Spanish
Curriculum Guides
Grades
6-8
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (intro)
1. greet and respond to greetings
2. introduce and respond to introductions
3. ask and answer questions
4. make and respond to requests
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (intro)
1. follow directions
Standard 3: Presentational standards: not applicable
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (intro)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to
1. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons: not applicable
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections: not applicable
Standard 8: Communities: not applicable
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (Grade 7 master, Grade 8, apply)
5. greet and respond to greetings
6. introduce and respond to introductions
7. ask and answer questions
8. make and respond to requests
9. exchange information and knowledge
10. express likes and dislikes (intro, 7, master, 8)
11. express needs and emotions (intro 7, master 8)
12. ask and respond to questions to clarify information (intro 7, master,8)
13. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events (intro 7, master, 8)
14. Discuss class reading (intro 7, master 8)
15. Suggest possible solutions to a problem (intro 8)
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (master grade 7, apply, grade 8)
2. follow directions
3. understand some ideas and familiar details
4. obtain information and knowledge
5. follow directions for a recipe, word maze, or logic problem (intro 8)
6. read authentic and adapted materials such as short stories, narratives, advertisements, and brochures (intro)
7. identify and understand feelings and emotions (intro 8)
8. comprehend audio and video texts (intro 8)
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (intro)
1. express opinions and ideas
2. express needs and emotions
3. express agreement and disagreement
4. describe people, places, and things
5. write lists and short notes
6. present information in a brief report
7. write simple paragraphs
8. write greeting cards, notes, letters, and e-mails
9. Give presentations on planned activities or on cultural topics.
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (master)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
2. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations (intro)
3. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs (intro)
4. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments (intro)
5. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store or in a classroom
6. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays, and special events that are typical of target culture and discuss how they reflect language and cultural perspectives.
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (intro)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
2. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
9. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
10. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
11. Analyze how idiomatic expressions work in both languages
12. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
13. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
1. identify and discuss cultural characteristics of the target culture and compare and contrast them to cultural characteristics of their own culture
3. compare, contrast, and exchange views on an aspect of the target culture
4. discuss basic needs of people for food, clothing, and shelter and compare how they have been met in various cultures
5. compare and contrast examples of music, visual arts, dance, and theatre from the target culture with examples from their own culture
6. compare, contrast, and report on cultural traditions and celebrations
7. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture(s)
8. compare, contrast, and present the treatment of controversial issues in both the target culture and their own culture
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science framework
b. analyzing depictions of mythology by applying the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework and the Literature Strand of the English Language Arts Framework
c. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
d. collecting data and graphing results in the target language in order to achieve the learning standards of the Patterns, Functions, and Relations Strand of the Mathematics Framework
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (intro/ master)
1. greet and respond to greetings
2. introduce and respond to introductions
3. ask and answer questions
4. make and respond to requests
5. exchange information and knowledge
6. express likes and dislikes
7. express needs and emotions
8. ask and respond to questions to clarify information
9. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events
10. discuss class reading
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (intro)
1. follow directions
2. understand some ideas and familiar details
3. obtain information and knowledge
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (intro)
1. express opinions and ideas
2. express needs and emotions
3. express agreement and disagreement
4. describe people, places, and things
5. write lists and short notes
6. present information in a brief report
7. write simple paragraphs
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (intro)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
2. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations
3. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs
4. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments
5. identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture
6. Identify patterns of social behavior that are typical of the target culture
7. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store or in a classroom
8. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays, and special events that are typical of target culture and discuss how they reflect language and cultural perspectives.
