Novice Mid – I Can! At the beginning of your course, read each statement to understand our class goals. Throughout the course, make notes of when you were able to do each standard. Write down how you did it, and the date. Use more paper if you need it. At the end of the course, we’ll look back on everything we’ve been able to do! Novice Mid – Interpersonal Communication The Big Idea: I can communicate on very familiar topics using a variety of words and phrases that I have practiced and memorized. Examples of ways I could do this: - I can greet and leave people in a polite way (say hello and goodbye to someone my age and younger, as well as to a teacher or supervisor, say hello and goodbye to a person I do not know) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can introduce myself and others (provide basic personal information, introduce someone else, respond to an introduction) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can answer a variety of simple questions (what I like and dislike, what I am doing and what I did, where I’m going or where I went, about something I’ve learned) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can make simple statements in a conversation (tell someone what I am doing, say where I went, whom I am going to see, express a positive reaction like “great!”) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can ask some simple questions (who/what/when/where, ask about something I am learning) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can communicate basic information about myself and people I know (say my name, ask someone’s name, write something about my family and ask about someone’s family, say or write something about my friends and classmates or coworkers) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can communicate some basic info about my everyday life (give times, dates, weather info; talk about what I eat, learn, do; talk about places I know; ask and understand how much something costs; tell the time and location of a community event) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ OTHER ways I’ve shown I can do this standard (be specific!): ______________________________________________________________________________________ Novice Mid – Presentational Speaking The Big Idea: I can present information about myself and some other very familiar topics using a variety of words, phrases, and memorized expressions. - I can present personal information about myself and others using words and phrases (say what I look like, say what I am like, say what someone looks like, say what someone is like) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can express my likes and dislikes using words, phrases, and memorized expressions (say which sports I like and don’t like, list my favorite free-time activities and those I don’t like, state my favorite foods and drinks and those I don’t like) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can present information about familiar items in my immediate environment (talk about my house, my school or where I work; talk about my room or office and what I have in it; present basic information about my community/town/city, state, or country) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can talk about my daily activities using words, phrases, and memorized expressions (list my classes and tell what time they start and end, name activities and their times in my daily schedule, talk about what I do on the weekends) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can present simple information about something I learned using words, phrases, and memorized expressions (talk about holiday celebrations based on pictures or photos, name the main cities on a map, talk about animals, colors, foods, historical figures, or sports based on pictures) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ OTHER ways I’ve shown I can do this standard (be specific!): ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Novice Mid – Presentational Writing The Big Idea: - I can write lists and memorized phrases on familiar topics. I can fill out a simple form with some basic personal information (fill out a form with my name, address, telephone number, birth date, and nationality; complete a simple online form; fill out a simple schedule) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can write about myself using learning phrases and memorized expressions (list my likes and dislikes such as favorite subjects, sports, or free-time activities; list my family members, their ages, their relationships to me, and what they like to do; list my classes and tell what time they start and end; write simple statements about where I live) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can list my daily activities and write lists that help me in my day-to-day life (label activities and their times in my daily schedule, write about what I do on the weekends, write a to-do list, write a shopping list) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can write notes about something I have learned using lists, phrases, and memorized expressions (list the main cities of a specific country, write the phrases and memorized expressions connected with holiday wishes and celebrations in a specific country, create a list of topics or categories using vocabulary I have learned, write something I hear such as simple information in a phone message or a class activity) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ OTHER ways I’ve shown I can do this standard (be specific!): ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Novice Mid – Interpretive Listening The Big Idea: - I can recognize some familiar words and phrases when I hear them spoken. I can understand a few courtesy phrases (greetings, when people express thanks, when people introduce themselves, when someone asks for a name) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can recognize and sometimes understand basic information in words and phrases that I have memorized (days of the week and the hour, when I hear a date, some common weather expressions) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can recognize and sometimes understand words and phrases that I have learned for specific purposes (the names of the planets in a science class, the names of some parts of the body in a health or fitness class) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ OTHER ways I’ve shown I can do this standard (be specific!): ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Novice Mid – Interpretive Reading The Big Idea: I can recognize some letters or characters. I can understand some learned or memorized words and phrases when I read. - I can recognize words, phrases, and characters with the help of visuals (entrance and exit signs, family member words on a family tree, healthy nutritional categories, simple labels on a science-related graph) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ - I can recognize words, phrases, and characters when I associate them with things I already know (check off words or phrases on a to-do list, grocery list, or scavenger hunt list; identify labeled aisles in a supermarket; choose a restaurant from an online list of local eateries; identify scores from sports teams because I recognize team names and logos; identify artists, titles, and music genres in iTunes; identify the names of classes and instructors in a school schedule) Dates/how I showed I can do this: ___________________________________________________________ OTHER ways I’ve shown I can do this standard (be specific!): ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
