Identity, Culture, and Writing: Teaching AP with El Despertar de Gaby
Course Description:
This six-week course is designed for Spanish teachers working with students at the Intermediate Mid to High proficiency levels, as defined by ACTFL, who are preparing for or actively engaging with AP-level content.
The course centers around El despertar de Gaby, a novel that incorporates themes of identity, family, social challenges, and adolescence, allowing teachers to create rich, communicative tasks across all AP thematic units.
Throughout the course, participants will explore how to integrate this novel into their teaching practice to promote paragraph-length discourse, cultural analysis, creative writing, and thoughtful classroom discussions, all conducted in Spanish. Teachers will also analyze literary texts and authentic articles that connect with key themes such as self-esteem, the pandemic, social pressure, sexual orientation, and self-discovery, offering an inclusive and relevant approach that reflects the lived experiences of many bilingual and Spanish-speaking students today. Conducted in Spanish.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
All Idioma courses receive letter grades.
As soon as you are granted course access, please review the syllabus for any required textbooks.
HOW TO ACCESS YOUR COURSE MATERIALS:
Within 1-2 business days of your Ashland registration, you will receive an email from your course content provider, Idioma, containing instructions on how to access your course materials. A note, their emails are sometimes forwarded to junk or spam folders.
You will be working with Idioma, through their Learning Management System, to complete the course, after which, your instructor will record your grade on your AU transcript. We will notify you by email once this is done, with instructions on how to view and order transcripts.
Meeting Times
- Location of Meeting:online with Idioma Education
