This document provides information about the final exam for Spanish 1. It discusses the two parts of the exam: Part 1 is a reflective creative project using a web tool to demonstrate what was learned, and Part 2 involves reading passages and listening prompts with answers. It emphasizes to read the directions carefully, go through notes focusing on vocabulary for common topics, and provides examples of simple comparison sentences that could be used for the speaking section. Students are reminded not to use outside sources while taking the exam and that it must be completed in one sitting without leaving the page.

1. SEÑORAEPTING

2. THIS RLC IS THE FIRST START TO
PREPARING…
Don’t forget to submit your
reflection for this RLC. The
link is located in the Proyecto
Final link.

3. Check Out The Links Within The Proyecto Final To Find Important Study Lists

5. What Will Be On The Final Exam?
There are 2 parts (links) for the Final Exam (Proyecto Final de Español 1):
Part 1 is called Descripción y Entrega
It is a comprehensive, reflective, and creative project using a web 2.0 tool of
your choice to show what you have learned in the course.
There are visual, audio (speaking), and written components to this project.
One part of the project is in English so make sure that you read/follow the
directions carefully! For the English reflection, be thorough, detailed and
specific to obtain the most possible points.
* Entregar means to turn in or submit

7. We’ve Learned So Much…What Should You Concentrate On?
Go through your notes and pull out 2 verbs and phrases you can use to talk about these subjects:
• Greeting someone (telling your name, where you are from)
• Who is in your family, their name, age, characteristics
• What you study at school, what supplies you use and what time school begins and ends
• Where you live and a couple of statements about your house (rooms and what you did in them)
• Describe weather where you live and Costa Rica and clothes you would wear
• Hobbies and/or activities you enjoy doing
• Foods you like and don’t like and vocabulary for different meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
• Shopping and describing cost of items, how much you spend and how much you have left
• Stores and sites/tourist locations in your community that you/people visit

8. Important Details To Be Successful On The Written Part Of The Exam
• Yo soy de…
• Yo vivo en…
* Se llama = his/her name
• Use Tener to talk about age, feelings, weather…
• Remember to make adjectives agree with the subjects (Yo soy alta. Él es alto)
• Times (a la una vs. son las dos, de la mañana, de la tarde, de la noche)
• Stem changing verbs (Mi escuela empieza a las ocho de la mañana…)
• En mi casa hay…En mi dormitorio yo estudio…
• En el verano hace calor, hace sol, está soleado…
• Use the verb Llevar to describe what you wear (Yo llevo los pantalones cortos.)
• Don’t forget to always use contractions when necessary (a + el = al and de + el = del)
• Verbs that use me, te, le, nos, les (gustar, sobrar, quedar, faltar, aburrir, interesar, fascinar…)
Go back through your notes and pay close attention to key irregular verbs we have used
consistently though the course such as Tener, Ir + A and Ser.
We want to know that you can create simple, basic sentences to convey your message and use
not only regular verbs but some irregular ones too!

22. Be sure you understand the difference in the first written part
(a description of your day-to-day life in Costa Rica)
And
The speaking section (a comparison of your day-to-day life and
that of a person in Costa Rica.
The speaking section is not you speaking what you write on your
Web 2.0 tool!
The speaking section directions tell you to create two paragraphs
so plan on at least 10 sentences!

24. MORE IMPORTANT TIDBITS ON THE
SPEAKING
When you create your comparison statements for the Speaking section, remember your
primary goal is to demonstrate you can use the vocabulary and phrases you have learned
to create grammatically correct sentences.
Your statements don’t have to be hard facts. Keep your statements simple! Don’t try to
translate word for word English to Spanish!
Examples
En Costa Rica, la gente come la cena a las ocho por la noche pero en mi casa mi familia
come la cena a las seis por la noche.
En Costa Rica hay un bosque lluvioso. No hay un bosque lluvioso en mi ciudad.
En Carolina del Norte, hay el invierno, la primavera, el verano y el otoño. En Costa Rica no
hay el invierno y el otoño.

25. Part 2 is called:
Leer y Escuchar
which includes reading passages and completing listening prompts and selecting the
best answer.
You need to complete BOTH parts of the entire final exam as they are both
graded and averaged together to form your “Final Exam Average” which is 25%
of your final grade.
You may take the two parts at different times, but each part must be completed in
one sitting. You cannot save a part and come back to it later.
The Leer and Escuchar exams are not timed. However, DON’T leave the exam
on idle and try to return. You will get locked out and it can’t be reset.
If you attempt to switch tabs to go to an outside source to Google information,
you will get locked out!

26. •You are NOT to use anything besides
your brains (no notes, no dictionaries,
no translators, no people, etc.).
•You should only have one program running
(Firefox) and only have one tab open
within Firefox.
•DO NOT click on anything outside of the
final exam while the final exam is open
because it may cause it to freeze and
there are NO RESETS.

27. ¿Preguntas?