World Language Department
German - Latin - Spanish
8th gr. Exploratory
National Exams
German National Exam
The National German Exam is administered each year to nearly 24,000 high school students in the second, third and fourth level of German. The Exam, now in its 53rd year, provides individual diagnostic feedback, rewards students through an extensive prize program, and creates a sense of accomplishment.
This is the 7th year that the German Department has given this assessment.
33 - Level 2 Students
28 - Level 3 Students
13 - Level 4 Students
74 - Total
Benefits
Certificates
Medals
** Study trip to Germany
Award I: Prizewinners (not graduating seniors) receive round-trip group transportation from Newark or New York to Germany, spend 3-4 weeks living in Germany, attend classes at an academic high school, and participate in various excursions to places of cultural significance.
Award II: Graduating seniors receive round-trip group transportation from Newark or New York to Germany, spend 3-4 weeks living there, where they are placed in groups with international students. In addition to a homestay program, they also attend special seminars in other locations within Germany.
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Latin National Exam
The philosophy of the National Latin Exam is predicated on providing every Latin student the opportunity to experience a sense of personal accomplishment and success in his study of the Latin language and culture. This opportunity exists for each individual student since, on the National Latin Exam, he is not competing with his fellow student on a comparative basis, but is evaluated solely on his own performance on the exam. The basic purposes of the NLE are to promote the study of Latin and to encourage the individual student.
This is the 12th year that the Latin Department has given this assessment.
46 - Level 1 students
23 - Level 2 students
17 - Level 3 students
7 - AP students
93 - Total
Benefits
Awards:
Introduction to Latin: Ribbons and Certificates of Achievement
Latin I-VI Exams:
Perfect paper: Hand-lettered certificate
Gold medal and a summa cum laude certificate awarded to top scorers
Silver medal and maxima cum laude certificate to second-place winners
Magna cum laude certificate to third-place winners
Cum laude certificate to fourth-place winners
SPECIAL AWARDS
Maureen O’Donnell Award (Oxford Classical Dictionary) awarded to students who earn four gold medals
Carter Stubbs Drake Goad Award (a book award) awarded to students who earn three or more perfect papers, or five or more gold medals
Scholarships: $1,000 AWARDS
Applications for the $1,000 scholarships will be mailed to gold medal winners in Latin III, Latin III-IV Prose, III-IV Poetry, or Latin V-VI who are high school seniors. Those who apply must agree to take at least one year of Latin or Classical Greek in college. A classics in translation course does not fulfill this requirement. These scholarships are renewable for three succeeding college years of study. In 2006, twenty-one $1,000 scholarships were awarded. These scholarships may be renewed.
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Spanish National Exam
the National Spanish Examination (NSE), a division of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), is commited to recognizing student achievement and promoting language proficiency in the study of Spanish.
What is the purpose of the National Spanish Examination?
The purpose of the National Spanish Examination is
- to recognize achievement in the study of the Spanish language
- to promote proficiency in interpretive communication in the Spanish language
- to assess the national standards as they pertain to learning Spanish
- to stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of Spanish
This is the first year that the Spanish Department has given this assessment.
Online testing
98 - Level 3 students
19 - AP students
117 - Total
Benefits
8th, 9th, & 10th grade students - Global Citizen Scholarships
The scholarship covers the cost of tuition for a two-week Spanish immersion program through Concordia Language Villages.
11th grade students - Junior Travel Awards
NSE will offer twelve (12) travel awards to Costa Rica through a commercial study/travel group.
12th grade students - Senior Scholarships
NSE will offer eight (8) scholarships of $2000, twelve (12) scholarships of $1000 and sixteen (16) scholarships of $500.
Spanish @ CMS
The photo to the left and the videos below are examples of student work in Mrs. Wishard's
Career Magnet Spanish Classes
Mi rutina diaria
Students were required to create a video about their daily routine using Pinnacle or iMovie and their iPads.
Other Projects
*Students created video commercial advertising a Hygienic Product. (use of iPads and in target language)
- They were to create an original name for their product
- They had to describe what the product was, why it would be used, and how often to use it
- Students shared where to buy it and had to use 3 adjectives to describe it
- Lastly, students designed a slogan and took a photo of their product
*Spanish Classes are collaborating with PE classes to create a video to describe and demonstrate an exercise
- Students will be translating the muscle group, name of the exercise, and script of the step by step instructions into Spanish
- When complete, students will be in the gym watching the videos and following along with the exercises.
