Spanish Unit Plans

Unit 2

• Vocab
• Juego de Escape Cuba
• México City Virtual Field Trip
• Las Posadas
• Lorena Documentary
• Oportunidades de Escritura
• Hacemos Mole y Ponche
• La Ciudad Perdida Colombia
• Los 15 pueblos Mágicos de México
• Dia de campo en la república dominicana
• Malinche vs. Pocahontas
• La Voz Pasiva
• Affirmative and negative words Presentation
• Errors Comunes Presentacion
• Loz Aztecas
• El Subjuntivo Game Quiz.
• Los Paises Hispanohablantes Actividades y Lecturas
• Daily facts, quotes, cultural points!
• So many secret surprises :)
• Authentic Videos with Video Guide
• La Noche Buena
• Los Países Hispanohablantes
• Juego de Escape Cuba
• Navidad en Mexico Breakout
• Lorena la pies ligeros documentary guide

Are you teaching a Spanish 2 or 3 unit about Travel and Vacations?  Exhausted from creating all of the activities your students need to be successful?  This unit called “Nuestras vacaciones” includes EVERYTHING you need to teach this unit, without a specific textbook! Reading, writing, speaking, listening and cultural activities are all included, along with step by step lesson plans, homework assignments, assessments and answer keys.  Save your time and energy for the millions of other things teachers must do!

Being a new teacher or even teaching a new course can be so overwhelming and so time consuming.  Even districts that have textbooks don’t always provide all of the individual activities students need for practice in building both performance and proficiency.  These lesson plans are designed for about 5 weeks (5 classes a week) for any curriculum teaching about travel and vacations and the past (preterite) tense. They are written day by day, week by week, in a logical sequence.  Each activity is linked into the lesson plans, so you don’t need to go searching for what you need.  Everything is made with Google Docs or Google Slides, so you can modify if you want or need to change anything!

These lesson plans combine all of the best practices of World Language Instruction.  Grammar is embedded into comprehensible input, but specific notes and practices for grammar are also provided.  There are TONS of contextualized practices to increase proficiency, but there are also discrete practices to help students memorize vocabulary and endings to help them along faster! I try to marry performance (being able to communicate on a very specific topic) with proficiency (a person’s overall ability to communicate).  

Preview, print or post, and go! 

Check out the learning objectives and activity count here!

All of these activities are included in these lesson plans, along with many more which cannot be bought separately.

1. Spanish Irregular Preterite e-i Interactive Google Slides with Pear Deck

2. Spanish Youth Hostels: Presentation, Video, Reading

3. Vacaciones en España Culture Presentation with Linked Activities Past Tense

4. Spanish Writing Prompt: Our Vacation Past Tenses Group Challenge

5. Spanish Task Cards: Travel Situations for Speaking or Writing!

6. Spanish Partner Conversations about Travel and Vacation: Guided Conversations

7. Spanish Verb Conjugating: Minuto Loco Print or Digital!

8. Spanish Write, Speak and Listen Activity: Any Level!

9. Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Listening & Speaking for Travel and Vacations

10. Spanish Boom Cards for Regular Pretertite and Ir Travel Theme

Why should you trust me?  I have 23 years of experience as a high school Spanish teacher in years 1, 2, 3, 4 and AP Spanish.   I have taught both with and without textbooks.  Once the pandemic hit and we did not have access to our resources at school, I created most of the materials my students needed on my own. I love designing lesson plans and student activities that are based on growing proficiency and setting students up for success!  I am happy to answer questions and help with any needs as you work through these lesson plans. 

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Who can use this product?

• This unit is appropriate for Spanish 2 or Spanish 3 students 

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 5 weeks of school
• Teach basics; grammar (preterite regular and irregular) and vocab related to travel and vacations (vocab list included)
• Practice proficiency-based Seal of Biliteracy activities
• Learn about families in different societies using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments included!

What’s included in this product?

• 278 total pages/slides, etc.
• Teacher notes about the design and use of these lesson plans
• A table of contents which states each day’s learning objectives
• An activity count, so you can see exactly how many resources are included
• 5 weeks (30 days) of lesson plans, spelled out step by step, with all activities linked in
• The extra 5 days are an alternate to week 5, allowing you to differentiate for a writing or speaking summative
• Every activity, quiz, homework, assessment, study guide, etc is included!
• Vocab list
• Pre-made Quizlet for the vocabulary
• 10 reading activities
• 13 writing activities
• 8 speaking activities
• 11 listening activities
• 3 activities specifically focused on culture
• 21 grammar or vocab focused activities (quick practices/homeworks)
• 2 formative assessments
• 2 interim assessments
• 2 summative assessments
• Study guides
• Answer keys
• 5 activities that prep students for tests for the Seal of Biliteracy
• 7 activities that combine 2 or more skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening)
• Everything can be edited if you would like
• Everything is created and ready to use if you would like!

