| Curricular Competency |
Seek clarification of meaning using common statements and questions |
Japanese 7 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Seek clarification |
Elaboration: Request or provide repetition, word substitution, reformulation, or reiteration (e.g., わかりません [wakarimasen], もういちどおねがいします [mō ichido onegaishimasu]). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Exchange ideas and information, both orally and in writing |
Japanese 7 |
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 |
Follow instructions to complete a task and respond to questions |
Japanese 7 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use pitch, accent, and tone to convey meaning |
Japanese 7 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use language-learning strategies to increase understanding |
Japanese 7 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: language-learning strategies |
Elaboration: e.g., 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 |
Japanese 7 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Comprehend key information and supporting details in slow, clear speech and other texts |
Japanese 7 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: key information |
Elaboration: answers to questions such as だれ (dare), なに (nani),どこ (doko), いつ(itsu) |
| 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 and sounds |
Japanese 7 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: characters and sounds |
Elaboration: Japanese has an open-syllable sound structure with five vowels (a, i, u, e, o). |
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| Big Ideas |
Acquiring a new language provides a unique opportunity to access and interact with diverse communities. |
Italian 10 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Cultural expression can take many forms. |
Italian 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Cultural expression |
Elaboration: represents the experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn (e.g., painting, sculpture, theatre, dance, poetry and prose, filmmaking, musical composition, architecture) |
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| Big Ideas |
Expressing ourselves and engaging in conversation in a new language require courage, risk taking, and perseverance. |
Italian 10 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Stories give us unique ways to understand and reflect on meaning. |
Italian 10 |
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 |
Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of a new language. |
Italian 10 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism |
Italian 10 |
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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| Content |
regional variations in Italian |
Italian 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: regional variations |
Elaboration: e.g., dialects, accents, and colloquial expressions from across the Italian-speaking world |
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