It's the end of a unit or the end of the school year.... what would be FUN and motivating to students? Learning slang! Digital or printable, this Youtube video and accompanying Google Doc and Edpuzzle viewing guides will help students sound more natural with their speech. This video teaches slang from SPAIN, but check out my other products for slang from other countries!

Students can view the video and write down answers in open-ended form, or they can watch the video in an EdPuzzle and answer the multiple choice questions. (Auto-graded, by the way!) The questions in this activity are written in Spanish, but the language level is basic and should be accessible to students from Novice High and up. The video itself presents Spanish slang terms with explanations in English. The viewing guides are fully customizable to be sure the questions are just right for your students!

Who can use this product?

• Any student interested in learning slang from Spain!

How can I use this product?

• Assign this activity in class or for homework
• Get students excited to learn "real" Spanish!
• Have students complete the viewing guide where they fill in answers to have a document they can save for reference
• Have students complete the Edpuzzle if you need them to have instant feedback and/or a quick grade. (Edpuzzles make it easier for students to answer as the question pops up right after the answer was given! It's a good differentiation for students.)
• Combine this with other activities to create a mini unit!

What's included in this product?

• 1 link to a curated YouTube video (no bad words!)
• 1 link to an Edpuzzle activity
• 1 Google doc with student viewing guide
• Teacher Answer Key

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Seal of Biliteracy AAPPL Test Interpretive Reading Activities

Verb Tense Project

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It's the end of a unit or the day before vacation.... what would be FUN and motivating to students?  Learning slang!  This Youtube video and accompanying Google Doc and Edpuzzle  viewing guides will help students sound more natural with their speech.  This video teaches slang from PUERTO RICO, but check out my other products for slang from other countries!

Students can view the video and write down answers in open-ended form, or they can watch the video in an EdPuzzle and answer the multiple choice questions.  (Auto-graded, by the way!)  The questions in this activity are written in Spanish, but the language level is basic and should be accessible to students from Novice High and up.  The video itself presents Spanish slang terms with explanations in English.

**Disclaimer: There is one expression in the video that is not so nice... "Come mierda" which they present to mean that someone is a snob. **I cut it out of the Edpuzzle, but I cannot edit the YouTube video.****

Who can use this product?

• Any student interested in learning slang from Puerto Rico!

How can I use this product?

• Assign this activity in class or for homework
• Get students excited to learn "real" Spanish! 
• Have students complete the viewing guide where they fill in answers to have a document they can save for reference
• Have students complete the Edpuzzle if you need them to have instant feedback and/or a quick grade.  (Edpuzzles make it easier for students to answer as the question pops up right after the answer was given!  It's a good differentiation for students.)
• Combine this with other activities to create a mini unit!

What's included in this product?

• 1 link to a curated YouTube video (**please read disclaimer above about the 1 bad word in YouTube video!)
• 1 link to an Edpuzzle activity (**Bad word edited out of the Edpuzzle!)
• 1 Google doc with student viewing guide
• Teacher Answer Key

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Other resources you may like:

Learn 20 Slang Words from Spain!

Learn Text Abbreviations: Video and Interactive Drag and Drop Google Slides

Need more end of the year activities?

Seal of Biliteracy AAPPL Test Interpretive Reading Activities

Verb Tense Project

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Do you teach high school seniors?  Check out this EASY and wonderful bulletin board idea!  With minimal work, you personalize this display and create a classroom display to honor your seniors’ accomplishments and inspire your younger students at the same time!

1. Ask your seniors to bring you copies of their college acceptance letters. (Email their parents too!)
2. Personalize these Google slides with your students’ names
3. Print
4. Hang up the acceptance letters together with your students’ names! 

Seniors are SO excited when their acceptance letters begin to come in!  They’ve worked hard for the past 4 years!  And the younger students love to look at the names of the different colleges and universities students from their school have applied to and been accepted to!  Highlight their scholarships too!

Who can use this product?

• Teachers who have students in grade 12

How can I use this product?

• Ask your seniors to bring you copies of their college acceptance letters.
• Personalize these Google slides with your students’ names
• Print
• Hang up the acceptance letters together with your students’ names! 

What’s included in this product?

• Printable 8 x 11.5 posters with display theme “We’re Going To College!” in both Spanish and English
• Printable name tags to go with college acceptance letters in both Spanish and English

Other resources you may like:

Spanish Expression of the Week Posters

Spanish/English All About My Teacher Fill in the Blank End of Year Activity

Spanish Slang Bundle! Fun Resources!

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The AP Spanish Language and Culture® Exam is right around the corner! This quiz about the exam parts and strategies comes in digital, print or even a self-correcting Google Form! Assign on Google Classroom (or other learning management platform) for distance learners or print it out for students who are in person. Need to save some time? The Google Form version of the quiz is self-grading!

The digital and print versions of this quiz ask questions about how much each section is worth, how much time is given for each section, specific strategies for each section and vocabulary that is useful for each section. There is an English and a Spanish version of the quiz and an answer key as well! This quiz can be edited to suite your students' needs!

The Google Form version of the quiz is shorter. All questions are multiple choice and therefore grades itself! Students can have instant feedback. Think about using this as a practice before giving the longer form of the quiz! These questions and answers are in English. There are questions about how much each section is worth, how much time is given for each section, and strategies specific to the different parts of the exam.

Who can use this product?

• Students preparing to take the AP Spanish Language and Culture® Exam

How can I use this product?

• Assign any version of this quiz in the weeks leading up to the AP® Exam to ensure that students fully understand the parameters and scoring
• Differentiate by needs; use the shorter Google Form version as a practice or when time is short for correcting. Students get instant feedback with this version!
• Use the longer version of the quiz in Spanish or in English to go more in depth and to be sure students can produce some key vocabulary
• This is a great way to get a grade in the gradebook for Quarter 4 when we often spend a lot of time practicing (not for grades) in preparation for the exam

What's included in this product?

• a 2-page Google Doc quiz in English (students produce answers)
• a 2-page Google Doc quiz in Spanish (students produce answers)
• an answer key
• A google form with 21 multiple choice questions in English
• All of these are fully customizable/editable

Need more help with test prep? Check out these products!

✏️**AP Spanish Exam Prep Mega Bundle**

✏️Unit Review Charts

✏️Open-Ended Responses How To Bundle

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New to teaching AP® Spanish Language and Culture?  Consider your Unit 2 Lesson Plans (La influencia de la lengua y la cultura en la identidad) done!  These digital AND printable lesson plans have nearly every activity you will need linked in.  Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Activities that combine 2 skills, homework, assessments and even projects are all included! Students will learn how to complete the AP Exam Argumentative Essay and Simulated Conversation in this unit as well as practice the reading and listening multiple choice style questions.  Best of all, these lesson plans do NOT require that you have a particular textbook!

