WL17.WL.L4.11b
Explore the internet to find authentic websites of current events and cultural interests.
Explore the internet to find authentic websites of current events and cultural interests.
WL17.WL.L4.11b
WL17.WL.L4.11c
Plan a community event which promotes the target culture.
Plan a community event which promotes the target culture.
WL17.WL.L5
Level V
Level V
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Communication
Communication
WL17.WL.L5.CO.A
Interpersonal Mode
Interpersonal Mode
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Communicate and share on familiar and new topics in various time frames and moods using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.
Communicate and share on familiar and new topics in various time frames and moods using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- the target language vocabulary for specific topics.
- a variety of time frames and moods.
- how to ask and answer questions.
Skills
Intermediate Mid & High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- exchange information related to areas of mutual interest.
- use language to do a task that requires multiple steps.
- use language to handle a situation that may have a complication.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
- the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
- other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
WL17.WL.L5.1a
Talk about daily activities and personal preferences in various time frames and moods using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.
Talk about daily activities and personal preferences in various time frames and moods using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.
WL17.WL.L5.1b
Complete a task that requires multiple steps.
Complete a task that requires multiple steps.
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Exchange information about areas of mutual interest.
Exchange information about areas of mutual interest.
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Interpretive Mode
Interpretive Mode
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Understand the main idea and a few details in texts on a variety of topics related to everyday life and personal interests in various time frames and moods using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.
Understand the main idea and a few details in texts on a variety of topics related to everyday life and personal interests in various time frames and moods using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- variety of time frames.
- the target language vocabulary for specific topics.
- the target language vocabulary for various types of documents (written or audio/video) (i.e., literary texts, newspapers, magazines, websites, radio/tv ads, announcements, or live presentations).
Skills
Intermediate Mid & High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- relate the main themes and significant details on topics from other subjects and products of the cultures as presented on TV, radio, video, or live presentations.
- describe the main themes and significant details on topics from other subjects and products of the cultures as found in printed sources for target language audiences.
- identify the principal characters and discuss the main ideas and themes in selected literary texts.
- comprehend spoken and written messages in the target language.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
- the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
- other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
WL17.WL.L5.2a
Relate main themes and significant details in ads, reports, or announcements presented on TV, radio, video, or in live presentations.
Relate main themes and significant details in ads, reports, or announcements presented on TV, radio, video, or in live presentations.
WL17.WL.L5.2b
Describe the main themes and significant details on topics found in print media.
Describe the main themes and significant details on topics found in print media.
WL17.WL.L5.2c
Follow short instructions to complete a task.
Follow short instructions to complete a task.
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Presentational Mode
Presentational Mode
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Present information on a wide variety of both familiar and new topics using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure in various time frames and moods.
Present information on a wide variety of both familiar and new topics using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure in various time frames and moods.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- the target language vocabulary for specific topics.
- how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
Skills
Intermediate Mid & High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- create materials about their community for visitors from the target culture.
- prepare stories or brief written reports about personal experiences, events, or other school subjects to share with others.
- create and narrate a presentation on a current global concern.
- prepare an oral or written summary of the plot and characters in selected pieces of literature.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
- the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
- other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
WL17.WL.L5.3a
Present information about personal and social events, experiences, and activities.
Present information about personal and social events, experiences, and activities.
WL17.WL.L5.3b
Present information on a topic studied or researched.
Present information on a topic studied or researched.
WL17.WL.L5.3c
Present points of view and provide reasons to support them.
Present points of view and provide reasons to support them.
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Cultures
Cultures
WL17.WL.L5.4
Analyze perspectives through practices of the target cultures.
Analyze perspectives through practices of the target cultures.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
- the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
- background knowledge of the target culture.
Skills
Intermediate High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- interact appropriately in various contexts with members of the target culture.
- investigate, analyze and reflect on the relationship of cultural products to perspectives.
- investigate, analyze and reflect on the relationship of cultural practices to perspectives.
- use culturally appropriate verbal and nonverbal behavior in daily activities among peers or mixed groups.
- present to others how (and why) common cultural practices and procedures are carried out.
- role play a variety of situations from the target culture, using culturally appropriate behaviors and expressions.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- language and culture are inextricably linked.
- an ability to communicate in another language fosters a better.
- understanding of my own language and culture.
- custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.
- other understandings will vary according to theme being taught.
WL17.WL.L5.4a
Analyze how behaviors in the target culture relate to and reflect different types of relationships.
Analyze how behaviors in the target culture relate to and reflect different types of relationships.
