COURSE OVERVIEW
The goals of this course are to raise the level of
proficiency of the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading,
and writing) in an integrated manner.
Students will use Spanish short stories as a starting point for study of
vocabulary and grammatical structures.
These stories will also give students topics for writing both formally
and informally and for listening and speaking activities. Additional materials include historical
& cultural topics and variety of authentic resources, from literary
texts to newspapers, magazines, films, and music in preparation for the
THE COMPONENTS OF THE COURSE ARE:
PRIMARY TEXTS
USED:
Abriendo Paso, Lectura (José
Díaz, María Nadel; Prentice-Hall
Publishers)
En Marcha, Complete Grammar Review
(José Díaz, María Nadel; Prentice-Hall Publishers)
Triangulo, (Barbara Gatski, John
McMullan; Wayside Publishers)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Cuentame Folklore Y Fabulas (Ramirez, Amsco
Publishers)
Album (Renjilian-Burgy, Valette; Houghton Mifflin)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/news/topic/
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Topic Focus |
Associated Literary Work / Unit |
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New Technologies |
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Cajas de Carton |
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Environment |
Un Oso y Un
Amor |
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Health |
No Oyes Ladrar
los Perros |
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Sport |
Jaque Mate en
dos jugadas |
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Business and
Work |
Emma Zunz |
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Latin America |
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Spain and
Europe |
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
COURSE OUTLINE:
The following outline and other important resources are available online at:
https://hispanicexplorer.tripod.com/ap_spanish_page.html
FIRST SEMESTER:
Historic and cultural emphasis:
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Date |
(From Abriendo Paso, Lectura unless otherwise noted
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Grammar (Exercises taken from En Marcha or teacher created
worksheets) |
Vocabulary (supplemented from Triangulo in addition to
vocabulary from reading) |
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Weeks
1-3 |
El Décimo,
Pardo Bazán |
Present tense 3- 25 Present Progressive, gerunds Reflexives |
El Cuerpo |
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Weeks
4-5 |
Rosa |
Preterite tense 32-34 Demonstrative Adjectives 193-208 Demonstrative Pronouns |
Tecnologia |
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Weeks
6-7 |
Un
Oso y Un Amor |
Preterite tense 52-74 |
Animales |
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Weeks
8-9 |
* Otras
Fábulas La
abeja haragana |
Future tense Adverbs 168-181 |
Medio Ambiente |
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Weeks
10-11 |
Continuidad
de los Parques |
Imperfect tense EM 76-84 |
La Casa |
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Weeks 12-14 |
Cajas de Carton |
Preterite
vs. Imperfect |
La Educacion Preposiciones
de Lugar |
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Weeks
14-15 |
*Noche
de Fugo |
Condicional 328 Passive
Voice 151 |
El Turismo |
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Weeks 16-17 |
Jacinto
Contreras, Camilo José Cela |
Comparatives 183- 189 |
Ropa |
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Week 18 |
Final Exam Review online Revisions of Take Home Essay test |
All the grammar |
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Week 18 b |
Finals Review Finals |
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SECOND SEMESTER:
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Date |
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Grammar |
Vocabulary |
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Week 19 |
Don Quixote
excerpts |
Common Errors 3 Future 364 Future
Perfect 364 Conditional 328 Cond. Perfect |
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Weeks 20-21 |
Nosotros, No Adolesencia |
Present
Subjunctive 244, 268, Tener
expressions 125-126 |
News Broadcasts |
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Week 22-23 |
No Oyes Ladrar
los Perros Proverbios y Cantares,XXIX |
Present Subjuctive 289, 299 Present Perfect Subjunctive 304 Verbs requiring
prep.. 126-130 |
La Salud |
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Week 24-25 |
El Arbol de Oro,
Ana María Matute La Camera
Prohibida, |
Object Pronouns
209-241 Commands
253-267 |
El tiempo |
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Week 26-27 |
Jaque Mate en dos jugadas |
Imperfect
Subjunctive 318, 339 Adjectives pg. 90-100 |
Los deportes |
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Week 28-29 |
La Viuda de
Montiel, García Márquez Despedida |
Pluperfect Subjunctive 339 Por and |
La Ciudad |
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Weeks 30-31 |
Cartas de Amor Traicionado |
Subjunctive in Adv. clauses 404 Interrogatives/
Exclamatives 493 |
Emociones |
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Weeks 32-33 |
Emma Zunz, Jorge Luis Borges |
Adj Clauses 385 Relative Pronouns 385 |
El Comercio |
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Week 34 |
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Spanish pitfalls |
De todo un Poco
Palabras Útiles
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Week 35 |
De La Prensa (for not taking test) Review for AP Test |
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Week 36 |
AP Test- May 8th El Delantal Blanco pg. 359 |
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Week 37 |
El Delantal
Blanco Finals Review |
Tense review 420, 436 |
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Week 38 |
Finals Review Finals |
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Writing Practice
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Journal
writing
Various topics
based on reading topics or controversial subjects. These can be based on the short story readings (example: what would you
do if your girlfriend/boyfriend issued you an ultimatum from Jaque
Mate en dos Jugadas) or current events locally, nationally or
internationally.
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Informal
writing
Activities from
each chapter of Abriendo Paso
Ejercicios
creativos para escribir (from En Marcha)
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Formal
writing (One 200 word essay once each 9 weeks, shorter ones more often.) Whenever
possible these will be graded on an
AP type rubric. Students will learn peer
editing skills as they develop their essay
writing skills.
