Curriculum Map Theme, Enduring Understandings, & Essential Questions for This Unit Theme/Unit: Vacation Teaching Points/ Enduring Understandings/Student Outcomes 1. talk about a typical day 2. talk about what is done on vacation 3. talk about daily routines while on vacation Essential Questions: How is traveling in a Spanish speaking country different from traveling in the United States? Topic: Vacation Key National Foreign Language Standards Essential Skills & Concepts to be Targeted Throughout the Unit COMMUNICATION Communicate in Languages Other Than English ■Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions ■Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics ■Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. Using Various Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy for Planning Differentiated Questions and Activities/Projects Low Inference & High Inference Questions: -How do you plan a trip? -Why do people take vacations? -What are the articles of clothing and other items you will need to take on vacation? -How do the weather, seasons, and activities affect what you pack in your suitcase? -What forms of transportation can you use when traveling to and around a foreign country? -What places would you be interested in exploring when visiting a Spanish speaking country? CULTURES Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Differentiated Activities/Products: Other Cultures ■Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied CONNECTIONS Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information ■Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language COMMUNITIES Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home & Around the World -Grouping students by speaking skills as way to target previous and new skills to be applied in activities/exercises/speaking tasks, etc. -Visuals with guiding phrases for the different learning styles and needs. -Responding appropriately to situations / settings by applying learned phrases and topic survival skills. -Changing components of exercises to fit appropriate language level. -Menu -Menu categories -T.V. show food demo How Students will Demonstrate Their Understanding? Assessments List Resources for this Multi-Genre Unit Formative Assessments (throughout the unit): Indicate Pre-Assessments Anchor Text(s): Poetry: Short Stories: Drama: Nonfiction: Fiction: -ABC Summary: word connection to instruction. -3-2-1: 3 key terms, 2 questions still have, 1 way to apply it. -Categories: sorting key terms / phrases -Thumbs Up: indicate understanding -Exit Slips: written student responses -Quick Drills: oral exercise -Bump in the Road: cooperative solving / peer clarification. -Informal Observations -Pop Quizzes -Videos -Newspapers -Menus -Food -Supermarket circulars Technology: -smart board -smart board interactive activities -Power Point Presentations -Internet searches -Avancemos DVD Manipulatives: Summative Assessment (at the end of the unit): Indicate PostAssessments -graphic organizers -student created charts -students dry erase boards -Monthly Portfolio -Unit Project -Speaking Assessment -Written Assessment Personally Designed Materials: Unit Pre-Assessment See Attached -teacher generated worksheets/exercises -teacher generated charts -scaffolding activities & phrases -performance assessment Unit Post-Assessment -class work -homework Theme, Enduring Understandings, & Essential Questions for This Unit Key National Foreign Language Standards Essential Skills & Concepts to be Targeted Throughout the Unit ■Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting ■Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment. COMMON CORE STANDARDS L.7.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard SPANISH grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Using Various Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy for Planning Differentiated Questions and Activities/Projects -Field trip student menu -Meal Critique skit -Basic ordering skit -Recipe Demo How Students will Demonstrate Their Understanding? Assessments -Cumulative Drill -Speaking Tasks -Performance Assessments -Dialogues -Unit Project List Resources for this Multi-Genre Unit Other Resources/Websites www.quia.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ www.classzone.com www.univision.com www.goya.com http://www.programasgratis.net/descargarbajar/recetas-cocina http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publi cations/MyPyramid/OriginalFoo dGuidePyramids/FGP/FGPPamp hletSpanish.pdf L.7.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard SPANISH Teacher Team Meetings capitalization, punctuation, and spelling -Accountable talk with grouping -Grouping Strategies when writing. L.7.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. L.7.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. L.7.6. Acquire and use accurately gradeappropriate general academic and domainspecific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a Theme, Enduring Understandings, & Essential Questions for This Unit Key National Foreign Language Standards Essential Skills & Concepts to be Targeted Throughout the Unit word or phrase important to comprehension or expression Using Various Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy for Planning Differentiated Questions and Activities/Projects How Students will Demonstrate Their Understanding? Assessments List Resources for this Multi-Genre Unit Summative Performance Based Assessment 1 When will we arrive? Summative Performance Based Assessment 2 Which youth hostel should we choose? Summative Performance Based Assessment 3 How do I get around on the metro? Summative Performance Based Assessment Task 4 How would I describe my sightseeing trip?