Common Core & LOTE
Part Deux
FLACS Meeting: January 15, 2013
Instructional Shifts in ELA …
and what are the shifts for LOTE?
What are the shifts in LOTE?
• Provide challenging texts: “authentic” texts (created for
native speakers) are a rich source of current language and
culture
• Teach “reading”- how to dig into a text and read
between the lines
• Design writing and speaking tasks that require
students to evaluate and integrate evidence
gleaned from multiple sources (audio, video, and
print media)
• Design written and oral tasks that require students to
advance an argument (persuasion) or explain or shed
light on a topic (explanatory)
What would a LOTE Common CoreAligned exam look like?
Instead of simple who, what,
when, how questions
In addition to authentic
documents, such as
schedules, tickets, ads, etc.
Reading tasks that require
students to dig for meaning,
including inferred or implied
meaning
Reading and listening texts that
are culturally rich and instructive
Instead of isolated, discrete
listening and reading passages
Speaking and writing tasks that
require students to use evidence
from listening and reading texts
to support an argument or
expound on a topic
In addition to numeric grades,
Feedback on performance of
assessment task based on rubrics
Aligned to LOTE and CC Standards
Environment:
Students listen to man on the street interviews regarding the proposition
to ban cars from city downtowns.
Students read an article on the impact this ban would have on the city’s
economy.
Students advance an argument supporting or opposing the ban using
evidence from the two sources.
Travel:
Students hear a travel ad for a tourist attraction in a target language city
Students read an article describing sites of interest in a target language
city.
Task: Teacher is inviting student input on a travel itinerary for an
upcoming student trip to ______. Students write a letter to the teacher
explaining which sites (or cities) they wish to include in the itinerary using
evidence from the sources.
School:
Students read an article on how to ease anxiety and prepare for entering high
school.
Students visit a school website listing required school supplies.
Task: Students write an email to their younger cousin advising them on how to
prepare for the new school he or she will be attending.
Physical Environment/Leisure
Students hear or read a weather report for the weekend. The students have to
write an email to their friend to make plans for this weekend based on the
projected weather for the weekend.
Meal Taking/Restaurants
Students read two different restaurant menus. Based on the restaurant’s menus,
the students have to write an email to their teacher suggesting which restaurant
would be better for the class to visit if several of the class members are
vegetarians and explaining why this restaurant would be the better choice.
Health and Welfare
Students read an article about the flu vaccine. Students have write an essay
stating whether they think people should take the flu vaccine citing evidence from
the text.
School
Students read about the school system a target language country. Using
information from the text, present an argument for which system is better.
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World Language Themes K-16
College
Board AP
Global Challenges
Beauty & Esthetics
Science &
Technology
Families &
Communities
Personal & Public
Identities
Contemporary Life
IB Themes
CORE:
NY STATE LOTE
SYLLABUS
Personal ID
House & Home
Communication &
Family Life
Media
Community/Neighbor
hood
Global Issues
Physical Environment
Meal
Social Relationships
Taking/Food/Drink
Health & Welfare
OPTIONS:
Education
Earning a Living
Cultural Diversity
Leisure
Public/Private
Customs & Traditions
Services
Shopping
Health
Travel
Current Events
Proposed NYS WL Themes
Transitioning our teachers
to LOTE à la Common Core
Modules (SED)
Curriculum Development
Assessment
Report Cards
APPR
Staff Development (ACTFL)
Materials
Public Relations
Steps………
Establish themes: allow for organizing language vocabulary
and structure and facilitate the integration of the language
skills
Establish best practice reading and writing strategies for
LOTE
Expand text types for reading & writing: blogs, articles,
surveys, essays, novels, poems, songs, letters, emails,
journals
Integrated performance tasks
Rubrics aligned to CCSS and LOTE
FLACS/NYSAFLT Spring
Conference Sessions
Student Learning Objectives
Inter-rater reliability on the FLACS Exams
Danielson Framework & APPR
Common Core & LOTE a
Aligning to Common Core at All Levels
There’s a App for That!
Item-Writing
FLES
Digital Portfolios
Study-Travel Programs