AP

SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE SUMMER INFORMATION

Sra. Smithson
kbsmithson@gmail.com

Hello and welcome to AP Spanish Language and Culture! This packet is designed to make
sure you practice some of the important aspects of Spanish over the summer.

1. Todos deben saber TODOS los tiempos verbales muy bien. Sepan todos los irregulares y
verbos de cambios radicales (si aplican). Les recomiendo el sitio
http://www.studyspanish.com/ para practicar.
2. Deben saber vocabulario bsico de la clase de espaol III. Pueden repasar las listas de
espaol III en mi sitio de web: http://senorasmithson.weebly.com/vocab-lists.html
3. Completen varias actividades para practicar sus habilidades de leer, escuchar y escribir
la lengua.

AP Spanish Language and Culture Practice

1. Listening Practice: Using the following website, please select 5 different
podcasts to listen to and write a short summary (a paragraph of 5-6 sentences) of
each listening activity. Cite each source before starting the paragraph and what you
got out of the podcast. Spelling and accent marks count!

http://www.notesinspanish.com/category/intermediate-spanish-podcast/

2. Reading practice: Read any selections from the following websites. You must
write a short summary (a paragraph of 5-6 sentences) of each article. Cite each
source before starting the paragraph and what you got out of it. You must complete
5 summaries. Spelling and accent marks count!

www.elpais.com
www.univision.com
www.telemundo.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/news
www.diario.com.mx
www.dw-world.de/spanish
www.laopinion.com


3. Grammar Practice: Use the following websites below to complete grammar
exercises. Print out the exercise and complete it in pen or pencil. Grammar
exercises should be checked for correctness against an answer key, if possible.

****Change all www to personal and you should be able

to access the sites.****
Pretrito v. imperfecto: http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/ricitos1.php

Concordancia de tiempos verbales:

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/sequence1.php
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/sequence2.php
Clusulas adjetivales: http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/subj_adj1.php
Clusulas adverbiales:
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/subj_adv1.php
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/subj_adv2.php
Clusulas sustantivas: http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/subj10.php
Por y para: http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/por_para2.php
Imperfecto del subjuntivo:
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/subj_past_forms.php
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/chart_imp_subj.php


4. Vocabulary Practice: After reviewing the vocab lists on my website (listed
above), go to the following website and complete 5 games from the basic list and 5
games from the intermediate list. List each activity completed and your score for
each one (number of tries vs. number of correct answers). Print out the result
pages to these exercises and bring them to the first day of class in August with the
tally sheet.
www.spanish.cl/Vocabulary/Games.htm

EVERTHING IS DUE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN AUGUST. FAILURE TO
DO SO WILL RESULT IN A LOWER GRADE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, PLEASE EMAIL ME AT kbsmithson@gmail.com.

AP PRCTICA


Me llamo ___________________________________________

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