Tips for Success

1. Develop and maintain a regular study habit.

2. Skill building =

a. Everyday drill new material

b. Rotate (recycle) review of old material.

3. Practice outside of class.

Use your “study buddies” –

2-3 classmates to practice speaking and vocabulary drills.

4. Get help FAST if feeling unsure.

· Appointments with me before and after school, or on Access time when no staff meetings.

· Tutors available.

1. Both Honor Society and IB students need

to earn service credit.

2. Private adult tutors for hire.

5. Stay POSITIVE; participate in class.

· Volunteer answers; don’t just wait to be called upon.

· Don’t wait until you know your answer is “perfect” – be willing to make a good educated guess and take a risk.

6. Find a personal reason to learn Spanish:

Not “just because” it’s required to go to college.

Tips for Success #2

4 Types of Daily Study

1. Review homework corrections and/or class notes from that day.

a. “Translate” your abbreviations.

b. Write out and/or fill-in more information

2. Drill practice “new” items:

a. Systematic review of vocabulary

b. Practice grammar forms and concepts

3. Recycle “old”

a. Systematic review of vocabulary

b. Practice former grammar forms and concepts

4. Do your assignment for the next class:

Write out and/or read what has been assigned.

And/or = work on a long-term project. Remember to take BIG assignments and divide them into many small steps. Each day work on another "step".

Maestra Thurber-Brown