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (intro)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
2. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
4. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
5. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
6. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
7. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
The student will be able to
1. describe patterns of behavior of the target culture, such as
celebrations, and compare and contrast them with those of their
own culture
2. ask and answer questions regarding different forms of communication in the target culture their own such as signs, symbols, displays and inscriptions
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science framework
b. analyzing depictions of mythology by applying the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework and the Literature Strand of the English Language Arts Framework
c. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
d. collecting data and graphing results in the target language in order to achieve the learning standards of the Patterns, Functions, and Relations Strand of the Mathematics Framework
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (master)
11. greet and respond to greetings
12. introduce and respond to introductions
13. ask and answer questions
14. make and respond to requests
15. exchange information and knowledge
16. express likes and dislikes
17. express needs and emotions
18. ask and respond to questions to clarify information
19. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events
20. discuss class reading
21. suggest possible solutions to a problem (intro)
22. discuss personal feelings and ideas to persuade someone to consider an alternate viewpoint (intro)
23. initiate, sustain, and close a conversation (intro)
24. share personal reactions to authentic literary texts, such as letters, poems, plays, stories, novels, etc. (intro)
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (master)
8. follow directions
9. understand some ideas and familiar details
10. obtain information and knowledge
11. read or listen to and interpret signs, simple stories, poems and informational texts (intro)
12. follow directions such as for a recipe, a word maze, or a logic problem (intro)
13. read authentic and adapted materials, such as short stories, narratives, advertisements, and brochures (intro)
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (master)
8. express opinions and ideas
9. express needs and emotions
10. express agreement and disagreement
11. describe people, places, and things
12. write lists and short notes
13. present information in a brief report
14. write simple paragraphs
15. write greeting cards, notes, letters, and e-mails (intro)
16. describe elements of stories such as characters, events, and settings
17. Give presentations on planned activities or on cultural topics (intro)
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (master and apply)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
9. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations
10. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs
11. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments
12. identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture
13. Identify patterns of social behavior that are typical of the target culture
14. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store, or in a classroom (intro)
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (master)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
3. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
14. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
15. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
16. Analyze how idiomatic expressions work in both languages
17. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
18. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
19. Analyze differences and similarities between the writing systems of both languages (intro)
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
The student will be able to (master)
1. describe patterns of behavior of the target culture, such as
celebrations, and compare and contrast them with those of their
own culture
3. describe some cultural beliefs and perspectives relating to family,
school, and play in both target culture and their own
4. identify and discuss cultural characteristics of the target culture and compare and contrast them to cultural characteristics of their own culture
5. compare, contrast, and exchange views on an aspect of the target culture
6. discuss basic needs of people for food, clothing, and shelter and compare how they have been met in various cultures
7. compare and contrast examples of music, visual arts, dance, and theatre from the target culture with examples from their own culture
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to (master)
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science framework
b. analyzing depictions of mythology by applying the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework and the Literature Strand of the English Language Arts Framework
c. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
d. collecting data and graphing results in the target language in order to achieve the learning standards of the Patterns, Functions, and Relations Strand of the Mathematics Framework
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (master and apply)
25. greet and respond to greetings
26. introduce and respond to introductions
27. ask and answer questions
28. make and respond to requests
29. exchange information and knowledge
30. express likes and dislikes
31. express needs and emotions
32. ask and respond to questions to clarify information
33. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events
34. discuss class reading
35. suggest possible solutions to a problem (master)
36. discuss personal feelings and ideas to persuade someone to consider an alternate viewpoint (master)
37. initiate, sustain, and close a conversation (master)
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (master and apply)
20. follow directions
21. understand some ideas and familiar details
22. obtain information and knowledge
23. read or listen to and interpret signs, simple stories, poems and informational texts (master)
24. follow directions such as for a recipe, a word maze, or a logic problem (master)
25. read authentic and adapted materials, such as short stories, narratives, advertisements, and brochures (master)
26. understand important ideas and details in highly contextualized authentic and adapted texts (master)
27. understand learned expressions, sentences, and questions. And polite commands in messages (master)
28. identify themes in fictional and nonfiction works and relate them to personal experiences (master)
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (apply)
18. express opinions and ideas
19. express needs and emotions
20. express agreement and disagreement
21. describe people, places, and things
22. write lists and short notes
23. present information in a brief report
24. write simple paragraphs
25. write greeting cards, notes, letters, and e-mails (intro)
26. describe elements of stories such as characters, events, and settings
27. Give presentations on planned activities or on cultural topics
28. Develop and present solutions to problems (master)
29. State and support opinions to convince or persuade a listener or reader (master)
30. write letters requesting specific information (master)
31. write e-mail correspondence with peers to compare and contrast interests (intro)
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (master and apply)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
15. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations
16. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs
17. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments
18. identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture
19. Identify patterns of social behavior that are typical of the target culture
20. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store or in a classroom
21. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays, and special events that are typical of target culture and discuss how they reflect language and cultural perspectives.