Teaching a new course, or even trying to revamp a course you’ve taught for a while can be overwhelming.  These complete unit lesson plans will take you through the entire 2nd unit for The Influence of Language and Culture on Identity starting with a “Hook Activity” to spark interest and then the essential questions, vocabulary list and grammar study guide you will need to get started. Every activity (over 60!) you need (with the exception of 4) is linked in.  Your prep will be limited to reviewing the lesson plans and sources ahead of your students, but the searching for appropriate authentic materials and creating accompanying activities is already done for you! Download the learning objectives and activity count here!

I am fortunate to have several textbook resources including Temas, AP Spanish Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination and Avance.  In these lesson plans I make use of these textbooks for 4 out of 60+ activities.  However, especially after teaching on-line for a year, I have moved away from relying on textbooks and I create most of the activities myself. This makes these lesson plans very versatile and usable for anyone!  For teachers who need or like to teach digitally, all of the activities in this bundle can be assigned via Google Classroom or other learning management system. And almost every activity is also printable for teachers and students who prefer paper copies.  Best of all, once you have these activities in your Google Drive, you can edit and adapt anything to suit your needs!

I have been teaching AP® Spanish Language and Culture since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP® exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. I also teach this course as an Early College Experience in collaboration with the University of CT, as another way for students to earn college credit.

I start the year with a set of lesson plans designed to last one week.  It is linked below.  We do all the paper-passing, signing up for different apps and classrooms, and become comfortable with the course and our classmates.  We also present our summer homework, also linked below.  Next I teach Unit 1: Families in Different Societies. This unit starts as if all of the beginning of the year “housekeeping” has been done already.   That resource is also linked below.  AP teachers are allowed to teach the units in any order they would like, but I recommend that if you plan to use this series of lesson plans, that you go in order. I choose to introduce the AP test open-ended tasks over time so that students are not overwhelmed.  By unit 3, they will have learned the purpose, rules and resources for all of the tasks and can spend the last 3 units practicing them some more. 

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

FYI:  This resource is included in the AP®Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook" resource for sale in my TeachShare shop!

Who can use this product?

• AP® Spanish Language and Culture® Students

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 2 months of school
• Teach basics; grammar and vocab
• Teach how to do the Argumentative Essay
• Teach how to do the Simulated Conversation
• Learn about the relationship between language, culture and identity by using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments and projects included!

What’s included in this product?

• Daily lesson plans for 23 school days (modified block: (three 45 min periods and one 90 min period a week) Easily adaptable to any school schedule!
• A table breaking down how many of each kind of activity in the unit
• Table of contents with learning objectives for each day
• 60 + activities
• Essential questions
• Vocab list + free quizlet link
• Study guide for grammar quiz
• Vocab and Grammar quizzes + answer key
• Formal writing assessment (study guide, rough draft and final draft)
• 2 Different Identity Projects + Rubrics
• 8 reading activities
• 7 writing activities (including diary-style free-writes)
• 11 speaking activities
• 7 listening activities
• 7 activities that combine 2 of the above skills
• 5 vocab and grammar activities
• 8 AP Style activities (argumentative essay, simulated conversation and multiple choice reading and listening)
• 3 formative quizzes
• 2 interim assessments
• 2 summative assessments
• Homework
• Answer keys to most activities
• 100 Google Doc pages, 1 Google Form
• Teacher notes to further explain certain activities 
• Suggestions for other activities or ways of doing things
• Links to other resources that could help you
• Time built in for holidays or time needed to catch up
• All parts of this product are Google docs and slides, and therefore can be edited so that they are just right for your students!

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AP® Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook (includes EVERYTHING you need for the whole year, including the resources below!)

AP®Spanish: Week 1- Everything You Need to Get Started

AP®Spanish Unit 1: Complete Lesson Plans

AP®Spanish Open-Ended Responses: How To Bundle

AP®Spanish: Unit Review Charts Digital and Printable Versions

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Ready to start AP® Spanish Unit 6: Environmental, Political and Social Challenges? (Los retos ambientales, políticos y sociales) Your entire unit’s lesson plans are done!  These digital AND printable lesson plans have nearly every activity you will need linked in.  Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Activities that combine 2 skills, Homework, Assessments, AP® Exam Style activities and even Projects are all included!  The 2 main focuses are on climate change and immigration.  You will find vocabulary, grammar, relevant videos and articles, a debate project, Edpuzzles and more in this bundle. This is the last unit in the AP® Classroom curriculum. (In my Units 1-4 plans, all of the parts of the AP® Exam have been introduced with direct instruction.) 

Best of all, these lesson plans do NOT require that you have a particular textbook!  Everything you need is provided!

Teaching a new course, or even trying to revamp a course you’ve taught for a while is extremely time consuming.  These complete unit lesson plans will take you through the entire 6th unit for Global Challenges  starting with a “Hook Activity” using provocative images to spark interest and thought, and then the essential questions, vocabulary list and grammar study guide that you will need to get started. There are activities related to Climate Change and Immigration.  Every activity (over 58!) you need (with the exception of 2) is linked in.  Your prep will be limited to reviewing the lesson plans and sources ahead of your students, but the searching for appropriate authentic materials and creating accompanying activities is already done for you!  Download the Learning Objectives and Activity Count here!

I am fortunate to have several textbook resources including Temas, AP Spanish Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination and Avance.   In these lesson plans I make use of these textbooks for 2 out of 58+ activities. (They are grammar practices, but I provide the study guide and quiz, so you can easily make or find practices to go with these!)  However, especially after teaching on-line for a year, I have moved away from relying on textbooks and I create most of the activities myself. This makes these lesson plans very versatile and usable for anyone!  For teachers who need or like to teach digitally, all of the activities in this bundle can be assigned via Google Classroom or other learning management system. And almost every activity is also printable for teachers and students who prefer paper copies.  Best of all, once you have these activities in your Google Drive, you can edit and adapt anything to suit your needs!

I have been teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture® since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. 

I start the year with a set of lesson plans designed to last one week.  It is linked below.  We do all the paper-passing, signing up for different apps and classrooms, and become comfortable with the course and our classmates.  We also present our summer homework, also linked below.  Next I teach Unit 1: Families in Different Societies. This unit (Unit 6) starts as if all of the beginning of the year “housekeeping” has been done already and logically follows units 1, 2, 3 and 4 and 5 where I present all the different tasks of the AP Spanish Exam.   The previous unit plans are also linked below.  AP® teachers are allowed to teach the units in any order they would like, but I recommend that if you plan to use this series of lesson plans, that you go in order. I choose to introduce the AP test open-ended tasks over time so that students are not overwhelmed.  By unit 3, they will have learned the purpose, rules and resources for all of the tasks and can spend the last 3 units practicing them some more. This last unit is designed to fit into the often chaotic end of the school year with its many interruptions.  

