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AP Spanish Language
AP* Spanish Language students practice perfecting their Spanish speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. They study
vocabulary, grammar, and cultural aspects of the language, and then apply what they learn in extensive written and spoken
exercises. The course addresses the broad themes of Global Challenges, Science and Technology, Contemporary Life,
Personal and Public Identities, Families and Communities, and Beauty and Aesthetics. By the end of the course, students
will have an expansive vocabulary, a solid, working knowledge of all verb forms and tenses, strong command of other
language structures, and an ability to use language in many different contexts and for varied purposes. The equivalent of a
college-level language course, AP Spanish Language prepares students for the AP exam and for further study of Spanish
language, culture, or literature.(cid:10)
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This course has been authorized by the College Board to use the AP designation.(cid:10)
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a registered trademark of the College Board
Length:Two Semesters
UNIT 1: THE HISPANIC FAMILY
LESSON 1: WHAT IS IN A NAME?
Study: Hispanics in the United States(cid:10)
Take a brief look at the various Hispanic communities living in the United States.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Study: Listening: Short Dialogues and Narratives(cid:10)
Learn how to approach the first section of the listening portion of the
AP Exam, which includes short dialogues and narratives.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Listening Comprehension Practice(cid:10)
Listen to dialogues and use your listening-comprehension skills to answer
questions.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins
Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10)
Learn and practice regular present-tense verb conjugations.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring:
0 points
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Discuss: Our Class Community(cid:10)
Engage in a discussion with fellow classmates and your teacher to get to know each
other better.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points
Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10)
Learn and practice using subject pronouns.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Improving Your Oral Spanish(cid:10)
Learn tips that will help you improve your Spanish speaking skills.(cid:10)
Duration: 0
hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points
Project: Speaking Spanish(cid:10)
Work on your pronunciation of vowels. Then, choose a strategy for improving your oral
Spanish and describe what you did.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points
Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10)
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points
LESSON 2: THE FAMILY TREE
Study: The Hispanic Family(cid:10)
Become more acquainted with the priorities and values of the typical Hispanic family.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Study: Reading Comprehension: Skills and Strategies(cid:10)
Learn some useful tips and strategies for the reading
comprehension section of the AP Exam.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Read: Reading Comprehension Practice(cid:10)
Practice your reading comprehension skills as you learn about Hispanic
families.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10)
Learn and practice using irregular forms of present-tense verb conjugations.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr 30 mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Listening Practice(cid:10)
Learn and practice using irregular forms of present-tense verb conjugations.(cid:10)
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Duration: 1 hr
30 mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10)
Learn and practice using gender and number with nouns.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr 30 mins
Study: Essay-Writing Tips(cid:10)
Learn tips to help you improve the overall presentation of your essays, particularly the ones
you write as part of interpersonal-writing tasks.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Journal: My Family(cid:10)
Write about yourself and your family using the vocabulary and grammar that you have learned.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points
Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10)
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points
LESSON 3: TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS
Study: Hispanic Traditions(cid:10)
Become acquainted with some of the traditions of Hispanic families.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring:
0 points
Study: Listening Strategies for Dialogues(cid:10)
Explore listening strategies for several types of dialogue.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30
mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Dialogue Listening Practice(cid:10)
Practice your skills for listening to dialogue.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0
points
Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10)
Learn and practice spelling and stem changes in the present tense.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr
Scoring: 0 points
Read: Literature Reading(cid:10)
Read a short literary work and answer questions to show your comprehension.(cid:10)
Duration: 2 hrs
Scoring: 0 points
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Discuss: Critical Review(cid:10)
Discuss the topics and theme of your reading with your classmates.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins
Scoring: 40 points
Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10)
Learn and practice accentuation, punctuation, and sentence structure.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr
Scoring: 0 points
Study: Interpersonal Speaking(cid:10)
Explore techniques that will improve your Spanish-language conversation skills.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Project: Interpersonal Speaking(cid:10)
Exercise your Spanish-language conversation skills.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring:
40 points
Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10)
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points
LESSON 4: WRAP-UP
Review: The Hispanic Family(cid:10)
Prepare for the unit test by reviewing key concepts and skills.(cid:10)
Duration: 2 hrs Scoring: 0
points
Test (CS): The Hispanic Family(cid:10)
Take a computer-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.(cid:10)
Duration: 0
hrs 25 mins Scoring: 40 points
Test (TS): The Hispanic Family(cid:10)
Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs
35 mins Scoring: 60 points
LESSON 5: DIAGNOSTIC
Diagnostic: The Hispanic Family(cid:10)
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Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 30 points
UNIT 2: EDUCATION
LESSON 1: HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
Study: Schools in Mexico(cid:10)
Explore aspects of Mexico's educational system and learn appropriate vocabulary. (cid:10)
Duration:
1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Study: Improving Reading Comprehension(cid:10)
Learn how to identify the main idea of a passage and read for detail.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Read: Reading Skills Practice(cid:10)
Practice your content analysis skills.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10)
Learn and practice the regular forms of the preterit tense.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0
points
Study: Presentational Writing Strategies(cid:10)
Practice the skills you'll use on the writing part of the AP Exam.(cid:10)
Duration: 0
hrs 45 mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10)
Learn and practice using definite and indefinite articles.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0
points
Study: Free Response: Writing(cid:10)
Learn some useful tips and strategies to use on the free-response writing part of the AP
Exam.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Journal: My Most Memorable Memory(cid:10)
