Standard - 1 - Communication Skills Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.
Key Idea Title - Modern Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Listening and speaking are primary communicative goals in modern language learning. These skills are used for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings
and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.
Performance Indicator - comprehend language consisting of simple vocabulary and structures in face-to-face conversation with peers and familiar adults.
Performance Indicator - comprehend the main idea of more extended conversations with some unfamiliar vocabulary and structures as well as cognates of English words.
Performance Indicator - call upon repetition, rephrasing, and nonverbal cues to derive or convey meaning from a language other than English.
Performance Indicator - use appropriate strategies to initiate and engage in simple conversations with more fluent or native speakers of the same age group, familiar adults, and providers of common public services.
Key Idea - 2 - Reading and writing are used in languages other than English for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.
Performance Indicator - understand the main idea and some details of simple informative materials written for native speakers.
Performance Indicator - compose short, informal notes and messages to exchange information with members of the target culture.
Key Idea Title - Latin
Key Idea - 1 - Reading is the most important skill that students acquire in learning Latin for it is the vehicle through which communication with the ancient world is possible, and it is also the tool, along with writing, through which students become more aware of their own and other languages.
Performance Indicator - read and understand simple connected materials written in Latin.
Performance Indicator - write simple responses to oral, visual, or written stimuli.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate an awareness of the vocabulary, grammar, derivation, and word structure of English.
Key Idea - 2 - Listening and speaking support the reading skills in Latin.
Performance Indicator - recognize and comprehend simple spoken Latin statements and questions based on classroom situations.
Performance Indicator - articulate simple Latin phrases and convey meaning in controlled situations.
Key Idea Title - American Sign Language
Key Idea - 1 - Visual-gestural skills provide a means of communication with Deaf people in the context of the Deaf culture.
Performance Indicator - use receptive skills to comprehend simple statements and questions in standard dialect.
Performance Indicator - express basic needs and compose statements, questions and short messages to signers of the same age group and to familiar adults.
Performance Indicator - initiate and engage in simple face-to-face conversations.
Key Idea Title - Native American Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Communication in Native languages takes place primarily to share expression of ideas, thoughts, and feelings to preserve Native cultural ideology.
Performance Indicator - comprehend simple statements and questions in the context of the classroom and the main ideas of more extended messages and conversations.
Performance Indicator - initiate and respond to simple face-to face conversations.
Key Idea - 2 - Writing systems, and therefore reading, are recent introductions to Native languages and are used primarily to encourage functional communication in the listening and speaking skills.
Performance Indicator - comprehend the main ideas of materials containing simple structure and syntax.
Performance Indicator - compose short messages on familiar topics or to express basic personal needs.
Standard - 2 - Cultural Understanding Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.
Key Idea Title - Modern Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Effective communication involves meanings that go beyond words and require an understanding of perceptions, gestures, folklore, and family and community dynamics. All of these elements can affect whether and how well a message is received.
Performance Indicator - use some key cultural traits of the societies in which the target language is spoken.
Key Idea Title - Latin
Key Idea - 1 - Latin acquisition provides the cultural context for learning about the ancient world and its people. From this basis students can compare and contrast antiquity and the present and thoughtfully contemplate the
future.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate knowledge of some aspects of Greco-Roman culture and selected facts of daily life, myths, history, and architecture.
Performance Indicator - recognize manifestations of antiquity in the modern world.
Key Idea Title - American Sign Language
Key Idea - 1 - Key cultural traits exist within the Deaf culture, and cultural patterns are learned through the use of American Sign Language.
Performance Indicator - use key cultural traits that exist in settings where American Sign Language is used.
Performance Indicator - become aware of cultural patterns, learned through the use of American Sign Language, that characterize the Deaf culture.
Key Idea Title - Native American Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Culture is transmitted and preserved through knowledge about the lives of Native American people and the sharing of their cultural ideology.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate an awareness of Native culture.
Performance Indicator - recognize the names of cultural items and their uses.
