Lesson and Unit Planning

Learning targets

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements

Developing Learning Targets infographic

Make your can-do statements communicative (World Language Classroom podcast: Episode 18)

Focus on proficiency: Planning with can-do statements

Understanding performance indicators and can-do statements (NYSED)

Proficiency vs. performance targets (C. Ritz presentation)

Five steps for reimagining world-language learning goals

Understanding By Design/Backward Design

What is the UbD Framework?

UbD Tool Kit Live Binder

Understanding by Design Vanderbilt University website

UbD Unit Template

Unit and Lesson Planning

Sample unit and lesson plans (Georgia Department of Education)

Sample curriculum (Williamson Co, TN)

ACTFL The Keys to Planning for Learning: link to online resources

Lesson Plan Templates

Lesson Plan Template: ACTFL The Keys to Planning for Learning

Unit Plan Template: ACTFL The Keys to Planning for Learning

World Languages Sample Lesson Template

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Unit Plan Thinking Template

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Strategies that Gain Attention and Activate Prior Knowledge
(Lesson hooks, Warm-ups, Lesson Openings)
*click on links for resources, examples, ideas, and templates

Students respond to a question of the day	Lead students in a brainstorming activity	Have students react to a meme, quote or joke	Conduct a guessing game
You can only keep 2 or 3	Open the lesson with a positive, encouraging message in the target language	This or That?	One Must Go/ One Has to Go/One Gotta Go
You can only pick one	Would you rather?	Caption This!	Emoji story
"On a scale of" check in	Writing or speaking prompt	Free speaking or writing task using a visual	Have students respond to a survey
Students interpret a social media post	Conduct a directed drawing activity	Tell or read a story	Show a commercial or video clip

Using memes in the target language as lesson openings:

French memes and quotes

German memes and quotes

Italian memes and quotes

Spanish memes and quotes

KWL Charts

KWL in Spanish

KWL in French

KWL in German

Strategies for the Modes of Communication

ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages

Modes of communication

Interpersonal Strategies

Interpersonal Strategies

Interpretive Strategies

Interpretive Strategies

Authentic Resources

Presentational Strategies

Presentational Strategies

Flexible grouping and cooperative learning lesson segments

Strategies

Additional Strategies

Hands-on Strategies, Games, and Movement

Closure activities

Closure activities ideas

22 Powerful Closure Activities

40 Ways to Leave a Lesson

Lesson Closure Activities

Strategies for Effective Closure

Exit Tickets

Performance Tasks

Designing performance tasks

Sample performance tasks

Comprehensible Input

Resources

Checking for understanding

Formative assessments

Examples of Authentic Resources Embedded into Lesson Plans

Phase of lesson	Activity type	Example
Introductory	Lesson hook	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/02/06/how-do-i-incorporate-authentic-text-into-my-daily-lesson-plans-part-1/(Scenario 2)
Value	Introducing vocabulary	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/02/06/how-do-i-incorporate-authentic-text-into-my-daily-lesson-plans-part-1/ (Scenario 1) https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/08/24/using-authentic-resources-for-vocabulary-input-and-reinforcement/
Value	Connect new content with prior learning	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/02/06/how-do-i-incorporate-authentic-text-into-my-daily-lesson-plans-part-1/ (Scenario 3)
Value	Grammar in context	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/07/27/teaching-grammar-in-context-using-authentic-resources-part-2/
Guided	Modeling routines	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/05/04/using-authentic-text-in-guided-activities/
	Using graphic organizers	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/05/04/using-authentic-text-in-guided-activities/
Independent	Assessment tasks	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/09/21/creating-performance-tasks-and-assessments-using-authentic-text/
Value	Learning Centers	https://passion4theprofession.com/2019/03/15/basing-learning-centers-on-authentic-text-part-3/
		https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/10/19/basing-learning-centers-on-authentic-text-part-2/
	Discussions	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/07/27/teaching-grammar-in-context-using-authentic-resources-part-2/
	Springboard into interpersonal or presentational tasks	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/05/31/using-authentic-text-as-a-springboard-to-interpersonal-tasks/
	Independent reading	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/05/11/independent-reading-building-students-confidence-in-interpreting-authentic-texts/
	Tiered tasks	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/05/18/tiering-tasks-for-authentic-text-to-meet-the-needs-of-all-learners/
	Tiered text	https://passion4theprofession.com/2018/05/25/tiering-authentic-text-to-meet-the-needs-of-all-learners/

Lesson and Unit Planning​

Lesson and Unit Planning