Final Assessments for Spanish class

• Spanish 1 Final Project – Spanish 1 Sub Plans End of the Year Culture Project OR the same resource from my TPT Culture Project from TPT
• Spanish Culture & Civilization was an optional expansion/remediation for the third trimester after completing Spanish 1. It was a small choice elective with a mix of students who were trying again to pass Spanish 1, and those who wanted a Spanish elective. You can see the 12-week plan of the class in this Culture & Civilization post.
• They ended the year investigating a topic of their choice and then presenting it to their class in Spanish. Students researched topics of their choice such as tamales, Los Incas, or visiting Puerto Rico. You can get the culture project intro slides & project description here. The Spanish Culture Project would work well as a final project in Spanish 1 or 2, or as a multiple-day sub-plan during an extended leave. 

Literature Circle Unit – learn more in this Lit Circle blog post & get the full unit with assessments –  Literature Circles for Spanish Class Novels Lit Circle OR here on TPT

• Interpersonal Speaking – Listen to each group ask each other questions and evaluate their book in Spanish. These Spanish Novel Conversation Cards in my store OR any novel question cards on TPT help support all students if they get stuck with what to talk about. They also provide support to students with IEPs/504 plans.
• Presentational Writing – Individual writing assessment was done in class over the topics we have covered in this unit about their book.
• Interpretive – Create projects either individually or as a group to share with the rest of the class what their book was about & how it relates to the culture of the Spanish-speaking world. (I ended up getting rid of this portion of the assessment another year due to time). 

Spanish 4 Final Assessments

La Calaca Alegre Unit – Introducing La Calaca Alegre, Chapters 1-5, Chapters 6-10, Chapters 11-15

• Spanish 4 Final Assessment – The Calaca Alegre gallery walk included presentational writing, interpersonal speaking, and presentational speaking & interpretive reading of the book. This post gives more information about this project, which came from the awesome teacher’s guide. You can see an example project in How to Assess a Novel in Spanish class.

Final Assessments in Spanish Class – more ideas

At the time I originally wrote this blog post, you can see I used a lot more project-based assessments. Once we switched to Standard Based Grading, I moved more towards assessments by mode.

If you are teaching a novel, check out my many blog posts for specific novels, plus How to Assess a Novel in Spanish class. I would grade both the speaking and writing below using a proficiency-based rubric. 

Plus, check out Differentiation in Spanish Class for more ideas.

Speaking Final Ideas for Spanish Class

• NEW Read Assess Spanish Speaking
• Use Find Someone Who Interpersonal Speaking to review. Use one of the ready-made reviews I have, or use the Find Someone Who template to create your own.
• Fishbowl Speaking in Spanish class
• Rotating Partner Conversations in Spanish
• Use Spanish Question Cards to support speaking assessments
• Presentational Speaking in Level 1

Spanish Writing Final Ideas

• NEW – Read Writing in Spanish Class – for both activities & writing assessment ideas
• Retell in Spanish – story, book, music video, etc.
• Alternate Ending in Spanish – Write a new way to end your story, book, music video, etc
• Review in Spanish – write a review of a class book
• Write a letter in Spanish – write to someone to tell them about what you learned in Spanish class

Spanish Final Review Ideas

• Engaging Vocabulary Games in Spanish
• Fun Spanish Classroom Games to Increase Engagement
• Speaking Activities for Spanish Class
• Practice Writing in Spanish Class

Anti-Final

If you are not required to give a cumulative final, do an assessment over your last unit. Then use Appropriate movies for Spanish class to find a film that relates to your class to show to wrap up the year. Or you could compare a film to a unit or book you used recently.

Or Take your Spanish class outside & do something fun, like these games, or talk about your future plans for summer to end the year together.

More Resources for May in Spanish class

• Asian Pacific Heritage Month Asian-Latinx Resources
• End of School Year Spanish Class Activities
• Take Your Spanish Class Outside

What do your final assessments in Spanish class look like this year? Please share.