terriers!
National French Honors
Society:
This year marks the return of
National French Honors Society
to Carbondale Community High
School.
French News
German
SIU Foreign Language Day proved successful for Mrs. Lorinskas’ German scholar bowl students. The German team’s first opponent was Waterloo which they beat 160-140. The win advanced them to the championship round to face Teutopolis whom they defeated to win 1st place!!
C A R B O N D A L E C O M M U N I T Y H I G H S C H O O L Spring 2014
Foreign Language News: Spring 2014
Foreign Language
Faculty:
Linaya Germann :
Department Chair,
Spanish Instructor
Sharon Lorinskas:
German Instructor
Sarah McQuarrie:
French Instructor
Jane Rendón:
Spanish Instructor
Maria Taylor:
Spanish Instructor
Arnold Taylor:
Spanish Instructor
Inside this issue:
French News and Ger-man Scholar Bowl Win!
1
Foreign Language MIXER activity and Proficiency Testing
2
Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
3
¡Exprésate! 3
Multicultural Awareness and National Spanish Exam results
4
Mrs. Taylor’s classes 5
Preterite and Imperfect activity and SIUC Spanish Division B Scholar Bowl
6-7
By Sharon Lorinskas
By Sarah McQuarrie
FHS is a national academic society that is organized by the American Association of Teachers of French. To be inducted into FHS, students must be in at least their third semes-ter of French, must have earned an A in the past three consecutive semes-ters of French, and have a general grade point average of 3.5 or higher. FHS members can be elected as offi-cers to French Club and lead French Club members in club activities. They also serve as role models to beginning French learners. The induction took place in the CCHS
cafeteria on May 2nd. The 2014 inductees include:
Eric Dollinger
Shruti Kumar
Chanchali Agrawal
Zoe Dodge-Rice
Emily Fink
Division B Team:
right
Madison Mueller,
Maziar Sayeh,
Ryan Bushur,
James Zetterman,
Megan
McClatchey, and
Josh Murray
Ever heard of “Six Minute
Dating”? This was the con-
cept used for this year’s
Spring Foreign Language
Articulation Meeting. A
total of ten area foreign lan-
guage teachers were able to
participate in a timed
“Mixer” activity in which
teachers began paired with
one partner. Every 3 min-
utes, upon hearing a sig-
naled chime, teachers ro-
tated one seat to the left in
order to talk to the next
partner. This sequence was
repeated until the entire
group had a chance to talk
one on one with each per-
son twice. After becoming
acquainted, topics of discus-
sion included presenting
your partner with a foreign
language dilemma and ask-
ing for possible solutions as
well as setting goals for the
future to “get us out of our
comfort zone”.
—Linaya Germann
may be offered.
By:
Linaya Germann
Proficiency testing was also a
topic of discussion for this
year’s in-service articulation
meeting. Based upon results
from this year’s testing as well
as future turn out, the depart-
ment, together with admini-
stration, will determine
whether a course for native
and bilingual Spanish speakers
“Foreign Language Mixer” Activity by: Linaya Germann
Cont...
Foreign Language Proficiency Testing
were mailed to incoming Fresh-
men to announce testing dates.
Targeted students included those
who are native speakers who re-
quested Foreign Language
(Spanish) or who have completed
the Dual Language Program of-
fered through District 95.
The purpose of testing students in
the Spring is to facilitate their
transition into high school and
reduce the number of schedule
changes in the Fall.
The turn out for this year’s testing
so far has been twelve students,
three French and nine Spanish ,
with a few who have requested to
also test out of the second level
course.
In the past, students with lan-
guage background or experience
have had the opportunity to profi-
ciency test out of beginning level
Foreign Language courses to avoid
repetition in lower levels. This
testing has typically been done in
the Fall, at the start of the school
year. This Spring, however, to
avoid last minute testing after
school begins in the Fall, letters
Foreign Language
Proficiency
Testing :
New timetable for
Fall 2014
Page 2
Foreign Language News: Spring 2014
Articulation Day:
Foreign Languge Mixer
April 17th, 2014
Exito: Success
By: Jane Rendón
Spanish I students in Mrs. Rendón's classes have learned how to talk about their daily routines using reflexive verbs. We have discussed how to stay fit and healthy, making healthy choices and giving advice on how to stay fit. Students have enjoyed vocabulary games like
lotería (bingo) and Papa cali-
ente. Interview activities have helped students sharpen their speaking skills. “Speed dating”
is always a fun interview activ-ity that allows students to be-come better acquainted while practicing Spanish communi-cation skills.
Students are also learning about the culture and geogra-phy of Argentina. This unique South American country is coming to life through infor-mation searches, games, map activities and videos. From beautiful Iguazu Falls to the
cowboy culture of the Pampas, from the Swiss-like winter sports haven of San Carlos de Bariloche to the Tango Festival of Buenos Aires, we all agree: We would love to take a trip to Argentina!
