¡Bienvendios a la clase de AP Lenguaje español! Welcome to the AP Spanish Language class!
Summer work 2014
So that you can hit the ground running from the first day of classes, there are some things you must do to review and practice. You need to practice all four skill areas--reading, writing, listening and speaking. All of the activities listed below have been designed with that in mind.
All assignments are due ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
These assignments are posted here: www.kelspanishbls.blogspot.com AND here:
1. READING
Literatura: You are expected to read a chapter from the novel Cuando era puertorriqueña by Esmeralda Santiago. Goto the following website to find the text. If the link does not work, type the title and “Nos va a salir la cosa” in Google.
Website with story as a pdf file: http://rgressel.weebly.com/uploads/4/9/8/3/4983205/cep_reading.pdf
As you are reading, keep a list of any words you need to look up and write down the definition. There are some words at the beginning of the document to get you started. You also need to answer the comprehension questions at the end of the document in Spanish. Make sure you can identify the who/what/when/where/why for the chapter.
Write a short summary, no more than 50 words, in Spanish.
Current events: You are expected to find 5 newspaper articles in Spanish.
Choose 5 different articles from various Spanish language newspapers.
Read each article.
Write a short summary (50+ words) for each article about what you read in Spanish.
Choose your articles from the following categories: sports, international, business/technology, culture/arts, health, editorial/opinion and one of your choice. Each article has to come from a different category--don’t do all 5 from just one.
Copy/print the article and staple your summary to the article. Keep a running list of new vocabulary and expressions and look them up in English.
Also, check out “El Planeta” and “La Semana”--free in newsboxes around the city.
2. GRAMMAR
As you read “Nos va a salir la cosa”, identify the following verb tenses and create a key to keep track. You will turn this in when you come back. Find the following in the text
preterit, imperfect, future, conditional, present perfect, pluperfect, subjunctive (present and imperfect), commands (positive and negative), gerund, infinitive,
Here is the color scheme that your teachers have used—
orange = preterit green = conditional purple = subjunctive
yellow = imperfect blue = future pink = commands
infinitive = box around gerund = be creative!
present perfect/plu perfect = circle around, or a diff. shade of a color already used
3. LISTENING
You are expected to listen to 5 different things in Spanish--they can come from online, radio and tv. You need to write a short summary of what you heard in Spanish (50 words). Please include the date and source you used for each of the summaries. Here are some sources you can use:
INTERNET--there is soooooooo much out there! This is only a sampling....
http://www.fire.or.cr/audios.htm Radio Internacional Feminista
http://www.univision.com Univision!
Spanish Audio Gazette http://lab.chass.utoronto.ca/rescentre/spanish/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/programmes/estudio_834/ --BBC Estudio 834
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/listening/question1/ - BBC Better@Listening
http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/index.htm - Study Spanish Cultural Notes
http://203.15.102.140/news/languageGroup/lgCurDisp.php3?vlang=Spanish - Broadcasting in Spanish from Australia
http://un.org.radio.es Radio United Nations--College Board loves to use them!
www.elcastellano.org/radios.html A very complete list of Spanish Language radio stations indexed by country.
www.notesinspanish.com Conversations between Ben and Marina about life in Spain
Also, check out free podcasts available on iTunes
TV
Check local cable for Univision, Galavision, Telemundo for telenovelas, news, movies
Switch languages on a movie and watch it dubbed in Spanish
El sitio http://wwitv.com/portal.htm ofrece enlaces a cientos de canales de tele que tienen "streaming video" sobre el Internet. Tambien hay enlaces a sus sitios.
www.tve.es Live and archived television from Spain.
www.euronews.netVideo and text cover world news from a European
perspective in a choice of seven languages, including Spanish
www.nettvdb.com Links to over 1000 Internet TV stations from 108
Countries.
4. SPEAKING
Speaking in Spanish will become an everyday activity and expectation once school starts. Please be prepared to discuss your summer work in Spanish.
DUE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL:
Questions/answers/summary for the short story
Grammar highlights and key with the story
5 article summaries with articles for each
5 listening summaries with sources for each
new vocabulary lists—should include the story and each of the 5 articles
Email if you have any questions!
Ms. Chouinard
Ms. Kelley
¡Que tengas un verano maravilloso, y nos vemos en septiembre!
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