There is a place within the lesson plans where I encourage a break from the unit to review for the AP® Exam. I have a schedule for review that I use with my students which I will link below.  If you are using this unit at a different point in the year, you can go through the unit without pause!

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

FYI:  This resource is included in the AP®Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook" resource for sale in my TeachShare shop!

Who can use this product?

• AP® Spanish Language and Culture Students

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 6-8 weeks of school
• Teach basics; grammar and vocab
• Review how to write an Email Reply
• Practice the Simulated Conversation
• Practice the multiple choice style questions for reading and listening 
• Think deeply about the challenges of and possible solutions for climate change and immigration by using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments and 2  projects included!

What’s included in this product?

• Daily lesson plans for 21 school days (modified block: (three 45 min periods and one 90 min period a week) Easily adaptable to any school schedule!
• A table breaking down how many of each kind of activity in the unit
• Table of contents with learning objectives for each day
• 58 + activities
• Essential questions
• Vocab list + free quizlet link
• Study guide for grammar quiz
• Vocab and Grammar quizzes + answer keys
• 1 Debate project related to global issues (students will choose their debate topics)
• 1 individual project in which students interview adults to gain perspective on immigration
• 8 reading activities
• 5 writing activities (including diary-style free-writes)
• 14 speaking activities
• 7 listening activities
• 5 activities that combine 2 of the above skills
• 5 vocab and grammar activities
• 5 AP Style activities (argumentative essay, simulated conversation and multiple choice reading and listening)
• 2 formative quizzes
• 4 interim assessments
• 3 summative assessments
• Homework Assignments
• Answer keys to most activities
• 168 Google Docs and Google Slides™ 
• Curated videos and Edpuzzles all ready to use
• Articles with self-correcting questions in Formative 
• Teacher notes to further explain certain activities 
• Time built in for holidays or time needed to catch up
• All parts of this product are Google Docs, Slides and Forms and therefore can be edited so that they are just right for your students!

Visit my store to find other resources you may like! Follow me to find out about new products, sales and free resources!

Need more AP® resources to get started?  Try these!

AP®Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook (includes EVERYTHING you need, including the resources listed below!)

AP®Spanish: Week 1- Everything You Need to Get Started

AP®Spanish Unit 1: Complete Lesson Plans

AP®Spanish Unit 2: Complete Lesson Plans

AP®Spanish: Unit 3 Lesson Plans: Beauty and Aesthetics: Everything Included!

AP®Spanish: Unit 4  Science and Technology Complete Lesson Plans

AP®Spanish Unit 5: The Factors That Influence our Quality of Life

AP® Test Prep: Review Week Schedule

Summer Homework Assignment 

Test Prep Growing Mega Bundle

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Ready to start AP Spanish® Unit 4: The Influence of Science and Technology?  No time to find all the authentic materials your students need?  Your Unit 4 Lesson Plans (Las influencias de la ciencia y la tecnología ) are done!  These digital AND printable lesson plans have nearly every activity you will need linked in.  Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Activities that combine 2 skills, Homework, Assessments, AP® Exam Style activities and even Projects are all included! Students will practice writing an AP® Exam Argumentative Essay and practice the reading and listening multiple choice style questions.  This is the fourth unit in the AP Classroom curriculum. (In my Units 1-3 plans, all of the parts of the AP® Exam have been introduced with direct instruction.) 

Best of all, these lesson plans do NOT require that you have a particular textbook!  Everything you need is provided!

Teaching a new course, or even trying to revamp a course you’ve taught for a while is extremely time consuming.  These complete unit lesson plans will take you through the entire 4th unit for The Influences of Science and Technology starting with a “Hook Activity” about scientific advances to spark interest and then the essential questions, vocabulary list and grammar study guide you will need to get started. There are activities related to genetic modification, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and more!  These are CURRENT topics that our students are interested in RIGHT NOW!  Every activity (over 58!) you need (with the exception of 3) is linked in.  Your prep will be limited to reviewing the lesson plans and sources ahead of your students, but the searching for appropriate authentic materials and creating accompanying activities is already done for you!  Download the Learning Objectives and Activity Count here!

I am fortunate to have several textbook resources including Temas, AP Spanish Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination and Avance.   In these lesson plans I make use of these textbooks for 3 out of 58+ activities.  But in the few cases that I’ve used these resources in the lesson plans, I have included links to alternatives.  However, especially after teaching on-line for a year, I have moved away from relying on textbooks and I create most of the activities myself. This makes these lesson plans very versatile and usable for anyone!  For teachers who need or like to teach digitally, all of the activities in this bundle can be assigned via Google Classroom or other learning management system. And almost every activity is also printable for teachers and students who prefer paper copies.  Best of all, once you have these activities in your Google Drive, you can edit and adapt anything to suit your needs!

I have been teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture® since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. 

I start the year with a set of lesson plans designed to last one week.  It is linked below.  We do all the paper-passing, signing up for different apps and classrooms, and become comfortable with the course and our classmates.  We also present our summer homework, also linked below.  Next I teach Unit 1: Families in Different Societies. This unit (Unit 4) starts as if all of the beginning of the year “housekeeping” has been done already and logically follows units 1, 2 and 3 where I present all the different tasks of the AP® Spanish Exam.   The previous unit plans are also linked below.  AP®teachers are allowed to teach the units in any order they would like, but I recommend that if you plan to use this series of lesson plans, that you go in order. I choose to introduce the AP® test open-ended tasks over time so that students are not overwhelmed, though it is not a necessity if you have your own way of preparing students for the AP® Exam..  By unit 3, they will have learned the purpose, rules and resources for all of the tasks and can spend the last 3 units practicing them some more. 

Need an example before you buy?  I don't blame you!  Feel free to email me or visit my website's free resource library. (links below)  I have a FREE Unit 3 Day 1 lesson plan for the Influences of Beauty and Aesthetics.  It will give you a sense of how I organize my daily lesson plans and the quality of my work.

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish Language and Culture® Students

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 2 months of school
• Teach basics; grammar and vocab
• Review how to write an argumentative essay
• Practice the multiple choice style questions for reading and listening 
• Learn about the ideas of Genetic Modification, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Machine Learning by using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments and projects included!

What’s included in this product?

