Spanish Literature

Schedule

• Monday, Days 1
  • 2012 AP Summer Institute Overview
  • College Board Equity and Access
  • The “AP Spanish Literature and Culture Curriculum Framework”, including Learning Objectives, Achievement Level Descriptions, Course Themes and Literary Terminology
  • Overview of the revised AP Spanish Literature and Culture Course, including the new Reading List
  • Overview of the “Course Audit” and “Advances in AP” websites, including the Sample Syllabi and Sample Exam
  • Tips: Critical Analysis/Essay writing in the AP classroom
  • The AP Instructional Planning Report (using data to support instruction)

• Tuesday, Day 2
  • Computer lab time for Participant Presentations
  • (to be planned according to time and availability)
  • Best Practices, Instructional Strategies* and Resources for Prose
  • Special Focus on lessons/materials for the new works and chapter additions:
  • 1. “Lazarillo de Tormes—Prólogo”; 2. “Borges y yo”; 3. “El ingenioso hidalgo, don Quijote de La Mancha”--capítulos 8, 9 y 74; 4. “Segunda carta de relación” (selecciones); 5. “El hombre que se convirtió en perro”; 6. “Visión de los vencidos” (dos selecciones); 7. “Nuestra América”; 8. “Como la vida misma”; 9. “ …y no se lo tragó la tierra” (dos capítulos)
  • Other works, as requested by participants

• Wednesday, Day 3
• Best Practices, Instructional Strategies* and Resources for Poetry
• Special Focus on lesson/materials for the new poem:
• 10. “Mujer negra”
• Also:
• “Balada de los dos abuelos”, “En una tempestad”, “Soneto XXIII”, “Hombres necios que acusáis:, “Romance del rey moro que perdió Alhama”
• Other poems, as requested by participants

• Thursday, Day 4
• “Putting it all together”:
• preparing (or modifying) the new course syllabus
• matching the new works with the course themes
• helping students make interdisciplinary connections through literary, historical, sociocultural and geopolitical contexts
• Strategies to cultivate a powerful learning environment in the AP classroom
• Class and Team-Building
• Class T-Shirts
• Monthly Recognition
• End-of-Year Certificates
• Closure of APSI
• Exchange of participant contact information for future networking, evaluations and certificates

*special emphasis on engagement structures, reading and note-taking strategies; incorporation of art and multimedia