How to teach a Martian

Submitted by Kni.... Last edit on 12/10/2015 - 02:45.
Lesson Profile
Student Level 
Middle (6-8)
Target Language 
English
Teaching Context 
Hybrid / blended
Target Proficiency Level 
Intermediate
Topics 
Social relationships,
People (in the community),
Home and community,
Leisure-time and cultural activities,
Travel and transportation
Performance Descriptors 
  • Simple exchange of information on familiar matters
  • Speak and write in sentences in present time
  • Ask simple questions to obtain information
  • Handle a straightforward survival situation
  • Express simple opinions and explanations
  • Write simple letters or notes on familiar matters
  • Understand straightforward, familiar information
Duration 
01:00 h
Objectives and Standards
Objective 1 
Working on learning styles
Objective 2 
Getting ss to practise language
Objective 3 
A cultural perspective on communities
Objective 4 
Working in a meaningful context
World-Readiness Standards
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California Standards
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Common Core Standards
Reading: Key Ideas and Details 
R1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
R2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize key supporting details and ideas.
R3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Reading: Craft and Structure 
R4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Writing: Text Types and Purposes 
W3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Writing: Production and Distribution 
W4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
W6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
Writing: Research and Present Knowledge 
W9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Speaking and Listening: Comprehension and Collaboration 
SL1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
SL2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
SL3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
Speaking and Listening: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas 
SL4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
SL5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
SL6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of the formal target language when indicated or appropriate.
Language: Conventions of Standard Target language 
L1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard target language grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard target language capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Performance Assessment (Final Project/Assessment)
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Functions, Structures, Vocabulary and Culture
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Rubrics
Task 1 - Interpretive
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Task 2 - Presentational
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Task 3 - Interpersonal
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Activities
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