WLT Workshop on Teaching the Travel Thematic Unit

Workshop Presenter: Daniel Fishman

The focus of this World Languages teachers’ workshop is to explain specifically how one might teach a 6-week thematic unit on travel in either French or Spanish. The curriculum includes:

• vocabulary lists with accompanying formative assessments
• multiple links to and/or documents of authentic resources (videos, readings, recordings, and infographics
• personal tools and techniques for teaching interpretive reading and listening
• classroom scenarios for practicing interpersonal speaking
• suggestions for teaching presentational writing skills
• ready-to-use summative assessments measuring the three communication modes.
• models of scoring checklists and grading systems
• suggestions for aligning the standards-based 1-4 scale with traditional averages.
• sample recordings of student interpersonal speaking assessments.

The entire file will be available for sharing on Google Docs

The day’s agenda will follow the above sequence, step-by-step, with short breaks as needed and a 45-minute lunch break at a convenient time.