Monthly Archives: September 2019
Local Tongue
Unit 2 Big Ideas/Essential Skills
- How is our understanding of culture and society constructed through and by language?
- What does the research process look like? How do you gather, organize and present ideas?
- What are the tools you need to have to be successful in high school?
“Do you speak my language?” questions.
Local Tongue prompt in Write the World
City of Endangered Languages and answer the post-viewing questions.
“Pardon my French”
Language and Culture.
Unit 2 Big Ideas/Essential Skills
- How is our understanding of culture and society constructed through and by language?
- What does the research process look like? How do you gather, organize and present ideas?
- What are the tools you need to have to be successful in high school?
Opening Act
We’ll begin the week by reviewing, revising, and reflecting on where we are in our learning. Ask yourself: What have I missed? What have I yet to complete? Where do I need to spend more time on this course?
Here’s the important stuff to do or have done or need to review so far in the course:
- Write Unit 1 Test (Hardcopy)
- Update Tracking Sheet and complete work that is not YET done—especially any item in blue, gold, or purple.
- Quizlet practice of affixes—->Affixes test next week.
We are learning to…
- How is our understanding of culture and society constructed through and by language?
- What does the research process look like? How do you gather, organize and present ideas?
- What are the tools you need to have to be successful in high school?
OneNote: Unit 2: Do you speak my language?
Unit Wrap-up
We are learning to identify the codes and conventions of different types of texts.
We are learning to think about how our understanding of culture and society might be constructed through and by language.
Finish annotating “Parlez-Vous Anglais?”
View “How language shapes the way we think” – Lera Boroditsky in OneNote. and add to your Media Conventions and Techniques Chart