PK12 Content Area Presentation Modern Languages Middle School

PK-12 Content Area Presentation Modern Languages Middle School and High School

Vocabulary Building in Spanish II

Content French Curriculum • • Exploratory Level III Level IV Honors Level V Honors AP Survey of French German Curriculum • • Exploratory Level III Level IV Honors Level V Honors AP Survey of German Iowa Core Implementation Literacy/Modes of Comm. Reading Writing Speaking Listening Viewing Teaching for Learner Differences Performance Level Descriptors (PLD) for each level Reading • Combination of spoken/written target language • Reading for development/mastery Writing • Writing for purpose • Writing for culturally appropriate audiences • Defining literature/writing Spanish Curriculum • • Exploratory Level III Level IV Honors Level V Honors AP Spanish Survey of Spanish Speaking • ACTFL 5 C’s • Communication, Connections, Culture, Comparisons, Communities Listening • Engaging activities where all modes are ‘’turned on’’ • Sender, receiver, message Viewing • Authentic materials • DVDs, short stories, advertisements, Internet sources, etc.

Instruction, Technology, Differentiation: Exploratory – Honors AP French Exploratory – French IV • Using target language as much as possible appropriate to level • Questioning techniques • Drill and repetition • Smart Board (BMS) • Document Cameras, CDs, DVDs, Video camera, Computer Lab • Ma France (BBC France), French news programs • Partner/Missing Gap activities • Announcements • Student presentation in French, skits, interviews Honors Level V • Open and Closed Note Quizzes • Tests • Presentations • Conversations • Homework • Journaling / Essays • Skits • Announcements Honors AP French (Curriculum audited and approved by college Board) • Previous AP tests for preparation • Debates • Cours Supérieur • Weekly essay writing Differentiation • World language instruction addresses multiple intelligences and multiple learning styles Concerns • World language instruction uses whole class, small group and peer/pair activities. • Accommodations are made for students with IEP’s or 504 plans Comments Authentic texts for French IV are being researched and will be ordered. More authentic listening materials and books/programs for AP French are being researched, with plans to order.

Instruction, Technology, Differentiation: Exploratory – Honors AP German Exploratory – German IV • Deutsch Aktuell textbook series • 50% + Target language instruction • Partner/Missing Gap Activities • Smart. Board lessons, Senteo response clickers • Quizlet, Online dictionaries , Ti-Vi Logo, Spiegel • Flip cameras • Authentic materials: CDs, DVDs, online news articles, children’s stories, young adult literature, poetry, etc. Honors Level V • Authentic literature: CDs, DVDs, cartoons, graphic novels, young adult novels, advertisements, “heiβe Themen”, fairy tales, children books, online news articles, pod casts, poetry, social networks • 80% Instruction in Target Language • Flip Cameras. Language Lab, Podcasts • Presentations: skits, interviews • AP rubrics: writing comprehension, speaking • Bi-weekly writing assignments which increase in length and complexity. Honors AP German (Curriculum audited and approved by College Board) • German Grammar Review, Handbuch zur Deutschen Grammatik • 90% TL Instruction and authentic literature (same as Level V) • Circumlocution , TPRS, PACE Model (top/bottom approach) • Writing to learn rubric • www. collegeboard. com rubrics • Previous AP tests • Bi-weekly recorded short responses and story telling Differentiation • World language instruction addresses multiple intelligences and multiple learning styles Concerns • World language instruction uses whole class, small group and peer/pair activities. • Workbooks are for each • Accommodations madestudent for students with an IEP or 504 • Deutsch Aktuell does not offer online activities, plans message/speaking boards like the Spanish program Comments • Creating Smart. Board ready lessons • May need to change German textbook and program to meet book the demands language • The current series is of notcomputer-based designed to offer updated instruction computer based learning opportunities for students. We may need to consider additional newer programs to take full advantage of the available technology at BHS and BMS. • Each student needs a copy of the workbook

Instruction, Technology, Differentiation: Exploratory – Honors AP Spanish I – IV • Text book with accompanying Internet companion sites • Student workbook for classroom use only • Audio and video components • Other sites prepared by world language instructors for drill and practice of grammar and vocabulary • Discovery Education video streaming • Language Lab, Flip Cameras Honors Level V • Abriendo paso gramática • Several other ancillary texts are used supplimentally • Internet sites : www. bbcmundo. com , www. univision. com • Other sites prepared by world language instructors for drill and practice of grammar and vocabulary Honors AP Spanish (Curriculum audited and approved by College Board. ) • Abriendo paso gramática • AP Spanish: Preparing for the Language Exam 3 rd Edition • Literature: En la ardiente oscuridad, Rosaura a las diez, Breves cuentos hispanos • Internet sites (same as Honors Level V) • www. collegeboard. com • Sample AP Spanish language tests from previous years Differentiation • World language instruction addresses multiple intelligences and multiple learning styles Concerns • World language instruction uses whole class, small group and peer/pair activities. • Accommodations are made for students with IEP’s and 504 plans Comments • Vertical alignment and collaboration with the purpose of creating common assessments and curriculum is an on-going goal supported with curriculum writing funding. • Each student needs an individual copy of the corresponding workbook