22. Identify distinctive aspects of the target culture presented in print literature, visual arts, films, and videos and relate these to cultural perspectives of the target culture (intro)
23. Identify historical and/or cultural figures from the target culture and describe their contributions (intro)
24. Identify, place in chronological order, and describe the significance of important historical events in the target culture (intro)
25. Identify on maps and globes the locations and major geographic features of countries where the target language is or was used (intro)
26. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays and special events that are typical of the target culture, and discuss how they reflect language and cultures perspectives. (intro)
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (master)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
4. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
29. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
30. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
31. Analyze how idiomatic expressions work in both languages
32. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
33. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
34. Analyze differences and similarities between the writing systems of both languages (master)
35. Compare, contrast, and analyze articles in newspapers, journals, and TV and radio broadcasts in the target language (intro, master)
36. Discuss and analyze idiomatic expressions in the target language (master)
37. Read and view several literary works (print, film, multimedia) with related themes and compare them (intro)
38. Describe similarities in themes and details found in narratives of the target language and English (intro)
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
The student will be able to (master, apply)
1. describe patterns of behavior of the target culture, such as
celebrations, and compare and contrast them with those of their
own culture
8. describe some cultural beliefs and perspectives relating to family,
school, and play in both target culture and their own
9. identify and discuss cultural characteristics of the target culture and compare and contrast them to cultural characteristics of their own culture
10. compare, contrast, and exchange views on an aspect of the target culture
11. discuss basic needs of people for food, clothing, and shelter and compare how they have been met in various cultures
12. compare and contrast examples of music, visual arts, dance, and theatre from the target culture with examples from their own culture
13. compare, contrast, and report on cultural traditions and celebrations
14. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture(s)
15. compare, contrast, and present the treatment of controversial issues in both the target culture and their own culture
16. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture. (master)
17. compare, contrast, and discuss how a social issue is treated in primary sources in both English and the target language (intro)
18. compare and contrast how international events are or have been reported in the target culture’s media (intro)
19. analyze and present how an important event was covered in the media in the target culture and how the United States media covered the same or similar events (intro)
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to (master)
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science framework
b. analyzing depictions of mythology by applying the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework and the Literature Strand of the English Language Arts Framework
c. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
d. collecting data and graphing results in the target language in order to achieve the learning standards of the Patterns, Functions, and Relations Strand of the Mathematics Framework
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (master and apply)
38. greet and respond to greetings
39. introduce and respond to introductions
40. ask and answer questions
41. make and respond to requests
42. exchange information and knowledge
43. express likes and dislikes
44. express needs and emotions
45. ask and respond to questions to clarify information
46. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events
47. discuss class reading
48. suggest possible solutions to a problem (apply)
49. discuss personal feelings and ideas to persuade someone to consider an alternate viewpoint (apply)
50. initiate, sustain, and close a conversation (apply)
51. share personal reactions to authentic literary texts, such as letters, poems, plays, stories, novels, etc. (master, apply)
52. negotiate a compromise
53. discuss national, international or current events (master, apply)
54. use rephrasing, summarization, or elaboration to substantiate opinions or express ideas and emotions (master, apply)
55. convince and persuade another person to adopt a plan or viewpoint (master, apply)
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (master and apply)
39. follow directions
40. understand some ideas and familiar details
41. obtain information and knowledge
42. read or listen to and interpret signs, simple stories, poems and informational texts (apply)
43. follow directions such as for a recipe, a word maze, or a logic problem (apply)
44. read authentic and adapted materials, such as short stories, narratives, advertisements, and brochures (master)
45. understand important ideas and details in highly contextualized authentic and adapted texts (master)
46. understand learned expressions, sentences, and questions. And polite commands in messages (master)
47. identify themes in fictional and nonfictional works and relate them to personal experiences (master)
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (apply)
32. express opinions and ideas
33. express needs and emotions
34. express agreement and disagreement
35. describe people, places, and things
36. write lists and short notes
37. present information in a brief report
38. write simple paragraphs
39. write greeting cards, notes, letters, and e-mails
40. describe elements of stories such as characters, events, and settings
41. Give presentations on planned activities or on cultural topics
42. Develop and present solutions to problems (master)
43. State and support opinions to convince or persuade a listener or reader (master)
44. write letters requesting specific information (master)
45. write e-mail correspondence with peers to compare and contrast interests (master)
46. write journals, letters, stories and essays ( master)
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (master and apply)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
27. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations
28. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs
29. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments
30. identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture
31. Identify patterns of social behavior that are typical of the target culture
32. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store or in a classroom
33. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays, and special events that are typical of target culture and discuss how they reflect language and cultural perspectives.
