Enduring+and+Understanding

Enduring and Understanding Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings – Novice Mid INTERPRETIVE INTERPERSONAL PRESENTATIONAL **__ 6-12: __**    || **  Essential Question:  ** **__ 6-12: __**      || **  Essential Question:  ** **__ 6-12: __**      || **  Enduring Understandings  ** Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings – Novice High INTERPRETIVE INTERPERSONAL PRESENTATIONAL **__ K-5: __** **__ 6-12: __**      || **  Essential Question:  ** **__ K-5: __** **__ 6-12: __**  **__ 6-12: __**     || Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings – Intermediate Low INTERPRETIVE INTERPERSONAL PRESENTATIONAL **__ 6-12: __**    **__ 6-12: __**     **__ 6-12: __**    Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings – Intermediate Mid INTERPRETIVE INTERPERSONAL PRESENTATIONAL **__ 6-12: __**    **__ 6-12: __**     **__ 6-12: __**   Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings – Intermediate High INTERPRETIVE INTERPERSONAL PRESENTATIONAL ||    || **  Enduring Understandings  ** || Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings – Advanced Low INTERPRETIVE INTERPERSONAL PRESENTATIONAL ** Reading **** and listening to a variety of sources on the same topic will help me distinguish fact from opinion. **     ||
 * ** Essential Question:  **
 * __ K-5:  __**
 * How can I better understand when I do not know everything I read and hear? **
 * How can I better understand what I hear and read when I have just begun learning a new language? **
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 * How can I talk to someone in another language when I am just starting to learn it? **
 * How do I start, carry on, and end a conversation more effectively?  **
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 * What will help my classmates, my teacher, and others understand me better? **
 * How do I make myself clearly understood when speaking and writing? ** ||
 * ** Enduring Understandings:  **
 * __ K-5:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * Listening for familiar words and watching the speaker for clues may help me figure out what the speaker is saying. **
 * Even though I don’t know all the words that are written, I can figure out the main idea by paying attention to titles, pictures, and familiar expressions.  **
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 * I will understand that… **
 * Actively thinking about what I already know helps me better understand. **
 * When listening, watching the speaker closely or examining other visual clues help me to understand more.  **
 * When reading, looking at pictures, charts, titles and other visual cues will help me to better understand. ** || **  Enduring Understandings  **
 * __ K-5:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * I can only talk about things that I have practiced saying.  **
 * __ 6-12:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * To have a natural conversation I have to do more than just ask and answer questions. I have to listen to what the speaker is saying to me and respond appropriately.  **
 * __ K-5:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * Using pictures, movement, and acting words out can help my classmates, my teacher, and others understand me.  **
 * __ 6-12:   __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * The way I choose to organize and present my ideas helps my audience better understand what I am trying to say. ** ||
 * ** Essential Question:  **
 * How can I help myself understand what I hear and read? **
 * What comprehension strategies do I use when I don’t know all the words that I hear and read? **
 * What can I do to keep the conversation going? **
 * What can I do to keep the conversation going? ** || **  Essential Question:  **
 * __ K-5:  __**
 * How do I make my message understandable and interesting to my classmates, teacher, and others? **
 * How do I make my message understandable and interesting to my audience? **
 * ** Enduring Understandings:  **
 * __ K-5:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * I can figure out what something means when I look for clues such as tone of voice, gestures, and visuals when listening and captions, pictures, titles, and familiar words when reading.  **
 * __ 6-12:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * I can use my background knowledge, context clues, and my awareness of cognates, loanwords and word families to get the gist of what I hear and read. ** || **  Enduring Understandings  **
 * __ K-5:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * I can talk with others about topics that I have practiced. I attempt to use things I have already learned to keep the conversation going.  **
 * __ 6-12:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * If I ask the right questions and give thoughtful responses, I can keep someone talking to me.  **
 * I can talk around words that I do not know by using circumlocution (Use of alternate words and expressions to convey meaning or express an idea that is beyond my current ability.) For example, “The place where I buy stamps” for “post office.”  ** || **  Enduring Understandings  **
 * __ K-5:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * I have to think about what I want to say before I say it or write it so that my classmates, teacher, and others can understand me and are interested in what I have to say.  **
 * __ 6-12:   __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * The choices I make in how I organize, edit, rehearse and deliver my message will affect how the message is understood and received. ** ||
 * ** Essential Question:  **
 * What do I do to help me understand the details of what I read and hear? **
 * How does what I know about the target culture help me understand what I hear and read from native speakers and writers? ** || **  Essential Question:  **
 * How do I avoid miscommunication?  **
 * How can I use culturally appropriate vocabulary and idiomatic expressions to sound more authentic?  ** || **  Essential Question:  **
 * How do I decide what needs polishing?  **
 * How does the use of self-correction enhance my presentation and help to clarify my message?  ** ||
 * ** Enduring Understandings:   **