Other resources you may like:

AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook!

Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Test Prep Bundle

Task Cards for Present, Past and Future Spanish Speaking and Writing

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Paquete Creciente de Excursiones Virtuales

Todas las excursiones son completamente en español.

Countries:

Mexico - focuses on Mexico City

Peru

Argentina

Puerto Rico

Colombia

Costa Rica...coming soon

Spain... coming soon

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⭐NO PREP NEEDED

I believe in Game Based Learning and Project Based Learning in the classroom. This bundle is part of my GBL Program.

Overwhelmed with teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture®?  Need to refresh a unit that's gone stale?  Your Unit 3 Lesson Plans (Las influencias de la belleza y la estética) are done!  These digital AND printable lesson plans have nearly every activity you will need linked in.  Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Activities that combine 2 skills, Homework, Assessments, AP Exam® Style activities and even Projects are all included! Students will learn how to complete the AP® Exam Cultural Comparison and Email Reply in this unit as well as practice the reading and listening multiple choice style questions.  This is the third unit in the AP Classroom® curriculum.  Best of all, these lesson plans do NOT require that you have a particular textbook!  Everything you need is provided!

Teaching a new course, or even trying to revamp a course you’ve taught for a while can be daunting.  These complete unit lesson plans will take you through the entire 3rd unit for The Influence of Beauty and Aesthetics starting with a “Hook Activity” to spark interest and then the essential questions, vocabulary list and grammar study guide you will need to get started. Every activity (over 60!) you need (with the exception of 3) is linked in.  Your prep will be limited to reviewing the lesson plans and sources ahead of your students, but the searching for appropriate authentic materials and creating accompanying activities is already done for you! Click here to download the learning objectives and activity count!

I am fortunate to have several textbook resources including Temas, AP Spanish Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination and Avance.   In these lesson plans I make use of these textbooks for 4 out of 60+ activities.But in the few cases that I’ve used these resources in the lesson plans, I have included links to alternatives.  However, especially after teaching on-line for a year, I have moved away from relying on textbooks and I create most of the activities myself. This makes these lesson plans very versatile and usable for anyone!  For teachers who need or like to teach digitally, all of the activities in this bundle can be assigned via Google Classroom or other learning management system. And almost every activity is also printable for teachers and students who prefer paper copies.  Best of all, once you have these activities in your Google Drive, you can edit and adapt anything to suit your needs!

I have been teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture® since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. This course is also taught in conjunction with the University of CT as another way for students to earn college credit.

I start the year with a set of lesson plans designed to last one week.  It is linked below.  We do all the paper-passing, signing up for different apps and classrooms, and become comfortable with the course and our classmates.  We also present our summer homework, also linked below.  Next I teach Unit 1: Families in Different Societies. This unit starts as if all of the beginning of the year “housekeeping” has been done already.   That resource is also linked below.  Unit 2 (La influencia de la lengua y la cultura en la identidad) is next.  AP® teachers are allowed to teach the units in any order they would like, but I recommend that if you plan to use this series of lesson plans, that you go in order. I choose to introduce the AP® test open-ended tasks over time so that students are not overwhelmed.  By unit 3, they will have learned the purpose, rules and resources for all of the tasks and can spend the last 3 units practicing them some more. 

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

FYI:  This resource is included in the "AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook" resource for sale in my TeachShare shop!

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish Language and Culture® Students

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 2 months of school
• Teach basics; grammar and vocab
• Teach how to do the Cultural Comparison
• Teach how to do the Email Reply
• Learn about the ideas of beauty and aesthetics by using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments and projects included!

What’s included in this product?

• Daily lesson plans for 23 school days (modified block: (three 45 min periods and one 90 min period a week) Easily adaptable to any school schedule!
• A table breaking down how many of each kind of activity in the unit
• Table of contents with learning objectives for each day
• 60 + activities
• Essential questions
• Vocab list + free quizlet link
• Study guide for grammar quiz
• Vocab and Grammar quizzes + answer key
• 2 Different Projects + Rubrics (What is aesthetic in X country, Famous Hispanic Artist study)
• 7 reading activities
• 8 writing activities (including diary-style free-writes)
• 12 speaking activities
• 12 listening activities
• 9 activities that combine 2 of the above skills
• 6 vocab and grammar activities
• 6 AP Style activities (argumentative essay, simulated conversation and multiple choice reading and listening)
• 3 formative quizzes
• 2 interim assessments
• 2 summative assessments
• Homework
• Answer keys to most activities
• 104 Google Doc pages, 1 Google Form, 2 Google Slides presentations
• Teacher notes to further explain certain activities 
• Time built in for holidays or time needed to catch up
• All parts of this product are Google Docs and Slides, and therefore can be edited so that they are just right for your students!

