Spanish Literature & Culture (SPAN.1211)
About the Workshop
APSI Objectives
- To survey participants and to make an effort to meet their needs and expectations
- To analyze and discuss the College Board’s Equity and Access philosophy statement
- To review the format of the AP® Spanish Literature and Culture exam
- To allow participants to take the entire MC section of the AP® exam; at least one short response and one Free Response essay, and to debrief the experience with other participants
- To review information on the AP® Spanish Literature and Culture course, including the Fall 2012 Course Exam and Description
- To assist participants to become familiar with the six course themes, sub-themes, essentials questions, and Achievement Level Descriptors
- To allow participants to brainstorm and discuss lesson components using the above items
- To demonstrate the AP® Central website, its resources (for educators and students), including the “AP® Teacher Community” for AP® Spanish Literature and Culture
- To share information on textbooks designed for the revised course
- To share information on the Course Audit and Course Syllabus and the curricular requirements
- To share typical calendars for teaching the AP® Spanish Literature and Culture course (with the four sample Course Syllabi)
- To review the 2016 AP® Spanish Literature and Culture exam draft student samples from June AP® Reading
- To allow participants to draw conclusions regarding a curriculum aimed at preparing students for the required tasks on the AP® exam
- To share with participants writing strategies and connections with Common Core State Standards
- To allow participants to draw conclusions regarding formative and summative types of assessment which will prepare them for the required tasks on the AP® exam
- To allow participants to:
- brainstorm supplementary materials that can be used for the course
- brainstorm and share formative and summative assessments to use within specific themes and/or works
- To give participants the opportunity to do at least 4 hours of research in the laboratory (reviewing resources and preparing one QRG or 4 FRQs)
- To allow participants to present their completed “Quick Reference Guide” or completed Free-Response Questions to APSI participants (either in groups or in front of the class, depending on number of participants)
To share consultant-made reading/writing strategies and activities:
- “Escribe/Di Algo” (double-entry reading journal)
- “Apuntes Literarios” (2-sided “ficha” for documenting key points in text)
- “Las Pautas” (scoring guidelines for “short response” and essays)
- cooperative learning and engagement strategies
To share consultant-created strategies for:
- teaching and practice of literary terms
- teaching of poetry
- incorporating music, video and other multimedia resources
- incorporating student literature projects
To allow workshop participants to share ideas and discuss successful strategies and activities used in their classrooms
To create a network of colleagues by exchanging contact information for further communication and sharing of ideas via email or telephone
Register for the 2016 Spanish Literature and Culture workshop online.
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About the Instructor
Angelica Jimenez has taught Spanish at Redwood High School in Visalia, CA since 1984. She currently teaches “Spanish 1 for Spanish Speakers” and “AP® Spanish Literature and Culture”. Earlier in her career she had the opportunity to be an adjunct Spanish instructor at College of the Sequoias, teaching Spanish to adult students. Besides teaching she tends to gravitate to interesting projects. For example in 2004 she participated in the UC Consortium’s project “Spanish Literature for Spanish Speakers”. She also serves as advisor for Redwood’s “Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica”, as well as a BTSA Support Provider for new teachers in Visalia Unified School District.
She earned her BA in Chicano Studies from UCLA in 1981, her teaching credential from UCLA in 1982. She has done upper division course work from Fresno Pacific University and CSU Fresno in “Engagement Strategies”, “Literacy in Action”, “Cohesive Writing” and for working as a BSTA Support Provider.
She has been an AP® Spanish Reader for AP® Spanish Literature and Culture since 2005. She began as a College Board* Workshop Consultant in AP® Spanish Literature and Culture since 2007. She served as a member of the “AP® Spanish Literature Test Development Committee” in 2010-11. In 2008 she trained to be a Mentor for the College Board’s consultant pool. She has served as a member of the SAT2 Subject Test in Spanish Test Development Committee since July 2013. She is also a permanent presenter for California’s “Central Valley World Language Project” for 2015-17.
She has contributed to the College Board’s “AP Spanish Literature, 2006-07 Professional Development Workshop Materials, Special Focus: Writing about Literature”; she was selected in 2011 as a collaborator on the workshop consultant materials for the “Redesign of the AP Spanish Literature and Culture Workshops”. In 2013 she created a personal online blog at: http://ajimenezapslc.wordpress.com/ to help other instructors.
She lives in the foothills near Lindsay, CA with her cowboy husband. They have two adult children: a 31-year-old son who is proudly serving his twelfth year in the US Navy, and a 25-year-old daughter that currently works part-time as a CNA. They are proud grandparents to four grandchildren: an 8-year-old granddaughter, 7-year old twin grandsons and a 1 1/2-year old baby granddaughter.