Ap Spanish Language

AP SPANISH LANGUAGEI. Lugo, KHS

SUMMARY OF COURSE:

The AP Spanish Language course at Killeen High School is conducted solely in Spanish. Students practice the target language frequently with the teacher and their peers. The main objective of the course is to develop students' communicative skills in Spanish at a high level. It is expected that students understand and produce oral and writing skills equal to the ones used in a second-year college level course. AP Spanish Language students must have a strong background in Spanish, received during their first years of studying the targeted language. They should be highly motivated and interested enough to allocate the required time to be successful in this course. These students should be responsible to schedule time to complete a significant amount of out-of-class listening, speaking, reading and writing assignments.

Students are expected to:

·  Use Spanish in every aspect of the classroom setting.

·  Comprehend conversations, lectures, oral presentations,
newspapers, letters, instructions, Internet articles, and
short stories in Spanish.

·  Read and write broadly in Spanish.

·  Express orally by persuading, convincing, arguing, inquiring,
and describing.

·  Become proficient in language skills: listening comprehension,
speaking, reading and writing

·  Familiarize with the different Spanish and Latin American cultures through experiences in and out of the classroom.

·  Express well in an array of styles, using diverse strategies for different audiences.

·  Grow to be proficient in the capacity of using Spanish in everyday situations.

TEACHING STRATEGIES

Several forms and methodologies of instruction are used in this course. The use of consistent lessons that balance grammar and communication are used during the school year. The format of these lessons allows students to learn and review grammar rules using the thematic vocabulary they need to participate in communicative situations. Communication is the goal for oral presentations. Consistent placement of features and strategies help students to recognize the patterns and easily comprehend what is learned. Students listen to lectures and other oral narratives in Spanish and respond correctly to oral and/or written questions on the material. Students are expected to improvise orally, based on a series of visual cues. Oral presentations are given on a prepared topic, using notes. There are class discussions in Spanish based on reading materials. Students read short stories, articles, essays, and poetry and respond to oral and written questions on the material. Oral and written summaries are prepared based on lectures, films, news, and reading passages. Students write 200- 250 word compositions and essays on given prompts that demonstrate organization, grammatical accuracy, breadth of vocabulary and idioms, and stylistic quality. (C2)

COURSE PLANNER

Month / CORE STANDARD / LEARNING ACTIVITY / ASSESSMENT
August & September / -Overview of exam format and skill assessment.
-Grammar: Descriptions in the present tense, Present tense and stem changing verbs, Nouns and articles, Adjectives
Syllables and accent rules
-Vocabulary focus: Personal relations--friends, family, personalities, and physical characteristics
-Development of Note taking skills: Venn and T diagrams
Colección 1 Nuevas Vistas
Cuadro 1-5 Galería de arte y vida
5 Steps to AP Spanish Language / Listening & Speaking: Discussions with targeted vocabulary
-Writing: incorporating appropriate accentuation and grammar, journal writing concepts
-Culture: Differences in traditions and daily life with family and friends
-AP test focus: Reading--reading strategies, test strategies, literature
-Reading and comparing news articles
Reading and comparing news articles using Venn and T diagrams. / -Grammar assignments, quizzes, and test
-Vocabulary test
-Composition: description of self
-Oral pair work, group work, informal speaking
-La camisa de Marguerita, literature questions and análisis (C4)
-In class participation &
attendance
October / -Introduction to informal writing and speaking.
-Finish personal relations with
-Grammar: Reflexives,
Imperfect, and comparison of the 2 past tenses
-Vocabulary focus: Life, death, religion, the supernatural, and beliefs
-Note taking skills:
a. Synthesis
b. Paraphrasing
Colección 2 Nuevas Vistas book
Cuadro 2 & 6 Galería de arte y vida
5 Steps to AP Spanish Language / -Beginning journals, e-mails and invitations.
-Listening: world news Oral: telling the story, describing events. (C3)
-Writing: Using appropriate linking phrases to begin a story, chronology terms, journal writing
-Reading: el microcuento (micro story), culture segments
-Listening: Dictation
-Culture: Day of the Dead: Differing views of death
-AP test focus: oral communication, free responses / Oral pair work (informal speaking), group discussions, oral presentation on las amistades in class participation
-Role play: scenario given
-Vocabulary test
-Grammar assignments, quizzes and tests
-Composition: las amistades
-Journal entries: 100 points, due 10/10
-Students will write e-mails ( topic given) , invitations
(specific occasions given)