—Jane Rendón
¡Cuerpo sano, mente sana! (Healthy Body, Healthy Mind)
¡Exprésate! (Express yourself!) Mrs. Rendón’s end of the year projects:
Choose an authentic recipe to prepare and create a power point demonstrating the process, from the purchase of ingredients to final product; 3) Create a chil-dren’s book complete with illustra-tions; 4) An informative presenta-tion on the works of a famous architect or artist, including exam-ples of their work; 5) Make an authentic craft and present the finished project to the class along
with an informative presentation about the history of the craft; 6) Produce and perform (live, for the class) a skit demonstrating a the-matic unit of the textbook. Stu-dents are excited about the possi-bilities and are creatively brain-storming ideas!
By: Jane Rendón
Mrs. Rendón’s Spanish II stu-dents are in the process of choos-ing their end of year projects. Students can choose from a vari-ety of activities designed to pull together the various elements learned throughout the year into one presentation. Students can pick from several options, accord-ing to their interests. Options include: 1) Produce a music video explaining a grammar concept; 2)
“Students are excited about
the possibilities and are
creatively brainstorming
ideas!”
Page 3
Volume 1, Issue 1
Mr. Arnold Taylor has earned
two additional credentials this
year. His license now includes
ESL and Bilingual Education. He
is a believer in lifelong learning.
He spends Summers traveling
abroad or studying in order to
better reach students and share
ideas. His philosophy is that
“continuous improvement is the
key to better education and it
starts by setting high standards for
your students and yourself and
being a good example by living
your philosophy and embracing
continuous improvement and
accountability in education”
Mr. Taylor is an advocate this year for Illinois schools to offer the Seal of Biliteracy on the tran-scripts of students after complet-ing the requirements. “Illinois schools have now been approved (beginning for the class of 2015) for this designation and we should get our students recognized for their well-deserved efforts by affix-
ing the seal of biliteracy to their high school transcripts in order to distinguish them from their peers”, he says.
Mr. Taylor arranged two Foreign Language teacher workshops held at CCHS where area FL teachers were able to receive updates from local experts in order to enhance their classroom. He expects fu-ture workshops will be held on our campus. He has been invited by the College Board to present at the national AP conference in
He is also happy to report that 27% of his students were honored from the AATSP for their achieve-ment on the National Spanish Exam.
By: Arnold Taylor
By: Arnold Taylor
AATSP: American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Cont...
ers, it is proposed as House Bill HB5154 as noted in the Illinois General Assembly.
Two of Mr. Taylor’s outstanding Honors Spanish III junior stu-dents (Natalie Nickrent and Rus-sell Leonard) competed in the SIU Foreign Language Day scholar bowl and took home the first place trophy again this year. This team was comprised primar-
ily of Spanish AP IV seniors and these two exceptional students made important contributions at the match held at SIUC.
By: Arnold Taylor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this summer.
Another project Mr. Taylor took on (along with the International Club) was to initiate offering a Multicultural Awareness specialty license plate to be offered in Illi-nois. In collaboration with the CCHS International Club stu-dents (led by president Malika Smith), Rep. Mike Bost, and oth-
Multicultural
Awareness
Specialty
License plate…
Page 4
Foreign Language News: Spring 2014
By: Arnold Taylor
Students took the National
Spanish Exams during the first
week of April.
Mrs. Taylor’s Classes
In this classroom, Mrs. Taylor teaches Spanish II, Spanish IV Honors, and Spanish IV AP. This
has been a special year as we have had an MAT student teacher who has given the students
exposure to a peninsular pronunciation in contrast to Mrs. Taylor’s South American speech.
The collaboration has given our student a unique experience as they had two styles of teach-
ing that became one and Direct and Communicative techniques were employed to help our
students retain content.
Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Thompson (SIUC) recognize that meeting the group and individuals needs is a key component in
student success within the classroom as well as in the community. For this reason, instruction is often modified to
provide material that is relevant to all students. These images illustrate differentiate material being used by the heritage
speakers in Spanish II. As their language needs are different, they spend some of the class time working on learning
and implementing the orthographic rules there other students would be working on communicative activities. They
are collaborating to complete this activity which is intended to help them develop successful code switching skills and
use their Spanish within professional settings.
Page 5
CCHS
Learning takes place through difference sources. In this instance, the students are guided to
make connections between lessons of Imperfect and Preterite with a Spanish language Cinder-
ella film that makes frequent use of these two concepts. The familiar storyline of the fairytale is
being used here to reinforce the concept and to show relevance of language topics in their com-
mon usage.
Page 6
Foreign Language Day– Spanish IV
Foreign Language Day at SIUC is special day when our stu-
dents showcase their knowledge by competing in Spanish
Scholar Bowl.
Students also participate in Salsa lessons, chats with Language
majors from SIU, receive information about travel abroad,
write their name in Chinese and many other fun activities.
Team B is compose of Spanish III and IV stu-
dents who proudly brought the Firs Place Tro-
phy Home.
Page 7
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