AP SPANISH SUMMER 2015
Señora Sousa
¡BIENVENIDOS A LA CLASE DE ESPAÑOL AVANZADO!
Welcome to AP Spanish! I look forward to working with you for a successful year ahead.
This summer work packet has been put together so that you can familiarize
yourself with the expectations and format of the AP Spanish exam while keeping
your Spanish current over the summer. These activities will keep your listening,
speaking, reading and writing skills sharp and will encourage you to develop good
habits to improve these skills in Spanish. These activities will also help you
discover and use technology and your local community as resources for
connecting to Spanish in the real world. Please don’t feel overwhelmed! I have
put a lot of thought into these activities and chose them to help you best prepare
for class next year and not because I don’t want you to enjoy the summer! If you
spread the work out, you should find it quite manageable and maybe even fun.
I.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS
Please complete all activities thoroughly and honestly. This means working
to your best ability and not using a computer translator or search engine to
do your work. We will use this work to assess your skills when you return
to school. This work will be graded, so do good work to get off to a good
start. Handwrite your work neatly on lined paper, skipping a space
between lines, so we can give you constructive feedback. In this packet,
you will find the rubrics that will be used to grade your assignments in
class, as well as throughout next school year.
II.
TAREAS
The six tareas in this packet must be completed during vacation and turned
in the second day (September 3rd) of class for full credit. These assignments
are representative of what to expect on the AP Exam. NOTE THAT TAREA 1
WILL BE GRADED AS AN EXAM.
III.
TIPS FOR SUCCESS
One teacher describes the Spanish AP exam as “…a 3-4 skill-based exam
testing your abilities and proficiency in Spanish….You are ‘on stage’ in
Spanish for over three hours integrating all four of your skills in listening,
speaking, reading and writing.” The first tip is to become familiar with the
exam itself. The exam requires critical, integrated expression in Spanish,
which will require you to focus for over three hours. During this time, you
will read, write, listen as well as record a simulated conversation and an
improvised two-minute formal oral presentation. You must demonstrate
persuasion, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of the selections to receive a
4 or 5. You should be ready by late April next year and my goal is for all of
you to receive a passing grade of 3 or better on the exam. This will require
discipline and dedication on your part and the class will be treated and
taught as if it were a college course. Here are some things you can do
during the summer and throughout the year:
1. Open a College Board account. You will need to create a user profile in
order to take the AP exam next May. The site is updated often to reflect the
content of the exam; it also features sample exercises from previous exams,
rubrics, etc.
2. Seek out Spanish-speaking cultures locally. New Bedford, Providence and
Boston have significant Spanish-speaking communities; they often hold
cultural events that are often free and open to the public.
3. Patronize local Spanish-speaking businesses, restaurants and grocery
stores. You will find some of these in New Bedford, Providence and Boston
as well.
4. Immerse yourself in Spanish language and cultures within your reach.
Helping out a Spanish-speaking customer at work or rustling up a dish from
a Spanish speaking country with friends is a good start. Locally, watch
Univisión (Channel 17) from time to time or listen to Latina 100.3 FM while
driving to/from school.
5. Learn from technology. Set your computer, iPhone, Google, social
networking apps, etc., to Spanish. Change your time settings to the 24-hour
clock. Add some Spanish-speaking cities to your weather settings—check
them often.
6. Visit and read online Spanish-language and international newspapers,
magazines and TV networks. There are lots more, but here is a start:
BBC Mundo (Reino Unido)
Televisa (México)
CNN Español (EE.UU.)
UN Radio Español (ONU)
TVE (España)
El Clarín (Argentina)
Voice of America Español
El Universal (Venezuela)
Deutsche Welle Español (Alemania) Univisión (EE.UU.)
Radio Nederland Español (Países Bajos)
Telemundo (EE.UU.)
Better yet, “Like” them on Facebook and/or follow them on Twitter to
receive instant news updates.
7. Upload the (free) TuneIn Radio app on your smart phone or computer
and listen to radio stations from across the (Spanish-speaking) world and
beyond. You can search for radio stations by country or language and hear
what different regional accents and musical preferences are—find out
what’s rocking the airwaves from Barcelona to Chichicastenango.
8. Upload Audioboo onto your phone, a free app which allows you to
record voice messages up to three minutes long using your phone and save
them as MP3 files. We will use this app often for speaking practice next
year.
9. ¿Preguntas? Escríbeme: [email protected]
TRABAJO DE VERANO – ESPAÑOL AVANZADO
All assignments must be done in Spanish and turned in on September 3rd
for full credit. They should be neatly handwritten on lined paper and
double spaced.
TAREA 1 – PRESENTACIÓN FORMAL
Develop a PowerPoint slide show of what you actually did this summer, as
well as what you hoped to do but ultimately didn’t. Start now and think
ahead by taking photos of fun and interesting things you have started to do
with friends or family. Keep the following in mind: * Your presentation
must include at least 10 slides with both pictures or photos and text (in
preterit and imperfect tenses) and an original title. You should be able to
speak for approximately five minutes, as well as answer questions from
classmates and your teacher. * Practice in advance to present a clean, fluid
presentation to the class without relying excessively on notes. Check your
pronunciation with a language teacher, a native speaker or forvo.com (a
language pronunciation website). You should not be reading verbatim from
your slides.