November / -Vocabulary focus:El medio ambiente: al aire libre, animales, tiempo, topografía
-Grammar: Future, Conditional, conjecture and probability , ser and estar
-Formal writing: Essay
Colección 1-3 Nuevas Vistas
Barron’s AP Spanish 2007 / -Writing: Using appropriate linking phrases for introductions, defining concepts, developing and relating ideas, reasoning, drawing conclusions, giving examples, comparing
-AP test focus: the structure and writing of the composition, formal and informal writing
(C6)
- Use of transitional words
-Spanish punctuation
-Reading: Una carta a Dios
-Speaking: Discussions with target vocabulary / Composition: Compare/contrast paper, el microcuento
-Formal Oral presentation original microcuento
-Grammar assignments, quizzes, test
-Vocabulary test
-Reading quiz
-Journal entries: 100 points, due 11/14
- Essay: the students will write a short essay on a given topic
December / -Grammar: Past participles and the present perfect tense, the present progressive tense
-Vocabulary focus: la salud
- Formal speaking
-Developing Interpretative skills: reading and listening
Colección 2 Nuevas Vistas
Barron’s AP Spanish 2007 / Speaking: Discussions with target vocabulary (C5)
-AP test focus: Listening strategies
-Culture: La navidad en los paises hispanohablantes discussions, reading, and lecture
-Writing-journal / Composition: Opinion paper
-Grammar assignments, quizzes, test
-Oral pair work, group work,
informal presentation-in class participation
-Listening quizzes
-Journal entries: 100 points, due 12/12
-Orally students will express their opinions in a given topic (interview model)
January / -Vocabulary focus: Los pasatiempos: el arte, la música, los espectáculos, la televisión, los deportes, los viajes
-Spanish art and artists
-Fill-ins with rooth word practice
-Fill-inns without root word practice
Cuadro1 & 6 Galería de arte y vida
Barron’s AP Spanish 2007
Standards 1.1-5.2 / -AP test focus: practice exam
-Culture: Festivals and celebrations, reading and lecture
-Writing—journal entries
-Speaking: Discussions with target vocabulary
-Listening: video (C7) / -La vida en que vivimos: project, composition and formal oral presentation
-Vocabulary tests
-Journals entries: 100 points, due
1/10
-Oral pair work (informal speaking), group work, (informal speaking) - in class participation with book practice exercises
February / -Vocabulary:el hogar: comida, quehaceres, ropa, muebles, la escuela
-Grammar: Present and Past subjunctive
-Poetry reading: El Abanico
Foermal and informa writing: essay,e-mails, latters
Colección 4 Nuevas Vistas
Cuadro 6: Galería de arte y vida
5 Steps to AP Spanish Language / -AP test focus: Multiple choice grammar and vocabulary section of exam
-Poetry analysis (C4)
-Speaking: Discussions with target vocabulary
-Writing—journal
-Writing exercises using formal and informal language / -Grammar written assignments, quizzes and test
-Creation of original poetry and formal oral presentation
-Oral pair work(informal speaking), group work on phone conversations, interviews, tourist guides.
-In class participation with book practice exercises
-Reading questions and quiz
Journal entries: 100 points, due 2/14
March / -Grammar: present perfect Subjunctive
-Vocabulary focus: Society and human rights
-Formal and informal speaking: job interviews, phone conversations
Coleccion 5 Nuevas vistas
Diversity Week
5 Steps to AP Spanish Language / -Culture: Societal and human rights abuse and differences
-AP test focus: Grammar fill in the blanks, multiple choice and error recognition
-Writing—journal and composition
-Listening--video
-Reading—book excerpts
-Speaking: Discussion with target vocabulary(C7) / -Culture bag oral presentation
-Video worksheet and composition,
-Grammar assignments, quizzes, test
-Oral pair work(informal speaking), group work, in class participation activities
-Reading activity and quiz
-Journal entries: 100 points, due 3/14
April / -Vocabulary focus: el lenguaje figurado: metáfora, y comparación, símbolo e hiperbole
-Grammar focus: Past subjunctive, contrary-to-fact clauses
Synthesis of all skills: listening, speaking, writing
Coleccion 6 Nuevas Vistas
Cuadro 7-8 Galería de arte y vida
Barron’s AP Spanish 2007
Standards 1.1-5.2 / -AP test focus: Practice exams
Listening, Reading, Speaking: Discussion with target vocabulary
-Formal writing (C7)
-Practice Adapted APexam / -Formal Oral presentation: arte del mundo hispano: el muralismo
-Grammar assignments, quizzes, test
-Oral pair work(informal speaking), group work
-Reading activity and quiz
-Journal entries: 100 points, due 4/10
May/June / -AP exam
-La dama del alba novel
-Video
/ -Putting it all together
-Reading comprehension
-Writing- original skits, journal
-Listening comprehension and foreign film analysis
-Speaking in the target language (C7) / -Quizzes on each act of novel 5/31
-Memorization and performance of skits
-Video questions and worksheets
-Journal entries:100 points, due 5/09