Future Modern Language Instructional Needs • An interactive computer lab dedicated solely to the modern language department and designed for language learning, practice and assessment would allow for maximum authentic language input and output. • BMS needs a computer lab with the capacity for a full class, and for multiple sections of that class during any given day at least once a week. • Each BHS modern language student needs his/her own copy of the workbook to use in and out of class and for reviewing purpose.

Assessment (Common syllabi and grading scales apply to all high school modern language courses ) Exploratory Level II Summative • Classroom activities/projects • Agree/Disagree • Yes/No, Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down • Anchor activities Summative • Daily homework assignments • Agree/Disagree • Yes/No, Thumbs UP/Thumbs Down • Anchor activities Summative • Daily homework assignments • Agree/Disagree • Detective Games • Anchor activities • Circumlocution Formative • Written quizzes/tests • Reading, CLOZE • Listening • Grammar/Vocabulary • Speaking • Class Project Rubrics Formative • Tests and exams • Writing • Reading Comprehension • Listening Comprehension • Grammar • Speaking • Class Project Rubrics • Writing • Speaking • Participation Formative • Weekly writing assignments • Increase length/complexity • Chapter Tests and final exams • Classroom Project Rubrics • Writing • Speaking • Participation • Self-Assessment • Peer Assessment

Level I and Level II Writing Samples

Lower Level Vocabulary Practice

Assessment Level III Level IV/Survey Honors Level V / Honors AP Summative • Daily homework assignments • Agree/Disagree • Yes/No, Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down • Anchor activities Summative • Daily homework assignments • CLOZE with music/authentic texts • Verb identification • Missing Gap Activities Summative • Daily homework assignments • Circumlocution • Anchor Activities Formative • Identical tests between all high school sections • Writing • Reading • Listening • Grammar/Vocabulary • Speaking • Individual/Class Project Rubrics • Peer assessment Formative • Tests and exams • Writing • Reading Comprehension • Listening Comprehension • Grammar • Class Project Rubrics • Writing • Speaking • Participation Formative • College Board Rubrics • Weekly writing assignments • Increase in length and complexity • Tests and exams • Classroom Project Rubrics • Writing • Speaking • Participation • Self assessment • Peer assessment • The rubrics are based on College Board’s Spanish language rubrics Comments • Continued efforts are being made to create and share common assessments and class activities at all levels , with recent focus on sharing between the 8 th grade and high school level 1 classes. • The modern language department finds that Writing To Learn strategies and assessments are more effective in the target language. • More emphasis toward proficiency in speaking, reading, understanding and writing, at all levels, is a common goal.

Upper Level Oral and Written Assessments

Progressive Assessment Artifcats in German

Cooperative Learning Group Rubric 21 st Century Skills

Payoffs: GAPP, Costa Rica, France Trip, Recent Alumni, Career, German Club, French Club, Spanish Club

Professional Development & PK-12 Articulation • • AEA Workshops - all world language programs in AEA 9 would benefit from a world language specialist to assist in communication, staff development, Iowa Core Curriculum expectations, and other curricular and instructional needs. Currently there is no one with sufficient expertise in world language acquisition. American Association of French Teachers • • • Weekly content area meetings to discuss testing, assessments and course/level goals District-wide content/area meetings Iowa World Language Association Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers American Association of Teachers of German AP Conferences AP Certified Reader International Conference in Leipzig, Germany American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages Café Latino: A teacher driven networking meeting held once a month to practice Spanish and to share concerns and successes.

Modern Language Vision Statement We see the addition of an interactive computer lab dedicated to the modern language department. This lab would have the capacity to record speech produced by the students and by the teachers. It would allow the teachers to monitor live speech produced by the students. It would have a “quiet” room where speaking assessments could be video taped, rather than using our hallways. It would have full computer functions and internet access.

Modern Language Vision Statement We see ourselves in the next few years incorporating French, German and Spanish into the elementary grades (FLES) as a means of recognizing the importance of early second language acquisition as well as continuing to grow and strengthen our current programs.

Modern Language Vision Statement We see a revised textbook adoption cycle in which all languages would collaborate in selecting texts that incorporate technology in a common level sequence, i. e. all level 1 classes adopt at the same time, etc.

Modern Language Vision Statement All BHS modern language classrooms will be in the same area of the building to maximize collaboration and technology use. BMS will be equipped with a computer lab accessible to a complete class and multiple sections during a given day.