WL17.WL.L5.4b
Interact through simulated real-world situations in a variety of familiar and unfamiliar environments.
Interact through simulated real-world situations in a variety of familiar and unfamiliar environments.
WL17.WL.L5.4c
Design hands-on activities related to cultural practices.
Design hands-on activities related to cultural practices.
WL17.WL.L5.5
Analyze perspectives through products of the target cultures.
Analyze perspectives through products of the target cultures.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
- the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
- background knowledge of the target culture.
Skills
Intermediate High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- nvestigate the products and perspetives of a target culture.
- investigate the beliefs (perspectives) associated with the target culture's products in the contexts of arts, crafts, graphic representations, music, and short videos.
- investigate and explain the relationship bewtween cultural products and perspectives.
- investigate and explain the realtion between cultural practices and perspectives.
- analyze the function of everyday objects produced in the culture. compare and analyze perspectives reflected in news reports, social media, pamphlets, advertisements, etc.
- discuss perspectives reflected in creative works of the culture.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- language and culture are inextricably linked.
- an ability to communicate in another language fosters a better.
- understanding of my own language and culture.
- custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.
- other understandings will vary according to theme being taught.
WL17.WL.L5.5a
Analyze the importance of products of the target culture, related to government, education, religion, and economics.
Analyze the importance of products of the target culture, related to government, education, religion, and economics.
WL17.WL.L5.5b
Interact with music and short video clips.
Interact with music and short video clips.
WL17.WL.L5.5c
Listen to, read, and analyze the function of products used in selected texts.
Listen to, read, and analyze the function of products used in selected texts.
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Connections
Connections
WL17.WL.L5.6
Connect with other disciplines in the target language using complex sentence structure in a variety of time frames and aspects.
Connect with other disciplines in the target language using complex sentence structure in a variety of time frames and aspects.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
- the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
- background knowledge of the target culture.
Skills
Intermediate High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- identify and interpret basic information from authentic sources, such as news articles, event flyers, invitations, and advertisements.
- identify a few target language news sources and stores.
- use the target language to learn about other disciplines.
- use information learned in the target language in other disciplines.
- use the target language to make comparisons of similarities and differences in countries where target language is spoken.
- use the target language to investigate, explain, and present connections made with other disciplines.
- use the target language to present to and interact with others for a variety of purposes in a variety of time frames and moods.
- make oral or written presentations in the target language on topics being studied in other classes.
- describe and compare key characteristics of countries where the target language is spoken.
- research and compare how countries where the target language is spoken deal with current global issues (i.e., environment, economic crisis, migration, etc.).
- research and report on contributions of the cultures that use the target language to science, medicine, and government.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- proficiency in a foreign language is a vehicle to gaining knowledge that can only be acquired through that language and its culture.
- world language learning offers opportunities to uncover big ideas in and about other disciplines.
- strategies used to acquire a language are transferable to other areas of learning throughout life.
- a second language facilitates the acquisition of information about the world outside our experiences.
WL17.WL.L5.6a
Write a critical analysis of audio or visual media.
Write a critical analysis of audio or visual media.
WL17.WL.L5.6b
Report on contributions of the culture in science, government, or medicine.
Report on contributions of the culture in science, government, or medicine.
WL17.WL.L5.6c
Describe the importance of historical events from the target culture, past and present.
Describe the importance of historical events from the target culture, past and present.
WL17.WL.L5.7
Acquire information related to diverse perspectives in the target culture using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.
Acquire information related to diverse perspectives in the target culture using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
- the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
- how perspectives of a target culture are portrayed through media and advertising.
Skills
Intermediate High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- use the target language to investigate, compare, and contrast current events and advertisements from the target culture to a student's own culture.
- identify and explain the diverse perspectives of the target culture through the lens of a culture's perspectives.
- communicate in the target language in a variety of time frames and moods.
- use the target language to make comparison of current events and how they are reported.
- use the target language to identify advertisements and compare them with target culture and students'own culture.
- research how a major figure from history, science, or the arts is described in the target language and use it to expand what they already know.
- compare how products are marketed in the target culture versus the United States.
- compare news articles on front pages of newspapers from countries where the target language is spoken.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- proficiency in a foreign language is a vehicle to gaining knowledge that can only be acquired through that language and its culture.
- world language learning offers opportunities to uncover big ideas in and about other disciplines.
- strategies used to acquire a language are transferable to other areas of learning throughout life.
- a second language facilitates the acquisition of information about the world outside our experiences.
WL17.WL.L5.7a
Evaluate the importance of current events in target culture.
Evaluate the importance of current events in target culture.