• Daily lesson plans for 20 school days (modified block: (three 45 min periods and one 90 min period a week) Easily adaptable to any school schedule!
• A table breaking down how many of each kind of activity in the unit
• Table of contents with learning objectives for each day
• 60 + activities
• Essential questions
• Vocab list + free quizlet link
• Study guide for grammar quiz
• Vocab and Grammar quizzes + answer key
• 1 Oral Presentation Group Project Related to Scientific Advances
• 1 individual Oral presentation related to different sectors in which AI is important
• 8 reading activities
• 6 writing activities (including diary-style free-writes)
• 10 speaking activities
• 6 listening activities
• 5 activities that combine 2 of the above skills
• 5 vocab and grammar activities
• 9 AP Style activities (argumentative essay, simulated conversation and multiple choice reading and listening)
• 2 formative quizzes
• 2 interim assessments
• 2 summative assessments
• Homework
• Answer keys to most activities
• 126 Google Docs and Google Slides™ 
• Curated videos and Edpuzzles all ready to use
• Teacher notes to further explain certain activities 
• Time built in for holidays or time needed to catch up
• All parts of this product are Google Docs and Slides, and therefore can be edited so that they are just right for your students!

Visit my store to find other resources you may like! Follow me to find out about new products, sales and free resources!

Need more AP® resources to get started ?  Try these!

AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year without a Textbook

AP Spanish: Week 1- Everything You Need to Get Started

AP Spanish Unit 1: Complete Lesson Plans

AP Spanish Unit 2: Complete Lesson Plans

AP Spanish: Unit 3 Lesson Plans: Beauty and Aesthetics: Everything Included!

Test Prep Growing Mega Bundle

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The Argumentative Essay on the AP Spanish Language and Culture® exam is arguably one of the most challenging parts! Students need a guided way to reflect on their argumentative essay writing and improve it. I needed a way to differentiate instruction and streamline feedback. I created a step-by-step organizer that is digital and printable, so it can be used with Distance Learning or when you have students in person.

This graphic organizer independent work is perfect to assign after students have written one essay for a grade or for feedback and are getting ready to write another one. It takes students through a series of steps asking them to reflect on their past work and the feedback it received. It asks them to review the rules and requirements of the argumentative essay, and it asks them to write certain parts of 2 practice essays. These smaller parts are sections of the essay that, when done well, set the student up for success with the rest of the essay. These small parts will be turned in for feedback from the teacher.

All parts of this product can be changed or customized to meet your students' individual needs!

Who can use this product?

• Students preparing for the AP Spanish Language and Culture® Exam
• Students in a higher level Spanish class needing to improve their writing

How Can I Use this Product?

• Assign this independent work digitally, or print everything
• Ask students to follow each step in order to work towards a better understanding of the requirements of the Argumentative Essay, and to produce a high quality piece of writing
• Students work independently, giving the teacher time to meet individually with students or to give differentiated instruction to different groups of students
• Teachers can give fast and personal feedback on student work as the students will only be writing certain parts of the argumentative essay

What's Included in this Product?

• 2 pages of teacher notes that explain exactly how and why I use this product, and ideas for customizing it to student needs
• a 2-page graphic organizing chart which walks students through steps to review and practice writing parts of the argumentative essay
• A link to a Google Doc with a graphic organizer for taking notes on the 3 sources associated with the Argumentative Essay

Other resources you may like:

-AP Spanish Exam Unit Review Charts: Digital and Printable Versions!

-Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Test Prep Bundle

-Check out my money-saving bundle of 4 videos with accompanying questions about schools in the Spanish-speaking world!

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Need a summer homework assignment for your incoming AP Spanish*®* students? Look no further- this Google Doc assignment is already done for you! Digital or printable, this summer homework has everything you need. Students will read, listen, write and then speak when school starts again! Students will have guided choices about what they choose to read and listen to!

There are very clear, specific instructions for each part, and they are written in English to avoid any misunderstandings over the summer. Also included in this resource is the rubric to grade the writing and speaking portions, a graphic organizer for students to use to help them be sure they have completed each part, and a note-taking sheet for the listening section.

This assignment will keep students using their Spanish over the summer without expecting too much time on homework in the summer months. It will also give teachers a way to assess where each student is in their speaking and writing skills at the beginning of the school year! Best of all- this assignment, once it's yours, can be edited and customized to suite your preferences and your students' needs! Breathe easy as your finish your school year!

Who can use this product?

• Students who are planning to take the AP Spanish Language and Culture_®_ course in the coming school year

How can I use this product?

• I recommend asking your colleagues to distribute this assignment to incoming AP Spanish students at least a week before the end of the school year to give students time to read it over, think about it and ask questions.
• Be sure students understand what is expected and when their summer work is due. I always say that it's due on the first day of school, but often I will allow students to peer edit or ask last minute questions on the first or second day of school.
• By the 3rd day of a new school year, I put students into groups of about 4. I sit with a group and grade their oral presentations as they say them. The other groups are working on different assignments. I space out how many groups per day I listen to based on 1) what kind of schedule we have (we have had several in the past few years due to Covid and other factors!) and 2) spending at least some time each day with my whole class so I can establish routines and get to know them.
• I ask students to report to their small groups because it eases anxiety for students who don't know me or their classmates well, and who are worried about their ability to speak in Spanish and about their first grade for AP Spanish.
• Teachers can choose to grade the speaking and writing for a formal grade or just use their performance as a baseline for the year.

What's included in this product?

• Teacher Notes
• Student instructions for an AP Summer Assignment- written in English
• Instructions for how to complete a reading (with student choice), a listening (with student choice) and a writing assignment.
• Instructions on how to prepare an oral presentation about what they listened to
• Supports for students who need them
• Information on how to document words they looked up
• Graphic organizer for all parts for the students
• Rubric for grading the written and oral presentation parts
• Suggestions for good print and on-line dictionaries
• This assignment is fully customizable and can be edited to suite your students' needs!

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• AP Spanish Projects Bundle: 1 or more for each unit!
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It's the end of a unit or the end of the school year.... what would be FUN and motivating to students?  Learning how to text in Spanish!  This digital activity contains 2 YouTube videos and interactive Google Slides activity will teach students the abbreviations of Spanish texting.   Print the teacher answer key for students who want a hard copy!

The questions in this activity are written in Spanish, but the language level is basic and should be accessible to students from Novice High and up.  The video itself presents Spanish terms with explanations in English.

Who can use this product?

• Any student interested in learning slang from Spain!

How can I use this product?

• Assign this activity in class or for homework
• Get students excited to learn "practical" Spanish! 
• Have students complete the interactive drag and drop Google Slides activities!
• Combine this with other activities to create a mini unit!

What's included in this product?

• 2 links to a curated YouTube videos (no bad words!)
• 15 drag and drop texting terms in a Google Slides presentation
• Teacher Answer Key

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Seal of Biliteracy AAPPL Test Interpretive Reading Activities

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Constructive criticism can be so helpful when trying to improve!  Use this AP® Course Survey to solicit student feedback about all aspects of your course.  Find out what they really liked so you can keep it next year!  Find out what wasn’t so interesting or well-designed, and change it for next year!  Get their honest feedback on what they think about the grading policy, your assessments, projects and activities.  Students have such great ideas!  This feedback will be very valuable for you!