 * __ 6-12:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * Looking for cognates, loanwords, watching the speaker and looking at visuals can often help me to better understand.  **
 * The background of the author influences the message that is delivered in both speech and writing.  ** || **  Enduring Understandings  **
 * __ 6-12:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * The use of paraphrasing, questions and answers can help me get through some unfamiliar situations. **
 * Even though it is scary to try sometimes, when I stretch my use of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, my exchanges with native speakers become richer. ** || **  Enduring Understandings  **
 * __ 6-12:   __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * When I reflect upon what I want to say in speech and writing and change it based on my reflections the work product is enhanced.  **
 * I will have to make decisions about when to correct errors and when to gloss over them based on the audience and the effectiveness of the message being delivered.  ** ||
 * ** Essential Question:  **
 * What can I do to help me understand the details of what I read and hear? **
 * How does what I know about the target culture help me better understand what I hear and read from native speakers and writers? ** || **  Essential Question:  **
 * How do I avoid miscommunication?  **
 * How does the use of culturally appropriate vocabulary and idiomatic expressions help me to sound more authentic?  ** || **  Essential Question:  **
 * How polished is it? How much better could it be? What do I need to do to make it better?  **
 * How does the use of self-correction enhance my presentation and help to clarify my message?  ** ||
 * ** Enduring Understandings:   **
 * __ 6-12:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * Looking for cognates and loanwords, watching the speaker, and looking at visuals help me to better understand.  **
 * The background of the author influences the message that is delivered in both speech and writing.  ** || **  Enduring Understandings  **
 * __ 6-12:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * The use of paraphrasing, questions and answers can help me get through some unfamiliar situations. **
 * When I stretch my use of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, my exchanges with native speakers become richer. ** || **  Enduring Understandings  **
 * __ 6-12:   __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * When I reflect upon what I want to say in speech and writing and change it based on my reflections the work product is enhanced.  **
 * I will have to make decisions about when to correct errors and when to gloss over them based on the audience and the effectiveness of the message being delivered.  ** ||
 * ** Essential Question:  **
 * __ High School:  __**
 * How do I deduce meaning to understand complex oral and written texts?  **
 * How is the message influenced by the cultural and historical context in which the message is delivered?  ** || **  Essential Question:  **
 * __ High School:  __**
 * What can I do to help a native speaker of the language understand me?  **
 * How do I pay attention to correctness of expression even when the errors may not interfere with the communication?  ** || **  Essential Question:  **
 * __ High School:  __**
 * How do I select multiple authentic resource materials that can help me to explore topics of personal interest?  **
 * Which strategies will allow me to sustain the length and continuity of my presentations?  **
 * ** Enduring Understandings:   **
 * __ High School:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * Background knowledge, understanding of syntax, and intonation enhance my ability to “read between the lines” of written and spoken messages.  **
 * Knowing the historical and cultural contexts of text helps me to understand the author’s perspective.  ** || **  Enduring Understandings  **
 * __ High School:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * Repetition, paraphrasing, and circumlocution will help me avoid misunderstandings, and will help me get what I want and need in an authentic setting.  **
 * In order to get better at language, I need to consciously work toward more grammatical accuracy.  **
 * __ High School:   __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * When I judiciously select authentic resources, I can learn more about topics that interest me through a language other than English.  **
 * Knowing which strategies to use to make my presentations more engaging will depend on the specific task and audience. **
 * ** Essential Question:  **
 * __ Grade 12:  __**
 * How do I determine what is fact and what is the opinion of the author?  **
 * How do my experiences and cultural background influence what I hear and read?  ** || **  Essential Question:  **
 * __ Grade 12:  __**
 * How is my accuracy influenced by the topics of conversation?  **
 * How do I get through a situation with a complication? ** || **  Essential Question:  **
 * __ Grade 12:  __**
 * How do the audience and the task influence what I say or write and how I say or write it?  **
 * How do the use of cohesive devices, multiple resources, and technology strengthen my presentation?  ** ||
 * ** Enduring Understandings:   **
 * __ Grade 12:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * Although reading and listening are defined as one-way communication, what I bring to the text both experientially and culturally influence my interpretations of it.  ** || **  Enduring Understandings  **
 * __ Grade 12:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * When I try to engage in a conversation about unfamiliar topics, I use more communication strategies than when I speak or write about topics with which I have had a lot of experience. My accuracy also decreases.  **
 * I must use a wide range of communication strategies and cultural knowledge to solve authentic problems in the language.  ** || **  Enduring Understandings  **
 * __ Grade 12:  __**
 * I will understand that… **
 * I need to speak and write differently based on the task and the audience. **
 * How successful I am in presenting on a topic depends on how I choose to present the information linguistically and visually. **