BROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Spanish AP Language Instructional Framework
Middle School 6 WEEKS: 1st 2nd
3rd
4th
5th 6th
st
nd
rd
th
High Schools 6 WEEKS:
1
2
3
4
5th
QUESTION
TEKS
How would
you explain the
reason for
figurative
language and
rhetoric
devices?
IA,B,C Engage in oral and written exchanges,
including, providing, and obtaining
information, expressing feelings and
preferences, and exchanging ideas and
opinions.
How would
you explain the
author’s use of
nature when
writing their
poems and
short stories?
How would
you
differentiate
between active
and passive
voice?
2A,B Use the language at the intermediate and
high proficiency level to demonstrate an
understanding of the nature of language
through comparisons of the student’s own
language studied. Understanding of the
influence of one language and culture on
another.
3A Use resources (that may include
technology) in the language and cultures being
studied at the intermediate proficiency level to
gain access to information.
4A,B,C Use the language at the intermediate
proficiency level to demonstrate an
understanding of the nature of language
through comparisons of the student’s own
language and the language studied.
5A,B The students participate in communities
at home and around the world by using
languages other than English.
SUGGESTED
RESOURCES
Nuevas Vistas Curso Dos
AP Spanish
Preparing for the
Language Examination
3rd Edition
Videos
Films
for the Humanities, Inc.
Barron’s
Students’ # 1 Choice
How to prepare for the
Advanced Placement
Examination: Spanish
In depth review of AP
objectives through
various exercises
(Triángulo; Preparing
for the Language Exam,
José Díaz, Barrón’s,
Preparing for the AP)
OBJECTIVES
TLW:
* In depth review of AP Spanish
Language Exam format, beginning in
2007.
23. Explain a point of view.
24. Communicate via formal and informal
speech when talking about nature,
using comparisons.
6th
ASSESMEN
T
Vocabulary
uses
Tests
Quizzes
Oral and
aural
exercises
25. Compare and contrast two ideas.
26. Understand the use of figurative
language.
27. Distinguish fact and opinion.
28. Analyze literary elements; style,
rhetorical devices.
29. Understand the difference between b/v.
30. Analyze the passive voice.
31. Distinguish active and passive voice.
In English and Spanish.
Exprésate III
32. Review hiatuses/diphthongs.
33. Write a cohesive and coherent
informative article about a topic related
to nature.
Six weeks
optional.
Use a sample
AP Language
Exam as an
assessment
tool.
* The
College
Board pilot
exam may be
used, or AP
Exams from
recently
published
books.
LINKS
Literature Links
Romanticism, Modernism:
Bécquer, Gustavo A.
Martí, José
Darío, Rubén
Language Arts
Mistral, Gabriela: “Meciendo”
y “La fiesta del árbol”
Paz, Octavio: “Arbol adentro”
Denevi, M: “Las abejas de
bronce”
De Castro, R.: “Dicen que no
hablan las plantas"
Geographic Link
Regionalisms
Music Links
Use of poetic devices/musical
instruments.
BROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Spanish AP Language Instructional Framework
Middle School 6 WEEKS: 1st 2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
st
nd
rd
th
th
High Schools 6 WEEKS: 1
2
3
4
5
6th
3B
TAKS Objectives
Time Frame (D, W, Unit)
Language Arts: 11th
WEEKS : 13,14,15,16,17,18
Objective 4.2.B Process Writing
Nuevas Vistas Curso Dos, AP Spanish Preparing for the
Language Examination Program, Third Edition.
Objective 1.6.B Word Identification
Chapter 3
Objectives: 23 - 33
Optional: 6 weeks exam