AP SPANISH LANGUAGE - CHS
Mrs. Schafer
Classroom #143
Office #136
Office hours: 2nd or 3rd periods or by appointment.
E-mail address: teresa_schafer@clayton.k12.mo.us
COURSE OVERVIEW
The AP Spanish Language course is intended for. Students who are enrolled in
this course should have already attained extensive knowledge of the language and culture
of the Spanish-speaking peoples. Further more, the students are expected to have a strong
command of the language in all areas of communication. The course is conducted
completely in Spanish, no exceptions. This course provides intensive and rigorous
preparation for the AP Spanish Language Exam. Within the first three weeks of the
school year, students will take a diagnostic test to determine students’ strengths and areas
of concern in order to diversify and customize instruction. Students should expect thirty
to forty-five minutes of daily assignments.
The course has no primary textbook. Instead, we use several textbooks and an
extensive range of genuine materials from different sources. One of the textbooks used is
Perspectivas. This text is organized thematically and contains a wide variety of thoughtprovoking communicative activities that challenge students every day. This text also
provides students with the opportunity to compare, contrast, and analyze contemporary
literature within different thematic units. We use two grammar textbooks, Una vez Mas
and Repaso, to obtain extensive review and practice of all grammatical structures. To
prepare students for the AP Spanish Language Exam, we use AP Released Exams and
two other textbooks exclusively designed to prepare students for the AP Exam (see
Textbooks/Additional Materials).
AP Students in this class spend one class period per week in the Language
Laboratory. Our Sanako Lab 100 provides our students with a wide range of interactive
communicative activities. The lab activities are designed to enhance their receptive and
productive communication skills by exposing them to a wide range of native accents
within different settings and types of discourse. The language lab offers students with
many other opportunities to further improve their linguistic skills (see Language Lab
activities).
During the month of April, AP students are expected to attend six extra-help
sessions in the Language Lab to better prepare them for the exam. These sessions are
given before school and are forty-five minutes long.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
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Students will be able to understand Spanish intended for native speakers in both,
formal and informal settings. They should be able to understand a wide range of
authentic pre-recorded material using diverse regional accents.
Students will be able to listen and comprehend a wide variety of short/long
dialogues/narratives, film clips or other broadcast and be able to make
predictions, inferences, commentaries, and interpret language’s subtleties/nuances
in the target language.
Students will speak with demonstrating fluency and excellent command of the
language using formal and informal registers. Students will express themselves
with accuracy in structure and syntax. Students will use a wide range of
vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions and appropriate pronunciation.
Students will be able to give formal and informal oral presentations using rich
vocabulary, accuracy in structures/syntax and appropriate pronunciation.
Students will be able to give formal/informal presentations by integrating,
synthesizing, expressing opinions and citing information from written and audio
sources.
Students will be able to read, interpret, make inferences/deductions and analyze a
variety of texts, including literary pieces such as poetry, short story, plays, novel
excerpts, among others.
Students will be able to demonstrated cultural awareness and understanding of the
diverse Spanish –speaking peoples by recognizing the cultural elements implicit
in materials given.
Students will continue to develop the ability to integrate their aural/reading and
writing skills to formulate informal conversations, formal oral reports, informal
writing and formal essay writing.
Students will demonstrate a strong command in the written expression in formal
and informal settings. Students will be able to write formal expository essays,
creative pieces, research paper, as well as informal writing such as learning logs
and informal personal mail.
Student will be able to write a persuasive or analytical essays demonstrating the
following writing traits: Focus, Organization, Development, Style, and
Mechanics.
Students will continue to develop the ability to interpret, analyze and synthesize
information given by different sources and contexts.
Grading Scale
Unit Tests and quizzes
Assignments and Projects
Use of Spanish in class
60%
20%
20%
Textbooks and Additional Classroom Resources
Keddle, Mary Ellen, Wegmann, Brenda and Schreffler, Sandra. Perspectivas.. Heinle &
Heinle, 2002.
Holt Advanced Spanish: AP Language Preparation. 2007 Exam edition.
Diaz, Jose M, Leicher-Prieto, Margarita and Nadelbach, Glenn J. AP Spanish: Preparing
for the Language Examination. 3rd ed. White Plains, New York: Prentice Hall 2006.
Repaso. National Textbook Company, a division of NTC. 1997.
Couch, H. James, McCann D. Rebecca, Rodrigues-Walter, Carmel. Una Vez Mas. 2nd
ed. White Plains, N.Y. Longman Publishing Group, 1993.
AP –Spanish Language Released Exams
Old AP Spanish Language Exams
Authentic Sources.
Authentic sources are a key element of daily instruction to better prepare students for the
challenges of the AP Language Exam. Students use a variety of sources to supplement
and expand their knowledge of the particular topic being studied. The materials found in
these sources help students write a variety of short compositions, formal essays and give
formal and informal oral presentations. These sources can be:
• BBC
• Radio Naciones Unidas
• CNN en espanol
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Yabla
Univision
Nuevos Horizontes
La Nacion
Prensaescrita.com
www.bbcmundo.com
www.un.org/radio/es/
www.cnn.com/espanol/
www.yabla.com
www.univision.com
http://www.nuevoshorizontes.org/
www.nacion.com
www.prensaescrita.com
AP students can improve their speaking abilities: voice inflection, intonation and
pronunciation using the audio recording/editing software Audacity
(http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
AP- Spanish Language Scope and Sequence (tentative)
Sra. Schafer
Unidades Temáticas
Perspectivas
Agosto
Capítulo 1
La Naturaleza
Gramática
Una vez más,
Examen AP
Práctica
Otros
Primera
Lección
Explicación del
Examen AP
Práctica de
Comprensión
Auditiva
Diálogos/narrativos
Cortos.