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AP Spanish Unit 1: Complete Lesson Plans

AP Spanish Unit 2: Complete Lesson Plans

AP Spanish Open-Ended Responses: How To Bundle

AP Spanish: Unit Review Charts Digital and Printable Versions

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Spanish 3-4/ Heritage Speakers 31 days of Cultural Enrichment with writing and reading components. Includes projects, 3 videos, accent practice and grammar along with the Cultural Enrichment.

The Growing Bundle Price is only available until all updates are completed. Price will increase!

⭐Español 3-4 / Hablantes nativos 31 días de Enriquecimiento Cultural con componentes de escritura y lectura. Incluye proyectos, 3 videos, práctica de acento y gramática junto con el Enriquecimiento Cultural.

Les comparto un vistazo del curso. Incluye muchos conceptos que he dejado como sorpresa para que mi trabajo sea protegido .

Todos los días incluyen un calentamiento interesante para los estudiantes. Este curso se navega muy fácil. ⭐

Debajo de las páginas puedes seleccionar el día al que te quieras saltar.

Includes a Subjuntivo Guided lesson. The lesson is on Google Slides and it comes with a PDF for students to work on.

UNIDAD 1 Identidad y Herencia

• Develop a sense of personal and cultural identity as a heritage speaker.
• Defining "heritage speaker" and exploring student backgrounds.
• Family history: Creating family trees and sharing stories about family migration.
• Exploring the diversity of Spanish dialects and regional accents.

ALL MATERIAL HAS BEEN UPLOADED

Unidad 2 Cultura,Tradicion, celebración y historia.

Learning Goals:

• Investigate various cultural traditions and celebrations across the Spanish-speaking world.
• Reflect on the importance of traditions in personal identity.

Key Topics:

• Dia de los Muertos, Las Posadas, Carnaval, etc.
• Folkloric music and dance (e.g., Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia).
• Religious and non-religious traditions.
• Explore the role of Spanish in students' lives.
• Understand the historical context of Spanish in the Americas.
• Where did Spanish come from?
• Who are we? Who am I?
• Debate: Is Spanglish a valid form of communication?

· ALL MATERIAL HAS BEEN UPLOADED

Unidad 3: Medios, Música, Arte y Tecnología – Incluye:

• Analyze the representation of Hispanics in the media.
• Reflect on the role of technology and social media in modern Hispanic identity.

Key Topics:

• Representation of Latinos in film, TV, and social media.
• Influence of reggaetón, telenovelas, and social media influencers.
• Media literacy: Evaluating news and information in Spanish.

Coming Soon ALL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UPLOADED

Unidad 4: Justicia Social

Learning Goals:

• Learn - about the role of Hispanics in social movements.
• Discuss - issues of social justice affecting Hispanic communities today.
• Debating - social issues in Spanish.
• Writing - persuasive essays on social justice topics.

Key Topics:

Immigration, labor rights, and education.

Coming Soon PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UPLOADED

MIDTERM PROJECT UPLOADED

Unidad 5: Literatura y Narrativa

Learning Goals:

• Develop an appreciation for Hispanic literature and storytelling.
• Analyze themes and cultural references in Hispanic literature.

Key Topics:

• Introduction to major Hispanic authors (e.g., Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende).
• Themes of magical realism, migration, and identity in literature.
• Oral storytelling traditions from different regions.

COMING SOON

Unidad 6: Español para Fines Profesionales y Preparación para la Carrera + Atención Médica

• Prepare students for using Spanish in professional settings.
• Develop formal writing and speaking skills in Spanish.
• Professional vocabulary: Business, healthcare, education, etc.
• Writing résumés and cover letters in Spanish.
• Practicing job interview questions and formal conversation.
• COMING SOON: PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UPLOADED: Job applications/ Apartment Application, Curriculum Vitae

Incluye:

· Libro para hispanohablantes

· Metas bilingües

· Las recetas Project

· La cultura mexicana lee y colorea

· Heritage speaker intake form

· Icebreaker

· Analizar canciones en clase

· Artistas hispanos del momento

· Como escribir una novela

· Como escribir un cuento

· Estudio del Corrido

· Escribimos un corrido

· Escribimos un cuento reescribimos una leyenda

· Vejigante mascaras

· inmigración- Unidad con proyectos

· El future conjuga y colorea

· Uno noticia actual proyectos

UNIDAD 2:

