Students will practice exchanging opinions on certain topics related to social media and technology.
Learning about and discusing U.S. school systems and German school systems.
In this activity, students will talk about their everyday life and discuss the differences between life in Germany and in their own culture.
Students will discuss the differences between German and US cities, foods, fashion and more. They will also discuss differences in cultural etiquette and customs.
This OER Hablando acerca de nuestra niñez was created by Hector Eslava and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Lesson Plan is designed for 9 - 12 World Language Arts teachers for Novice Learners of Spanish. Students will analyze and evaluate the elements of literary text, build background knowledge to clarify text and deepen understanding, and use relevant evidence from a variety of sources to assist in analysis and reflection of complex text. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE LA 12.1.6b, NE LA 12.1.6l, and NE LA 12.1.6oIt is expected that this Lesson Plan will take students 48 minutes to complete.
This Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) is designed to assess students at an intermediate proficiency level. It includes tasks to assess students in the three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. The authentic resources included in this IPA address the themes of travel and geography.Suggested rubrics can be found in ACTFL Implementing Integrated Performance Assessment (2013) by Bonnie Adair-Hauck, Eileen W. Glisan, Francis J. Troyan. Adapted from Howard County Public SchoolsImage source: "Luggage" by stux on Pixabay.com
A repeated action in the past, such as a repeated celebration or activity, uses the imperfect tense in Spanish. This easy to learn tense has new endings and only three irregular verbs. The imperfect tense differs from the preterite tense. Although both indicate the past, the imperfect is for a repeated action in the past and the preterite is for a single event in the past. Practice the new endings and usages in this seminar.ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpersonal Communication, Presentational CommunicationConnections: Making ConnectionsComparisons: Language ComparisonsLearning TargetI can give a clear and detailed childhood story and answer questions about the story.Habits of MindCreating, imagining, innovatingCritical Thinking SkillConstructing Support
This OER La Leyenda del Coquí was created by Marcy Fuentes as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Lesson Plan is designed for 9 - 12 World Language Arts teachers for Novice High to Intermediate Learners of Spanish. Students will analyze and evaluate the elements of literary text, build background knowledge to clarify text and deepen understanding, and use relevant evidence from a variety of sources to assist in analysis and reflection of complex text. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE WL 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 5.1 It is expected that this Lesson Plan will take students 2-4 days to complete.
This OER La Purisima: A Nicaraguan Celebration was created by Jill Camargo and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Lesson Plan is designed for 9 - 12 World Language Arts teachers for Novice Learners of Spanish. Students will analyze and evaluate the elements of literary text, build background knowledge to clarify text and deepen understanding, and use relevant evidence from a variety of sources to assist in analysis and reflection of complex text. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE.WL.1.1.C, NE.WL.1.1.D, NE.WL.2.2.C, NE.WL.2.1.DIt is expected that this Lesson Plan will take students 90 minutes to complete.
This is a unit to teach about narration in Spanish. OBJETIVOS DE APRENDIZAJE: 1. Puedo explicar lo que es una narración. 2. Puedo reconocer las partes principales de una narración y sus componentes básicos. 3. Puedo imaginar usos de una narración más allá del salón de clase. 4l Puedo escribir una narración efectiva con expresiones útiles.
Students will discuss their future career preferences. They will practice how to be persuasive with their speech to achieve something or to be convincing. Students will decide appropriate ways to talk about themselves and their talents in a formal setting.This OER Lancaster Spanish Level 4, Activity 07: El mundo del trabajo / The workplace (Face-To-Face) was remixed by Jill Camargo and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Lesson/Activity is designed for 9 - 12 World Language Arts teachers for Novice Learners of Spanish. Students will analyze and evaluate the elements of literary text, build background knowledge to clarify text and deepen understanding, and use relevant evidence from a variety of sources to assist in analysis and reflection of complex text. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE.WL.1.1.D, NE.WL.1.3.D, NE.WL.4.1.D It is expected that this Lesson Plan will take students 90 minutes to complete
Conversation Activities | The Pathways Project
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Let’s Chat! French features a collection of nearly 100 classroom-ready interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate learners. Touching on a range of thematic topics such as free time activities, food, daily routines, health, the environment, art and so much more, French teachers are sure to find an activity to use in their courses. These activities may be used as is or can easily be revised and remixed to fit the unique needs of individual classrooms.
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Let’s Chat! French features a collection of nearly 100 classroom-ready interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate learners. Touching on a range of thematic topics such as free time activities, food, daily routines, health, the environment, art and so much more, French teachers are sure to find an activity to use in their courses. These activities may be used as is or can easily be revised and remixed to fit the unique needs of individual classrooms.
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The Pathways Project, an initiative from the Department of World Languages at Boise State University, is a collaborative network of open educational resources (OER) including instructional language teaching materials and professional development created by and uniquely for Idaho’s K-16 language teachers and students.
Teachers and students participating in the Pathways Project come from different fields of study and schools across Idaho to create open (i.e., free), digital activities that support the teaching and learning of foreign languages and promote intercultural competence. We hope to impact the opportunities learners have to connect to the global world!
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This OER Mock Job Interview rubric was created by Jill Camargo and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Lesson Plan is designed for 9 - 12 World Language Arts teachers for Novice Learners of Spanish. Students will particpate in a semi-authentic job inteview exchange in order to deepen their understanding of using the language and develop their career readiness. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE.WL.1.1.D, NE.WL.1.3.D, NE.WL.4.1.D It is expected that this Activity will take students 30-45 minutes to complete.
In this activity students will view a few music videos from various Chinese artists in different musical genres. After each video, students will engage in a short discussion about similarities and differences in the genres between American and Chinese music.
The NDE World Language Advisory Board developed this HQIM in May 2023. It is based on the 2019 Nebraska World Language Standards to support curriculum development or improvement to ensure instructional material quality. It is a rubric for curriculum developers and teachers to evaluate the quality of materials for instructional purposes.
The NDE World Language Advisory Board developed this HQIM in May 2023. It is based on the 2019 Nebraska World Language Standards to support curriculum development or improvement to ensure instructional material quality. It is a rubric for curriculum developers and teachers to evaluate the quality of materials for instructional purposes.
This OER Narrative Chatmat was created by Marcy Fuentes and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Chat Mat is designed for 6 - 12 World Language Arts teachers for Novice to intermediate Learners of Spanish. Students will use this resource for conversation and writing activities. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE WL 1.1, 1.2, 1.3This resource is to be used as an activity/scaffold. There is an English template and a Spanish chat mat. **Other languages can edit for their needs using the link to Canva Narrative Chatmat.
This Remote Learning Plan was created by Maria Nieves Ruiz Garcia in collaboration with Nicholas Ziegler as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for Spanish 2 students. Students will learn about food ( vocabulary, expressions, how to create their own recipe, order food and cultural aspects). This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: Word Languages (communication, culture, connections,communities, cognition), level intermediate. It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 15 periods to complete.
This OER Spanish Describing People Authentic Resource (for Review) was created by Deborah Buchholz and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached ACTIVITY is designed for 9 - 12 World Language Arts teachers for Novice Learners of Spanish. Students will review vocabulary to describe people, watch a video of native Spanish speakers describing themselves, and identify the words that they hear. They will reflect on connections between words in Spanish and English. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE WL 1.2.c, NE WL 1.2.d, NE WL 5.1.cIt is expected that this Activity will take students 30 minutes to complete.
Students will practice recognizing family member terms (i.e. abuela: grandma), describe family members, and accurately use vocabulary related to families in Spanish. They will acquire information about another individual’s family and will practice describing their own and others’ family members.