AP Spanish students recently read the short story No oyes ladrar los perros, by Mexican author Juan Rulfo.  The story ends rather ambiguously, so students were put to the task of writing a continuation of the story.  Assuming the son lives…does he change his ways?  How about his relationship with his father? 

If you’re a Spanish speaker, read on and vote for your favorite! Click on the slideshow to make the documents larger and to pause the show.

¿Y quién ganó?  ¡El que escribió “brecha,” por su puesto!

Alex and Cam set up their shot

Students in AP Spanish had a blast today shooting their group video, a series of interviews with “Experts” on Hispanic Art.  Of course, all the scripted dialog in the video is in Spanish, but even better, the students used Spanish throughout the entire process of planning, writing, and shooting the video.  They were responsible for coming up with the structure of the video, assigning roles, researching their artists, writing the script, deciding on what to wear and how to set up the shots…in other words, collaborating as a group throughout the whole process.  Students got a lot of valuable practice using their Spanish in an informal, interactive context, as well as honing their skills working together as a group.  Presenting factual information in Spanish that you’ve practiced ahead of time is one thing…reacting in the spur of the moment in Spanish to other people’s ideas, unexpected situations, and technical difficulties is another! 

Brian getting some supprt behind the camera from Charlie, Forrest, Alex, and Evan

Stay tuned for the final edited video, due next week.  The only requirements are that it be informative, fun, and entirely in Spanish, so I can’t wait to see how the video turns out!

Hillary discussing the life and work of Frida Kahlo.  Yes, she is sporting a unibrow in honor of her artist!

Brian makes sure his classmates wait to start their lines until the shot is set up just right