Día 1⭐

• Cognados
• Alebrijes
• 2 ¿sabías qué?
• Palabras de Origen Nahuatl
• Repaso Imperfecto
• Mini Lectura: Los Alebrijes

Día 2⭐

Vocabulario Útil

Mariachi Music (click on the globe)

Ted Talk with questions

Día 3⭐

Lista de Vocabulario Útil

El Ángel de la Independencia en la ciudad de México

Cita Famosa

Extra Práctica de Gramática

Día 4⭐

• Los Inuit
• Perros Chihuahuenses
• Mini Lectura-
• Los Mindmaps

Día 5⭐

• Mind Map de Colombia Origen de la palabra Aguacate
• Lectura del Mole
• Mole Interactivo / Mind Map de Colombia

Día 6⭐

• Sor Juana
• Origen de la palabra Hammock
• Extensión de información

Día 7⭐

• Gael García
• Conocemos nuestra lengua Confleis
• Cita Famosa
• Los Aztecas

Día 8⭐

• Sofia Vergara
• Cita Famosa
• Gramática: ERRORES COMUNES EN LA ESCRITURA
• Los 15 pueblos mágicos más impresionantes de México

Día 9⭐

• Lionel Messi
• Los tainos (Anacaona)
• Cita Famosa

Día 10⭐

• Los Acentos+ Audio con preguntas
• Conocemos nuestra lengua
• La Inmigración y Proyecto

Día 11⭐

• Conocemos nuestra lengua
• Peru
• Mini-Lectura
• Proyecto: MindMap

Día 12⭐

• Adhara Perez
• La ciudad de Cusco
• La Malinche vs Pocahontas Actividad y Lectura

Día 13⭐

• Tupac Inca
• Cultura del día
• + La Salsa
• extensión de Cultura
• Paquime

Día 14⭐

• Cultura del día – Pachamana
• De Película
• El lugar más Bello de cada estado de México +Movie Guide with answers
• Mis Ancestros
• Y Proyecto
• El lugar más bello de cada estado de méxico + movie guide

Día 15⭐

• AMLO
• Cultura del día
• El Cubismo

Día 16⭐

• Sylvia Méndez
• Cultura del día: Los Miskitos
• La ciudad perdida- Colombia 
• Los estereotipos Powerpoint

Día 17⭐

• Jorge Ramos
• La Leyenda del maíz y el sol
• Proyecto de tu Nombre

Día 18

• Rafael Nadal
• Tulum
• Mini Lectura
• Vocabulario Útil
• Escuelas en Estados Unidos vs Venezuela

Día 19

• Pablo Neruda
• Palabras Spanglish
• El Tango

Día 20⭐

• Gabriel Garcia
• Cultura del día: La China Poblana
• Hacemos un Ponche actividad interactiva
• Proyecto de Identidad
• Campo en la República Dominicana

Día 21⭐

• Lin Manuel Miranda
• Cultura del día
• El Subjuntivo Juego

Día 22⭐

• Simon Bolivar
• Cultura del día: El Carnaval de Rio de Janeiro.
• Affirmative and Negative Words Review
• Mini Lectura

Día 23⭐

• Mario Vargas Llosa
• Cultura del día: Dia de los Muertos
• Corrige un párrafo Gramática
• Mini Lectura:

Día 24⭐

• Salvador Dalí
• Cultura del día: La Rosca de Reyes
• Gramática

Día 25⭐

• Cantinflas
• El Guaraní
• Gramática: Voz Pasiva

Día 26⭐

• Violeta Parra
• Guatemala
• Gramática: Voz Pasiva 2
• Proyecto de Las Leyendas Hispanas

Día 27⭐

• Gabriela Mistral
• Comida Peruana
• Gramática: Voz Pasiva 3

Día 28⭐

• José Martí
• Costa Rica
• Gramática- Corrige los errores

Día 29⭐

• Rigoberto Ménchu
• Cuba
• Voz Reflexiva
• Si
• Escape Room CULTURAL CUBA
• (Printable)

Día 30 ⭐

• Benito Juarez
• La Piñata Historia (click)
• Crítico del cine

✏️Día 31

• Fernando Botero
• Conocemos nuestra lengua
• Música y preguntas
• Bonus: Oportunidades de Escritura (6) proyectos de identidad
• +MORE!

AT THE END students conduct a two part project about Social injustice or Global Issues.

Includes Journal Prompts for another month.

Includes a Bicultural Study Packet with vocabulary words.

The best interactive Quiz for el subjuntivo and a lesson with guide.

