Ms. Gong
MS 205
ACTFL Exit level: Novice high
High School level I is an introductory course for students with little or no prior experience with the language. It is designed to build a strong foundation and provide students with opportunities to use the target language from day one. Students at this level use single sentences to communicate. Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
Aug.16 - Oct.14
I can identify the date and time for a meeting from a conversation or announcement.
I can recognize a time or date in email, event plan, meeting request etc.
I can identify numbers 0 - 9999999 in Chinese characters.
I can tell the date and time.
I can tell others when to meet.
I can text my friends when to meet.
I can ask and tell one's birthday.
I can ask and tell the time in different expressions.
Oct.15 - Dec. 9
I can understand and get personal information such as name, family and appearance from one's self-introduction.
I can understand simple questions about family in correspondence among an e-pals.
I can understand what information is provided on a student ID card.
I can make a brief self-introduction.
I can caption a photo with my family members’ names, ages, relationship to me.
I can write a brief self-introduction to my new pen-pal.
I can write about what I look like so that someone can recognize me.
I can write my name, age, grade and birtday on a simple form.
I can identify a person by the description of appearance.
Dec.10 - Feb.3
I can understand and get information such as nationality, languages and occupation from a conversation or presentation.
I can understand someone’s profile on a social media site.
I can imagine how one looks like through the description of appearance.
I can introduce my family members' natinoality, languages they speak, and their background of growth.
I can introduce what my parents do, where you work, and whether they go on business trip or not.
I can write about my natinoality, languages, and background of growth.
I can write about my parents' jobs.
I can exchange the information about nationality, languages, where I was born and grew up.
I can ask and tell one's work is busy or not.
Feb.4 - Mar.23
I can understand greetings, invitations and rejections.
I can identify my departure and arrival times from a transportation schedule.
I can identify some locations or stores by their signs.
I can introduce the transport system in my country.
I can make an opening presentation on my birthday party.
I can write a guide for transportation in my city or country.
I can write a birthday party invitation to my friends.
I can ask and tell how to get to a place from where I am.
I can greet and take leave in a polite way.
I can write my phone number, home address, and email address on a simple form.
Mar.24 - May 31
I can understand and identify information about one's school life.
I can understand questions about daily schedule in a text message.
I can identify the time and sports from an extra-curricular timetale.
I can talk about my daily schedule on schooldays and weekend.
I can introduce how my dream school uniform is like.
I can write information about my daily life in a letter, blog, discussion board or email message.
I can explain my design for a new school uniform.
I can exchange preferences with my friends about our likes and dislikes of colours and clothing.
I can fill out a simple schedule for a day.
I can list my favorite free-time activities to create a survey for my peers.
Interpretative
30%
Learners understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
Presentational
25%
Learners present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media.
Interpersonal
25%
Learners interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
Use of Language
20%
Learners can use language according to a specific context.
Parents can find more information of the standards assessed in each Broad Learning Category on PowerSchool.
The World Languages Department Reassessment Policy can be found here.
Students can expect the following from the teacher concerning the following:
GOOGLE CLASSROOM - All assignments will be posted in Google Classroom. If you are having trouble locating it, contact the teacher.
RUBRICS AND POLICIES - Once posted here they will not change. However, if a chance is necessary the teacher will inform students well in advance and will clearly mark the changes.