AP Spanish Language - Apex Learning Virtual School PDF
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Advanced Placement AP Spanish Language AP* Spanish Language students practice perfecting their Spanish speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. They study vocabulary, grammar, and cultural aspects of the language, and then apply what they learn in extensive written and spoken exercises. The course addresses the broad themes of Global Challenges, Science and Technology, Contemporary Life, Personal and Public Identities, Families and Communities, and Beauty and Aesthetics. By the end of the course, students will have an expansive vocabulary, a solid, working knowledge of all verb forms and tenses, strong command of other language structures, and an ability to use language in many different contexts and for varied purposes. The equivalent of a college-level language course, AP Spanish Language prepares students for the AP exam and for further study of Spanish language, culture, or literature.(cid:10) (cid:10) This course has been authorized by the College Board to use the AP designation.(cid:10) (cid:10) *AP is a registered trademark of the College Board Length:Two Semesters UNIT 1: THE HISPANIC FAMILY LESSON 1: WHAT IS IN A NAME? Study: Hispanics in the United States(cid:10) Take a brief look at the various Hispanic communities living in the United States.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Listening: Short Dialogues and Narratives(cid:10) Learn how to approach the first section of the listening portion of the AP Exam, which includes short dialogues and narratives.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Listening Comprehension Practice(cid:10) Listen to dialogues and use your listening-comprehension skills to answer questions.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10) Learn and practice regular present-tense verb conjugations.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Advanced Placement > AP Spanish Language Copyright © 2013 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning® , the Apex Learning logo, ClassTools® , ClassTools Achieve® , ClassTools Virtual, Literacy Advantage, and Beyond Books® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 1of 28 Discuss: Our Class Community(cid:10) Engage in a discussion with fellow classmates and your teacher to get to know each other better.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10) Learn and practice using subject pronouns.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Improving Your Oral Spanish(cid:10) Learn tips that will help you improve your Spanish speaking skills.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Project: Speaking Spanish(cid:10) Work on your pronunciation of vowels. Then, choose a strategy for improving your oral Spanish and describe what you did.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10) Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points LESSON 2: THE FAMILY TREE Study: The Hispanic Family(cid:10) Become more acquainted with the priorities and values of the typical Hispanic family.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Reading Comprehension: Skills and Strategies(cid:10) Learn some useful tips and strategies for the reading comprehension section of the AP Exam.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Read: Reading Comprehension Practice(cid:10) Practice your reading comprehension skills as you learn about Hispanic families.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10) Learn and practice using irregular forms of present-tense verb conjugations.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Listening Practice(cid:10) Learn and practice using irregular forms of present-tense verb conjugations.(cid:10) Advanced Placement > AP Spanish Language Copyright © 2013 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning® , the Apex Learning logo, ClassTools® , ClassTools Achieve® , ClassTools Virtual, Literacy Advantage, and Beyond Books® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 2of 28 Duration: 1 hr 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10) Learn and practice using gender and number with nouns.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr 30 mins Study: Essay-Writing Tips(cid:10) Learn tips to help you improve the overall presentation of your essays, particularly the ones you write as part of interpersonal-writing tasks.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Journal: My Family(cid:10) Write about yourself and your family using the vocabulary and grammar that you have learned.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10) Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points LESSON 3: TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS Study: Hispanic Traditions(cid:10) Become acquainted with some of the traditions of Hispanic families.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Listening Strategies for Dialogues(cid:10) Explore listening strategies for several types of dialogue.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Dialogue Listening Practice(cid:10) Practice your skills for listening to dialogue.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10) Learn and practice spelling and stem changes in the present tense.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Read: Literature Reading(cid:10) Read a short literary work and answer questions to show your comprehension.(cid:10) Duration: 2 hrs Scoring: 0 points Advanced Placement > AP Spanish Language Copyright © 2013 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning® , the Apex Learning logo, ClassTools® , ClassTools Achieve® , ClassTools Virtual, Literacy Advantage, and Beyond Books® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 3of 28 Discuss: Critical Review(cid:10) Discuss the topics and theme of your reading with your classmates.