| Curricular Competency |
Describe similarities and differences between their own cultural practices and traditions and those of German communities |
German 9 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: similarities and differences |
Elaboration: e.g., compare the purpose of activities, celebrations, holidays, practices, and traditions |
| Keyword: cultural practices |
Elaboration: relating to celebrations, holidays, and events (e.g., Fasching/Karneva Nikolaus),daily practices such as mealtimes, and idiomatic use of language |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize the importance of story in personal, family, and community identity |
German 9 |
Personal and social awareness |
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| Curricular Competency |
Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities |
German 9 |
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 |
German 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 |
Seek clarification and verify meaning through a variety of strategies |
German 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 |
Narrate stories, both orally and in writing |
German 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Narrate |
Elaboration: Use common expressions of time and transitional words 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 |
German 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 |
German 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Derive meaning from speech and a variety of other texts |
German 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Derive meaning |
Elaboration: Understand key elements, 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 |
Recognize the relationships between German letter patterns and pronunciation |
German 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: letter patterns and pronunciation |
Elaboration: groupings of letters that make the same sound (e.g., Sie/sie, das/dass, ist/isst, seit/seid), rhyming words, and letter patterns that have consistent pronunciations (e.g., ie, ei, ä, ö) |
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| Big Ideas |
Each culture has traditions and ways of celebrating. |
Mandarin 5 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Stories help us to acquire language. |
Mandarin 5 |
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 |
We can explore our identity through a new language. |
Mandarin 5 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Reciprocal communication is possible using high-frequency words and patterns. |
Mandarin 5 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Reciprocal |
Elaboration: involving back-and-forth participation |
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| Big Ideas |
Both verbal and non-verbal cues contribute meaning in language. |
Mandarin 5 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: non-verbal cues |
Elaboration: e.g., gestures, facial expressions, pictures, props |
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