Who can use this product?

•  AP Spanish® Students

How can I use this product?

• Assign this course review survey at the end of the year
• Print or assign digitally
• Solicit student feedback on the topics in your course, the grading policy, the activities, projects and assessments
• Use student feedback to change and improve the way you teach your course!

What’s included in this product?

• 3 page course survey for AP Spanish®

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AP Spanish Summer Assignment with Rubric Included!

Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Test Prep

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Are you ready for Back To School? NEW to teaching AP® Spanish?  No problema!  This lesson plan resource contains EVERYTHING you need to get your course started!  These Google products are both digital and printable and include a student syllabus, grading policy, Week 1 Lesson Plans, class and homework activities and more!  All of these resources will be placed right in your Google Drive.  Anything here can be edited or modified to suit your specific needs!  Take back your summer and have some piece of mind knowing that you have all the resources you need to start your new course!

FYI: This resources is included in the AP®Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook" resource for sale in my TeachShare shop!

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Extremely satisfied

These resources totally saved me!! This product has everything I needed (and didn't want to make myself) for those first days and weeks of class. There’s so much included - a slideshow to outline what students can expect in the course, a grading policy, syllabus, a parent letter, LESSON PLANS...the list goes on! I especially like the interview activity and homework activity, and that everything is editable on Google Docs. Whether you’re new to AP or looking to refresh what you have, this has everything you could even think about needing!

Who can use this product?

• AP® Spanish Language and Culture Teachers

What’s included in this product and how can I use it?

Day 1 Google SlideShow: English Version (25 slides)

-On the first day of school, my AP students are so nervous and wondering if they made the right decision to attempt AP Spanish.  They often aren’t certain that they have enough skill to do well.  This slideshow explains what is the same and what is different about AP Spanish, highlighting that they are working to earn 6 college credits!  I share pictures of the many blessings I have in my life as a result of learning Spanish as a way to encourage them to keep studying Spanish.  You never know what doors will be open to you!  At the end of the presentation, I have several “Turn and Talk” questions to ease them back into speaking Spanish.  Many of the beginning slides in this version are in English.  I make a decision year-to-year on which version to use (Spanish or English) based on what I think my students’ needs might be.  I use the English version when fear and anxiety is especially high.

Day 1 Google SlideShow: Spanish Version (25 slides)

-This is the same  presentation as described above- all in Spanish.

Grading Policy (2 pages)

-This grading policy lays out what the grading categories will be and what percentage each one counts for.  It also explains the late work and cheating/plagiarism policies.

Course Syllabus (5 pages)

-This syllabus is written in a combination of Spanish and English.  It is meant to be handed out to students, but also useful for parents or administrators who don’t speak Spanish.  It lays out the course description, the textbooks and resources we use, the grading, attendance, late work and cheating plagiarism policies, and the course calendar. 

What is Language Proficiency? (2 pages)

-As a language teacher, I have been asked the questions “When will I be fluent?”  or “When will my child be fluent” many times.  This handout explains what language proficiency is according to ACTFL, and lists where we hope to start and end the course with students.  It includes the Can-Do statements for each level from ACTFL.

Cheating and Plagiarism  (2 pages)

-This is a comprehensive handout of what, exactly, is and is not allowed when using resources when students need help.  It gives students specific information on what resources are allowed, and how to properly document when they have used a resource.  It explains the academic and behavioral consequences related to infractions.  It requires signatures from both the student and a parent/guardian.

Class Codes (1 page)

-This doc has a spot to list all the join codes for the different things we use.  Mine includes Google Classroom, Remind and the AP Classroom join codes.  I find this helpful to have in case a new student joins the class after the first few days of school.

Country Chart (1 page)

Each semester, students are assigned a country of study where Spanish is spoken.  We use these countries when I ask them to find articles related to specific topics or cultural products, practices and perspectives.  This doc has teacher notes about how to assign countries and how to use small groups to get them talking about their countries!

First Day Interview Sheet (for students) (1 page)

-A Spanish questionnaire to find out more about your new students!  I ask about their interests, strengths, plans, and family.

First Homework:  Our Summer (3 pages- instructions and 2 examples)

-This is an easy and personalized homework assignment that asks students to share a picture and description of something they did this summer.  In class, I have students read others’ work and comment on it as a way to begin building camaraderie. 

College Credit Night: Info Sheet for Parents (2 pages)

-Our school has both an AP Course info night for parents/guardians.  This handout explains what is the same and what is different about AP Spanish compared to Years 1-4.  It highlights how being successful with the AP Exam can lead to earning 6 college credits!

Week 1 Lesson Plans  (6 pages)

-These lesson plans are written for a 5-day school week with 45 minute periods, but can be easily adapted to any school schedule.  The beginning of a school year can be a little dry with all the housekeeping items of passing out papers, seating charts, book distribution, etc.  But these lesson plans incorporate something every day to make sure students are hearing and speaking Spanish right from the first day, while also taking care of the unavoidable tasks.  There are teacher notes and several options so that you can tailor your first week of school to what you and your students will most enjoy!

Parent Letter & Guest Speaker Request  (1 page)

-This is a letter I send home to families (either in handout form or via email).  I introduce myself as their teacher and ask if anyone might be willing to be a guest speaker for our class, or knows someone who would.  I have had amazing guest speakers for my students who talk about how they use Spanish in their careers and/or lives, and it is very motivating for students to see how people use their Spanish outside of our classroom walls!  It’s a wonderful way to involve families too!

Remember that all of these documents are easily modified or edited to be tailored to your exact school and needs!

Administrators, please remember to purchase multiple licenses if you are purchasing this resource for more than one department member!

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AP®Spanish Lesson Plans Unit 1 Familias Digital or Printable Complete Unit!

AP®Spanish Lesson Plans Unit 2 Identidad Digital & Printable Everything Included

AP®Spanish: Unit 3 Lesson Plans: Beauty and Aesthetics: Everything Included!

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New to teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture®?  Make Back To School easier and consider your Unit 1 Lesson Plans (Familias en diferentes sociedades) done!  These digital AND printable lesson plans have nearly every activity you will need linked in.  Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Activities that combine 2 skills, homework, assessments and even a project are all included! Students will learn how to complete the AP® Exam Cultural Comparison in this unit as well as practice the reading and listening multiple choice style questions.  This is the first unit in the AP® Classroom curriculum and a great way to get the year started with your new students!  Best of all, these lesson plans do NOT require that you have a particular textbook!

