SPANISH I A FINAL
Unit 1 – Unit 4
Format
Students will complete:
 4 listening activities (20 questions/40 points total)
Listening
Reading
Vocabulary/
Grammar
Writing
Speaking
= 20%
= 20%
= 20%
= 20%
= 20%
 4 reading activities (20 questions/40 points total)
 1 grammar/vocabulary section (20 questions/40 points total)
 2 writing activities (teacher chooses from 3 different samples)
 2 speaking activities (20 points each/ 40 points total)
***note: this exam will be completed over multiple class periods in June
Listening
4 recordings, each followed by 5 multiple choice questions:
•Section 1 = Roberto and Marisol are introducing themselves to each other.
•Section 2 = conversation between Catalina and Mercedes, including interests and
physical descriptions
•Section 3 = Francisco is talking about his family and their lives.
•Section 4 = Carlos talks about his friend Luis, including physical descriptions and
clothing.
Reading
4 items, each followed by 5 multiple choice questions:
•Item 1 = World map (size, numbers, country names, etc.)
•Item 2 = Birthday invitation (question words, verbs, introductions, adjectives)
•Item 3 = Student essay about his family and their lives (question words, family
members, household rooms/items, more, less, numbers)
•Item 4 = Weather forecast (seasons, weather questions/expressions, days of the
week)
Grammar/vocabulary
20 multiple choice questions = including, but not limited to, the following topics:
>vocabulary: household, family, verbs, clothing, seasons, weather expressions,
question words
>verbs (meaning and present tense conjugation)
>gustar
>adjectives (meaning and agreement in gender and number)
>phrases for a beginning/simple conversation and introductions
>ser and estar
>possessive adjectives (mi, mis, tu, etc.)
>saber and conocer
>acabar + de + infinitive
Writing
2 activities, each asking you to list items
•Activity 1 = understanding and being able to write seasons, weather terms, clothing
vocabulary. Spelling counts, and an understanding of typical Michigan weather is
necessary.
•Activity 2 = being able to write the names of the various rooms in a house and
items that you would find in a house.
Speaking
2 activities: 1 conversation, 1 asking you to describe a picture
•Activity 1/Conversation = respond to each of Profe’s 5 prompts as completely and
fully as possible in Spanish. You will have 10 seconds to begin your response after
each question. (general conversation vocabulary, describing your family and
members of your family, ir, tener, hacer). Each response is worth 4 points.
Speaking “conversation” criteria
Rubric/Speaking
Proficiency
Excellence
Score
Description
4
Good Command
3
Basic Competence
2
Lack of Competence
1
No Competence
0
Very good control of language/Very few errors/Wide range of vocabulary/High
level of fluency/Pronunciation does not interfere with communication
Good command of the language/Few errors/Above average vocabulary/Little
awkwardness of expression/Good fluency/Pronunciation does not interfere with
communication
Comprehensible/Some serious errors/Some successful self-correction/Some fluency,
but hesitant/Moderate vocabulary/Pronunciation sometimes interferes with
communication
Poor command/Serious errors/Limited fluency/Limited vocabulary/Some English
interference/Occasional accuracy/Poor pronunciation interferes with communication
Extremely poor command/Constant errors prohibit communication/Insufficient
vocabulary/Frequent English interference
•Activity 2/Describe a picture = you will have 1 minute to look at a picture; then
you will speak about the picture for 30 seconds (conjugated verbs/activities,
descriptions of people, clothing, weather, emotions, family members, description of
age)
Speaking “describe the picture” criteria
Rubric/Speaking Proficiency
Excellence
Score
20
Good Command
16
Basic Competence
12
Lack of Competence
8
No Competence
4
No Score
0
Description
Very good control of language/Very few errors/Wide range of vocabulary/High
level of fluency/Pronunciation does not interfere with communication
Good command of the language/Few errors/Above average vocabulary/Little
awkwardness of expression/Good fluency/Pronunciation does not interfere with
communication
Comprehensible/Some serious errors/Some successful self-correction/Some
fluency, but hesitant/Moderate vocabulary/Pronunciation sometimes interferes
with communication
Poor command/Serious errors/Limited fluency/Limited vocabulary/Some
English interference/Occasional accuracy/Poor pronunciation interferes with
communication
Extremely poor command/Constant errors prohibit communication/Insufficient
vocabulary/Frequent English interference
Nothing that earns points/Off-task
Study online with Profe’s blog post! :)
http://blogs.birmingham.k12.mi.us/snyder/201
2/04/29/spanish-ia-study-links-for-final-exam/