Spanish Language and Culture

Agenda

• Monday, Day 1
  • Review of the AP® Spanish Language and Culture Course and Exam
  • Introductions
  • Warm-up activity (how I start my class every day, news)
  • Zoom norms
  • What will the participants need?
  • The College Board and the AP® program
  • Equity and Access in the classroom, the building and the community
  • General Information
  • Textbooks and resources
  • National Standards and the 5 C’s; Communication, Comparisons, Communities, Cultures and Connections
  • The modes of Communication
  • Remote Learning, technologies and resources Online
  • AP® Central, AP® Community
  • AP® Classroom (pt. 1)
  • AP® Reading
  • AP® Vertical Teams
  • Course and Exam Description
  • Curriculum Framework
  • Learning Objectives
  • Special-needs students and multiple intelligences
  • Test Day (administration, proctors, equipment, at home or in school)
  • AP® Themes
  • Assessments
  • The AP® Audit (Introduction and Sample syllabi)
  • Format of the exam for 2024
  • Essential Questions for each unit
  • Designing Units, Instruction
  • Wrap Up, Questions

• Tuesday, Day 2
  • Catch Up from day 1
  • Buenos días/review from day one and go over missed items...
  • The modes of Communication
  • AP® Vertical Teams
  • Un video para hoy
  • AP Classroom (pt. 2)
  • Section I of the Exam Overview
  • Strategies for reading comprehension (different parts of the multiple choice sections)
  • Developing and organizing an Interpretive lesson
  • Graphs, charts and maps
  • Graphic organizers and mind maps
  • Authentic resources and literature in the classroom
  • Incorporating and adapting reading list from AP® Literature and Culture class
  • Using video in the classroom
  • Formative and Summative assessments within the Interpretive Communication framework
  • Finding and using resources Online to enhance the learning and teaching within the Interpretive Communication framework
  • Wrap up, questions

• Wednesday, Day 3
  • Catch Up from day 2
  • AP® Classroom (pt. 2)
  • Authentic resources and literature in the classroom
  • Incorporating and adapting reading list from AP® Literature and Culture class
  • Using video in the classroom
  • Formative and Summative assessments within the Interpretive Communication framework
  • AP® Classroom (pt. 3)
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Interpersonal writing skills (strategies for success, building proficiency)
  • Student samples and their evaluation
  • Using transitions for success
  • Interpersonal speaking skills (activities, assessments, scoring)
  • Performance levels of instruction (within Interpersonal Communication)
  • What is the cultural component of the course?
  • Wrap up, questions

• Thursday, Day 4
  • Presentational Writing
  • Warm up activity
  • Introduction (continued) to the presentational writing mode from the previous day
  • Student samples
  • Practice taking/writing the essay (intro only)
  • Presentational Speaking skills
  • Student samples and how to evaluate them
  • Development/Adaptation of unit(s) designed by attendees
  • Best practices and strategies for improving in the AP® Spanish Language and Culture Exam
  • Evaluations
  • Wrap up, questions

• Friday, Day 5
  • Wrap Up Presentational Speaking
  • Warm up activity
  • Student samples
  • Unit Development
  • Revisit the CED with purpose of deeper understanding into unit guides to develop thematic units
  • Time to share out
  • Websites, programs, videos, audios, etc.
  • Best practices/tools share out
  • Evaluations
  • Wrap up, questions
  • Final comments
  • Asynchronous work for Day 5
  • Begin planning a unit or lesson using the newly acquired knowledge from the week shared by all of us. Post a small paragraph describing/summarizing the lesson.
  • Write a small reflection of the week gone by in which you describe how your approach to teaching AP® might be influenced by what you’ve learned from any one of us during this institute. Please post your summary to the document as well.