Performance Indicator - understand the history and cultural symbols of the people.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate knowledge about the clan system.
Level - Checkpoint B
Standard - 1 - Communication Skills Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.
Key Idea Title - Modern Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Listening and speaking are primary communicative goals in modern language learning. These skills are used for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings
and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.
Performance Indicator - comprehend messages and short conversations when listening to peers, familiar adults, and providers of public services either in face-to-face interactions or on the telephone.
Performance Indicator - understand the main idea and some discrete information in television, radio, or live presentations.
Performance Indicator - initiate and sustain conversations, face to face or on the phone, with native-speaking or more fluent individuals.
Performance Indicator - select vocabulary appropriate to a range of topics, employ simple and complex sentences in present, past, and future time frames, and express details and nuances by using appropriate modifiers.
Performance Indicator - exhibit spontaneity in their interactions, particularly when the topic is familiar, but often rely on familiar utterances.
Performance Indicator - use repetition and circumlocution as well as gestures and other nonverbal cues to sustain conversation.
Key Idea - 2 - Reading and writing are used in languages other than English for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.
Performance Indicator - read and comprehend materials written for native speakers when the topic and language are familiar.
Performance Indicator - use cognates and contextual and visual cues to derive meaning from texts that contain unfamiliar words, expressions, and structures.
Performance Indicator - read simple materials independently, but may have to guess at meanings of longer or more complex material.
Performance Indicator - write short notes, uncomplicated personal and business letters, brief journals, and short reports.
Performance Indicator - write brief analyses of more complex content when given the opportunity for organization and advance preparation, though errors may occur more frequently.
Performance Indicator - produce written narratives and expressions of opinion about radio and television programs, newspaper and magazine articles, and selected stories, songs, and literature of the target language.
Key Idea Title - Latin
Key Idea - 1 - Reading is the most important skill that students acquire in learning Latin for it is the vehicle through which communication with the ancient world is possible, and it is also the tool, along with writing, through which students become more aware of their own and other languages.
Performance Indicator - understand composed Latin and passages adapted from Latin authors.
Performance Indicator - respond in simple written Latin and in English to questions based on composed Latin and on passages adapted from Latin authors.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate a knowledge of basic Latin vocabulary and language structures and an increased English vocabulary based on Latin.
Key Idea - 2 - Listening and speaking support the reading skills in Latin.
Performance Indicator - comprehend simple spoken Latin statements and questions based on a classroom situation or a simple Latin passage read aloud.
Performance Indicator - read familiar Latin aloud and speak Latin with accurate pronunciation, appropriate phrase grouping, voice inflection, and expression in controlled classroom situations.
Key Idea Title - American Sign Language
Key Idea - 1 - Visual-gestural skills provide a means of communication with Deaf people in the context of the Deaf culture.
Performance Indicator - comprehend messages and short conversations when they contain frequently used grammatical features and word order patterns.
Performance Indicator - understand some main ideas and some discrete information when watching signed television broadcasts, instructional videotapes, and films on topics of interest to them or to the general public.
Performance Indicator - express themselves with confidence on a range of topics that include issues related to everyday life, the content of programs on television and videotapes; the content of articles in newspapers or magazines for the general public; and stories and excerpts from Deaf literature.
Performance Indicator - engage in extended discourse with native ASL signers on a broad range of topics that extends beyond the students' interests to those of general interest to members of the Deaf culture.
Key Idea Title - Native American Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Communication in Native languages takes place primarily to share expression of ideas, thoughts, and feelings to preserve Native cultural ideology.
Performance Indicator - comprehend messages and short conversations when listening to Native speakers; repetition may be necessary for full understanding.
Performance Indicator - initiate and sustain conversation with some hesitation and difficulty in pronunciation in short and familiar communicative situations.
Performance Indicator - produce an extended communication through a series of short connected utterances, using repetition as needed.
Performance Indicator - comprehend the meaning of myths and legends told to them repeatedly by Native speakers.
