Spanish II

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Spanish II

• Final Exam Outline

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Listening

• For each of 15 questions, you will hear some
  background information in English once. Then you
  will hear a passage in Spanish twice and a
  question in English once. Choose the correct
  answer and write the number on your answer sheet.
  These are from checkpt B exam 1 per 15 vocabulary
  topics.

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Speaking

• You will be asked 3 questions and you must answer
  with at least 5 correct sentences in Spanish
  (15)
• What did you used to do when you were little?
  (Imperfect)
• What do you do to prepare yourself in the morning
  or at night? (Reflexive)
• What did you do this year in Spanish class?
  (Preterit)

4
Culture

• Cultura. Please explain the major similarities
  and differences between Spanish-speaking cultural
  celebrations and those in the US as discussed in
  class. You may organize your ideas in paragraph
  (2 or more) form or create a VENN diagram. You
  must include specific details and examples(10)

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Reading

• Los días festivos del mundo hispano- reading in
  Spanish about Hispanic holidays with 10 T/F
  questions to answer (10)
• 5 short realia readings with one question to
  answer each in English (5)

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Vocabulary and Grammar

• This section will contain 20 multiple choice
  questions worth ½ point each (10).
• There will also be 40 short answer fill ins (20)
• It will cover all vocabulary topics studied and
  major grammatical areas.
• Remember- there are a lot of topics for each
  area, so there will be few questions per topic.

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Grammatical Content Covered

• Ser vs. estar
• Regular present tense verbs
• Irregular present tense verbs
• Question words- interrogatives
• Reflexive verbs se
• Stem-changing verbs- boot verbs
• Demonstrative adj. And pronouns

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Grammatical Content Covered

• Possessive adjectives and pronouns
• Regular preterit verbs
• Irregular preterit verbs
• Imperfect verbs
• Preterit vs. Imperfect to talk about the past
• Progressive tenses
• Objects- direct and indirect
• Commands

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Writing

• I. Choose 5 of 10 questions and answer in
  complete Spanish sentences.(5)
• II either 2 short essays 75 words each or 1
  longer essay 120 words (10 pts.)
• Short essay topics

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Writing

• Un viaje que hice
• Mi mejor amigo cuando era niño/a
• Lo que hice en la clase de español este año
• Una carta a la Sra. Crowe usando mandatos
  directos para pedirle que cambie cosas para el
  año que viene

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Writing Continued

• Long essay topics
• Mi niñez
• La cultura hispana tiene diferecias y similitudes
  a la cultura de los Estados Unidos
• Mi fin de semana pasado