RESOURES

1.  Galeria de Arte y Vida
Nivel Avanzado
Glencoe Spanish
Aldea/Albini

2.  Nuevas Vistas
Advanced Spanish
Curso Uno
Holt/Rinehart/Wilson

3. 
5 Steps to AP Spanish Language
McGray –Hill
Dennos La Voie

4.  Barron’s AP
Advanced Placement Exam
Spanish 2007
5th Edition
Barron
Alice G. Springer, PhD

AUTHENTIC LISTENING RESOURSES

WFHB: Hola Bloomington

http://news.wfhb.org/

Español en vivo

http://delta-systems.com/

Think Spanish

www.thinkspanish.com

SCOLA

www.scola.org

Authentik en español

http://www.authentik.com/

http://delta-systems.com/proddetail.cfm?cat=6&toc=85&stoc=0&pronum=3373

Radio Naciones Unidas

http://www.un.org/radio/es/

Radio Naciones Unidas
www.un.org/radio/es

Nuevos Horizontes
www.nuevvoshorizontes.org/

Prensaescrita.com
www.prensaescrita.com

BBC en español

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/news/

Radio Nederland

http://www.informarn.nl/news/international/

CNN en español

http://www.cnn.com/espanol/

Elmundo.es

http://www.elmundo.es/

Radio Exterior de Espana

http://www.rtve.es/ree/

Univision

http://www.univision.com/

Podcasts Notes in Spanish

www.notesinspanish.com

Ecos Magazine

http://www.ecos-online.de/audio/

University of Toronto

http://lab.chass.utoronto.ca/rescentre/spanish/

Voice of America News

http://www.voanews.com/spanish/

Multikultura

http://www.multikultura.org.uk/academy.php/lgfront

ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Podcasting/

Resources to Develop Speaking Skills

Spanish Q-Cards (Level 1–Set 1) 40 sheets on card stock

www.madamefifi.com

Over 1000 Conversation Starters

ISBN 0-9667418-1-1

www.madamefifi.com

Situations and Guided Conversations for Language Proficiency

www.audioforum.com

Everyday Situations in Spanish (Transparencies)

www.teachersdiscovery.com