| Curricular Competency |
Respond to questions and instructions |
Japanese 10 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities |
Japanese 10 |
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 |
Exchange ideas and information, both orally and in writing |
Japanese 10 |
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 |
Interpret non-verbal cues to increase understanding |
Japanese 10 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: non-verbal cues |
Elaboration: Recognize Japanese non-verbal cues for situations (e.g., だめです with arms crossed in front of a person). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Narrate stories, both orally and in writing |
Japanese 10 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Narrate |
Elaboration: Use expressions of time and transitional words to show logical progression.Use past, present, and future time frames. |
| Keyword: stories |
Elaboration: e.g., introduce simple stories such as Momotarō and common story phrases such as 〜といいます, 〜とききました |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use various strategies to increase understanding and produce oral and written language |
Japanese 10 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: strategies |
Elaboration: For example: integrate new vocabulary into familiar Japanese structures take risks to extend language boundaries use a variety of reference materials |
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| Curricular Competency |
Comprehend meaning and viewpoints in stories |
Japanese 10 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Comprehend key information and supporting details in speech and a variety of other texts |
Japanese 10 |
Thinking and communicating |
| 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 |
Recognize the relationships between Japanese characters, sounds, and meaning |
Japanese 10 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: characters, sounds, and meaning |
Elaboration: Identify and pronounce groupings of letters such as あ(a),い(i),う (u),え(e),お(o). |
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| Big Ideas |
Creative works allow us to experience culture and appreciate cultural diversity. |
Italian 9 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Creative works |
Elaboration: representing the experience of the people from whose culture they are drawn (e.g., painting, sculpture, theatre, dance, poetry and prose, filmmaking, musical composition, architecture) |
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| Big Ideas |
We can share our experiences and perspectives through stories. |
Italian 9 |
No CCG |
| 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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| Big Ideas |
Conversing about things we care about can motivate our learning of a new language. |
Italian 9 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Acquiring a new language allows us to explore our identity and culture from a new perspective. |
Italian 9 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of a new language. |
Italian 9 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism |
Italian 9 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: cultural appropriation |
Elaboration: use of a cultural motif, theme, “voice,” image, knowledge, story, song, or drama, shared without permission or without appropriate context or in a way that may misrepresent the real experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn |
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