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10) Learn and practice accentuation, punctuation, and sentence structure.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Interpersonal Speaking(cid:10) Explore techniques that will improve your Spanish-language conversation skills.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Project: Interpersonal Speaking(cid:10) Exercise your Spanish-language conversation skills.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10) Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points LESSON 4: WRAP-UP Review: The Hispanic Family(cid:10) Prepare for the unit test by reviewing key concepts and skills.(cid:10) Duration: 2 hrs Scoring: 0 points Test (CS): The Hispanic Family(cid:10) Take a computer-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 25 mins Scoring: 40 points Test (TS): The Hispanic Family(cid:10) Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 35 mins Scoring: 60 points LESSON 5: DIAGNOSTIC Diagnostic: The Hispanic Family(cid:10) Advanced Placement > AP Spanish Language Copyright © 2013 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning® , the Apex Learning logo, ClassTools® , ClassTools Achieve® , ClassTools Virtual, Literacy Advantage, and Beyond Books® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 4of 28 Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 30 points UNIT 2: EDUCATION LESSON 1: HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE Study: Schools in Mexico(cid:10) Explore aspects of Mexico's educational system and learn appropriate vocabulary. (cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Improving Reading Comprehension(cid:10) Learn how to identify the main idea of a passage and read for detail.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Read: Reading Skills Practice(cid:10) Practice your content analysis skills.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10) Learn and practice the regular forms of the preterit tense.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Presentational Writing Strategies(cid:10) Practice the skills you'll use on the writing part of the AP Exam.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10) Learn and practice using definite and indefinite articles.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Free Response: Writing(cid:10) Learn some useful tips and strategies to use on the free-response writing part of the AP Exam.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Journal: My Most Memorable Memory(cid:10) Use the vocabulary and grammar that you have learned to describe one of your most memorable experiences in high school.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 40 points Advanced Placement > AP Spanish Language Copyright © 2013 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning® , the Apex Learning logo, ClassTools® , ClassTools Achieve® , ClassTools Virtual, Literacy Advantage, and Beyond Books® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 5of 28 Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10) Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points LESSON 2: SCHOOL SUBJECTS AND PROFESSIONS Study: School Subjects and Professions(cid:10) Read about professions and learn vocabulary for academic subjects and professions.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Listening Strategies for Short Narratives and Longer Passages(cid:10) Learn listening strategies for the types of passages found on the AP Exam.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Listening Practice(cid:10) Check your listening comprehension skills as you learn about professions in Mexico.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10) Learn the irregular forms and stems of the preterit tense and practice using them.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Read: Literature Reading(cid:10) Read a short literary work and answer questions to show your understanding.(cid:10) Duration: 2 hrs Scoring: 0 points Discuss: Critical Review(cid:10) Discuss the topics and theme of your reading with your classmates.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10) Learn and practice using correct agreement and placement of adjectives.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Free Response: Speaking(cid:10) Learn some useful tips and strategies to improve your listening skills and your success on the speaking part of the AP Exam.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Project: Presentational Speaking(cid:10) Advanced Placement > AP Spanish Language Copyright © 2013 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning® , the Apex Learning logo, ClassTools® , ClassTools Achieve® , ClassTools Virtual, Literacy Advantage, and Beyond Books® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 6of 28 Practice your pronunciation while you speak on a topic that is based on two prompts.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10) Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points LESSON 3: STUDENT LIFE Study: Student Life(cid:10) Hear about issues important to college students and learn relevant vocabulary.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Vocabulary Recognition 1(cid:10) Learn to recognize common Latin and Greek roots.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Read: Life as a Mexican University Student(cid:10) Read about life in Mexican universities and then answer questions to show your understanding.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10) Learn and practice spelling and stem changes in the preterit tense.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Read: Reading Comprehension(cid:10) Read a passage and answer questions about what you read.