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***Thank you so much for creating these! They are so helpful to have in class. My students were very engaged.****

Teaching a new course, or even trying to revamp a course you’ve taught for a while can be overwhelming.  These lesson plans will take you through the entire first unit for Families in Different Societies, starting with a “Hook Activity” to spark interest and then the essential questions, vocabulary list and grammar study guide you will need to get started. Every activity you need (with the exception of 3) is linked in.  Your prep will be limited to reviewing the lesson plans and sources ahead of your students, but the searching for appropriate authentic materials and creating accompanying activities is already done for you! Download the learning objectives and activity count here!

I am fortunate to have several textbook resources including Temas and Avance.  In these lesson plans I make use of these textbooks for 3 out of 50 activities.  However, especially after teaching on-line for a year, I have moved away from relying on textbooks and I create most of the activities myself. This makes these lesson plans very versatile and usable for anyone!  For teachers who need or like to teach digitally, all of the activities in this bundle can be assigned via Google Classroom or other learning management system. However, almost every activity is also printable for teachers and students who prefer paper copies.  Best of all, once you have these activities in your Google Drive, you can edit and adapt anything to suite your needs!

I have been teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP® exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. My course is also run as a collaboration with the University of CT.

I start the year with a set of lesson plans designed to last one week.  It is linked below.  We do all the paper-passing, signing up for different apps and classrooms, and become comfortable with the course and our classmates.  We also present our summer homework, also linked below.  This unit starts as if all of the beginning of the year “housekeeping” has been done already. 

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

FYI:  This resource is included in the AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook" resource for sale in my TeachShare shop!

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish Language and Culture® Students

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 2 months of school
• Teach basics; grammar and vocab
• Teach how to do the Cultural Comparison
• Learn about families in different societies using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments included!

What’s included in this product?

• Daily lesson plans for 18 school days (modified block: (three 45 min periods and one 90 min period a week) Easily adaptable to any school schedule!
• Table breaking down how many of each kind of activity in the unit
• Table of contents with learning objectives for each day
• 50 + activities
• Essential questions
• Vocab list + free quizlet link
• Study guide for grammar quiz
• Vocab and Grammar quizzes + answer key
• Formal writing assessment (study guide, rough draft and final draft)
• Traditions Project + Rubric
• 5 reading activities
• 9 writing activities (including diary-style free-writes)
• 7 speaking activities
• 7 listening activities
• 4 activities that combine 2 of the above skills
• 6 vocab and grammar activities
• 8 AP Style activities (cultural comparison and multiple choice reading and listening)
• 3 formative quizzes
• 2 interim assessments
• 2 summative assessments
• Homework
• Answer keys to most activities
• 50 Google Doc pages, 8 Google Slides, 1 Google Form
• Teacher notes to further explain certain activities 
• Time built in for holidays or time needed to catch up
• All parts of this product are Google docs and slides, and therefore can be edited so that they are just right for your students!

Need more AP resources to get started ?  Try these!

AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook (includes EVERYTHING you need for the whole year, including the resources below!)

AP Spanish: Week 1- Everything You Need to Get Started

AP Spanish Summer Assignment with Rubric Included

AP Spanish Open-Ended Responses: How To Bundle

AP Spanish: Unit Review Charts Digital and Printable Versions

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Overwhelmed with teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture®?  Need to refresh a unit that's gone stale?  Your Unit 3 Lesson Plans (Las influencias de la belleza y la estética) are done!  These digital AND printable lesson plans have nearly every activity you will need linked in.  Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Activities that combine 2 skills, Homework, Assessments, AP Exam® Style activities and even Projects are all included! Students will learn how to complete the AP® Exam Cultural Comparison and Email Reply in this unit as well as practice the reading and listening multiple choice style questions.  This is the third unit in the AP Classroom® curriculum.  Best of all, these lesson plans do NOT require that you have a particular textbook!  Everything you need is provided!

Teaching a new course, or even trying to revamp a course you’ve taught for a while can be daunting.  These complete unit lesson plans will take you through the entire 3rd unit for The Influence of Beauty and Aesthetics starting with a “Hook Activity” to spark interest and then the essential questions, vocabulary list and grammar study guide you will need to get started. Every activity (over 60!) you need (with the exception of 3) is linked in.  Your prep will be limited to reviewing the lesson plans and sources ahead of your students, but the searching for appropriate authentic materials and creating accompanying activities is already done for you! Click here to download the learning objectives and activity count!

I am fortunate to have several textbook resources including Temas, AP Spanish Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination and Avance.   In these lesson plans I make use of these textbooks for 4 out of 60+ activities.But in the few cases that I’ve used these resources in the lesson plans, I have included links to alternatives.  However, especially after teaching on-line for a year, I have moved away from relying on textbooks and I create most of the activities myself. This makes these lesson plans very versatile and usable for anyone!  For teachers who need or like to teach digitally, all of the activities in this bundle can be assigned via Google Classroom or other learning management system. And almost every activity is also printable for teachers and students who prefer paper copies.  Best of all, once you have these activities in your Google Drive, you can edit and adapt anything to suit your needs!

I have been teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture® since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. This course is also taught in conjunction with the University of CT as another way for students to earn college credit.

I start the year with a set of lesson plans designed to last one week.  It is linked below.  We do all the paper-passing, signing up for different apps and classrooms, and become comfortable with the course and our classmates.  We also present our summer homework, also linked below.  Next I teach Unit 1: Families in Different Societies. This unit starts as if all of the beginning of the year “housekeeping” has been done already.   That resource is also linked below.  Unit 2 (La influencia de la lengua y la cultura en la identidad) is next.  AP® teachers are allowed to teach the units in any order they would like, but I recommend that if you plan to use this series of lesson plans, that you go in order. I choose to introduce the AP® test open-ended tasks over time so that students are not overwhelmed.  By unit 3, they will have learned the purpose, rules and resources for all of the tasks and can spend the last 3 units practicing them some more. 

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

FYI:  This resource is included in the "AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook" resource for sale in my TeachShare shop!

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish Language and Culture® Students

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 2 months of school
• Teach basics; grammar and vocab
• Teach how to do the Cultural Comparison
• Teach how to do the Email Reply
• Learn about the ideas of beauty and aesthetics by using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments and projects included!

What’s included in this product?

