A 9th-grade Spanish reading unit focusing on metacognitive strategies for decoding unfamiliar texts. Students learn to use context clues, word morphology, and gisting to navigate ambiguity in Spanish language materials.
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.
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.
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 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'.
A project-based sequence for beginner French students focused on decoding media through narrative structures, logical connectors, and 'gist' listening strategies. Students move from identifying chronological signposts to analyzing news segments, street interviews, and cultural advertisements, culminating in a media analysis project.
An inquiry-based French listening sequence for beginners focusing on functional navigation of public spaces in Francophone cities. Students learn to filter essential information from ambient noise in transport, weather, street directions, retail, and emergency contexts.
A high-stakes travel simulation building French listening proficiency in logistics: numbers, time, prices, and directions. Students navigate virtual 'survival' scenarios where accurate information processing is the key to a successful journey.
This sequence guides 9th-grade French beginners through the art of listening for meaning rather than just words. Students learn to use cognates, context, social registers, and emotional tone to interpret narratives and dialogues, culminating in the ability to summarize global meaning.
An immersive 9th-grade French sequence focused on 'survival listening'. Students navigate real-world travel scenarios including transportation, dining, and shopping, learning to extract essential data from spoken French.
A foundational sequence for beginner French students focusing on phonetics, nasal sounds, liaisons, and intonation to improve listening comprehension and transcription skills.
A beginner French listening sequence for 10th graders focused on navigating real-world travel scenarios. Students develop auditory comprehension through simulated interactions in cafes, train stations, boutiques, and emergency situations.
A beginner French listening sequence where students act as social observers, analyzing registers, personal details, family structures, and preferences through auditory scripts.
This sequence builds foundational auditory skills for beginner French learners, focusing on phonetic discrimination, number recognition, and parsing sentence boundaries to develop comprehension.
A comprehensive unit for beginner Spanish students to master the verb 'estar' and 'tener' idioms for expressing emotions, physical states, and needs. Through interactive games, role-plays, and data collection, students learn to articulate their internal feelings and conduct wellness checks on others.
This sequence establishes foundational auditory and oral skills for Spanish fluency, focusing on vowel sounds, difficult consonants like 'rr' and 'ñ', and rules of stress and accentuation. Students transition from sound production to reading syllables and full words with accuracy.
A 5-lesson sequence for 7th-grade students to master Spanish greetings, introductions, and the cultural nuances of formal vs. informal address (tú vs. usted). Students move from basic vocabulary to complex social simulations.
A professional development-style Spanish sequence for high schoolers, focusing on the nuances of formal vs. informal registers (tú vs. usted) and the cultural etiquette of business and academic introductions. Students move from basic sociolinguistic analysis to a high-stakes simulated international summit.
This sequence builds foundational Spanish pronunciation and social introduction skills. Students progress from mastering the five pure vowels and unique consonants to navigating the cultural nuances of formal and informal address, culminating in a fluent introductory dialogue.
This sequence equips 9th-grade students with high-frequency Spanish survival vocabulary and communication strategies. Students progress from numbers and the alphabet to complex interrogatives, culminating in a real-world 'Lost Tourist' simulation that tests their ability to navigate an immersion environment.
A beginner Spanish sequence for 9th graders focusing on personal identity. Students learn subject pronouns, the verb 'ser', adjective agreement, and expressions of origin to describe themselves and others.
This sequence immerses 9th-grade students in the foundational sounds and social protocols of the Spanish language. Learners progress from phonetic accuracy to initiating and sustaining basic social interactions with cultural appropriateness, focusing on the essential question of how language choices reflect social relationships.