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    A.P. SPANISH 4 (Language) ~ Course description:
    The course of AP Spanish is conducted almost entirely in Spanish.  Some English is allowed for specific needs such as certain grammatical explanations; however it is an expectation that students use the target language not only in the classroom but with their peers, their teacher, and with their peers outside of the classroom if the opportunities arise.  Students who enrolled in the class are ready to challenge themselves in the most advanced course at Perry H.S., an experience equivalent to that of a third-year college course.  Students are provided the opportunities to develop the four language skills, which are reading, writing, listening and speaking.  In order to prepare the students to take the AP Spanish Language Exam, I will be using an extensive amount of resources, some of which will include authentic materials in the target language.  The class is designed to challenge extremely motivated students who have a strong interest in the Spanish language.  Students at this advanced language level are expected to demonstrate greater and more sophisticated use of the target language, therefore literature, culture and history are taught primarily through the active use of the target language. Upon successful completion of the AP Spanish exam, the students may receive college credit and advanced placement. 
    The AP Spanish Language Exam
     
    Exam Content:  The exam is approximately 3 hours long and consists of two sections.
    The goal of the AP Spanish Language Exam is to evaluate how well students understand written and spoken Spanish, and their ability to respond in correct and idiomatic Spanish. With the exception of directions, Spanish is used exclusively both in the exam materials and in the student responses. Use of dictionaries or other reference works during the exam is not permitted.   
    • Section I (the multiple-choice section) consists of two parts that assess the students' understanding of spoken Spanish (listening) and of literary and non-literary prose selections (reading).
    • Section II (the free-response section) has two parts, which are designed to measure a student's writing and speaking skills in Spanish.
    Spanish Language 
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    A.P. SPANISH 5 (Literature) ~ Course description:
     
    The overarching objective of the AP Spanish Literature course is to prepare students to be successful on the AP Examination. In order to ensure that students are as successful as possible, we will be discussing the literature in a variety of methods that will also improve student proficiency in both the language and Hispanic culture as it is presented in the texts. In order to allow us to reach the goal of a successful examination, we will accomplish the following during the academic year in AP Spanish Literature:

     

    1. Students will learn the major literary movements, writers, trends and ideas that have shaped Hispanic literature from the medieval to modern periods.

     

    2. Students will learn the techniques necessary to analyze the content and form of literature, including works of prose, theater and poetry.

     

    3. Students will learn the vocabulary and terms associated with literary criticism in order to connect their reading of the texts to its importance in literary movements.

     

    4. Students will think logically and analytically about the texts for their individual value and for their appropriateness and importance in historical, social and cultural context

     

    5. Students will improve confidence, proficiency and ability in both spoken and written expression of the Spanish language.

    The AP Spanish Literature Exam
    Exam Content

    This three-hour and 10-minute exam consists of a multiple-choice section (Section I) and a free-response section (Section II):
    • Section I contains approximately 65 questions that test literary analysis and reading comprehension of works on the required reading list, as well as works not from the list. It includes questions on literary terminology. Although the passages consist primarily of prose fiction, also included are poetry, drama, essays, and literary criticism.
    • Section II contains three essay questions. All of the questions test literary interpretation and analysis, in addition to skill in writing critical expository prose in Spanish. Each essay is evaluated for content, as well as the degree to which language usage supports that content -- evaluation of content accounts for 70 percent of each essay's score, and evaluation of language usage accounts for the remaining 30 percent. Questions 2 and 3 ask specifically about works on the required list.

      • Essay 1: Poetry Analysis
        An essay analyzing how a given theme is treated in a particular poem. The poem is not from the required reading list, and may or may not be by one of the authors on the list. (The poem is printed in the exam.)
      • Essay 2: Thematic Analysis
        May be one of two different types (only one will appear on any given exam):
        Type A: An essay analyzing how a given theme is treated in a particular work from the required reading list. (At least two works are listed in the exam, from which the candidate must choose one.)
        Type B: An essay analyzing how a given theme and/or topic is treated in two works from the required reading list. (Two or more works are listed in the exam, from which the candidate must choose two).
      • Essay 3: Text Analysis
        May be one of two different types (only one will appear on any given exam):
        Type A: Short answers to two or three open-ended questions about an excerpt from a work on the required reading list. (The excerpt is printed in the exam.)
        Type B: An essay analyzing critical commentary about a particular work from the required reading list. (The critical commentary is printed in the exam.)
    Students are not allowed to use dictionaries or other reference works during the exam. All of the directions printed inside the exam booklets are in both English and Spanish.
     
    Spanish Literature
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