PAU Spanish Language and Literature II (Castilla-La Mancha) study plan
PAU Spanish Language and Literature II (Castilla-La Mancha) · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Text commentary: comprehension, summary, theme and structure & Text commentary: linguistic and stylistic analysis (morphosyntax, lexicon, text properties)
Distinguish, in three different expository or argumentative articles of 400–600 words, the thesis from the supporting arguments by underlining the thesis and numbering the arguments in the margin.
Write summaries of exactly 60–80 words for those same three texts without copying literal fragments, checking afterwards that no sequence of more than four words coincides with the original.
Identify the organizational structure of each text (analytical, synthetic, enumerative, cause–effect, problem–solution) and justify the choice with two textual markers per text.
Build a personal glossary of 25 metalinguistic terms (anaphora, cataphora, deixis, connector, modality, register, textual cohesion) with a definition of no more than 15 words and an example taken from the texts worked on.
Time yourself on a full comprehension exercise (summary plus theme plus structure) in 50 minutes and note where you exceeded the time.
Your checkpoint
A dossier of three texts with underlined thesis, numbered arguments, 60–80-word summaries and a justified structural schema for each, plus the timed exercise with your time log.
Text commentary: comprehension, summary, theme and structure & Text commentary: linguistic and stylistic analysis (morphosyntax, lexicon, text properties)
Classify and label every connector in two argumentative texts by function (addition, contrast, consequence, reformulation, exemplification, ordering) and propose a synonym for each one.
Locate and explain five cases of lexical cohesion (hypernymy, synonymy, antonymy, lexical repetition, semantic field) and five cases of grammatical cohesion (anaphora, cataphora, ellipsis, substitution, deixis) per text.
Analyze the morphosyntax of ten complex sentences: mark the main clause, subordinate clauses and their type (substantive, relative, adverbial), and identify impersonal and passive constructions with their function in the text.
Characterize the register (formal, colloquial, specialized, journalistic) of each text with four linguistic features and relate the register to the communicative situation.
Write a complete linguistic commentary of 350–450 words on one of the texts integrating lexicon, morphosyntax and textual properties.
Your checkpoint
One full linguistic and stylistic commentary of 350–450 words with an annotated table of connectors and cohesion mechanisms in both texts.
Applied grammar and linguistic reflection exercises & Text commentary: linguistic and stylistic analysis (morphosyntax, lexicon, text properties)
Resolve 40 morphosyntax items (verb tense and mood, agreement, pronoun placement, leísmo/laísmo/loísmo, dequeísmo and queísmo) and write the normative rule behind each error in one line.
Transform 15 active sentences into passive and passive-reflexive, and 15 direct-speech fragments into indirect speech, adjusting tense, pronouns and deictics.
Segment 20 words into lexemes and morphemes, classifying inflectional and derivational morphemes and indicating the word-formation process (derivation, composition, parasynthesis, acronymy).
Explain the meaning of 15 expressions or idioms in context and replace them with a single-word equivalent, distinguishing denotation from connotation.
Produce a personal error sheet with the 20 mistakes you repeat most, each with the corrected form and a mnemonic cue.
Your checkpoint
A corrected exercise booklet (grammar, word formation and lexicon) plus a one-page error sheet with the 20 recurring mistakes and their rules.
Spanish literature of the 20th and 21st centuries: authors, works, movements and genres & Literary analysis and interpretation: commentary on a literary text or fragment
Build a timeline from 1898 to the present with the main movements (Modernism, Generation of '98, Novecentismo, Generation of '27, postwar poetry, social novel, experimental novel, contemporary narrative) and three representative authors and one work per movement.
Write, for eight key authors, a fact sheet with two defining thematic features, two stylistic features and one memorable fragment or title, without consulting notes at the end.
Comment on a literary fragment of 25–35 lines identifying genre, voice, addressee, theme, structure, metric or narrative technique, and figurative language, in 400–500 words.
Relate each of the eight authors to their historical and cultural context in two sentences explaining how the context is reflected in the work.
Self-correct the literary commentary against a checklist of six items (thesis, structure, technique, figures, context, conclusion) and rewrite the two weakest sections.