Essays from
various chapters of Abriendo Paso
Original poem
Original fable
Original fairy
tale
Essay exam
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Essays
using 3 prompts
Ensayo practice
(from Triangulo)
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Independent
Cultural Project using the one of the following plus 2 other authentic
resources:
http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/index.htm
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Every 2
weeks a major exam will be given over each unit (
Grammar Practice
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All
units of En Marcha will be covered. This
will review and augment all of the Spanish that has been previously learned as
well as adding new tenses, structures and refinements to previously learned
structures.
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As a
focus on verb tenses which are the heart of Spanish sentences, the students
will take a verb conjugation quiz each Monday using 4 verbs from the
stories. They will conjugate the verbs
in all tenses learned.
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Grammar
will be assessed in quizzes and as parts of the Unit Exam.
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Students
will also complete “summer work” online for grammar review.
Listening and Speaking Practice-
at least one activity receives a
major grade (quiz) each 9 weeks. Others receive participation or homework grades.
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Comprension
auditiva (from of Abriendo Paso)
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Simulated
Conversation (from of Abriendo Paso) and Conversaciones dirigidas (from
Triangulo)
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Audios
cortos (from Triangulo)
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Audios
extendidos (from Triangulo)
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Small
Group work
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Class
discussions
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Debate
on immigration issues/ Cajas de Carton
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Debate on
the dangers of drinking and driving/ Noche
de Fugo
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Original
news reports
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Demonstration
speeches
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Student
led discussions on controversial topics (each student must lead one during the
year)
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Opportunities
to work in the lab with ABC Exclusiva http://abcnews.go.com/technology/podcasting/
or Nuevos Horizontes http://www.nuevoshorizontes.org/podcast/nhpodcast.xml
Additional Activities
Music
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Song title |
Artist |
Associated Literary Work / Unit Grammar concept |
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Suerte |
Shakira |
El Decimo |
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No Hay Manera |
Akwid |
Past
Participles |
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Visa Para un
Sueno |
Juan Luis
Guerra |
Cajas de Carton |
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Ojala que
Llueva Cafe |
Juan Luis
Guerra |
Subjunctive |
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Cantares |
Joan Manuel
Serrat |
Proverbios y Cantares, XXIX |
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Aguacero |
El Gran Combo |
El Arbol de Oro |
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Estoy Aquí |
Shakira |
D.O. & I.O. pronouns |
Cultural and Country Study- Each unit will feature a cultural or country/region emphasis. Students will each pick a country and will lead the discussion when it is time for their country to be featured. Students will be encouraged to include current events for their country.
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Unit |
Cultural and
Historical Concentration |
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Hispanics in the |
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Geography of |
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History of |
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Espana |
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Georgraphy of |
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History
of Latin America |
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10 |
Costa
Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador |
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El Caribe |
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Colombia,
Ecuador, Venezuela |
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Online Resources/ Newspapers/ Periodicals/ -
The New Frontier www.time.com/time/covers/1101010611/nachtwey/
http://www.univision.com/portal.jhtml
Movies/ Televisión
Series (1 shown each 9 weeks- students write reviews in Spanish)
Alborada- Colonial Latin American love story
Televisa
Xenon Pictures,
Silencio Roto- Political Drama in the
wake of the Spanish Civil war
Latino
Vanguard Cinema
El Destino no Tiene Favoritos- Peruvian comedy
Wellspring,
Alvaro Velarde Productions,
Danzon- Mexican music and dance “road” movie
Columbia
Tristar Home Video,
Grammar and Reading
Resources
People
Magazine En Español
Imagina, Español sin barreras (Vista
Higher Learning)
Repaso, Review workbook for Grammar, Communication & Cultura (National Textbook Co.)
Una Vez Mas, (Couch et. al.; Longman
Publishing)
Complete Spanish Grammar (Nissenberg; McGraw Hill)
Spanish 3 years (Amsco Publishers)
Nuestro
Mundo (D.C. Heath and Company)
Films-Recommended for students to view outside of class. A summary of the movie (in Spanish) may be turned in for extra credit.
Stand and Deliver (PG), Proof of Life (R), A Walk in the Clouds (PG-13), The Mask of Zorro, Frida (R), Volver (R), Traffic (R), Man on Fire (R), Zoot Suit (R), The Mambo Kings (R), West Side Story (PG), Evita (PG), The Kiss of the Spider Woman(R), Like Water for Chocolate (R), El Norte (R), Imagining Argentina (R), The House of Spirits (R) , And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, Missing (PG) The Official Story (R), Salvador, (R), Romero (PG-13), Mosquito Coast (PG), The Lost City (R), For Love or Country (PG-13), Romancing the Stone (PG), Pinero (R), Almost A Woman (PBS, Masterpiece Theater)
Bibliography
Diaz, Jose M., Maria F. Nadel and Stephen J. Collins. Abriendo
Paso, Lectura,
Gatski, Barbara and John McMullan. Triangulo, 4th
Ed.
Diaz, Jose M. and Maria F. Nadel. En Marcha,
Valette, Rebecca M. and Joy REnjilian-Burgy. Album. 2nd
ed.
Ramirez, Lori Langer. Cuentame Folklore y Fabulas, Amsco School Publishing Inc., 1999