Welcome to the PVPA Spanish Blog! On this site, you will find a variety of tools here to support your language learning. You can also practice your writing here, as well as look at examples from other students past and present.
To post your work here, just post it as a comment to the assignment it goes to. You are also encouraged to offer replies to posts from other students (even ones in other classes). Just keep to the same standards of behavior here that you would be expected to follow in the classroom in real life.
All students using this site are expected to follow the well-established rules for proper online etiquette. Just as you are expected to do in class, keep your language positive and affirming. Remember, you're here to support each other! Negative, condescending, confrontational or otherwise inappropriate comments will not be tolerated, and can have an adverse effect on your class participation grade.
Your posts on this site are meant to support learning by providing everyone a chance to see how Spanish can express thoughts and feelings to communicate about real-world issues. Your posts should represent your best work.
Your work on this site will be graded a little differently than your normal practice work. Spelling and grammar, to the degree you have been exposed to them, do count here. Your work will often be submitted in draft form in a separate assignment before it is posted on this blog. In addition, because we are all dependent upon each other for this component of learning, you will also be given a separate grade for Class Participation. For this grade, you will be expected to participate fully in the assignments by offering responses to other students’ work. The feedback you provide and receive is an integral part of the learning experience here. It provides you with the opportunity to 'hear' and share ways of thinking. The rubric used to evaluate the work you submit here is a bit different than what is normally used for your work. See below:
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CRITERIA: Response Shows Evidence of Familiarity and Analysis of Assigned Readings (graded as homework):
4 : The student has clearly read, understands, and has analyzed the assignment and posts, and has helped others to do the same through responses. In addition, the student has shown a level of creativity and expression that goes beyond the minimum required for credit.
3 : Content of responses obviously indicates that student has read, understands, and has analyzed the assignment and posts.
2 : Content of responses shows little evidence that student understands or has analyzed the assignment or posts, or there is a consisten pattern of error in the post that must be addressed.
1 : Little evidence within the response that student has read, understands, or has analyzed the assignment or posts, or an incomplete response.
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CRITERIA: Engaged Fellow Classmates in Meaningful Discussion and Dialog (graded as part of Class Participation):
4 : Responses to fellow students are engaging and meaningful. They offer appropriate support or contribute to further discussion within the context of the assignment.
3 : Responses to fellow students are engaging and meaningful, and within the context of the assignment.
2 : Responses are less engaging and/or meaningful, though within the context of the assignment.
0 : No responses to fellow students, or responses are not within the context of the assignment given.