Your checkpoint
A literature timeline plus eight author fact sheets and one literary commentary of 400–500 words with a self-corrected second version.
Spanish literature of the 20th and 21st centuries: authors, works, movements and genres & Literary analysis and interpretation: commentary on a literary text or fragment
Compare, in a table, three contemporary works (narrative or theater of the 20th–21st centuries) by narrator or dramatic technique, treatment of time, space and characterization.
Produce five practice literary commentaries in outline form (thesis, structure, technique, figures, context, conclusion) in 15 minutes each.
Write one full literary commentary of 450–550 words in 60 minutes without notes, then annotate it with the checklist.
Memorize and recite from memory, for six authors, one short verse or a key phrase and explain its metric or rhetorical device.
Detect and correct three typical weaknesses of your own commentaries (plot summary instead of analysis, absence of textual quotes, vague conclusions).
Your checkpoint
A comparative table of three contemporary works and one timed literary commentary of 450–550 words with an annotated checklist.
Written expression and argumentative essay on a current or cultural topic & Text commentary: comprehension, summary, theme and structure
Plan an argumentative essay on a current or cultural topic in 8 minutes: thesis, three arguments with evidence, counterargument and refutation, conclusion.
Write two argumentative essays of 350–400 words in 50 minutes each, using at least four discourse connectors and varied syntax (subordination, impersonal constructions, nominalization).
Revise both essays with a rubric of five criteria (adequacy, coherence, cohesion, lexical richness, correction) and rewrite the weakest paragraph.
Build a repertoire of 20 current or cultural topics with two arguments and one counterargument each, ready to use in an exam.
Practice integrating a brief quote or reference into an essay without breaking the thread of the argument.
Your checkpoint
Two timed argumentative essays of 350–400 words with rubric-based revision and a repertoire of 20 topics with arguments and counterarguments.
Text commentary: comprehension, summary, theme and structure & Text commentary: linguistic and stylistic analysis (morphosyntax, lexicon, text properties) & Literary analysis and interpretation: commentary on a literary text or fragment
Complete two full mock exams under real timing (text commentary plus literature questions plus essay) and record the time spent on each section.
Identify, from the mock exams, the three sections that cost you the most time and design a concrete fix for each (template, checklist or time limit).
Rewrite one of the mock text commentaries by cutting 20% of its length without losing content, to practice conciseness.
Review the error sheet and the author fact sheets, marking with a cross everything you do not remember and reducing it to a one-page final summary.
Check that every commentary includes thesis, structure, linguistic analysis and interpretation, with at least three quotes from the text.
Your checkpoint
Two corrected mock exams with a time log per section and a one-page final summary of errors and authors.
Spanish literature of the 20th and 21st centuries: authors, works, movements and genres & Written expression and argumentative essay on a current or cultural topic & Literary analysis and interpretation: commentary on a literary text or fragment
Do a final review of the literature timeline and the eight author fact sheets, reciting from memory the movement, features and one work per author.
Write one last complete mock exam in real time and self-correct it with the rubrics from weeks 4–6.
Polish the argumentative essay template and the literary commentary template down to a single page each, ready to reproduce at the start of the exam.
Simulate the first 10 minutes of the exam: read the text, choose the option, plan the summary, the commentary and the essay on a single outline sheet.
List the five personal risks (time, plot summary, lack of quotes, weak connectors, spelling) with the specific action you will take for each.
Your checkpoint
One final timed mock exam, self-corrected, plus two one-page templates (commentary and essay) and a risk sheet with actions.
Milestones
Week 2: You write a linguistic commentary of 350–450 words in under 60 minutes that identifies at least five cohesion mechanisms, three morphosyntactic features and the register, with textual evidence.
Week 4: You reproduce the 1898–present timeline from memory with movement, dates, three authors and one work per movement, and you write a 400–500-word literary commentary with thesis, structure, technique, figures and context.
Week 6: You write a 350–400-word argumentative essay in 50 minutes with a clear thesis, three arguments, a counterargument and at least four connectors, scoring at least 4 out of 5 on each rubric criterion.
Week 8: You complete a full mock exam within the official time, with every section answered, and your self-correction shows no section below 60% of its maximum score.