• Daily lesson plans for 23 school days (modified block: (three 45 min periods and one 90 min period a week) Easily adaptable to any school schedule!
• A table breaking down how many of each kind of activity in the unit
• Table of contents with learning objectives for each day
• 60 + activities
• Essential questions
• Vocab list + free quizlet link
• Study guide for grammar quiz
• Vocab and Grammar quizzes + answer key
• 2 Different Projects + Rubrics (What is aesthetic in X country, Famous Hispanic Artist study)
• 7 reading activities
• 8 writing activities (including diary-style free-writes)
• 12 speaking activities
• 12 listening activities
• 9 activities that combine 2 of the above skills
• 6 vocab and grammar activities
• 6 AP Style activities (argumentative essay, simulated conversation and multiple choice reading and listening)
• 3 formative quizzes
• 2 interim assessments
• 2 summative assessments
• Homework
• Answer keys to most activities
• 104 Google Doc pages, 1 Google Form, 2 Google Slides presentations
• Teacher notes to further explain certain activities 
• Time built in for holidays or time needed to catch up
• All parts of this product are Google Docs and Slides, and therefore can be edited so that they are just right for your students!

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AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook (includes EVERYTHING you need for the whole year, including the resources below!)

AP Spanish Unit 1: Complete Lesson Plans

AP Spanish Unit 2: Complete Lesson Plans

AP Spanish Open-Ended Responses: How To Bundle

AP Spanish: Unit Review Charts Digital and Printable Versions

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Ready to start AP® Spanish Unit 5: The Factors That Influence Quality of Life? (Los factores que influyen en la calidad de vida ) Your entire unit’s lesson plans are done!  These digital AND printable lesson plans have nearly every activity you will need linked in.  Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Activities that combine 2 skills, Homework, Assessments, AP® Exam Style activities and even Projects are all included! A bigger emphasis is placed on practicing parts of the AP® Exam, because if you are going in order, Unit 5 falls during the time of year when the AP® exam is getting close.  Students will practice writing an A®P Exam Email Reply, they will practice the Cultural Comparison and the Simulated Conversation and practice the reading and listening multiple choice style questions.  This is the fifth unit in the AP® Classroom curriculum. (In my Units 1-4 plans, all of the parts of the AP® Exam have been introduced with direct instruction.) 

Best of all, these lesson plans do NOT require that you have a particular textbook!  Everything you need is provided!

Teaching a new course, or even trying to revamp a course you’ve taught for a while is extremely time consuming.  These complete unit lesson plans will take you through the entire 5th unit for The Factors That Influence Quality of Life  starting with a “Hook Activity” about what is REALLY important in life to spark interest and then the essential questions, vocabulary list and grammar study guide you will need to get started. There are activities related to Education, Work and Leisure Time.  Every activity (over 75!) you need (with the exception of 4) is linked in.  Your prep will be limited to reviewing the lesson plans and sources ahead of your students, but the searching for appropriate authentic materials and creating accompanying activities is already done for you!  Download the learning objectives and activity count here!

I am fortunate to have several textbook resources including Temas, AP Spanish Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination and Avance.   In these lesson plans I make use of these textbooks for 2 out of 75+ activities.  But in the few cases that I’ve used these resources in the lesson plans, I have included links to alternatives.  However, especially after teaching on-line for a year, I have moved away from relying on textbooks and I create most of the activities myself. This makes these lesson plans very versatile and usable for anyone!  For teachers who need or like to teach digitally, all of the activities in this bundle can be assigned via Google Classroom or other learning management system. And almost every activity is also printable for teachers and students who prefer paper copies.  Best of all, once you have these activities in your Google Drive, you can edit and adapt anything to suit your needs!

I have been teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture® since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. 

I start the year with a set of lesson plans designed to last one week.  It is linked below.  We do all the paper-passing, signing up for different apps and classrooms, and become comfortable with the course and our classmates.  We also present our summer homework, also linked below.  Next I teach Unit 1: Families in Different Societies. This unit (Unit 5) starts as if all of the beginning of the year “housekeeping” has been done already and logically follows units 1, 2, 3 and 4 where I present all the different tasks of the AP® Spanish Exam.   The previous unit plans are also linked below.  AP® teachers are allowed to teach the units in any order they would like, but I recommend that if you plan to use this series of lesson plans, that you go in order, though it is not a necessity if you have your own way of preparing students for the AP® Exam. I choose to introduce the AP® test open-ended tasks over time so that students are not overwhelmed.  By unit 3, they will have learned the purpose, rules and resources for all of the tasks and can spend the last 3 units practicing them some more. 

Need an example before you buy? I don't blame you! Feel free to email me or visit my website's free resource library. (links below) I have a FREE Unit 3 Day 1 lesson plan for the Influences of Beauty and Aesthetics. It will give you a sense of how I organize my daily lesson plans and the quality of my work.

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

Who can use this product?

• AP® Spanish Language and Culture Students

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 2 months of school
• Teach basics; grammar and vocab
• Review how to write an Email Reply
• Practice the Cultural Comparison
• Practice the Simulated Conversation
• Practice the multiple choice style questions for reading and listening 
• Think deeply about how our education, employment and leisure time affect our quality of life by using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments and 2  projects included!

What’s included in this product?

• Daily lesson plans for 21 school days (modified block: (three 45 min periods and one 90 min period a week) Easily adaptable to any school schedule!
• A table breaking down how many of each kind of activity in the unit
• Table of contents with learning objectives for each day
• 75 + activities
• Essential questions
• Vocab list + free quizlet link
• Study guide for grammar quiz
• Vocab and Grammar quizzes + answer key
• 1 Audiovisual presentation related to creating a tourism ad
• 1 individual project in which students interview adults to gain perspective on how work affects quality of life  
• 11 reading activities
• 10 writing activities (including diary-style free-writes)
• 13 speaking activities
• 13 listening activities
• 7 activities that combine 2 of the above skills
• 5 vocab and grammar activities
• 9 AP Style activities (argumentative essay, simulated conversation and multiple choice reading and listening)
• 2 formative quizzes
• 3 interim assessments
• 2 summative assessments
• Homework Assignments
• Answer keys to most activities
• 169 Google Docs and Google Slides™ 
• Curated videos and Edpuzzles all ready to use
• Teacher notes to further explain certain activities 
• Time built in for holidays or time needed to catch up
• All parts of this product are Google Docs and Slides, and therefore can be edited so that they are just right for your students!

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AP®Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year without a Textbook

AP®Spanish: Week 1- Everything You Need to Get Started

AP®Spanish Unit 1: Complete Lesson Plans

AP®Spanish Unit 2: Complete Lesson Plans

AP®Spanish: Unit 3 Lesson Plans: Beauty and Aesthetics: Everything Included!

AP®Spanish Science and Technology: Unit 4 Complete Lesson Plans

AP®Spanish Unit 6 Global Challenges Complete Unit Lesson Plans

Test Prep Growing Mega Bundle

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Looking for a reference for how to complete the Argumentative Essay for your AP Spanish® students? With both Spanish and English versions, this Google Slides presentation will show AP Spanish® students what to expect on the Argumentative Essay portion of the AP Spanish® Exam.  This digital product is fully customizable!