Business Advisory Board Spanish Project
Ms. Wishard and her classes will be working on short videos for F&M Trust what will teach tellers key spanish phrases in order to help them provide better customer service to their spanish speaking clientele.
Spanish Activities with Mrs. Ausherman
Honors 3 & AP classes wrote letters to pen pals in the Dominican Republic. They were delivered by a group of students and professor from Shippensburg University. We are waiting on the responses.
Honors 3 & AP classes are doing an Intercambio-Exchange with low level ESL students. My students take turns going to the ESL classrooms. They pair up and speak 10 minutes only in Spanish and 10 minutes only in English on topics given by me and the ESL teacher. This helps both students. They really love it!
Spanish Club students are assisting with ESL parent night at King Street Church, teaching Spanish lessons to Mrs. Evan's Elementary class, & helping out with the LIU tutoring program.
Honors 3 & AP classes are doing an Intercambio-Exchange with low level ESL students. My students take turns going to the ESL classrooms. They pair up and speak 10 minutes only in Spanish and 10 minutes only in English on topics given by me and the ESL teacher. This helps both students. They really love it!
Spanish Club students are assisting with ESL parent night at King Street Church, teaching Spanish lessons to Mrs. Evan's Elementary class, & helping out with the LIU tutoring program.
German in the 8th grade
Mr. Unruh and Mr. Keiper collaborated with Ms. Poe to incorporate German lessons into the 8th grade Exploratory classes at CAMS N. & CAMS S
CASHS AP students participated during Mr. Unruh's visits. The AP students created German mini books for each of the 8th graders.
http://www.minibooks.ch/index.cfm
CASHS AP students participated during Mr. Unruh's visits. The AP students created German mini books for each of the 8th graders.
http://www.minibooks.ch/index.cfm
Exploratory Language Projects - 8th grade
This course consists of Spanish and Latin concepts covered in 45 days of instruction. The Projects below are from the Latin portion of the class.
iPads in the AP Classrooms
Each AP language teacher at the High School was given an iPad this year. Mrs. Holtry, Mrs. Ausherman and Mr. Unruh are currently working on a collaborative supervision project where they are investigating useful apps for the language classroom as well as instructional strategies.
Also, with the change in position for Mrs. Holtry to Gifted, she has agreed to share the Gifted iPad cart with Mrs. Ausherman's and Mr. Unruh's AP classes to further extend the project.
Also, with the change in position for Mrs. Holtry to Gifted, she has agreed to share the Gifted iPad cart with Mrs. Ausherman's and Mr. Unruh's AP classes to further extend the project.
German Comic Strips
Students in Mr. Unruh's classes created the comic strips below using makebeliefscomix.com.
Since launching Makebeliefscomix.com in late 2006, there have been over 6 million site visits from more than 175 countries to MakeBeliefsComix.com. Many of them have been educators who use the site with students to encourage writing, reading and literacy and the learning of English (or German). In fact, Google and UNESCO selected MakeBeliefsComix as one of the world's most innovative web sites in fostering literacy and reading.
Since launching Makebeliefscomix.com in late 2006, there have been over 6 million site visits from more than 175 countries to MakeBeliefsComix.com. Many of them have been educators who use the site with students to encourage writing, reading and literacy and the learning of English (or German). In fact, Google and UNESCO selected MakeBeliefsComix as one of the world's most innovative web sites in fostering literacy and reading.
Mr. Keiper's German I Mein Schultag Project
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Ms. Hoover's German II project
Student Created Itinerary for a German Trip
Latin with Ms. Barnhart
Latin I students designed t-shirts depicting a god or goddess. On the back of the shirts, students completed a writing piece describing why they chose that god or goddess and their particular attributes.
Cenas In Rome
Latin II students had the opportunity to host their own cenas (dinners) during the block periods of the week of February 11th. Classes during periods 3 and 6 sampled authentic Roman foods.
Latin Club
CASHS Latin Club students are nationally recognized as members of the National Junior Classical League.