| Curricular Competency |
Exchange ideas and information, both orally and in writing |
Spanish Introductory 11 |
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 |
Spanish Introductory 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Narrate |
Elaboration: Use expressions of time and transitional words to show logical progression.Use multiple time frames. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use language-learning strategies to increase understanding |
Spanish Introductory 11 |
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 key information in speech and other texts |
Spanish Introductory 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: key information |
Elaboration: e.g.,using circumlocution, paraphrasing, reformulation, reiteration, repetition, word substitutioninterpreting body language, expression, and toneusing contextual cuesinterpreting familiar words |
| 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, internet-based media, advertisements). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize the relationships between pronunciation, letters, punctuation, common intonation patterns, and meaning |
Spanish Introductory 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: common intonation patterns |
Elaboration: e.g., differentiate between a statement and a question |
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| Big Ideas |
Developing proficiency in a new language provides opportunities for careers, travel, personal growth, and study abroad. |
German 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Exploring diverse forms of cultural expression promotes greater understanding of our own cultural identity. |
German 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. |
German 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Language and culture are interconnected and shape our perspective, identity, and voice. |
German 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition of a new language. |
German 11 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism |
German 11 |
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 |
First Peoples perspectives connecting language and culture, including oral histories, identity, and place |
German 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: oral histories |
Elaboration: e.g., conversations with an Elder about celebrations, traditions, and protocols |
| Keyword: identity |
Elaboration: Identity is influenced by, for example, traditions, protocols, celebrations, and festivals. |
| Keyword: place |
Elaboration: A sense of place can be influenced by, for example, territory, food, clothing, and creative works. |
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| Content |
German works of art |
German 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: works of art |
Elaboration: creative works (e.g., books, dance, paintings, pictures, poems, songs), regional dialects, historical origins of words and expressions |
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| Content |
distinguishing features of major German regional dialects |
German 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: distinguishing features |
Elaboration: e.g., accents, idiomatic expressions, local slang vocabulary (Servus, Grüß Gott, Moin, Grüezi…) |
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| Content |
language formality and etiquette |
German 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: language formality and etiquette |
Elaboration: For example:elements of formal versus informal speech and writing (e.g., Konjunktiv I in writing)etiquette, such as addressing people they have not met as Herr or Frau + surname/title (e.g., Herr Müller/Direktor) and using the formal address (Sie)topic-specific jargon, abbreviations, and texting short forms (e.g., gn8 = gute Nacht; MfG = mit freundlichen Grüßen; LG = Liebe Grüße) |
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