This course includes a deeper exploration of the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. This may involve studying literature, music, art, and traditions from different Spanish-speaking regions work on more advanced reading and writing assignments. This may involve reading authentic texts, literature, and writing essays or reports in Spanish.Listening skills are honed through exposure to authentic spoken Spanish. Students may listen to native speakers, watch videos, or participate in conversations to improve their comprehension.Spanish 3 courses often include larger projects that allow students to showcase their language skills. This could be a presentation, a research project, or a creative piece in Spanish.

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Este curso incluye una exploración más profunda de las culturas de los países de habla hispana. Esto puede implicar el estudio de literatura, música, arte y tradiciones de diferentes regiones de habla hispana.

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Ready to start AP® Spanish Unit 5: The Factors That Influence Quality of Life? (Los factores que influyen en la calidad de vida ) Your entire unit’s lesson plans are done!  These digital AND printable lesson plans have nearly every activity you will need linked in.  Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Activities that combine 2 skills, Homework, Assessments, AP® Exam Style activities and even Projects are all included! A bigger emphasis is placed on practicing parts of the AP® Exam, because if you are going in order, Unit 5 falls during the time of year when the AP® exam is getting close.  Students will practice writing an A®P Exam Email Reply, they will practice the Cultural Comparison and the Simulated Conversation and practice the reading and listening multiple choice style questions.  This is the fifth unit in the AP® Classroom curriculum. (In my Units 1-4 plans, all of the parts of the AP® Exam have been introduced with direct instruction.) 

Best of all, these lesson plans do NOT require that you have a particular textbook!  Everything you need is provided!

Teaching a new course, or even trying to revamp a course you’ve taught for a while is extremely time consuming.  These complete unit lesson plans will take you through the entire 5th unit for The Factors That Influence Quality of Life  starting with a “Hook Activity” about what is REALLY important in life to spark interest and then the essential questions, vocabulary list and grammar study guide you will need to get started. There are activities related to Education, Work and Leisure Time.  Every activity (over 75!) you need (with the exception of 4) is linked in.  Your prep will be limited to reviewing the lesson plans and sources ahead of your students, but the searching for appropriate authentic materials and creating accompanying activities is already done for you!  Download the learning objectives and activity count here!

I am fortunate to have several textbook resources including Temas, AP Spanish Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination and Avance.   In these lesson plans I make use of these textbooks for 2 out of 75+ activities.  But in the few cases that I’ve used these resources in the lesson plans, I have included links to alternatives.  However, especially after teaching on-line for a year, I have moved away from relying on textbooks and I create most of the activities myself. This makes these lesson plans very versatile and usable for anyone!  For teachers who need or like to teach digitally, all of the activities in this bundle can be assigned via Google Classroom or other learning management system. And almost every activity is also printable for teachers and students who prefer paper copies.  Best of all, once you have these activities in your Google Drive, you can edit and adapt anything to suit your needs!

I have been teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture® since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. 

I start the year with a set of lesson plans designed to last one week.  It is linked below.  We do all the paper-passing, signing up for different apps and classrooms, and become comfortable with the course and our classmates.  We also present our summer homework, also linked below.  Next I teach Unit 1: Families in Different Societies. This unit (Unit 5) starts as if all of the beginning of the year “housekeeping” has been done already and logically follows units 1, 2, 3 and 4 where I present all the different tasks of the AP® Spanish Exam.   The previous unit plans are also linked below.  AP® teachers are allowed to teach the units in any order they would like, but I recommend that if you plan to use this series of lesson plans, that you go in order, though it is not a necessity if you have your own way of preparing students for the AP® Exam. I choose to introduce the AP® test open-ended tasks over time so that students are not overwhelmed.  By unit 3, they will have learned the purpose, rules and resources for all of the tasks and can spend the last 3 units practicing them some more. 

Need an example before you buy? I don't blame you! Feel free to email me or visit my website's free resource library. (links below) I have a FREE Unit 3 Day 1 lesson plan for the Influences of Beauty and Aesthetics. It will give you a sense of how I organize my daily lesson plans and the quality of my work.

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

Who can use this product?

• AP® Spanish Language and Culture Students

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 2 months of school
• Teach basics; grammar and vocab
• Review how to write an Email Reply
• Practice the Cultural Comparison
• Practice the Simulated Conversation
• Practice the multiple choice style questions for reading and listening 
• Think deeply about how our education, employment and leisure time affect our quality of life by using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments and 2  projects included!

What’s included in this product?

