AP Spanish Language and Culture Institute Agenda
Day 1: Review of AP* Spanish Language and Culture Exam and Course.
- Introductions: Warm-up activity.
- Overview and agenda.
- Understanding the modes of communication and how to build proficiency across modes.
- Working with the Can-Do Statements
- Test-day administration/proctors/equipment/language labs.
- Selecting resources for the course.
- Inclusion of the National Standards and the 5 C’s; Communication, Comparisons, Communities, Cultures and Connections
- Using the AP Themes to develop instructional units of study that integrate the modes of communication. Share out this week.
- AP Central and the AP Community.
- Join the AP Spanish Language and Culture AP Community
- The AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam Format: Which areas are most problematic for your students? What strategies do you have in place to help students be successful?
- Section I: Multiple Choice-Interpretive Communication
- Section 2: Free Response-Interpersonal and Presentation Communication
- Essential Questions.
- Lesson planning; a work in progress.
- AP Spanish Language and Culture Course and Exam Description – Echar un vistazo
- Reflection, questions, homework assignment: TBD
Day 2: Developing and integrating the modes of communication; a focus on interpretive communication.
- Warm up activity.
- Sharing “Best Practices”
- Questions regarding homework assignment, share some ideas.
- Working with Essential Questions to develop units of study that integrate the AP Spanish Language and Culture Themes.
- How many EQ per unit?
- Working with EQ that activate prior knowledge.
- Working with thematic units.
- How many thematic units per quarter/semester will I cover?
- What are the contexts that will be developed in this thematic unit?
- How will I integrate other themes?
- How many units do you cover in one semester?
- How many thematic units per quarter/semester will I cover?
- Developing Written and print interpretive communication; strategies for success.
- To include; charts, graphs, articles, literature
- Strategies for working with charts and graphs.
- Activities/assessments
- Developing Audio, visual and Audio Visual communication, strategies for success.
- To include, radio broadcasts, podcasts, short clips, cortometrajes; films, art.
- How do I integrate and use art in film in my AP Language course?
- Strategies for working with audio, visual and audio visual communicaiton.
- Activities/assessments
- To include, radio broadcasts, podcasts, short clips, cortometrajes; films, art.
- Using graphs, charts and maps.
- Include students in the process.
- Using graphic organizers and mind maps.
- Other strategies?
- Using authentic literature in the AP Spanish Language and Culture Classroom; reading comprehension strategies.
- Scaffolding poetry and prose.
- Authentic literature; accessible to all students.
- Adapting and scaffolding the AP Literature reading list for Spanish language and at the lower levels.
- Using video in the classroom to enhance thematic units.
- What films are appropriate at this level?
- Understanding the cultural component.
- What is culture?
- How do we scaffold culture?
- The 2013 AP Spanish Language and Culture Practice Exam; M/C portion.
- The Course and Exam Description – Practice Questions, how can we use these to help students in the classroom and help teachers prepare better assessments?
- Lesson planning; a work in progress.
- Preparing a thematic Unit
- Working in small groups to present on the final day; each group will work with a different theme.
- Understanding the cultural component.
- AP Spanish Language and Culture Course and Exam Description – Using the suggested Units.
- Reflection, questions, homework assignment: A sample lesson plan.
Day 3: Developing and integrating the modes of communication; a focus on interpersonal and presentational communication.
- Warm up activity.
- Sharing “Best Practices”
- Questions regarding homework assignment, share some ideas.
- Developing interpersonal speaking skills.
- Activities/assessments
- Strategies for success.
- Building proficiency
- Scaffolding interpersonal speaking
- Scoring Criteria
- Review and score student samples from the AP Spanish Language and Culture 2020 exam.
- Other ideas for scoring criteria?
- Developing interpersonal writing skills, activities, assessments, scoring criteria.
- Activities/assessments
- The email
- Strategies for success.
- Building proficiency
- Using and integrating connector words
- Organizational strategies
- Scaffolding interpersonal writing
- Scoring Criteria
- Review and score student samples from the AP Spanish Language and Culture 2020 exam.
- Other ideas for scoring criteria?
- Lesson planning; a work in progress.
- Preparing a thematic Unit
- Working in small groups to present on the final day; each group will work with a different theme.
- AP Spanish Language and Culture Course and Exam Description – Using the suggested Units.
- Developing presentational writing skills, activities, assessments, scoring criteria.
- Activities/assessments
- The persuasive essay
- Strategies for success.
- Building proficiency
- Using and integrating connector words
- Organizational strategies
- Scaffolding presentational writing
- Scoring Criteria
- Review and score student samples from the AP Spanish Language and Culture 2020 exam.
- Other ideas for scoring criteria?
Day 4: Developing and integrating the modes of communication; a focus on presentational communication.
- Warm up activity.
- Sharing “Best Practices”
- Questions regarding homework assignment, share some ideas.
- Developing presentational speaking skills; strategies for success, building proficiency.
- Activities/assessments
- The cultural comparison
- Strategies for success.
- How do we make comparisons?
- Building proficiency
- Organizational strategies
- Strategies for success.
- Scaffolding presentational speaking
- Scoring Criteria
- Review and score student samples from the AP Spanish Language and Culture 2020 exam.
- Other ideas for scoring criteria?
- AP Resources for teachers and students
- Using IPA’s in the AP Spanish Language and Culture Classroom
- Evaluations
- Final Words of Wisdom