Common Core

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Common Core LOTE

• Part Deux
• FLACS Meeting January 15, 2013

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Instructional Shifts in ELA
and what are the shifts for LOTE?
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What are the shifts in LOTE?

• Provide challenging texts authentic texts
  (created for native speakers) are a rich source
  of current language and culture

• Teach reading- how to dig into a text and
  read between the lines

• Design writing and speaking tasks that require
  students to evaluate and integrate evidence
  gleaned from multiple sources (audio, video, and
  
• print media)

• Design written and oral tasks that require
  students to advance an argument (persuasion) or
  explain or shed light on a topic (explanatory)

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What would a LOTE Common Core-Aligned exam look
like?
Reading tasks that require students to dig for
meaning, including inferred or implied meaning
Instead of simple who, what, when, how questions
In addition to authentic documents, such as
schedules, tickets, ads, etc.
Reading and listening texts that are culturally
rich and instructive
Speaking and writing tasks that require students
to use evidence from listening and reading texts
to support an argument or expound on a topic
Instead of isolated, discrete listening and
reading passages
In addition to numeric grades,
Feedback on performance of assessment task based
on rubrics Aligned to LOTE and CC Standards
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Environment Students listen to man on the street
interviews regarding the proposition to ban cars
from city downtowns. Students read an article on
the impact this ban would have on the citys
economy. Students advance an argument supporting
or opposing the ban using evidence from the two
sources.
Travel Students hear a travel ad for a tourist
attraction in a target language city Students
read an article describing sites of interest in a
target language city. Task Teacher is inviting
student input on a travel itinerary for an
upcoming student trip to ______. Students write
a letter to the teacher explaining which sites
(or cities) they wish to include in the itinerary
using evidence from the sources.
School Students read an article on how to ease
anxiety and prepare for entering high
school. Students visit a school website listing
required school supplies. Task Students write
an email to their younger cousin advising them on
how to prepare for the new school he or she will
be attending.
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Physical Environment/Leisure Students hear or
read a weather report for the weekend. The
students have to write an email to their friend
to make plans for this weekend based on the
projected weather for the weekend. Meal
Taking/Restaurants Students read two different
restaurant menus. Based on the restaurants
menus, the students have to write an email to
their teacher suggesting which restaurant would
be better for the class to visit if several of
the class members are vegetarians and explaining
why this restaurant would be the better
choice. Health and Welfare Students read an
article about the flu vaccine. Students have
write an essay stating whether they think people
should take the flu vaccine citing evidence from
the text. School Students read about the school
system a target language country. Using
information from the text, present an argument
for which system is better. .
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World Language Themes K-16
College Board AP Global Challenges Beauty Esthetics Science Technology Families Communities Personal Public Identities Contemporary Life IB Themes CORE Communication Media Global Issues Social Relationships OPTIONS Cultural Diversity Customs Traditions Health NY STATE LOTE SYLLABUS Personal ID House Home Family Life Community/Neighborhood Physical Environment Meal Taking/Food/Drink Health Welfare Education Earning a Living Leisure Public/Private Services Shopping Travel Current Events
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Proposed NYS WL Themes
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Transitioning our teachers to LOTE à la Common
Core

• Modules (SED)
• Curriculum Development
• Assessment
• Report Cards
• APPR
• Staff Development (ACTFL)
• Materials
• Public Relations

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Steps

• Establish themes allow for organizing language
  vocabulary and structure and facilitate the
  integration of the language skills
• Establish best practice reading and writing
  strategies for LOTE
• Expand text types for reading writing blogs,
  articles, surveys, essays, novels, poems, songs,
  letters, emails, journals
• Integrated performance tasks
• Rubrics aligned to CCSS and LOTE

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FLACS/NYSAFLT Spring Conference Sessions

• Student Learning Objectives
• Inter-rater reliability on the FLACS Exams
• Danielson Framework APPR
• Common Core LOTE a
• Aligning to Common Core at All Levels
• Theres a App for That!
• Item-Writing
• FLES
• Digital Portfolios
• Study-Travel Programs