IB Spanish Summer Assignment (only 2015-2016 seniors)
Mr. Real
Mrs. Verdin
Spanish Language B Standard level (SL and Higher Level (HL) are language acquisition courses for students who
have a solid foundation of vocabulary and grammar structures. Students enrolled in these Spanish classes will also
explore the cultures connected to the Spanish-speaking world. There are three required Core Themes:
Communication and Media, Global Issues, and Social Relationships; & 5 required Options: Cultural Diversity,
Customs and Traditions, Health, Leisure, and Science and Technology. Class units will include topics related to
these three themes and Options. In addition, HL students must read two works of literature.
It will help you tremendously if you have master the grammar that you have studied in order for us to focus on the
finer points in class next year. There are other grammar concepts to be covered during the next school year. For
these reasons, we need to use the summer to solidify what you already know. Continue practicing Spanish by
listening to music or watching Spanish TV/movies, etc. This will help you to continue building your proficiency in
all areas, particularly listening and speaking as this class is given in the target language.
PLEASE, REMEMBER, we recommend that you work on Spanish steadily throughout the summer, rather than
trying to cram the whole assignment into the last week.
These following assignments are both Spanish SL and HL. You are only required to do the section for which you are
registered.
Students enrolled in Spanish IB SL II and AP 9-10 only do activities A & B,
Students enrolled in Spanish IB HL students only do activity C.
Actividad A:
You will need to write your own 10 sentences for each of these grammar concepts.
Study for the quiz you’ll have the week of school!
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Stem changing verbs in the present tense.
Consonant-changing verbs in the present.
Preterit: irregular verbs
Commands: focus on tú and usted mandatos
Reflexive verbs
The difference between saber, conocer
Comparisons: tan como, tanto como, tantos como
The difference between ser and estar
The future: irregular verbs
The Preterit vs Imperfect verb conjugations & use (emphasis on irregular preterit verbs)
Actividad B:
1. You will watch at least 2 movies/videos in Spanish (45 minutes minimum)
2. Listen to 2 Spanish songs
3. Read 2 articles (The length of each article should be a minimum of six paragraphs and written originally in
the target language)
‐ You will create a list of 15 minimum words you recognized, and draw a picture of it.
‐ Then, write a 150-word summary IN SPANISH of what you watched/listened to/read
You will have a total of six(6) sets of vocabulary lists with drawings and summaries/reflections.
PLEASE, do not use any translation websites. I want assess your level of Spanish of what YOU can do. Use a paper
dictionary or a wordreference app to help you with the translation of individual words you’ll need to create your own
sentences. I will be able to tell if you have used a translation website. Don’t risk getting a ZERO!
1 Here are some helpful websites to help you with this assignment
Sitios de Web para ayudarte a encontrar los artículos,
videos, libros, y prácticas de gramática
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
articles
España
Puerto Rico
Perú
La República
Dominicana
Uruguay
Venezuela
Estados Unidos
Spanis
h songs
(Letra
y
video)
Grammar
práctice &
review
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/ http://www.argenpress.info/
http://www.cambio.bo/inicio‐v3.php?fecha=2010‐01‐31
http://www.lanacion.cl/ http://www.tercera.com/
http://www.eltiempo.com/
http://www.nacion.com/
http://www.cubasi.cu/
http://www.hoy.com.ec/
http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/
http://www.dca.gob.gt/cultura.html www.sigloxxi.com
http://www.latribuna.hn/web2.0/
http://mx.yahoo.com/ http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/noticias.html
http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2010/01/31/ http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/
http://m.es.yahoo.com/ http://www.elmundo.es http://www.elpais.com/global/
http://www.abc.es/ http://www.larazon.es/ http://www.que.es/
http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/ http://www.primerahora.com/
http://elcomercio.pe/ http://www.larepublica.pe/
http://www.listindiario.com.do/app/frontpage.aspx http://www.hoy.com.do/
http://www.elpais.com.uy/
http://www.el‐nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php
http://www.eluniversal.com/index.html
http://www.impre.com/laopinion/ http://www.vivelohoy.com/
http://www.elnuevoherald.com/ http://www.impre.com/eldiariony/
http://www.diariolaestrella.com/ http://www.impre.com/laraza/
http://www.elvoceromi.com/
http://letras.mus.br/
(example: “La camisa negra” de Juanes: http://letras.mus.br/juanes/112678/ )
website
Websites
Do a google search.