• Daily lesson plans for 21 school days (modified block: (three 45 min periods and one 90 min period a week) Easily adaptable to any school schedule!
• A table breaking down how many of each kind of activity in the unit
• Table of contents with learning objectives for each day
• 75 + activities
• Essential questions
• Vocab list + free quizlet link
• Study guide for grammar quiz
• Vocab and Grammar quizzes + answer key
• 1 Audiovisual presentation related to creating a tourism ad
• 1 individual project in which students interview adults to gain perspective on how work affects quality of life  
• 11 reading activities
• 10 writing activities (including diary-style free-writes)
• 13 speaking activities
• 13 listening activities
• 7 activities that combine 2 of the above skills
• 5 vocab and grammar activities
• 9 AP Style activities (argumentative essay, simulated conversation and multiple choice reading and listening)
• 2 formative quizzes
• 3 interim assessments
• 2 summative assessments
• Homework Assignments
• Answer keys to most activities
• 169 Google Docs and Google Slides™ 
• Curated videos and Edpuzzles all ready to use
• Teacher notes to further explain certain activities 
• Time built in for holidays or time needed to catch up
• All parts of this product are Google Docs and Slides, and therefore can be edited so that they are just right for your students!

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Back To School is here! The AP Spanish Language and Culture® Complete Lesson Plans for the Whole Year includes EVERYTHING you need to teach this course without being tied to a particular textbook!  Lesson plans are written by unit, and include specific, step-by-step instructions, # of minutes per activity, and every activity is linked into the lesson plans.  That means:

-no searching a folder for a particular activity!

-no searching the internet for authentic materials!

-no scrambling to make scaffolds and supports to make your materials accessible!

-no guesswork as to how or what to teach next!

Perfect for:

*Teachers teaching this course for the first time

*Teachers who need a refresh after teaching the course for a while

*Teachers feeling overloaded with all the responsibilities of the job

You can expect the following in each unit of study:

-a table that lists the types of activities and how many of each there are (view these in the previews)

-a table of learning objectives for each class for the entire unit (view these in the previews)

*Click HERE to download the learning objectives and activity count*

-Google Docs lesson plans with daily learning objectives, step-by-step instructions, teacher tips and explanations, and activities linked in

-embedded direct instruction and practice for the different parts of the AP Spanish® Exam

-Lessons organized by 3 45 minute periods and 1 90 minute period (our school uses a modified block schedule). The lesson activities are easy to move around to meet your school's schedule!

When we unexpectedly went to distance learning, I had to scramble as an AP Spanish® teacher. My students did not have access to their textbooks or the audio that went with it.  We used the Temas text, but I found that I had to adapt.  So, my lesson plans are now based almost entirely on authentic materials that I have found and curated.  I have created vocab lists around these materials and the activities that will go with them!  There are times during the lesson plans where I offer a suggestion from something that is found in the Temas textbook, but these lessons can be used fully without those suggestions.

Along with the honor of teaching our most advanced Spanish students comes the burden of heavy correcting and tons of planning.  We also have other preps.  Having an entire year’s worth of curriculum, lesson plans, projects and assessments ready to go will save you an incredible amount of time and relieve some of the pressure that we face as teachers. 

In my classes, we also review grammar and use the Avance text as a guide.  I include a study guide and a grammar quiz in each unit, but the practice activities (if you want to review grammar in class) are not included.

Required Materials:

-Access to the Internet and Google Docs/Slides/Forms

-Access to AP Classroom® via College Board  (free to all AP ®Teachers)

Referenced ancillary materials (though not necessary)

-Temas textbook

-Avance Grammar textbook

-A test prep workbook (several are suggested in the plans, though not needed)

Here is some feedback about my unit plans!

Extremely satisfied

Thank you so much for creating these! They are so helpful to have in class. My students were very engaged.

Extremely satisfied

Amazing resource! I have already purchased Unit 2 and 3!

Extremely satisfied

Extremely well planned unit. Everything you need is included here. I teach 3 different levels of Spanish and it is hard for me to revamp lesson plans. We use the textbook TEMAS at my school site but the readings can be very dry. I like how this unit incorporates soooo many resources that are authentic. 

I am definitely going to purchase more units. I wish there was a discounted bundle with all units because I would buy it!

Why should you trust me??

I have been teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture® since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  As I am still a classroom teacher, my activities and ideas evolve each year.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP® exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. I am successfully teaching this course in conjunction with the University of CT as another way for students to earn college credit. My former students report taking Spanish classes at the college/university level and having a high level of success!  

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish Language and Culture® Teachers

How can I use this product?

• Literally everything you need, in order, organized, linked in from day 1 to day 180 to teach AP Spanish Language and Culture®

What’s included in this product?