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (master)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
3. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
4. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
5. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
6. Analyze how idiomatic expressions work in both languages
7. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
8. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
9. Analyze differences and similarities between the writing systems of both languages (master)
10. Compare, contrast, and analyze articles in newspapers, journals, and TV and radio broadcasts in the target language (intro, master)
11. Discuss and analyze idiomatic expressions in the target language (master)
12. Read and view several literary works (print, film, multimedia) with related themes and compare them (master)
13. Describe similarities in themes and details found in narratives of the target language and English (master)
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
The student will be able to (master, apply)
1. describe patterns of behavior of the target culture, such as
celebrations, and compare and contrast them with those of their
own culture
20. describe some cultural beliefs and perspectives relating to family,
school, and play in both target culture and their own
21. identify and discuss cultural characteristics of the target culture and compare and contrast them to cultural characteristics of their own culture
22. compare, contrast, and exchange views on an aspect of the target culture
23. discuss basic needs of people for food, clothing, and shelter and compare how they have been met in various cultures
24. compare and contrast examples of music, visual arts, dance, and theatre from the target culture with examples from their own culture
25. compare, contrast, and report on cultural traditions and celebrations
26. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture(s)
27. compare, contrast, and present the treatment of controversial issues in both the target culture and their own culture
28. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture. (master)
29. compare, contrast, and discuss how a social issue is treated in primary sources in both English and the target language (intro)
30. compare and contrast how international events are or have been reported in the target culture’s media (intro)
31. analyze and present how an important event was covered in the media in the target culture and how the United States media covered the same or similar events (intro)
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to (master)
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science framework
b. analyzing depictions of mythology by applying the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework and the Literature Strand of the English Language Arts Framework
c. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
d. collecting data and graphing results in the target language in order to achieve the learning standards of the Patterns, Functions, and Relations Strand of the Mathematics Framework
e. obtaining political and economic information from newspapers, other print sources, and interactive CD roms in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards of the Civics and Government and Economics Strands of the history and Social Science Framework
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (master and apply)
56. greet and respond to greetings
57. introduce and respond to introductions
58. ask and answer questions
59. make and respond to requests
60. exchange information and knowledge
61. express likes and dislikes
62. express needs and emotions
63. ask and respond to questions to clarify information
64. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events
65. discuss class reading
66. suggest possible solutions to a problem (apply)
67. discuss personal feelings and ideas to persuade someone to consider an alternate viewpoint (apply)
68. initiate, sustain, and close a conversation (apply)
69. share personal reactions to authentic literary texts, such as letters, poems, plays, stories, novels, etc. (master, apply)
70. negotiate a compromise
71. use rephrasing, summarization, or elaboration to substantiate opinions or express ideas and emotions (master, apply)
72. convince and persuade another person to adopt a plan or viewpoint (master, apply)
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (master and apply)
48. follow directions
49. understand some ideas and familiar details
50. obtain information and knowledge
51. read or listen to and interpret signs, simple stories, poems and informational texts (apply)
52. follow directions such as for a recipe, a word maze, or a logic problem (apply)
53. read authentic and adapted materials, such as short stories, narratives, advertisements, and brochures (master)
54. understand important ideas and details in highly contextualized authentic and adapted texts (master)
55. understand learned expressions, sentences, and questions. And polite commands in messages (master)
56. identify themes in fictional and nonfictional works and relate them to personal experiences (master)
57. comprehend narration in present, past and future
58. identify and understand feelings and demotions
59. comprehend audio and video texts
60. understand telephone conversations or written correspondence
61. identify the main points and details in a radio or TV broadcast
62. understand printed or recorded advice and suggestions.
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (apply)
47. express opinions and ideas
48. express needs and emotions
49. express agreement and disagreement
50. describe people, places, and things
51. write lists and short notes
52. present information in a brief report
53. write simple paragraphs
54. write greeting cards, notes, letters, and e-mails
55. describe elements of stories such as characters, events, and settings
56. Give presentations on planned activities or on cultural topics
57. Develop and present solutions to problems (master)
58. State and support opinions to convince or persuade a listener or reader (master)
59. write letters requesting specific information (master)
60. write journals, letters, stories and essays ( master)
61. write journals, stories and essays
62. recount events in an incident or a reading
63. narrate in the past, present and future
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to (master and apply)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
34. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations
35. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs
36. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments
37. identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture
38. Identify patterns of social behavior that are typical of the target culture
39. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store or in a classroom
40. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays, and special events that are typical of target culture and discuss how they reflect language and cultural perspectives
41. demonstrate knowledge of the target culture’s geography by naming features such as rivers, mountains, cities, and climate on maps
42. identify historical and/or cultural figures from the target culture and describe their contributions.
