Sangam-Franklin STARTALK Hindi Language And Culture Program 2018

2018 Program Theme and Topics

OVERARCHING THEME:

STORY TELLING

Daily Schedule

Daily Topics:

A downloadable version of the file containing the daily topics is attached below.

Week 1:

Day 1 (Monday, July 16): Greetings and Introduction / My Hobbies

Day 2 (Tuesday, July 17): My family and I

Day 3 (Wednesday, July 18): My Favorite Food / Festivals / Story of Diwali

Day 4 (Thursday, July 19): My Family's Immigration Story

Day 5 (Friday, July 20): The Story of Hans ka Nyaay

Week 2:

Day 6 (Monday, July 23): The Story of Chatur Kabootar

Day 7 (Tuesday, July 24): The Story of Lakkadhara aur Kulhadii

Day 8 (Wednesday, July 25): Birbal ki Khichadi, Part 1

Day 9 (Thursday, July 26): Birbal ki Khichadi, Part 2

Day 10 (Friday, July 27): Review

Day 11 (Saturday, July 28): Field Trip

Week 3:

Day 12 (Monday, July 30): The Story of Mary Kom

Day 13 (Tuesday, July 31): The Story of Geeta aur Babita

Day 14 (Wednesday, August 1): Review and Testing

Day 15 (Thursday, August 2): Graduation

Daily Topics.docx

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW:

NOVICE HIGH

We are using traditional and contemporary cultural stories to engage young learners in experiencing and exploring the world around them under the overarching theme, ’StoryTelling’, divided into three sub-themes: Personal and Family Stories; Cultural Stories about animals and birds; and contemporary stories about role models, each of which will be implemented in one week of the program duration. Students will introduce themselves to each other; ask and answer questions about likes and dislikes and will comment on activities and characters from stories and their favorite things in life. They will work together to retell the stories in sequence; modify or enact it using their creative skills. We are selecting rich audio-visual and texts to engage learners in thinking, pairing and sharing ideas and performing activities and tasks in the three modes of communication. Various forms of traditional storytelling such as puppetry and street performances, that take place during festivals and events in India, will be used for rich learning experiences. By end of the units, Novice learners will be able to identifying characters and events and presenting in culturally appropriate manner. They will learn key words, phrases and expressions related with cultural and contemporary stories about people, places, animals and birds. They will exchange information with others, make comparisons with their US experiences. They will identify the main idea of authentic Hindi stories, list characters’ traits and experiences, especially in comparison with their own (using learning diagrams, such as T-Charts or Venn Diagrams, as scaffolding), and present their findings to groups of their peers in a culturally appropriate manner. We will conduct a field trip to allow students interact with native speakers in the local community. On the final day of the program all students will present their story at a 'Story Festival'. Formative, Summative and self assessment tools, exit cards and note taking will be used to collect learning evidences and stored in individual and Google Doc folders.

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INTERMEDIATE MID-HIGH

The overarching theme of 'Storytelling' is divided into three sub-themes, Personal and Family Stories, Cultural Stories about animals and birds, and contemporary stories about role models in order to provide Intermediate students rich cultural perspectives on universal values reflected in Indian traditional stories. They will use various forms of storytelling such as, theatrical and street performances and puppetry for retelling the stories learned in the classroom. By engaging in theatrical activities students will be able to get insight into the theme of stories, enrich their learning experience and add values to their personality. They will not only learn new terms and expressions about people, places, animals and birds, but also interpret the theme and messages out of the stories while reconstructing their own narratives. Our stories are ingrained with universal values and character building traits such as helping the needy ('Wounded Swan'), justice for all ('Birbal ki Khichdi'), honesty and integrity ('The Woodcutters’ Axe') to allow students think, pair and share ideas in groups on local and global issues. While exploring authentic texts students will work in groups, serve as ‘experts’ and interact with each other to share information, ideas and insights. They will be able to describe and present their ideas with greater supporting details. A day long field trip will be organized for the same purpose of interacting with native speakers on familiar and unfamiliar topics. On the final day of the program students will present their stories at a 'Story Festival’ to reflect their language skills.