Montgomery County Public Schools
Spanish 2B
Final Exam Format
June 2016
Oral Communication (1 item/ 20 points)
 Students will speak for two minutes in response to a prompt based on topics studied during the semester.
 This portion of the final exam is administered during class, not during the two hour block of time allotted to the exams.
Listening (30 items/ 15 points)
 Students will listen to their teacher read short statements related to topics studied during the semester.
 They will then answer selected response questions in Spanish.
Reading (32 items/ 16 points)
 Students will read passages related to topics studied during the semester.
 They will then answer selected response questions in Spanish.
Grammar (18 items/ 9 points)
 Students will select the best completion for sentences.
 This section contains grammatical structures studied during the semester.
Writing (2 items/ 20 points)
 Students will respond to two different writing prompts, each worth 10 points, based on topics studied during the semester.
Culture (2 items/ 10 points)
 Students will write, in English, about two cultural topics studied during the semester.
Spanish 2B…June 2016
Spanish 2B
6. Cuando éramos niños / When We Were Children
Students will be able to:
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Communicate about what they did when they were children
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Communicate about what they were like as children
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Communicate about past family celebrations and holidays
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Identify some Spanish-speaking people
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Identify children’s stories, fables, or songs from Spanish-speaking countries and compare
them with those from the U.S.
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Identify and describe family celebrations and holidays in Spanish-speaking countries and
compare them with those in the U.S.
Students will learn and apply:
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The imperfect tense: regular and irregular verbs
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Indirect object pronouns
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Verbs that use indirect object pronouns
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Use of preterite and imperfect
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Reciprocal verbs
7. Las emergencias / Emergencies
Students will be able to:
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Communicate about disasters, rescues, and emergencies (past and present)
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Communicate about accidents, injuries, and medical treatments (past and present)
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Identify some Spanish-speaking countries
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Identify some natural disasters that occur in Spanish-speaking countries and compare
them with those in the U.S.
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Identify emergency medical and health services in Spanish-speaking countries and
compare them to those in the U.S.
Students will learn and apply:
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Use of preterite and imperfect
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Preterite of oír, leer, creer, and destruir
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Preterite of venir, poner, decir, and traer
8. ¡A cocinar! / Let’s Cook
Students will be able to:
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Communicate about foods
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Communicate about cooking and recipes
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Identify some Spanish-speaking countries
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Identify and describe dishes and foods from Spanish-speaking countries and compare
them to those in the U.S.
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Describe outdoor food vendors in Spanish-speaking countries and compare them to those
in the U.S.
Students will learn and apply:
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Negative tú commands
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The impersonal se
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Ud. Uds. commands - regular and irregular
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Uses of por
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Preterite of -ir stem-changing verbs
9. De viaje / Travel
Students will be able to:
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Communicate about travel plans and past travel
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Communicate about means of transportation and accommodations
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Identify some Spanish-speaking countries
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Identify and describe travel destinations in Spanish-speaking countries and compare them
to those in the U.S.
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Identify and describe customs related to traveling in Spanish-speaking countries and
compare them to those in the U.S.
Students will learn and apply:
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Imperfect and preterite
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Verbs followed by the infinitive
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Impersonal expressions with the infinitive
Spanish 2B…June 2016