Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- question words and how to recognize and use them in conversation.
- how to describe themselves in first person.
- how to describe others in third person.
- interpret information from texts, graphs, and pictures.
- utilize the language to express needs.
Skills
Novice High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- use basic greetings.
- introduce themselves.
- respond to yes/no questions.
- respond to either or questions.
- answer who, what, when where.
- say age.
- say what one likes/dislikes.
- talk about places.
- interpret meaning of question words when used in conversation and respond appropriately.
- collect information using basic question words.
Students are able to:
- ask and answer questions related to school subjects.
- have a simple conversation on a variety of concrete topics.
- relate information using basic informal commands.
- construct verbs using formations that indicate past actions.
- interpret meaning of question words when used in conversation and respond appropriately.
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.
