APS World Language

Essential Questions

What is an Essential Question?

How do we write an effective Essential Question for World Language?

Why are EQs important?

Do we really need EQs?

Take a look at the following links:

What is an Essential Question? defined by Wiggins

What makes an Essential Question? - book by McTighe & Wiggins, examples and non-examples

A Good Essential Question... - Berkeley World Language Project

EQs for World Language - examples from Wiggins & McTighe

Thematic Planning and Essential Questions - videos and examples from CARLA

Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings - examples from a high school in CT

EQs by Themes and by Topics - Content Elaborations from the Ohio Department of Education

 

APS World Language Templates

Listed below are the templates drafted this summer for world language units and lessons:

Unit Plan Template: Download APS WL Unit Template Draft July 2015

An analysis of IB and AP level requirements lead the world language team to identify six overarching themes that would formulate world language units for all levels, elementary, middle and high school. All levels of World Language are to be comprised of  SIX units. The SIX units are as follows:

Unit 1: Who are we and how do we relate to others?

Unit 2: Where are we in place in time?

Unit 3: How do we express ourselves?

Unit 4: How do we organize ourselves?

Unit 5: How does the world work?

Unit 6: How do we become responsible global citizens?

Lesson Plan Template: Download APS WL Lesson Plan Template DRAFT

Lesson Planning Support

Developing lessons with the end in mind....

 

Lesson planning support resources:

UCLA: http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/k-12/index.aspx#k12layout

Shelby, TN: http://www.scsk12.org/uf/ci/wl.php

Scotch Plains, NJ: http://www.spfk12.org/page/146

Creating a Proficiency-based Classroom

Summer 2015 Three Day Institute with Greg Duncan

Dates: June 29th - July 1st

Time: 8:30 - 4:30

Day 1

Handouts from class:

Ideas for Creating Themes for Program Articulation

IB PYP: Download IB PYP themes

IB PYP - MYP

Primary Years Programme (PYP) K – G5 Trans-disciplinary themes:	Middle Years Programme (MYP (G6 – 10) Global contexts:
Who we are	Identities and relationships
Where we are in place and time	Orientation in space and time
How we express ourselves	Personal and cultural expression
How the world works	Scientific and technical innovation
How we organize ourselves	Globalization and sustainability
Sharing the planet	Fairness and development

IB/AP:

 

AP-IB Themes Comparisons Chart 2011

 

APS Themes (DRAFT)

Download APS WL Themes