I.e. pretéritos
ejercicios
Mandatos: http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfcca/informalcom.html
El Futuro:
http://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/actividades_ave/nivelII/actividades/actividad_15.htm
l?id=34
Verbos de cambio de raíz en Presente:
https://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/presente_stem_change.php
Verbos de cambio radical:
http://homepage.smc.edu/anderson_rebecca/Spanish11/SMC11Prac4B.htm
https://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/presente1.php
Pretéritos irregulares:
http://www.sflt.ucl.ac.be/gra/Exercices/verbo/preteritos01/default.htm
saber vs conocer: http://www.studyspanish.com/practice/sabcon.htm
Ser vs estar: http://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/ser_estar.php
Verbos reflexivos: https://espanol.lingolia.com/es/gramatica/verbos/verbosreflexivos/ejercicios
Comparisons: tan como, tanto como, tantos como http://spanish.tolearnfree.com/freespanish-lessons/free-spanish-exercise-18166.php
2 Actividad C: (ONLY HL students)
You will need to buy a book or download a pdf file or get a free e-book (for the summer and the school year):
You will have to read a book, a novel, a play, or 10 short stories. This is a mandatory requirement for HL students
since the TRABAJO ESCRITO (an external assessment) will be based on one of the two assigned reading (you are
required to read two books in HL, but we are assigning only one for the summer).
*List of books & assignment:
-Write a short synopsis of each chapter (5-7 sentences) of the story in Spanish IN YOUR OWN WORDS (if the
books doesn’t have chapters, then divided into, at least 6 sections)
-Make a list of 3-10 new words (new to you) and write a synonym, if it has one, or write a sentence.
-Write ½ page or more (in Spanish) about anything you want, much like a journal.
*If there is another book you would like to read, and it’s not on this list, you can e-mail your assigned Spanish
teacher for approval).
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La casa de los espíritus by Isabel Allende (free PDF: http://www.rnv.gob.ve/wpcontent/uploads/2015/01/LaCasaDeLosEspiritus.pdf
Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Gabriel García Márquez http://biblio3.url.edu.gt/Libros/cromuerte.pdf
Yo, Rigoberta Menchú (free PDF: https://joaocamillopenna.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/burgos-rigoberta-menchu.pdf
Como agua para chocolate de Laura Esquivel http://www.prisaediciones.com/uploads/ficheros/libro/primeraspaginas/201310/primeras-paginas-como-agua-para-chocolate.pdf
Cajas de cartón: relatos de la vida peregrina de un niño campesino by Francisco Jiménez
Pedro y el capitán by Mario Benedetti
http://www.ict.edu.mx/acervo_hermeneutica_benedetti_Pedro%20y%20el%20capit%C3%A1n.pdf
La Tregua by Mario Benedetti http://www.portalalba.org/biblioteca/BENEDETTI%20MARIO.%20La%20Tregua.pdf
La casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca
http://www.vicentellop.com/TEXTOS/lorca/La%20casa%20de%20Bernarda%20Alba.pdf
Bodas de sangre by Federico García Lorca http://www.vicentellop.com/TEXTOS/lorca/bodasdesangre.pdf
San Manuel bueno, mártir by Miguel de Unamuno
http://www.ciudadseva.com/textos/novela/esp/unamuno/san_manuel_bueno_martir.htm
Nada by Carmen Laforet http://asset.soup.io/asset/2055/4363_8955.pdf
Relato de un náufrago by Gabriel García Márquez
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%
2Fwww.omegalfa.es%2Fdownloadfile.php%3Ffile%3Dlibros%2Frelato-de-un-naufrago.pdf&ei=9hdvVY_wF4q3ogSs4JY&usg=AFQjCNGPrl-dGfpi2n0XTizbIjjoggObMw
De amor y sombra by Isabel Allende
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2
Fprofehc.ublog.cl%2Farchivos%2F18879%2Fde_amor_y_de_sombra_isabel_allende.pdf&ei=TBhvVdfeGMyrogTTzIPQC
Q&usg=AFQjCNF45MlcyxgcjPEu-sFhhGiCFg9SuQ
Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes (yes, you can read the modern Spanish version)
https://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/literature/library/quijote/quijote1.pdf
Make sure to buy -A Spanish/English dictionary
Do all of your work on -A college-ruled spiral notebook (everything must be
done in Spanish).
Honor Code
IB students are required to abide by an honor code that forbids them from cheating, lying and stealing. What this means is that
you are expected to complete all assignments on your own, without consulting natives speakers or translation devices of any
kind. Your work should represent what you are capable of doing using as resources your own good mind, grammar books or
notes and a dictionary. Remember, no one expects you to produce perfect Spanish at this point in your education. It is best to
express yourself simply and in your own words, using language you personally understand.
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