Course Objectives The course objectives of this course are to: Foster student’s appreciation for the richness of the Spanish Language and Hispanic literature. Provide opportunities for the students to use the three modes of communication in the process of learning how to analyze a literary text. Provide opportunities for student reflection on the relationship of a reading selection to its artistic, historical, social, and cultural context. As a result, the students will be prepared to take the AP Spanish Literature and Culture exam at the end of the year. The following procedures have been set in order to attain these objectives. After establishing the essential questions and readings, the students are presented with activities, quizzes, and tests that link the literary works and the six AP themes and a variety of sub-themes. In addition to timed essays written in class, students are assigned essay prompts similar to those of the AP Spanish Literature Exam. These essays and the take-home essays consist of: Poetry Analysis, Thematic Analysis (analysis, compare and contrast) and Text Analysis (short answer to open ended questions, analysis of critical commentary). Students’ responses are weighted for organization, content, historical connections, analysis and language usage, following the AP scoring guidelines. Students need to master not only the literary terms and rhetorical devices, but also make explicit connections between the devices and the overall themes represented. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of the author’s use of devices and the overarching message he/she intends to convey through the rich vocabulary in the texts and its content. Students will be presented with the six overarching themes and sub-themes presented in the AP Spanish Literature Framework and will make several connections to develop a deeper understanding. Readings will continuously be compared and contrasted by theme, historical context and artistic representations to help students develop an analytical understanding.
Course Objectives The course objectives of this course are to: Foster student’s appreciation for the richness of the Spanish Language and Hispanic literature. Provide opportunities for the students to use the three modes of communication in the process of learning how to analyze a literary text. Provide opportunities for student reflection on the relationship of a reading selection to its artistic, historical, social, and cultural context. As a result, the students will be prepared to take the AP Spanish Literature and Culture exam at the end of the year. The following procedures have been set in order to attain these objectives. After establishing the essential questions and readings, the students are presented with activities, quizzes, and tests that link the literary works and the six AP themes and a variety of sub-themes. In addition to timed essays written in class, students are assigned essay prompts similar to those of the AP Spanish Literature Exam. These essays and the take-home essays consist of: Poetry Analysis, Thematic Analysis (analysis, compare and contrast) and Text Analysis (short answer to open ended questions, analysis of critical commentary). Students’ responses are weighted for organization, content, historical connections, analysis and language usage, following the AP scoring guidelines. Students need to master not only the literary terms and rhetorical devices, but also make explicit connections between the devices and the overall themes represented. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of the author’s use of devices and the overarching message he/she intends to convey through the rich vocabulary in the texts and its content. Students will be presented with the six overarching themes and sub-themes presented in the AP Spanish Literature Framework and will make several connections to develop a deeper understanding. Readings will continuously be compared and contrasted by theme, historical context and artistic representations to help students develop an analytical understanding.