43. identify, place in chronological order, and describe the significance of important historical events in the target culture
44. identify on maps and globe the locations and major geographic features of countries where the target language is or was used
45. identify artistic styles in the target culture and discuss the meaning of various historical periods in the target culture
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (master)
1. ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing
systems used in the target language
2. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
14. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
15. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
16. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
17. Analyze how idiomatic expressions work in both languages
18. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
19. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
20. Analyze differences and similarities between the writing systems of both languages (master)
21. Compare, contrast, and analyze articles in newspapers, journals, and TV and radio broadcasts in the target language (intro, master)
22. Discuss and analyze idiomatic expressions in the target language (master)
23. Read and view several literary works (print, film, multimedia) with related themes and compare them (master)
24. Describe similarities in themes and details found in narratives of the target language and English (master)
25. Compare, contrast, and discuss etymological/linguistic roots of English words from the target language
26. Discuss similarities in themes and details found in narrative of target language and English
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
The student will be able to (master, apply)
1. describe patterns of behavior of the target culture, such as
celebrations, and compare and contrast them with those of their
own culture
32. describe some cultural beliefs and perspectives relating to family,
school, and play in both target culture and their own
33. identify and discuss cultural characteristics of the target culture and compare and contrast them to cultural characteristics of their own culture
34. compare, contrast, and exchange views on an aspect of the target culture
35. discuss basic needs of people for food, clothing, and shelter and compare how they have been met in various cultures
36. compare and contrast examples of music, visual arts, dance, and theatre from the target culture with examples from their own culture
37. compare, contrast, and report on cultural traditions and celebrations
38. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture(s)
39. compare, contrast, and present the treatment of controversial issues in both the target culture and their own culture
40. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture. (master)
41. compare, contrast, and discuss how a social issue is treated in primary sources in both English and the target language (intro)
42. compare and contrast how international events are or have been reported in the target culture’s media (intro)
43. analyze and present how an important event was covered in the media in the target culture and how the United States media covered the same or similar events (intro)
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to (master)
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science frameworks
b. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
c. obtaining political and economic information from newspapers, other print sources, and interactive CD roms in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards of the Civics and Government and Economics Strands of the history and Social Science Framework
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable
Foreign Language Curriculum Guide
Strand: Communication
Standard 1: Interpersonal Communications
Learning Standards:
The students will be able to (apply)
73. greet and respond to greetings
74. introduce and respond to introductions
75. ask and answer questions
76. make and respond to requests
77. exchange information and knowledge
78. express likes and dislikes
79. express needs and emotions
80. ask and respond to questions to clarify information
81. exchange opinions about people, activities, or events
82. discuss class reading
83. suggest possible solutions to a problem (apply)
84. discuss personal feelings and ideas to persuade someone to consider an alternate viewpoint (apply)
85. initiate, sustain, and close a conversation (apply)
86. share personal reactions to authentic literary texts, such as letters, poems, plays, stories, novels, etc. (apply)
87. negotiate a compromise
88. discuss national, international or current events ( apply)
89. use rephrasing, summarization, or elaboration to substantiate opinions or express ideas and emotions ( apply)
90. convince and persuade another person to adopt a plan or viewpoint
( apply)
91. discuss and analyze literary texts (master)
Standard 2: Interpretive Communications
Learning Standards:
The student will be able to (master and apply)
63. follow directions
64. understand some ideas and familiar details
65. obtain information and knowledge
66. read or listen to and interpret signs, simple stories, poems and informational texts (apply)
67. follow directions such as for a recipe, a word maze, or a logic problem (apply)
68. read authentic and adapted materials, such as short stories, narratives, advertisements, and brochures (apply)
69. understand important ideas and details in highly contextualized authentic and adapted texts (apply)
70. understand learned expressions, sentences, and questions. And polite commands in messages (apply)
71. identify themes in fictional and non-fictional works and relate them to personal experiences (apply)
72. comprehend narration in present, past and future
73. identify and understand feelings and emotions
74. comprehend audio and video texts
75. understand telephone conversations or written correspondence
76. identify the main points and details in a radio or TV broadcast
77. understand printed or recorded advice and suggestions
78. analyze the aesthetic qualities of works of poetry drama, fiction or film
79. interpret literature based on evidence from the text
80. analyze moral/philosophical points presented in literary texts
Standard 3: Presentational standards
The student will be able to (apply)
64. express opinions and ideas
65. express needs and emotions
66. express agreement and disagreement
67. describe people, places, and things
68. write lists and short notes
69. present information in a brief report
70. write simple paragraphs
71. write greeting cards, notes, letters, and e-mails
72. describe elements of stories such as characters, events, and settings
73. Give presentations on planned activities or on cultural topics
74. Develop and present solutions to problems
75. State and support opinions to convince or persuade a listener or reader (master)
76. write letters requesting specific information
77. write journals, letters, stories and essays
78. write critiques of books, articles, orations, movies, plays, videos, or CDs from or about the target culture
79. recount events in an incident or a reading
80. narrate in the past, present, and future
Strand 2: Cultures
Standard 4: Cultures
The student will be able to ( apply)
1. use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in
interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and
other daily activities
46. interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games,
storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations
47. identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs
48. identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments
49. identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture
50. Identify patterns of social behavior that are typical of the target culture
51. Interact appropriately in social and cultural activities such as exchanges in a restaurant, at a bus stop, in a store or in a classroom
52. Identify interactions, patterns of social behavior, social norms, customs, holidays, and special events that are typical of target culture and discuss how they reflect language and cultural perspectives.
