World Language Curriculum Guide
Sports and Leisure Activities
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| Identify various sports, express preferences. | - Model target vocabulary with a variety of
prompts/materials. - Model correct pronunciation and structures. - Ask questions in the target language and then model appropriate responses using gestures to help clarify their meaning. - Provide "situations" for which students will need to act out a dialogue/skit. |
- Make up skits. - Develop accurate pronunciation through class drill. - Create flashcards. - Respond to questions using appropriate structures. - Develop dialogues in pairs or small groups.
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- Evaluate student conversation. - Evaluate verbal student responses. - Evaluate performances of students in skits, dialogues, role playing, videos.
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- Produce a sports video or play by play broadcast. - Converse with native speakers (community members, exchange students, pen-pals, Internet). - Produce a children's book related to Sports and Leisure. - Write a song or cheer for sport. - Design a cartoon, mural, etc. related to Sports and Leisure.
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- Posters. - Total Physical Fun - AV materials (Films, video, cassettes, CD-rom). - Puppets. - Teacher-generated materials. - Appropriate props. |
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| Identify needs of various sports.
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- Direct student question and replies through drill and
repetition going around class to each individual student. - Use a variety of AV material (Film, CD-roms like Rosetta Stone, cassettes, etc.)
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- Construct a graphic organizer identifying sport with
necessary equipment, personnel, time and cost. - Complete teacher-generated materials individually or in groups. |
- Evaluate oral and written presentations. - Quizzes/Tests.
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- Model, role play in pairs spontaneously in front of class. - Interactive homework (involving family or friend). - Dress a doll or model for specific sport from target culture. Describe.
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- Flashcards. - Textbooks and supporting written material. - Appropriate research materials (books, pamphlets, newspaper, periodicals interview, Internet, etc.).
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| Identify and describe various sporting events as well as the
country(s)'s most popular sport.
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- Identify sports of target culture through text and picture. - Provide teacher generated materials to reinforce proficiency. - Facilitate classroom discussion by providing prompts. - Facilitate in class reading and writing activities.
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Read/research appropriate materials in preparation for
classroom discussion/activity/written assignment.
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Evaluate performance on teacher-generated
activities/materials.
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Research and report on a sports figure from target culture.
Write a biography to share with class or publish in class version of Sports
Illustrated.
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- Internet sites. - Periodicals.
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| 4
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| Compare/contrast sports and leisure activities in target
culture with U. S. and others
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Same strategies as above but incorporating advanced grammar,
vocabulary and structures.
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Write an essay comparing sport from target culture with one from another culture. | Same as above evaluating advanced grammar and structures as
well as vocabulary and pronunciation.
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Same as above incorporating advanced grammar, vocabulary and
structures.
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Same as above.
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