This slide show is a concise introduction to the purpose and rules and requirements of the Argumentative Essay.  It will explain, in English or in Spanish, what skills are assessed on this task and what the rules, requirements and expectations are.  It contains helpful hints on what students should do and should not do to score well.  It contains the task instructions so that students may memorize them head of time.  Included in this product is a google doc with Spanish expressions that will be particularly helpful on this task.

The Argumentative Essay is the most complicated section on the AP Spanish® Exam, but this presentation breaks the task down into a formulaic structure so that students can feel confident about how to produce a high quality essay.

Who can use this product?

• Students preparing to take the AP Spanish Language and Culture® Exam

How can you use this product?

• Use this Slides presentation to introduce students to the Argumentative Essay Task
• Give students a concise version of what they need to do to score well
• Ask students to save this presentation in their Google Drive for future reference
• Ask students to memorize the directions for this task
• Ask students to memorize the key phrases included in the google doc

What's included in this product?

• 2 identical versions; 1 Spanish and 1 English
• Information on what skills the Argumentative Essay tests
• Information on the rules and requirements of the Argumentative Essay
• Helpful hints for how to budget time and how to organize the essay
• Some hints about the right way to quote sources
• Do's and Don'ts for how to score well on the task
• A google doc that contains Spanish expressions that will be useful in this task

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Looking for a great reference for your AP Spanish® students for the Cultural Comparison? In English or Spanish, this Google Slides presentation will show AP Spanish® students what to expect on the Cultural Comparison portion of the AP Spanish® Exam.  This digital resource is fully customizable!

This slide show is a concise introduction to the purpose and rules and requirements of the Cultural Comparison.  It will explain, in English or Spanish, what skills are assessed on this task and what the rules, requirements and expectations are.  It contains helpful hints on what students should do and should not do to score well.  It contains the task instructions so that students may memorize them head of time.  Included in this product is a bonus Google Doc with Spanish expressions that will be particularly helpful on this task.

Who can use this product?

• Students preparing to take the AP Spanish Language and Culture® Exam

How can you use this product?

• Use this Slides presentation to introduce students to the Cultural Comparison Task
• Give students a concise version of what they need to do to score well
• Ask students to save this presentation in their Google Drive for future reference
• Ask students to memorize the directions for this task
• Ask students to memorize the key phrases included in the google doc

What's included in this product?

• TWO versions of this presentation; one in Spanish and one in English
• Information on what skills the Cultural Comparison tests
• Information on the rules and requirements of the Cultural Comparison
• Helpful hints for how to organize your presentation
• Do's and Don'ts for how to score well on the task
• A google doc that contains Spanish expressions that will be useful in this task

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What a time-saver!! AP Spanish® Teachers, are you looking for a way to give specific feedback on the Argumentative Essay, but maybe a little faster? Use this feedback checklist! It's specific, yet simple and will cut your correcting time in half!

This Google Doc can be used in digital form for teachers who like to type or read online, or it can be printed for those that prefer paper. The checklist can be changed or customized to make it fit your students' needs perfectly!

It breaks down the 5 paragraphs of the Argumentative Essay, and lists all of the requirements for each. Check off the parts they have and mark an X on the parts that they missed. There is also a section on general things that you want to give feedback about, like accuracy with grammar, using the formal register, incorporating key phrases, etc. By the end of the essay, every student will know exactly what they did right and where they can improve!

You will go back to this feedback form over and over again during the year, and so will your students. No need to write or type copious notes because everything they need feedback on is already here!

Who can use this product?

• Students preparing for the AP Spanish Language and Culture® Exam
• Students in a higher level Spanish class needing to improve their writing

How Can I Use this Product?

• Use this checklist to grade/give feedback digitally, or print it
• Use as a rubric for grading their argumentative essay or simply as a way to give fast and specific feedback

What's Included in this Product?

• a 2-page Google Doc (digital or printable, fully customizable) which breaks down the 5 paragraphs of an argumentative essay with specific requirements and look-fors for each paragraph

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AP Spanish® teachers, make Back To School a breeze! Plan ahead for review for the AP Spanish® Exam! These review charts are working documents in which students can write the essential questions and notes about all the sources you examine in class. You can assign digitally in Google Classroom or print these charts. These attractive graphic organizers make a perfect, personalized study guide for the cultural comparison, or any type of unit assessment you may give in class!

These charts are easily customizable for both teacher and student. There is a colorful version for students who prefer to type. And there is a black and white version for students who prefer paper copies. **And by "live and learn" experience, my students requested a 3rd version, made in Google Docs. (They liked how the typing looked better in Google Docs!) Your students now can use any of the versions!

Assign these in Google Classroom at the beginning of Unit 1. Ask students to save their copy of the review charts, and add to it during the course of each unit. This way, they will have a study guide for each unit's assessments as we go through the year, and their review for the AP Exam will already be done! This will free up more time for other types of practice and test prep!

Who can use this product?

• Students preparing for the AP® Spanish Exam

How can I use this product?

• Assign this digitally or in print
• Ask students to fill in essential questions, or do it for them *Essential questions are NOT provided.
• Ask students to fill in the sources (articles, videos, discussions, etc.) that you examine in class with the important facts from each
• Use as a way to review cultural aspects of each unit before the AP® Exam
• Use it as a review guide for each unit as you go through the year
• You decide if this counts for a grade!
• Add reflection questions or survey questions to get feedback about your units' activities!

What's included in this product?

• 14 Google Slides
• 12 Google Doc pages
• 1 slide of teacher notes
• 1 slide of student instructions (in Spanish)
• 6 colorful slides (1 for each unit) with space for essential questions and notes
• 6 black and white slides (1 for each) unit with space for essential question and notes

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What to do after the AP Spanish® Exam??? Try this student and teacher FAVORITE! This end-of-year oral presentation is interesting and motivating to students! Spanish students will enjoy the freedom to choose the topic of this Oral and Visual Presentation. Students can learn something new and inform the rest of the class, or they can teach everyone "How-To", or discuss a topic or an experience that they are passionate about. The included rubric is simple for easy grading for the teacher at the end of the year. Learn lots about things you didn't know, and learn even more about your students and their interests, even as the school year is coming to an end!

My students love this project and so do I! Their creativity is endless!

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish® Students
• Year 4 Spanish Students

How can I use this product?

• Assign the project and let students generate ideas
• Give them class time to prepare their presentation
• Students present to their classmates
• The last few days of class can be relaxed, informative and entertaining!

What's included in this product?

• 2-page Google Doc with student instructions (which can be customized or edited)
• a project approval & rubric page
• Teacher notes and suggestions
• Organizational materials
• A list of possible topics to get student's thoughts flowing

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