Key Idea - 2 - Writing systems, and therefore reading, are recent introductions to Native languages and are used primarily to encourage functional communication in the listening and speaking skills.
Performance Indicator - understand simple narrative and descriptive authentic materials and edited texts within a familiar context.
Performance Indicator - read Native texts or stories aloud with accurate pronunciation and attention to dialogue.
Performance Indicator - write short communications that are comprehensible to Native speakers used to dealing with students. Difficulties still occur when expressing more complex thoughts.
Standard - 2 - Cultural Understanding Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.
Key Idea Title - Modern Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Effective communication involves meanings that go beyond words and require an understanding of perceptions, gestures, folklore, and family and community dynamics. All of these elements can affect whether and how well a message is received.
Performance Indicator - exhibit more comprehensive knowledge of cultural traits and patterns.
Performance Indicator - draw comparisons between societies.
Performance Indicator - recognize that there are important linguistic and cultural variations among groups that speak the same target language.
Performance Indicator - understand how words, body language, rituals, and social interactions influence communication.
Key Idea Title - Latin
Key Idea - 1 - Latin acquisition provides the cultural context for learning about the ancient world and its people. From this basis students can compare and contrast antiquity and the present and thoughtfully contemplate the
future.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate increased knowledge of Greco-Roman myths and legends, daily life and history, art, and architecture, and of their influence on later civilizations.
Performance Indicator - read culturally authentic passages of Latin adapted from Latin authors.
Performance Indicator - apply knowledge of Latin literature, authors, and techniques of style to world literary traditions.
Key Idea Title - American Sign Language
Key Idea - 1 - Key cultural traits exist within the Deaf culture, and cultural patterns are learned through the use of American Sign Language.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate more comprehensive knowledge of the Deaf culture.
Performance Indicator - draw comparisons about different societies both within the Deaf culture and other cultures.
Performance Indicator - recognize important linguistic and cultural variations among different groups within the culture and in the various states and Canadian provences where American Sign Language is used.
Key Idea Title - Native American Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Culture is transmitted and preserved through knowledge about the lives of Native American people and the sharing of their cultural ideology.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate increased knowledge of Native culture through their myths and legends, art and architecture, and literature and government.
Performance Indicator - recognize how Native cultural ideas exist within modern America.
Level - Checkpoint C
Standard - 1 - Communication Skills Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.
Key Idea Title - Modern Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Listening and speaking are primary communicative goals in modern language learning. These skills are used for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings
and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.
Performance Indicator - understand standard speech delivered in most authentic settings.
Performance Indicator - understand the main ideas and significant relevant details of extended discussions or presentations, and of recorded songs, feature programs on radio and television, movies, and other media designed for use by native speakers.
Performance Indicator - draw on a wide range of language forms, vocabulary, idioms, and structures learned in class as well as those acquired through independent exposure to the language.
Performance Indicator - comprehend subtler, nuanced details of meaning with some repetition and rephrasing.
Performance Indicator - engage in extended discussions with native or fluent speakers on a broad range of topics that extend beyond their daily lives and are of general interest to the target cultures.
Key Idea - 2 - Reading and writing are used in languages other than English for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.
Performance Indicator - comprehend the content of most texts of interest to native speakers.
Performance Indicator - draw on a broad range of learned vocabulary, idioms, and structures, including the full range of time frames, as well as language acquired through independent reading.
Performance Indicator - write multiparagraphed essays, journals, personal and business letters, and creative texts in which their thoughts are unified and presented in an organized fashion; errors in form may occur, particularly when the students are writing about complex themes or issues requiring the expression of opinions, or when the topic is outside their realm of experiences.
Performance Indicator - use culturally appropriate learned vocabulary and structures associated with a broad range of topics, and structures such as simple and complex sentences to communicate through the full range of time frames.