53. identify historical and/or cultural figures from the target culture and describe their contributions
54. Identify cultural characteristics in literature, popular periodicals, music, theatre, visual arts, commercials , films, and videos and relate these to the language and perspectives of the target culture
55. identify significant political, military, intellectual, and cultural figures a describe how they shaped historical events and/or the target culture’s perspectives
56. describe the relationship between social establishments, such as schools, religions, governments and the perspectives of the target culture
57. describe the evolution of words. Proverbs, and images and discuss how they reflect culture perspectives
58. analyze examples of literature, primary source historical documents, music, visual arts, theatre
59. describe conflicts in points of view within and among cultures and their possible resolutions; and discuss how the conflicts and proposed resolutions reflect cultural and individual perspectives.
Strand 3 Comparisons
Standard 5: Linguistic comparisons
The student will be able to (apply)
1. give examples of the ways in which the target language differs from/
is similar to English
5. Give examples of borrowed and loan words
6. Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics
7. Identify words in the target language that are used frequently in English
8. Analyze how idiomatic expressions work in both languages
9. Recognize grammatical categories such as tense, gender, and agreement in the target language and English
10. Give examples of words or word parts from the target language that have been adopted in the English language
11. Analyze differences and similarities between the writing systems of both languages
12. Compare, contrast, and analyze articles in newspapers, journals, and radio broadcasts in the target language
13. Discuss and analyze idiomatic expressions in the target language (master)
14. Read and view several literary works (print, film, multimedia) with related themes and compare them
15. Describe similarities in themes and details found in narratives of the target language and English
Standard 6: Cultural Comparisons
The student will be able to ( apply)
1. describe patterns of behavior of the target culture, such as
celebrations, and compare and contrast them with those of their
own culture
44. describe some cultural beliefs and perspectives relating to family,
school, and play in both target culture and their own
45. identify and discuss cultural characteristics of the target culture and compare and contrast them to cultural characteristics of their own culture
46. compare, contrast, and exchange views on an aspect of the target culture
47. discuss basic needs of people for food, clothing, and shelter and compare how they have been met in various cultures
48. compare and contrast examples of music, visual arts, dance, and theatre from the target culture with examples from their own culture
49. compare, contrast, and report on cultural traditions and celebrations
50. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture(s)
51. compare, contrast, and present the treatment of controversial issues in both the target culture and their own culture
52. compare, contrast, and exchange opinions on issues that are of contemporary or historical interest in the target culture and the students’ own culture. (master)
53. compare, contrast, and discuss how a social issue is treated in primary sources in both English and the target language (intro)
54. compare and contrast how international events are or have been reported in the target culture’s media (intro)
55. analyze and present how an important event was covered in the media in the target culture and how the United States media covered the same or similar events (intro)
Strand 4: Connections
Standard 7: Connections
The student will be able to (master)
1. obtain knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in
the target language
a. obtaining geographical information from printed maps
and travel guides, or Internet resources in the target language and using this information to achieve the learning standards from the Geography strand of the History and Social Science framework
b. researching examples of cultural encounters in history by reading primary source documents from the target culture and analyzing them by using the learning standards of the History Strand of the History and Social Science Framework
c. collecting data and graphing results in the target language in order to achieve the learning standards of the Patterns, Functions, and Relations Strand of the Mathematics Framework
d. obtaining political and economic information from newspapers, other print sources
e. learning song lyrics written in the target language and applying the learning standards for singing in the Arts Framework and the Language and the English Language Arts framework when discussing the meaning of the lyrics
Strand 8: Communities: not applicable