AICE Spanish
Summer Assignment
¡Práctica Español durante el verano!
¡Disfrútalo,mejóralo,ydocuméntalo!
Exposuretoforeignlanguageoutsideoftheclassroomiscritical.Thepurposeofthis“assignment”isto
findentertainingwaystoexperienceSpanish.Thechallengeistodiscoverauthenticmaterialthatwill
motivateyoutostayengaged.Findsomethingyouarepassionateabout!.Itmaybemusic,fashion,
travel,culture,literature,celebrities,movies,art,sports,orcooking.
Thesummerassignmentfocusesonthethreemodesofcommunication:
Interpretive:HowwellyouunderstandSpanishthroughreadingandlistening.
● Reading:newspapers,books,magazines,etc.
● Listening:TVstations,movies,radiostations,nativespeakers,etc.
Presentational:HowyoucommunicateyourthoughtsinSpanish.
● Writing:essaysontopicsthatinterestyou:education,health,sports,technologies,music,etc.
● Speaking:makea1-minutepresentationaboutatopicthatmotivatesyou:amoviereview,etc.
Interpersonal:Howwellyoucancarryonaconversationwithoneormorepeople.
● “On-demand”Spanishspeaking:practicedialogues,debates,interviews,Skype,phonecalls,etc.
● Writing:letters,e-mails,chats,Facebook,etc.
AsyoupracticethethreemodesofcommunicationyouwillalsoapplyimportantelementsofSpanish
grammarandvocabulary. ThiswillincreaseandimproveyourSpanishproficiency,enhanceyour
personalenjoymentofSpanishspeaking,provideconfidenceabouttakingyourAPexam,andsaveyou
moneyonyourcollegedegree.
Assignment: Completeanddocumentthefollowingusingthechecklistfoundin
thebackofthispacket.
ALLOFYOURWORKMUSTBECOMPLETEDINSPANISH!!J
Lecturas(Interpretive):Minimum2summaries(5puntosparacadauno)
Usingthedocumentationsheetprovided,readanythinginSpanishandcountit.Yourdocumentation
mustprovidethenameofthesourceorwebsite,title,date,andasummaryinEnglishthatwillillustratethatyou
readandunderstoodthearticleorstory.Usetheresourcesbelowtogetyoustarted.
PossibleResources:
www.prensaescrita.com(periódicos)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo(periódicos)
www.hola.es(revistas)
www.pronto.es(revistas)
www.diezminutos.es(revistas)
SpanishbooksfromthePubliclibrary
Children’sbooksonline
Escuchar(Interpretive):Minimum3summaries(5puntosparacadauno)
Usingthedocumentationsheetprovided,listentoanythinginSpanishthatinterestsyou.Your
documentationmustprovidethenameofthesourcesorwebsite,title,date,andasummarythatwill
illustratethatyoureadandunderstoodthespeaking.
Getcreativehere!Youcanusesongs,movies,radio,orlistentonativespeakershavingconversations.
Escribir(Presentational):15sentenceessay(15puntos)
¿Quéhicisteduranteesteverano?
● ¿Quéhicisteesteverano?
● ¿Cenasteenunrestauranteespecial?
● ¿Adóndefuiste?
● ¿Quépedisteallá?
● ¿Visitaste enalgunaparteespecial?
● ¿Fuistedecomprasantescomenzóla
● ¿Trabajaste?
escuela?
● ¿Salistecontusamigos?
● ¿Quécomprasteenelcentral
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comercial?
¿Quéhicierontuytusamigos?
Thisisapresentationalcommunicationpiece.Userichandprecisevocabulary,grammar,andawide
varietyofpreteriteverbs.
Hablar(Presentational):Presentationalspeaking(10puntos)
Prepareatleasta1minutepresentationinSpanishaboutyoursummerforthefirstweekofschool.
Youwillpresentthistotheclasswithnopaper.
Youmayuseyourpresentationalwritingpiece(the15sentenceessay)asaguidetohelpyouprepare
thispresentation.
Hablar(Interpersonal):Interpersonalspeaking(10puntos)
Aftereachpresentation,onepersonwillbechosentoaskthepresenteraquestionabouttheir
presentation(10pts). Bepreparedtoanswerquestionsaboutyourpresentationonthespot(10puntos).
Gramática:Grammarpractice(http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm)(10puntos)
www.studyspanish.com:Lookthroughgrammarunits1-6onstudyspanish.comandidentifywhatyou
needtoimprove.Complete10basicquizzesandminiteststhatprovidepracticeinthatarea.Printa
copyofyourstudyspanish.comreportcardtoprovideevidenceofthelessons,dates,andscores.