• Week 1  Getting started
• Unit 1   Las familias en diferentes sociedades
• Unit 2  La influencia de la lengua en la cultura y la identidad 
• Unit 3  La influencia de la belleza y la estética
• Unit 4  La influencia de la ciencia y la tecnología
• Unit 5  Los factores que influyen en la calidad de vida
• Unit 6  Los desafíos ambientales, políticos y ambientales 
• AP Test Prep Mega Bundle
• AP Spanish End of Year Activities
• AP Spanish Summer Homework Assignment 

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Ready to start AP Spanish® Unit 4: The Influence of Science and Technology?  No time to find all the authentic materials your students need?  Your Unit 4 Lesson Plans (Las influencias de la ciencia y la tecnología ) are done!  These digital AND printable lesson plans have nearly every activity you will need linked in.  Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Activities that combine 2 skills, Homework, Assessments, AP® Exam Style activities and even Projects are all included! Students will practice writing an AP® Exam Argumentative Essay and practice the reading and listening multiple choice style questions.  This is the fourth unit in the AP Classroom curriculum. (In my Units 1-3 plans, all of the parts of the AP® Exam have been introduced with direct instruction.) 

Best of all, these lesson plans do NOT require that you have a particular textbook!  Everything you need is provided!

Teaching a new course, or even trying to revamp a course you’ve taught for a while is extremely time consuming.  These complete unit lesson plans will take you through the entire 4th unit for The Influences of Science and Technology starting with a “Hook Activity” about scientific advances to spark interest and then the essential questions, vocabulary list and grammar study guide you will need to get started. There are activities related to genetic modification, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and more!  These are CURRENT topics that our students are interested in RIGHT NOW!  Every activity (over 58!) you need (with the exception of 3) is linked in.  Your prep will be limited to reviewing the lesson plans and sources ahead of your students, but the searching for appropriate authentic materials and creating accompanying activities is already done for you!  Download the Learning Objectives and Activity Count here!

I am fortunate to have several textbook resources including Temas, AP Spanish Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination and Avance.   In these lesson plans I make use of these textbooks for 3 out of 58+ activities.  But in the few cases that I’ve used these resources in the lesson plans, I have included links to alternatives.  However, especially after teaching on-line for a year, I have moved away from relying on textbooks and I create most of the activities myself. This makes these lesson plans very versatile and usable for anyone!  For teachers who need or like to teach digitally, all of the activities in this bundle can be assigned via Google Classroom or other learning management system. And almost every activity is also printable for teachers and students who prefer paper copies.  Best of all, once you have these activities in your Google Drive, you can edit and adapt anything to suit your needs!

I have been teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture® since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. 

I start the year with a set of lesson plans designed to last one week.  It is linked below.  We do all the paper-passing, signing up for different apps and classrooms, and become comfortable with the course and our classmates.  We also present our summer homework, also linked below.  Next I teach Unit 1: Families in Different Societies. This unit (Unit 4) starts as if all of the beginning of the year “housekeeping” has been done already and logically follows units 1, 2 and 3 where I present all the different tasks of the AP® Spanish Exam.   The previous unit plans are also linked below.  AP®teachers are allowed to teach the units in any order they would like, but I recommend that if you plan to use this series of lesson plans, that you go in order. I choose to introduce the AP® test open-ended tasks over time so that students are not overwhelmed, though it is not a necessity if you have your own way of preparing students for the AP® Exam..  By unit 3, they will have learned the purpose, rules and resources for all of the tasks and can spend the last 3 units practicing them some more. 

Need an example before you buy?  I don't blame you!  Feel free to email me or visit my website's free resource library. (links below)  I have a FREE Unit 3 Day 1 lesson plan for the Influences of Beauty and Aesthetics.  It will give you a sense of how I organize my daily lesson plans and the quality of my work.

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish Language and Culture® Students

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 2 months of school
• Teach basics; grammar and vocab
• Review how to write an argumentative essay
• Practice the multiple choice style questions for reading and listening 
• Learn about the ideas of Genetic Modification, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Machine Learning by using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments and projects included!

What’s included in this product?

• Daily lesson plans for 20 school days (modified block: (three 45 min periods and one 90 min period a week) Easily adaptable to any school schedule!
• A table breaking down how many of each kind of activity in the unit
• Table of contents with learning objectives for each day
• 60 + activities
• Essential questions
• Vocab list + free quizlet link
• Study guide for grammar quiz
• Vocab and Grammar quizzes + answer key
• 1 Oral Presentation Group Project Related to Scientific Advances
• 1 individual Oral presentation related to different sectors in which AI is important
• 8 reading activities
• 6 writing activities (including diary-style free-writes)
• 10 speaking activities
• 6 listening activities
• 5 activities that combine 2 of the above skills
• 5 vocab and grammar activities
• 9 AP Style activities (argumentative essay, simulated conversation and multiple choice reading and listening)
• 2 formative quizzes
• 2 interim assessments
• 2 summative assessments
• Homework
• Answer keys to most activities
• 126 Google Docs and Google Slides™ 
• Curated videos and Edpuzzles all ready to use
• Teacher notes to further explain certain activities 
• Time built in for holidays or time needed to catch up
• All parts of this product are Google Docs and Slides, and therefore can be edited so that they are just right for your students!

