IB Spanish SL Summer Assignments Seora Vargas

IB SL is an advanced course in which students will enhance their language use and skills through
selected readings, listening and conversational activities. Language B is a language acquisition
course developed at two levelsstandard level (SL) and higher level (HL)for students with some
background in the target language. While acquiring a language, students will explore the culture(s)
connected to it. The focus of these courses is language acquisition and intercultural understanding.

I understand that summers can be busy and I do not expect you to spend hours on these
assignments every week. However, I do expect that you practice your Spanish regularly and
improve your skills over the summer. The due dates are not as important as making sure you do all
of the activities throughout the summer, especially since the assignments are designed to provide
continual use of the language all summer long which in turn will directly impact your performance
in the course.

All assignments will be collected and graded the first week of school.

You will need to buy (for the summer and the school year):
* Cajas de Cartn: relatos de la vida peregrina de un nio campesino by Francisco Jimnez
*A Spanish/ English dictionary
*A college-ruled spiral notebook for a journal

By June 12:
Call Google Voice and record an introduction (2 minutes minimum, en espaol). Introduce
yourself: Who are you? What are your interests? What are your strengths? What is most
difficult for you? (in regards to Spanish). Make sure to say your first and last name call 678-
871-0290.
Read Bajo la Alambrada p. 1-8 (in Cajas de Cartn) and write a short synopsis (5-7
sentences) of the story in Spanish IN YOUR OWN WORDS and include your personal
insight/opinion of each one.
Find 3-5 NEW words (new to you) and write your own definitions (in your own words) in
Spanish. Then use each one in an original sentence (not a quote from the book). Email both
to vargasrics@gmail.com with your first and last name.
Write page or more (in Spanish) about anything you want, much like a journal. You will
write in it throughout the summer and will continue to do so throughout the school year.
By June 30:
Read Soledad p. 9-13 (in Cajas de Cartn) and write a short synopsis (5-7 sentences) of the
story in Spanish IN YOUR OWN WORDS and include your personal insight/opinion of each
one.
Find 3-5 NEW words (new to you) and write your own definitions (in your own words) in
Spanish. Then use each one in an original sentence (not a quote from the book). Email both
to varsgasrics@gmail.com with your first and last name.
Find and watch one program (documentary/ show/ cartoon) on
http://www.rtve.es/television/programas/
Write page or more (in Spanish) in your journal about the program that you watched
what you thought, what you understood, if you enjoyed it, etc.
By July 11:
Read De dentro hacia afuera (en Cajas de Cartn) p. 14-18 and write a short synopsis (5-7
sentences) of the story in Spanish IN YOUR OWN WORDS and include your personal
insight/opinion of each one.
Find 3-5 NEW words (new to you) and write your own definitions (in your own words) in
Spanish. Then use each one in an original sentence (not a quote from the book). Email both
to varsgasrics@gmail.com with your first and last name.
Watch any DVD (your favorite movie, even) and change the language track to Spanish with the
Spanish subtitles.
Write page or more (in Spanish) in your journal about the movie that you watched how
were the spoken language and subtitles similar or different, what did you think, etc.
By July 30:
Call Google Voice and record an update of how your summer has been going (2 minutes
minimum, en espaol) Whats new, if you have traveled, anything interesting, thoughts
and opinions of current news stories, etc. Make sure to say your first and last name call
678-871-0290.
Read De dentro hacia afuera (en Cajas de Cartn) p. 19-24 and write a short synopsis (5-7
sentences) of the story in Spanish IN YOUR OWN WORDS and include your personal
insight/opinion of each one.
Find 3-5 NEW words (new to you) and write your own definitions (in your own words) in
Spanish. Then use each one in an original sentence (not a quote from the book). Email both
to varsgasrics@gmail.com with your first and last name.
Write a page or more (in Spanish) in your journal about your expectations/ concerns/
questions for the upcoming school year in your journal.

Some other things you can do in the summer and throughout the year:
1. Pick up a Spanish language newspaper or magazine when you see one and browse through
it.
2. Visit and read online Spanish newspapers (see reference list below).
3. Watch Univisin, Telemundo or other Spanish programming on TV. News programs like
Primer Impacto or Noticiero are especially useful. Also, watch DVDs in Spanish or actual
Spanish movies. Dont try to understand every word at first; you WILL get better!
4. Listen to Spanish music or podcasts in Spanish.
5. Seek out live experiences with Spanish in your community.

List of resources:
www.notesinspanish.com podcasts, activities
www.audiria.com podcasts with text, activities
www.radiotomate.com/feed - podcasts
www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/sitemap.html - grammar activities, practice
www.elpaistv.com podcasts, videos, news, sports, programming from Espaa
www.nationalspanishexam.org activities, practice
www.elmundo.es peridico de Espaa
www.un.org/radio/es United Nations radio en espaol
www.yabla.com videos, podcasts, slower speaking and read-along with text
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/other.shtml
www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/index.htm recordings on a variety of topics from native speakers
www.ver-taal.com/index.htm trailers, cultural stories
www.wordreference.com Spanish/ English dictionary
www.rtve.es Programming and News from Espaa