**OJO: Send the powerpoint either thru google docs or email
([email protected]). We will do this the first week
back from vacation and this presentation will be graded as your first
exam! Make sure you have a back-up copy on a pin drive in case there is
no internet the day you present.
“It’s on my e-mail” will not be a valid excuse.
TAREA 2 – COMPARACIÓN CULTURAL
Watch Spanish-language TV (Univisión – Channel 17) for one hour. Keep a
running log of what you see/hear and then write a 250-word reaction essay
to the following prompt. Compare and contrast Spanish-language and
English-language television, focusing on cultural aspects. Pay special
attention to people’s physical appearance, what they wear, body language,
personal space, and tone of the programming. If you watch a news
program, how does it differ from one in English? How are commercials
(anuncios comerciales) similar or different—and what do they advertise?
Recommended shows: weekday afternoons: El Gordo y la Flaca, Primer
Impacto, Noticiero Univisión weekday evenings: telenovelas between 7:00
and 10:00 pm Saturday afternoons/evenings: Sábado Gigante (variety
show with games and entertainment) For complete programming on
Univisión, check online: http://tv.univision.com/horarios/
TAREA 3 – PRESENTACIÓN INFORMAL
Listen to some of the songs on the playlist in this packet. They represent
various musical styles of the Spanish-speaking world and hybrid styles
including reggae and rock en español. You can listen to them for free on
youtube, Spotify, iTunes, etc.
Pick one song which made a strong impact on you (good or bad) and be
ready to talk about it for at least two minutes when we return to school.
You should be ready to discuss the following:
* artist(s)
* time period (year or decade)
* musical style and country of origin
* lyrics / theme of the song (direct quote from song and explain how it
impacted you)
* (in) effective use of video, if you watched the video on Youtube
TAREA 4 – COMUNICACIÓN FORMAL
Watch a videoclip about the Wayúu ethnic group in Colombia and their
struggle for access to clean water. Watch it as often as you need to for
listening practice; avoid reading the “Narración” below the video. Then,
write a 100-word letter to the president of Colombia (look up his/her name
online) demanding access to clean drinking water. Tell him about the
obstacles you face (natural and manmade) and that you want immediate
action. Remember to use the formal register, i.e., Usted. Here is the video
link: http://www.un.org/content/es/_vidout/video5.shtml
TAREA 5 – ENSAYO PERSUASIVO
Use one of the suggested websites in the “Tips for Success” section above
to find an article (in Spanish) about what you think was the most important
national or international news event of the summer. Write a short
narrative in 250 words or more defending your choice. Stay away from
sports news, fashion or gossip columns. YOU NEED TO LEARN AND USE
CURRENT EVENTS VOCABULARY FOR THE AP EXAM!!! With your essay,
attach a list of the new vocabulary you have learned from the reading.
TAREA 6 – REPASO GRAMÁTICAL
Complete a series of online grammar exercises on the Colby College
website to review and sharpen the basics. Don’t worry about getting a
perfect score as much as self-assessing which grammar points are your
strongest/weakest ones. Focus on the Preterite vs. Imperfect and Present
Tense exercises (boxed below). You can expect a grammar assessment
based on these activities when you return to school.
Spanish Language & Culture | Home www.colby.edu/~bknelson/
Well organized collection of Spanish grammar exercises, with some sound
files. Compiled by Barbara Kuczun Nelson, Colby College.
 Preterite vs. Imperfect
Ricitos de Oro #1 - Superhombre! - Superhombre en Chile
 Present Tense /El presente
 Spanish Grammar Exercises Spanish Grammar Exercises
 Preterite Tense /El pretérito. Choose from the options
 Por vs. Para Choose from the options below. Exercise #1
 Subjunctive Mood (present) El presente del modo subjuntivo. The
Present Subjunctive Mood
PLAYLIST VERANO 2015
Canción
“Mi verdad”
Intérprete(s)
Mana featuring Shakira
“Somos novios”
Armando Manzanero
“Ven báilalo” (Bachareggae)”
Angel y Khriz
“Ay vamos”
J Balvin
“Será será”
Shakira y Wyclef Jean
“Si yo fuera un chico”
Beyoncé
“Solita”
Prince Royce
“Nota de amor”
Wisin & Carlos Vives
“No te metas a mi Facebook”
Esteman
“Pegaíto suavecito”
Elvis Crespo
“El perdon”
Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesas
“Bamboleo”
Gipsy Kings
“La copa de la vida”
Ricky Martin
“Sigueme y te sigo”
Daddy Yankee
“El amor de su vida”
Julion Alvarez y su Nortena Banda
“La bilirrubina”
Juan Luis Guerra
“Malditas ganas”
El Komander
“Bidi bidi bom bom”
Selena
“La camisa negra”
Juanes
“Bailando”
Enrique Iglesias
Featuring Descemer Bueno &
Gente de Zona