Key Idea Title - Latin
Key Idea - 1 - Reading is the most important skill that students acquire in learning Latin for it is the vehicle through which communication with the ancient world is possible, and it is also the tool, along with writing, through which students become more aware of their own and other languages.
Performance Indicator - read and understand selected authors of prose and poetry with some assistance.
Performance Indicator - express in English the general and specific meaning of Latin passages of prose or poetry, assisted by glosses, and can demonstrate a controlled, but increasing, ability to write Latin.
Performance Indicator - read aloud Latin prose and poetry with attention to features such as the correct metrical structure.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate an expanding knowledge of Latin vocabulary and language structures, and an increased English vocabulary based on it.
Key Idea - 2 - Listening and speaking support the reading skills in Latin.
Performance Indicator - recognize and appreciate the linguistic and artistic qualities of oral Latin prose and poetry when read aloud.
Performance Indicator - read aloud Latin prose and poetry with attention to features such as the correct metrical structure.
Key Idea Title - American Sign Language
Key Idea - 1 - Visual-gestural skills provide a means of communication with Deaf people in the context of the Deaf culture.
Performance Indicator - understand a wide range of registers delivered with some repetition and paraphrasing by fluent ASL signers, comprehension may be hindered when the topics are unfamiliar or when more advanced signed communication is being used.
Performance Indicator - organize presentations on everyday topics.
Performance Indicator - express complex ideas with confidence.
Key Idea - 2 - Interactive communication is possible with Deaf people through the use of signs.
Performance Indicator - converse with confidence.
Performance Indicator - engage in extended discourse with native ASL signers on a broad range of topics including those of general interest to the Deaf culture.
Key Idea Title - Native American Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Communication in Native languages takes place primarily to share expression of ideas, thoughts, and feelings to preserve Native cultural ideology.
Performance Indicator - understand speech delivered with some repetitions and rewording by competent Native speakers.
Performance Indicator - understand the essential points of discussion or presentations on familiar topics in lengthy messages and presentations.
Performance Indicator - handle most communicative situations with confidence but may need help with complicated, unfamiliar topics.
Key Idea - 2 - Writing systems, and therefore reading, are recent introductions to Native languages and are used primarily to encourage functional communication in the listening and speaking skills.
Performance Indicator - understand most factual information in nontechnical prose as well as some informative and descriptive texts on topics related to areas of special interest.
Performance Indicator - compose unified and organized texts on everyday topics.
Standard - 2 - Cultural Understanding Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.
Key Idea Title - Modern Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Effective communication involves meanings that go beyond words and require an understanding of perceptions, gestures, folklore, and family and community dynamics. All of these elements can affect whether and how well a message is received.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate sophisticated knowledge of cultural nuances in a target language culture.
Performance Indicator - model how spoken language, body language, and social interaction influence communication.
Performance Indicator - use appropriate registers.
Performance Indicator - write in the target language in a manner that articulates similarities and differences in cultural behaviors.
Key Idea Title - Latin
Key Idea - 1 - Latin acquisition provides the cultural context for learning about the ancient world and its people. From this basis students can compare and contrast antiquity and the present and thoughtfully contemplate the
future.
Performance Indicator - use adapted reading from Latin prose and poetry to broaden knowledge about Greco-Roman civilization and its influence on subsequent civilizations.
Performance Indicator - make comparisons of Latin literary style with those of world literary traditions.
Key Idea Title - American Sign Language
Key Idea - 1 - Key cultural traits exist within the Deaf culture, and cultural patterns are learned through the use of American Sign Language.
Performance Indicator - produce behaviors that are consistent with the Deaf culture.
Performance Indicator - reflect a wide variety of different contexts within the Deaf culture.
Key Idea Title - Native American Languages
Key Idea - 1 - Culture is transmitted and preserved through knowledge about the lives of Native American people and the sharing of their cultural ideology.
Performance Indicator - demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the Native culture.
Performance Indicator - distinguish between various subgroups.
Performance Indicator - relate their knowledge and understanding of the culture to other Native American groups.
