Designing Tasks Around Authentic Resources
Step 1:Search for and select authentic resources for your unit theme.
Step 2: Decide how the authentic resources can work for your lessons.
Step 3: Design tasks and lesson sequences around the authentic resources.
Theme: Clothing
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Authentic resources
Authentic resources: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Social media posts on the topic: French, German, Spanish Fair trade authentic resources: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
Theme: Environment
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Authentic resources
Environment authentic resources: French Chinese, German, Italian, Portuguese Spanish Recycling authentic resources: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish Recycling social media posts: French, Spanish Climate change/Global warming: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Climate change social media posts: French, Spanish Earth day: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Earth day social media posts: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Plastics in the environment: French, German, Portuguese, Spanish Trees and forests: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Water and oceans: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
Theme: Family
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Authentic resources
Family authentic resources: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish Pets authentic resources: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish |
Lesson resources
Family tiered activity Tiered writing/speaking prompts on the topic of family (French) Pets graphic organizer: French, German, Portuguese, Spanish Pets lesson example (Scenario #2) |
Theme: Free time activities
Theme: Healthy Lifestyle
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Authentic resources
Healthy lifestyle authentic resources: French, Chinese, German, Italian, Spanish Cycling authentic resources: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Spanish |
Theme: School
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Authentic resources
School authentic resources: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish School lunches authentic resources: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish School lunches social media posts: Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish Education authentic resources: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Bullying authentic resources: French, German, Italian, Spanish Preparing for exams authentic resources: Multiple languages Le Bac authentic resources: French |
Lesson resources
School schedule lesson sequence example Tiered writing/speaking prompts on the topic of school (French) Bullying graphic organizer: French, Spanish Le Bac graphic organizer: French Backpacks graphic organizer: Spanish School lunches graphic organizer: Spanish |
Theme: Volunteering/Giving back
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Authentic resources
Authentic resources: Multiple languages Social media posts on the topic: French, Italian, Spanish |
Theme: Food