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AP Spanish Unit 1: Complete Lesson Plans

AP Spanish Unit 2: Complete Lesson Plans

AP Spanish: Unit 3 Lesson Plans: Beauty and Aesthetics: Everything Included!

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New to teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture®?  Make Back To School easier and consider your Unit 1 Lesson Plans (Familias en diferentes sociedades) done!  These digital AND printable lesson plans have nearly every activity you will need linked in.  Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Activities that combine 2 skills, homework, assessments and even a project are all included! Students will learn how to complete the AP® Exam Cultural Comparison in this unit as well as practice the reading and listening multiple choice style questions.  This is the first unit in the AP® Classroom curriculum and a great way to get the year started with your new students!  Best of all, these lesson plans do NOT require that you have a particular textbook!

Feedback from Other Buyers

***Thank you so much for creating these! They are so helpful to have in class. My students were very engaged.****

Teaching a new course, or even trying to revamp a course you’ve taught for a while can be overwhelming.  These lesson plans will take you through the entire first unit for Families in Different Societies, starting with a “Hook Activity” to spark interest and then the essential questions, vocabulary list and grammar study guide you will need to get started. Every activity you need (with the exception of 3) is linked in.  Your prep will be limited to reviewing the lesson plans and sources ahead of your students, but the searching for appropriate authentic materials and creating accompanying activities is already done for you! Download the learning objectives and activity count here!

I am fortunate to have several textbook resources including Temas and Avance.  In these lesson plans I make use of these textbooks for 3 out of 50 activities.  However, especially after teaching on-line for a year, I have moved away from relying on textbooks and I create most of the activities myself. This makes these lesson plans very versatile and usable for anyone!  For teachers who need or like to teach digitally, all of the activities in this bundle can be assigned via Google Classroom or other learning management system. However, almost every activity is also printable for teachers and students who prefer paper copies.  Best of all, once you have these activities in your Google Drive, you can edit and adapt anything to suite your needs!

I have been teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture since 2014 and have 24 years of teaching experience.  My students have done overwhelmingly well on the AP® exam over the years and almost all have earned the scores needed to get college credit, with many receiving 4’s and 5’s. My course is also run as a collaboration with the University of CT.

I start the year with a set of lesson plans designed to last one week.  It is linked below.  We do all the paper-passing, signing up for different apps and classrooms, and become comfortable with the course and our classmates.  We also present our summer homework, also linked below.  This unit starts as if all of the beginning of the year “housekeeping” has been done already. 

Consider asking your district to buy this product for you!   

**Please be sure to buy additional licenses if more than one teacher plans to use this resource.**

FYI:  This resource is included in the AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook" resource for sale in my TeachShare shop!

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish Language and Culture® Students

How can I use this product?

• These unit plans will take you through approx. 2 months of school
• Teach basics; grammar and vocab
• Teach how to do the Cultural Comparison
• Learn about families in different societies using curated articles, podcasts, class discussion, videos, free writing, and more!
• Formative, Interim and Summative assessments included!

What’s included in this product?

• Daily lesson plans for 18 school days (modified block: (three 45 min periods and one 90 min period a week) Easily adaptable to any school schedule!
• Table breaking down how many of each kind of activity in the unit
• Table of contents with learning objectives for each day
• 50 + activities
• Essential questions
• Vocab list + free quizlet link
• Study guide for grammar quiz
• Vocab and Grammar quizzes + answer key
• Formal writing assessment (study guide, rough draft and final draft)
• Traditions Project + Rubric
• 5 reading activities
• 9 writing activities (including diary-style free-writes)
• 7 speaking activities
• 7 listening activities
• 4 activities that combine 2 of the above skills
• 6 vocab and grammar activities
• 8 AP Style activities (cultural comparison and multiple choice reading and listening)
• 3 formative quizzes
• 2 interim assessments
• 2 summative assessments
• Homework
• Answer keys to most activities
• 50 Google Doc pages, 8 Google Slides, 1 Google Form
• Teacher notes to further explain certain activities 
• Time built in for holidays or time needed to catch up
• All parts of this product are Google docs and slides, and therefore can be edited so that they are just right for your students!

Need more AP resources to get started ?  Try these!

AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year Without a Textbook (includes EVERYTHING you need for the whole year, including the resources below!)

AP Spanish: Week 1- Everything You Need to Get Started

AP Spanish Summer Assignment with Rubric Included

AP Spanish Open-Ended Responses: How To Bundle

AP Spanish: Unit Review Charts Digital and Printable Versions

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