Use the vocabulary and grammar that you have learned to describe one of your
most memorable experiences in high school.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 40 points
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Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10)
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points
LESSON 2: SCHOOL SUBJECTS AND PROFESSIONS
Study: School Subjects and Professions(cid:10)
Read about professions and learn vocabulary for academic subjects and
professions.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Study: Listening Strategies for Short Narratives and Longer Passages(cid:10)
Learn listening strategies for the types of
passages found on the AP Exam.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Listening Practice(cid:10)
Check your listening comprehension skills as you learn about professions in Mexico.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10)
Learn the irregular forms and stems of the preterit tense and practice using them.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Read: Literature Reading(cid:10)
Read a short literary work and answer questions to show your understanding.(cid:10)
Duration: 2 hrs
Scoring: 0 points
Discuss: Critical Review(cid:10)
Discuss the topics and theme of your reading with your classmates.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins
Scoring: 40 points
Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10)
Learn and practice using correct agreement and placement of adjectives.(cid:10)
Duration: 1
hr Scoring: 0 points
Study: Free Response: Speaking(cid:10)
Learn some useful tips and strategies to improve your listening skills and your success
on the speaking part of the AP Exam.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Project: Presentational Speaking(cid:10)
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Practice your pronunciation while you speak on a topic that is based on two prompts.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points
Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10)
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points
LESSON 3: STUDENT LIFE
Study: Student Life(cid:10)
Hear about issues important to college students and learn relevant vocabulary.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr
Scoring: 0 points
Study: Vocabulary Recognition 1(cid:10)
Learn to recognize common Latin and Greek roots.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Read: Life as a Mexican University Student(cid:10)
Read about life in Mexican universities and then answer questions to show
your understanding.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr 30 mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10)
Learn and practice spelling and stem changes in the preterit tense.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr
Scoring: 0 points
Read: Reading Comprehension(cid:10)
Read a passage and answer questions about what you read.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins
Scoring: 40 points
Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10)
Learn and practice using reflexive pronouns and verbs.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0
points
Practice: Writing a Presentational Essay(cid:10)
Become familiar with the presentational essay–writing part of the AP Exam.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points
Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10)
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points
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LESSON 4: EDUCATION WRAP-UP
Review: Education(cid:10)
Prepare for the unit test by reviewing key concepts and skills.(cid:10)
Duration: 2 hrs Scoring: 0 points
Test (CS): Education(cid:10)
Take a computer-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 25 mins
Scoring: 40 points
Test (TS): Education(cid:10)
Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 35 mins
Scoring: 60 points
LESSON 5: DIAGNOSTIC
Diagnostic: Education(cid:10)
Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.(cid:10)
Duration: 0
hrs 30 mins Scoring: 30 points
UNIT 3: HEALTH AND NUTRITION
LESSON 1: THE HUMAN BODY
Study: A View from the Inside(cid:10)
Learn vocabulary related to the human body.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Medicine in Central America(cid:10)
Listen to a narrative to learn about medical issues in Central America and then
answer questions to demonstrate your understanding.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Listening Exercise(cid:10)
Listen to a short passage and answer questions about what you heard.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45
mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10)
Review the formation and use of the imperfect tense.(cid:10)
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Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0
points
Checkup: Interpersonal Speaking(cid:10)
Take part in a simulated conversation.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10)
Learn and practice general agreement between subjects and verbs and between
verbs and modifiers.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Project: Informally Speaking(cid:10)
Practice the skills you'll use on the interpersonal-speaking section of the AP Exam.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points
Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10)
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points
LESSON 2: A HEALTHY APPETITE
Study: A Healthy Appetite(cid:10)
Explore different foods and learn appropriate vocabulary.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Study: Structural Analysis of Written Passages(cid:10)
Learn to identify structures of written passages that will increase your
comprehension.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Short Dialogues and Narratives: Healthy Lifestyle(cid:10)
Use your structural analysis skills to analyze a written
passage.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10)
Learn and practice when to use the preterit and imperfect tenses.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr
Scoring: 0 points
Read: Literature Reading(cid:10)
Read a literary work and answer questions to show your understanding.(cid:10)
Duration: 2 hrs
Scoring: 0 points
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Discuss: Critical Review(cid:10)
Discuss the topics and theme of your reading with your classmates.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins
Scoring: 40 points
Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10)
Learn and practice using demonstrative pronouns and adjectives.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr
Scoring: 0 points
Journal: Interpersonal Writing(cid:10)
Practice the skills you'll use on the interpersonal-writing section of the AP Exam.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points
Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10)
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10)
Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points
LESSON 3: STAYING IN SHAPE
Study: Get in Shape!(cid:10)
Explore aspects of physical fitness, nutrition, and hygiene while learning appropriate vocabulary.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Study: Listening: Long Dialogues and Narratives(cid:10)
Learn some useful tips and strategies for approaching long dialogues
and narratives in the listening section of the AP Exam.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Practice: Health Habits(cid:10)
Listen to dialogues about health issues and then answer questions to show your understanding.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10)
Learn and practice how to distinguish between the uses of the preterit and imperfect
tenses with verbs of state.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points
Study: Interpersonal Writing(cid:10)
Learn and practice using possessive pronouns and adjectives.(cid:10)
Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0
points
Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10)
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Description:AP* Spanish Language students practice perfecting their Spanish speaking,
college-level language course, AP Spanish Language prepares students for the