Syllabus y
Descripción del
curso.
Prueba
Repaso
Presente Indicativo
Verbos de zapato
Gerundio
Pasado Participio
Voz Pasivapresente
Septiembre
La Naturaleza (cont)
Poesía
Neruda
Odas De Neruda
Cuento
El Indio y Los animalesLeyenda
Octubre
Captitulo 4
Cuestiones
Eticas
Modo Imperativo
Segunda
Lección
Repaso Tiempos
del Pasado
Pret/Imp
Tiempos
Compuestos
Voz pasiva en
todos los tiempos
Tercera
Lección
Repaso –Futuro
Condicional
Película
“Mar Adentro” (tentativo) Introducción al
Futuro Perfecto
Cuento
Condicional
Lo Más Olvidado del
Perfecto
Olvido
Estrategias para la
Comprensión de
Lectura
Práctica
Comprensión
Auditiva
Narrativos largos
Práctica de
Escritura Informal
Ensayo Formal
Rúbricas AP
Comprensión
Auditiva
Práctica de lectura
Práctica de Opción
múltiple:
vocabulario y
estructura
(old AP Released
Exams)
Pruebas
Debate
Proyecto: Tu Oda
Proyecto en
Grupo:
“Oda al Aire
Examen de Unidad
Pruebas
Proyecto:
El uso de los
animales en
experimentos
científicos
Examen de Unidad
Noviembre
Capítulo 3
El Hombre y la Mujer
Cuento
La Prodigiosa Tarde de
Baltazar
Novela
Extractos de Como el
Agua para el Chocolate
Diciembre
El Hombre y la Mujer
Cuentos
La viuda de Montiel
La Siesta del Martes
Drama
El Delantal Blanco
(tentativo)
Enero
Capítulo 5
Arte y Fantasía
Cuentos
La Luz es como el Agua
La Casa de Azúcar
Febrero
Capítulo 6
Los Hispanos en los
EE.UU y el Canada
Cuentos
Cajas de Cartón y
El día que fuimos a ver la
nieve
Cuarta
Lección
Repaso
Modo Subjuntivo
Tres tipos de
Cláusulas
Presente Perfecto
de Subjuntivo
Imperfecto del
Subjuntivo
Pluscuamperfecto
del Subjuntivo
Repaso del Final
Quinta Lección
Sustantivos y
Artículos
Sexta Lección
Pronombres
complementos,
Reflexivos y tónitos
Repaso
Imperfecto/PretPor/para
Ser/estar
Séptima Lección
Posesivos y
Demostrativos
Ocava Lección
Interrogativos
Exclamativos
(AP Format
Practice tests)
Práctica de Lectura
y escritura
Práctica de Opción
múltiple:
Vocabulario /
estructura
Práctica de oral:
Diálogos
informales
(AP Exam Format
Practices- AP
Release exam
2003)
Pruebas
Proyecto en
grupos
Debate: La Guerra
de los sexos
Examen de Unidad
Repaso para los
finales
Examen final
Pruebas
Práctica de
Comprensión
Auditiva
Prácticas de
Presentación Oral
Formal
Prácticas de Escritura
Informal/Formal
Práctica de Opción
múltiple:
Vocabulario/
Estructura
Práctica de
Comprensión
Auditiva
Prácticas de
Presentación Oral
Formal
Prácticas de Escritura
Informal/Formal
Proyecto
Los artistas
controversiales
Examen de
Unidad
Pruebas
Proyecto
Hispanos
Notables en los
EE.UU
Marzo
Los Hispanos (cont)
Cuentos
Poemas
Abril
Preparación para el
Examen AP
Mayo
Preparación para el
Examen AP
Examen AP
Repaso Subjuntivo
Modismos,
expresiones
idiomáticas
cognados falsos
Práctica de
Comprensión
Auditiva
Prácticas de
Presentación Oral
Novena Lección Formal
Prácticas de Escritura
Pronombres
Informal/Formal
Relativos
Help Sessions
Décima Lección
7:15
-8:00 am
Indefinidos/negativos
Práctica de
Lección Once
Comprensión de
Adjetivos
Lectura
Adverbios
Presentación Oral
Comparativos
Formal
Repaso de tiempos
Presentación Oral
y modos
informal
Lección Doce
Prácticas de Escritura
Preposiciones y
Informal/Formal
Conjuciones
Repaso General
Help Sessions
7:15 -8:00 am
Pruebas
Examen de
Unidad
Vacaciones de
Primavera
Pruebas
Sesiones de
Ayuda antes de la
escuela.
AP Lengua
Examenes de
Práctica
Después del
examen:
Películas y
Cuentos