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RegularVerbs(#s8-10)
SerandEstar(#s15-18)
Stem-ChangingVerbs(#s28-30)
Ir+awithInfinitives(#s32)
DirectObjectPronouns(#s41-43)
PresentProgressive(#s49)
VerbswithIrregular1stPersons(#s50)
PreteriteTense(gotohttp://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/preterite.php)
*Ifyouchoosetocompletethislesson,pleaseprintthepagethatshowsyouranswers
onceyouhavecompletedtheassignment.
Verbos:Verbchartconjugations(10puntosparapresente/10puntospretérito)
Conjugatetheverbsgivenontheattachedverbchartinthetensesgiven.Youmaypracticetheverbtenseson
www.conjugemos.com.
InordertodowellonyournextlevelofSpanish,wewanttocontinuallyimproveourSpanishcommunication
skills.Byworkingoverthesummer,you’llbereadywhenthenewschoolyearbegins.
Haveagreatsummer!
Sra.Wigfall
[email protected]
AICECLASSMUSTCOMPLETETHEIRWORKINSPANISHJ
Lectura1–DocumentationSheet
Fuente(source)________________________________________________________________________
Título________________________________________________________________________________
Fecha____________________
Tiempogastado(timespent)__________________
DescribewhatyoureadinSpanish:who,whatwhen,where,why,how?
Whatnewwordsdidyoulearnfromthereading?(ProvidetheSpanishandEnglish)
WhatdidyounoticeabouttheHispanicculture?
Lectura2–DocumentationSheet
Fuente(source)________________________________________________________________________
Título________________________________________________________________________________
Fecha____________________
Tiempogastado__________________
DescribewhatyoureadinSpanish:who,whatwhen,where,why,how?
Whatnewwordsdidyoulearnfromthereading?(ProvidetheSpanishandEnglish)
WhatdidyounoticeabouttheHispanicculture?
Escuchar1–DocumentationSheet
Fuente(source)________________________________________________________________________
Título________________________________________________________________________________
Fecha____________________
Tiempogastado__________________
DescribewhatyouheardinSpanish:who,whatwhen,where,why,how?
Whatnewwordsdidyoulearnfromthelistening?(ProvidetheSpanishandEnglish)
WhatdidyounoticeabouttheHispanicculture?
Escuchar2–DocumentationSheet
Fuente(source)________________________________________________________________________
Título________________________________________________________________________________
Fecha____________________
Tiempogastado__________________
DescribewhatyouheardinSpanish:who,whatwhen,where,why,how?
Whatnewwordsdidyoulearnfromthelistening?(ProvidetheSpanishandEnglish)
WhatdidyounoticeabouttheHispanicculture?
Escuchar3–DocumentationSheet
Fuente(source)________________________________________________________________________
Título________________________________________________________________________________
Fecha____________________
Tiempogastado__________________
DescribewhatyouheardinSpanish:who,whatwhen,where,why,how?
Whatnewwordsdidyoulearnfromthelistening?(ProvidetheSpanishandEnglish)
WhatdidyounoticeabouttheHispanicculture?
PreteriteTenseVerbs
Tú
Él,ella,usted
Nosotros
Verb
English
Yo
Vosotros
Ellos/as,ustedes
RegularPreteriteTenseVerbs:-ar: é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron, -er: í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron, -ir: í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron *2 have accents
despertar
vender
escribir
IrregularPreterite(noAccents)
Ser
Ir+a
Ver
Dar
SpellchangingPreterite:-gar g:gu, -zar z:c, c:qin 1st.person only *2 have accents
jugar
*
abrazar
*
buscar
*
“Y”verbsinthePreteritechange“i”toa“y”inthe3rd person singular and plural *5 have accents
caer
*
*
leer
*
*
oír
*
*
IrregularPreteritestemspellingchange: e iste o imos isteis ieron (no accents)
andaranduv Estarestuv
Tomanage/tosucceed
Poderpud
Hacerhic
*hiz
Ponerpus
tofindout/tolearn
Sabersup
Tenertuv
Towantorlove
Quererquis
“J”verbsinthePreterite most verbs end in –cir change c to “j” then: e iste o imos isteis eron Note: omit “i” in 3rd person plural *no accents
conducir
traducir
traer
rd
Preteritestemchanging–irverbsonly: e:i or o:u *sandal verbs: change in 3 person singular and plural *2 have accents
preferire:i
*
*
dormiro:u
*
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Nombre:______________________________________ Fecha:_____________________________
Checklist/RubricforActivities
¿Completado?
(check)
Fecha
Puntos
ganados
Puntos
posibles
Lectura1
Lectura2
Escuchar1
5
Escuchar2
5
Escuchar3
5
Escribir
15
Hablar
(Presentation)
Hablar
(interpersonalquestion)
Hablar
(interpersonalanswer)
Grámatica
(studyspanish)
10
5
5
10
10
10
verbos-presente
verbos-pretérito
10
10
TOTAL
100