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AP Conference Seattle 2008

Tips & Ideas for the Pre AP and AP Spanish Language program.

Fe amora!est "oca #aton $igh School

% ertical teaming' all lo(er le)els lead to the AP program* incorporating thethe same strategies and ideas +ut to a lo(er le)el of language ac,uisition.

% Integrate listening* oral* reading and (riting in the acti)ities as much as possi+le.% -se )aried authentic and interesting sources.

% Incorporate a )ariet of registers and accents of the language from the

 +eginning le)els.

%Lin/ formal (riting (ith a formal presentation 2 minutes1 and informal (riting(ith an informal presentation AP Le)el1.

Formal and informal (riting in Spanish. Compile a list of suggested saludos and despedidas for the interpersonal (riting

for students. This is helpful to the standard student in the AP class.

2. 3i)e a list of transition (ords. $ighlight use in the (riting.4. Presentational (riting AP Formal (riting1 ha)e students ta/e at least one idea

from each source to include in the (riting. Students must cite the source.

5. 6a/e and do cross(ord pu77les. (((.pu77lema/er.com

. Class ne(spaper 9 each group (rites a section of the paper.:. 6a/e a mo)ie; (rite a script* act out* (ith props & costumes and )ideotape.

(ritten* oral and listening1.

<. !rite re)ie(s a+out a mo)ie* a song* or a +oo/ from a different perspecti)e.%pu+lic ser)ice announcement

%commercial for an e)ent

%)ideo for ne=t ear>s class

  8. !rite a pla and perform. -se puppets?@. Create +rochures a+out school* school e)ents* and issues* places out of school or

in school1. Present to the class (ritten* oral and listening10. !rite a !i/ipedia entr and loo/ for posted comments. Chose a topic. =amples'

%' academies at school

% re)ie( a school team

. !rite a B$o( to ma/e something essa. Present orall to the class (ritten* oraland listening1

2. !rite a classified ad)ertisement for something the (ant to sell or +u. Dero= at

least 0 copies. B6ar/et Ea classmates read and scan ads. If interested in +uing the item the ha)e to find the student that (rote it. All in Spanish.

4. !rite a chain stor. A student or teacher +egins the stor and each student adds a

line to the stor. (ritten* oral* listening15. #esearch and (rite a postcard cultura1 a+out a fictitious trip to a countr of

interest. $a)e student inter)ie( the students (ho B(ent informal oral1

. Create a resume and a co)er letter for a Go+ search. Integrate a Bmoc/ peer

inter)ie( H=ford dictionar has resumes and sample letters in Spanish1. ue)asistas also has info on this.

:. !rite and send letters to the editor of the local Spanish ne(spaper.

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<. !rite a report. Select a countr and find 5 articles in the ne(spaper a+out his

 place* one for each topic* national ne(s* entertainment* sport* life and societ.

!rite a letter to the ditor a+out it. If pu+lish* DCredit.8. Top Ten; !arm upJ3i)e students a topic and the ma/e a list of the top ten

Letterman1. Share orall

@. oca+ular re)ie(;Thematic. Pic/ the theme. =ample' alimentos. 3i)e a letterthat +egins the (ord and students (rite all the (ords the can thin/ of that +egins

(ith that letter. =ample P' peras. 6a/e it a game and do se)eral rounds.20. Listen to a musical selection and (rite* (rite* (rite (hile it is plaing. Tell (hatou are thin/ing* (ho is there* season* (eather (hat is happening. "e creati)e?

2. Loo/ at a picture or painting. In fi)e minutes* (rite e)erthing that ou can a+out

this picture. !rite (hat ou see* ho( ou or the people in the picture1 feel* (hat

is happening. "e creati)e?22. !rite a +iograph. 3uide the (riting (ith ,uestions at +eginning le)els. As the

students ans(er the ,uestions* a paragraph K or essa de)elops.

Sp (rites a+out no( present tense1.Sp 2 can include ,uestions in the preterit and imperfect.

Sp4 and higher le)els can use all the tenses studied.

Hral and listening acti)ities

. Create an oral presentation of 2 minutes and a mini ,ui7 for the rest of the class

as a follo( up acti)it.2. !rite names of students in inde= cards and use for target language and class

 participation. 3i)e the students participation grades at the end of the class +ased

on ; scale.4. 3ood for first (ee/ acti)it' Com+o (riting and oral. CompareK contrast our

di)erse societ. Eiscuss 4 aspects that di)ide the Latino communit and 4 that

di)ide the Americans. !rite a enn diagram on the +oard. Hral discussion.

An common grounds Follo( up (ith informal (riting acti)it Gournal1.5. -se the +oo/ Sorpresa and its CE for read aloud acti)ities (ith surprise endings

. Audio postcards; act out; con)ersation on the phone telling each other a+out atopic or place researched.

:. Phone con)ersation M a topic author* music* short stor* artist* u tu+e )ideo1

 +et(een a Latino and an American student

<. Inter)ie( each other a+out a topic8. Continue a chain stor orall

@. 6a/e a school )ideo or +rochure thus incorporating (riting1

0. Con)ersation hourJselect topics. Conduct inter)ie(sJGo+* a+out a trip* interests* etc.

2. Chain stor; +egin a stor and circulate around the room so each student adds

details. Can also +e done in (riting at the +oard at the same time.4. Listen to a radio ne(scast and (rite at least one thing K e)ent that ou heard.

5. Chec/ out (((.teachertu+e.com and (((.corpusdelespaNol.org