%3Ch3%3E%3Cstrong%3EStaff%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fh3%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3EDan+Van+Galen%3Cbr+%2F%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3Cem%3EMiddle+School+Science+and+Foreign+Language+Teacher%3C%2Fem%3E%3Cbr+%2F%3E%3Cem%3Edan.vangalen%40mp.k12.wi.us%3Ca+href%3D%22mailto%3Avickie.dahl%40mp.k12.wi.us%22%3E%3Cbr+%2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E608-987-0730%3C%2Fem%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Ch3%3E%3Cstrong%3Eclasses%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fh3%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3ESpanish+1%3A%26nbsp%3B%3C%2Fstrong%3ESpanish+1+is+a+one+year+elective+which+lays+the+groundwork+for+communicative+competency+in+Spanish.+Students+learn+vocabulary%2C+basic+sentence+construction%2C+and+pronunciation+in+order+to+begin+to+speak+and+write+in+Spanish.+Students+also+study+some+aspects+of+culture+in+Hispanic+countries.+Students+should+speak+Spanish+in+class%2C+and+much+of+the+course+is+conducted+in+Spanish.+Activities+include+dialogues%2C+classroom+conversations%2C+reading%2C+working+with+recordings+or+native+speakers%2C+writing+sentences%2C+lists%2C+and+paragraphs%2C+viewing+videos+and+DVDs%2C+vocabulary+games%2C+and+individual+projects.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3EForeign+Language+Exploratory+%28Spanish%29%3A%26nbsp%3B%3C%2Fstrong%3EForeign+Language+Exploratory+is+open+to+seventh+grade+students.+This+class+will+emphasize+oral+communication%2C+speaking+and+listening+skills%2C+in+Spanish.+Basic+words%2C+phrases+and+simple+communication+will+be+taught.+Activities+will+also+be+presented+to+create+a+cultural+awareness+of+Spanish+speaking+countries.+This+exploratory+class+will+meet+for+a+semester.%3C%2Fp%3E