A cultural exploration of the Dominican Republic, focusing on geography, history, and traditions while developing CER writing skills in Spanish.
A specialized lesson sequence designed for 9th-grade English Language Learners to explore the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez through the four domains of language acquisition: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening. The materials are aligned with TELPAS criteria and emphasize civil rights history and labor activism.
A comprehensive TELPAS prep sequence designed for 9th-grade students, featuring five high-intensity stations covering reading, writing, listening, and speaking with built-in scaffolds like chunking and sentence stems.
A unit covering animal vocabulary, descriptions, and likes/dislikes in Spanish, designed for Level 1 learners to build foundational communication skills about the natural world.
A comprehensive unit for the novel Pobre Ana, exploring character development, cultural comparisons, and narrative comprehension for Spanish 1 students.
A comprehensive Earth Day lesson for 9th-10th grade ELs based on The Lorax, focusing on TELPAS domains: listening, speaking, reading, and writing through sensory language.
A sequence focused on leveraging digital translation tools for language self-assessment and speech improvement. Students learn to use Google Translate not just for translation, but as a 'mirror' for their own pronunciation, grammar, and fluency.
A 3-session English sequence for CAP Cuisine/Restaurant students returning from their internship, focusing on describing roles and daily tasks in a professional kitchen or dining room.
A specialized English sequence for CAP AAGA students focusing on vocabulary for elderly care professions and daily responsibilities. The sequence uses visual aids and simple structures tailored for lower-level learners.
A comprehensive sequence for Bac Pro Terminale students focused on implementing sustainable practices (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) in the restaurant industry, culminating in a professional proposal for a local business.
A Spanish I/II unit focused on Valentine's Day, covering vocabulary related to love, relationships, and emotions through interactive activities and communicative practice.
A comprehensive 9th-grade TELPAS preparation sequence focused on Advanced High ELPS proficiency through five rigorous listening, speaking, and writing stations. Students engage with academic content including policy debates, scientific briefs, and data analysis to refine their linguistic precision.
An immersive sequence where 8th-grade students master intermediate French professional vocabulary, formal communication strategies, and cultural workplace etiquette through simulated career scenarios.
This advanced Spanish sequence transitions 9th-grade students from intermediate proficiency to professional linguistic precision. It focuses on academic register, workplace vocabulary, logical connectors, and sociolinguistic etiquette through authentic simulations and analysis.
An immersive intermediate French sequence where students navigate travel scenarios in Paris, Dakar, and Montreal, mastering future, past, and conditional tenses through simulated real-world interactions.
A linguistic and sociological exploration of how English absorbs and adapts words from diverse global sources, focusing on etymology, cultural exchange, and the evolution of language.
Students act as linguistic anthropologists creating a specialized 'Field Guide to Foreign Expressions' for a chosen professional or cultural domain. They investigate the etymology, usage, and visual representation of foreign terminology to explain their chosen field's linguistic history to a lay audience.
This sequence explores the deep connection between language and culture by focusing on idiomatic expressions (Chengyu) and the unwritten rules of social interaction for intermediate-advanced Mandarin learners. Students investigate historical contexts, social networking (Guanxi), dining etiquette, modesty norms, and generational slang to build sophisticated communication skills.
A 9th-grade advanced Spanish sequence focused on the nuances of agency and voice. Students explore the True Passive, Passive Se, and Accidental Se to understand how syntax influences tone and objectivity in formal writing and journalism.
A simulation-based sequence where 9th-grade students act as community leaders to master the subjunctive mood in Spanish. Students move from identifying reality versus desire to persuading and debating in a mock town hall, focusing on influence, doubt, and emotion.
This project-based workshop guides advanced Spanish students through compound tenses by constructing a multi-layered narrative. Students master the present perfect, pluperfect, conditional perfect, and future perfect to articulate complex temporal relationships.
A comprehensive 10th-grade Spanish unit that moves students from basic subjunctive mechanics to advanced semantic nuances. Through simulation-based learning—including an advice column and a town hall debate—students explore how the subjunctive mood expresses influence, doubt, emotion, and uncertainty in high-stakes communication.
This advanced Spanish grammar unit empowers 10th-grade students to master compound tenses and the passive voice through a journalistic lens. Students assume the role of investigative reporters, learning to sequence complex events and shift narrative focus to achieve objectivity and precision in formal writing.
A comprehensive 8th-grade Spanish sequence introducing the subjunctive mood. Students progress from basic conjugation and verbs of influence to expressing emotions, doubt, and impersonal opinions, culminating in a persuasive 'Manifesto for Change'.