| Curricular Competency |
Seek clarification and verify meaning |
Italian 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Seek clarification and verify |
Elaboration: e.g., request or provide repetition, word substitution, reformulation, or reiteration |
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| Curricular Competency |
Exchange ideas and information, both orally and in writing |
Italian 9 |
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 |
Participate in short and simple conversations |
Italian 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Narrate stories, both orally and in writing |
Italian 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Narrate |
Elaboration: Use expressions of time and transitional signs to show logical progression.Use past, present, and future time frames. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use various strategies to increase understanding and produce oral and written language |
Italian 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: strategies |
Elaboration: language-learning strategies such as interpretation of gestures, facial expressions, intonation, tone of voice, and contextual cues; use of prior knowledge, familiar words, and cognates |
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| Curricular Competency |
Comprehend meaning in stories |
Italian 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Derive meaning from speech and a variety of other texts |
Italian 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Derive meaning |
Elaboration: Understand key information, supporting details, time, and place. |
| 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 |
Use intonation and tone to convey meaning |
Italian 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize the relationships between Italian letter patterns and pronunciation |
Italian 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Big Ideas |
Acquiring a new language and learning about another culture deepens our understanding of our own language and culture. |
Italian 8 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Creative works are an expression of language and culture. |
Italian 8 |
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 8 |
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 |
With increased fluency, we can participate actively in reciprocal interactions. |
Italian 8 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: reciprocal |
Elaboration: involving back-and-forth participation |
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| Big Ideas |
We can express ourselves and talk about the world around us in a new language. |
Italian 8 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of a new language. |
Italian 8 |
No CCG |
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