| Curricular Competency |
Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others' diverse abilities |
Mandarin 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: presentation format |
Elaboration: e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media |
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| Curricular Competency |
Express themselves effectively, with fluency and accuracy, both orally and in writing |
Mandarin 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: fluency and accuracy |
Elaboration: e.g., using the full range of tenses and moods, developing flow, employing precise vocabulary, using appropriate structures |
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| Curricular Competency |
Exchange ideas and information, both orally and in writing |
Mandarin 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Exchange ideas |
Elaboration: with peers, teachers, and members of the wider community; can include virtual/online conversations |
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| Curricular Competency |
Narrate stories, both orally and in writing |
Mandarin 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Narrate |
Elaboration: Use expressions of time and transitional words to show logical progression.Use multiple time frames. |
| Keyword: stories |
Elaboration: Stories are a narrative form of text that can be oral, written, or visual. Stories are derived from truth or fiction and may be used to seek and impart knowledge, entertain, share history, and strengthen a sense of identity. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use various strategies to increase understanding and produce oral and written language |
Mandarin 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: strategies |
Elaboration: For example:negotiate meaning by rephrasing questions, and using other techniques for clarificationsummarize information in oral, visual, and written formsuse dictionaries and other reference materials for clarity of comprehension and expression |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize how choice of words affects meaning |
Mandarin 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Analyze and compare elements of creative works from diverse communities |
Mandarin 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Respond personally to a variety of texts |
Mandarin 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Respond personally |
Elaboration: e.g., provide personal interpretations and/or opinions |
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| Curricular Competency |
Locate and explore a variety of texts in Mandarin |
Mandarin 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Locate |
Elaboration: Search for various types of Chinese texts. |
| Keyword: texts |
Elaboration: “Text” is a generic term referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communications. Oral, written, and visual elements can also be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Derive and negotiate meaning and perspectives in a wide variety of contexts |
Mandarin 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Derive |
Elaboration: Understand key information, supporting details, time, and place. |
| Keyword: contexts |
Elaboration: e.g., contexts differing in terms of audience, purpose, setting, formality/informality |
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| Big Ideas |
Developing proficiency in a new language provides unique opportunities for careers, travel, personal growth, and study abroad. |
Italian 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Exploring diverse forms of cultural expression promotes greater understanding of our own cultural identity. |
Italian 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: forms of cultural expression |
Elaboration: representing the experience of the people from whose culture they are drawn; for example, celebrations, customs, folklore, language use, traditions, and creative works (e.g., books, paintings, pictures, sculpture, theatre, dance, poetry and prose, filmmaking, musical composition, architecture) |
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| Big Ideas |
The communicative context determines how we express ourselves. |
Italian 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Language and culture are interconnected and shape our perspective, identity, and voice. |
Italian 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition of a new language. |
Italian 11 |
No CCG |
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