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10) Learn and practice using reflexive pronouns and verbs.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Practice: Writing a Presentational Essay(cid:10) Become familiar with the presentational essay–writing part of the AP Exam.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10) Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points Advanced Placement > AP Spanish Language Copyright © 2013 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning® , the Apex Learning logo, ClassTools® , ClassTools Achieve® , ClassTools Virtual, Literacy Advantage, and Beyond Books® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 7of 28 LESSON 4: EDUCATION WRAP-UP Review: Education(cid:10) Prepare for the unit test by reviewing key concepts and skills.(cid:10) Duration: 2 hrs Scoring: 0 points Test (CS): Education(cid:10) Take a computer-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 25 mins Scoring: 40 points Test (TS): Education(cid:10) Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 35 mins Scoring: 60 points LESSON 5: DIAGNOSTIC Diagnostic: Education(cid:10) Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 30 points UNIT 3: HEALTH AND NUTRITION LESSON 1: THE HUMAN BODY Study: A View from the Inside(cid:10) Learn vocabulary related to the human body.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Medicine in Central America(cid:10) Listen to a narrative to learn about medical issues in Central America and then answer questions to demonstrate your understanding.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Listening Exercise(cid:10) Listen to a short passage and answer questions about what you heard.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10) Review the formation and use of the imperfect tense.(cid:10) Advanced Placement > AP Spanish Language Copyright © 2013 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning® , the Apex Learning logo, ClassTools® , ClassTools Achieve® , ClassTools Virtual, Literacy Advantage, and Beyond Books® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 8of 28 Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Interpersonal Speaking(cid:10) Take part in a simulated conversation.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10) Learn and practice general agreement between subjects and verbs and between verbs and modifiers.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Project: Informally Speaking(cid:10) Practice the skills you'll use on the interpersonal-speaking section of the AP Exam.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10) Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points LESSON 2: A HEALTHY APPETITE Study: A Healthy Appetite(cid:10) Explore different foods and learn appropriate vocabulary.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Structural Analysis of Written Passages(cid:10) Learn to identify structures of written passages that will increase your comprehension.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Short Dialogues and Narratives: Healthy Lifestyle(cid:10) Use your structural analysis skills to analyze a written passage.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10) Learn and practice when to use the preterit and imperfect tenses.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Read: Literature Reading(cid:10) Read a literary work and answer questions to show your understanding.(cid:10) Duration: 2 hrs Scoring: 0 points Advanced Placement > AP Spanish Language Copyright © 2013 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning® , the Apex Learning logo, ClassTools® , ClassTools Achieve® , ClassTools Virtual, Literacy Advantage, and Beyond Books® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 9of 28 Discuss: Critical Review(cid:10) Discuss the topics and theme of your reading with your classmates.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10) Learn and practice using demonstrative pronouns and adjectives.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Journal: Interpersonal Writing(cid:10) Practice the skills you'll use on the interpersonal-writing section of the AP Exam.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 45 mins Scoring: 40 points Quiz: Wrap-Up(cid:10) Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.(cid:10) Duration: 0 hrs 30 mins Scoring: 20 points LESSON 3: STAYING IN SHAPE Study: Get in Shape!(cid:10) Explore aspects of physical fitness, nutrition, and hygiene while learning appropriate vocabulary.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Listening: Long Dialogues and Narratives(cid:10) Learn some useful tips and strategies for approaching long dialogues and narratives in the listening section of the AP Exam.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Practice: Health Habits(cid:10) Listen to dialogues about health issues and then answer questions to show your understanding.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Grammatically Speaking(cid:10) Learn and practice how to distinguish between the uses of the preterit and imperfect tenses with verbs of state.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Study: Interpersonal Writing(cid:10) Learn and practice using possessive pronouns and adjectives.(cid:10) Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 0 points Checkup: Focus on the Language(cid:10) Advanced Placement > AP Spanish Language Copyright © 2013 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning® , the Apex Learning logo, ClassTools® , ClassTools Achieve® , ClassTools Virtual, Literacy Advantage, and Beyond Books® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 10of 28
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