When students are preparing for the Spanish AP test, teachers can use a charades-like game to review key terms. The teacher should prepare index cards with key Spanish vocabulary words, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, titles of poems or novels, and even characters from Spanish literature. Once the class is divided into two teams, the first student stands at the front of the classroom and draws a card. With a timer set, he tries to act out the word while his teammates try to guess it in Spanish. If they do, they get the point. If not, the other team can steal a guess and the point, if correct. Teachers can increase the difficulty level of the game as desired; for example, if the word is a verb, the team must provide all the conjugations of the verb before receiving the point.
Students pair up and prepare to describe and listen with this story game. One student has a pencil and paper, and sits back to back with her partner, who is holding a picture from a magazine. The partner must find a picture in the magazine for the artist to draw. However, he can only describe the image in Spanish, and the artist cannot see the picture. She must only draw what is being described. Students should eventually switch roles. At the end of the game, place the magazine pictures on the board with the drawn pictures and see if students can find the drawing that matches each magazine photo.
For the AP Spanish literature review, the teacher can prepare several index cards relating to the study material that match each other. For example, one index card would list the title of a Spanish novel, while the match would list the novel's author. Another index card may list one quote from a Spanish poem, while the match would list the following line from that poem. The teacher can prepare as many sets of cards as needed. Students divide into groups and put all cards face down. The first student turns over two cards to see if they match. If not, they are returned face down and the next student takes a turn. When a student discovers a match, those cards are removed. The student with the most card pairs wins.