INTERMEDIATE MID
WL STANDARD 7.1: All students will be able to use a world language in
addition to English to engage in meaningful conversation, to understand and 7.1.IM.A.1
interpret spoken and written language, and to present information, concepts,
and ideas, while also gaining an understanding of the perspectives of other
cultures. Through language study, they will make connections with other 7.1.IM.A.2
content areas, compare the language and culture studied with their own, and
participate in home and global communities.
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(B) Interpersonal Mode
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7.1.IM.C.1
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7.1.IM.C.3
Use digital tools to participate in short 7.1.IM.A.4
conversations and to exchange information related
to a variety of familiar and some unfamiliar topics.
Give and follow a series of oral and written 7.1.IM.A.5
directions,
commands,
and
requests
for
participating in age- and level-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities in familiar and
some unfamiliar situations.
Use appropriate gestures, intonation, and common 7.1.IM.A.6
idiomatic expressions of the target culture/
language in familiar and some unfamiliar
situations.
Ask and respond to factual and interpretive 7.1.IM.A.7
questions of a personal nature, on school-related
topics, and on some unfamiliar topics and
situations.
Engage in short conversations about personal 7.1.IM.A.8
experiences or events, topics studied in other
content areas, and some unfamiliar topics and
situations.
(C) Presentational Mode
Synthesize information related to the cultural 7.1.IM.C.4
products, practices and perspectives associated
with the target culture to create a multimedia-rich
presentation on targeted themes to be shared
virtually with a target language audience.
Dramatize student-created and/or authentic short 7.1.IM.C.5
plays, skits, poems, songs, stories or reports.
Use language creatively to respond in writing to a
variety of oral or visual prompts about familiar and
some unfamiliar situations.
(A) Interpretive Mode
Compare and contrast information contained in
culturally authentic materials using electronic
information sources related to targeted themes.
Demonstrate comprehension of oral and written
instructions connected to daily activities and to
some unfamiliar situations through appropriate
responses.
Analyze the use of verbal and non-verbal etiquette
(i.e. gestures, intonation, and cultural practices) in
the target culture to determine the meaning of a
message.
Use the target language to paraphrase what is
heard or read in oral or written descriptions of
people, places, objects, and daily activities.
Comprehend
conversations
and
written
information on a variety of familiar and some
unfamiliar topics.
Compare and contrast the main idea, theme, main
characters, and setting in readings from age- and
level-appropriate, culturally authentic materials.
Infer the meaning of some unfamiliar words in
some new contexts.
Use knowledge of structures of the target language
to deduce meaning of new and unfamiliar
structures.
Synthesize information found in age- and levelappropriate culturally authentic materials.
Compare the cultural perspectives of the target
culture with those of one’s own culture, as
evidenced through the cultural products and
cultural practices associated with each.