ASPECTS of the NC Essential Standards are unpacked in class each week. By the end of the year, the goal for Spanish 3 students can be found below:
IF the basic description of the NC Essential Standards is too much, Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS) has worked to explain them through a series of “I can” statements located in the linked .pdf.
North Carolina Essential Standards
World Languages
Note on Numbering:
IL – Intermediate Low Proficiency Level
Note on Strands:
CLL - Connections to Language & Literacy
COD – Connections to Other Disciplines
CMT – Communities
Note: The North Carolina World Language Essential Standards are organized by proficiency level, rather than
grade level or gradespan, to embed the multiple entry points for language learning across the K-12 spectrum. Exit
proficiency expectations have been determined that show what a student is expected to be able to do with the
language at the end of a specific program or particular class. The proficiency expectations charts are included
with the program descriptions in the preamble.
CLL: Connections to Language & Literacy
Essential Standard
Clarifying Objectives
IL.CLL.1 Use the language to engage in
interpersonal communication.
IL.CLL.1.1 Carry out unrehearsed conversations on familiar topics
with some details.
IL.CLL.1.2 Use questions to exchange information in familiar
situations.
IL.CLL.2 Understand words and concepts
presented in the language.
IL.CLL.2.1 Su mmarize main ideas and a few details in short
conversations and some forms of media.
IL.CLL.2.2 Summarize main ideas and a few details in texts that
contain familiar vocabulary.
IL.CLL.2.3 Recognize that ideas and expressions may be presented
differently in the target language than the students’
language.
IL.CLL.2.4 Compare fiction texts and non-fiction texts about
familiar topics.
IL.CLL.3 Use the language to present
information to an audience.
IL.CLL.3.1 Use a series of phrases and sentences to create
descriptions with some details about familiar topics and
experiences.
IL.CLL.3.2 Use the language to act out and summarize poetry,
lyrics, prose, and other literature from the target culture.
IL.CLL.3.3 Use a series of phrases and sentences to give spoken and
written presentations about familiar topics, situations,
and experiences with some details.
IL.CLL.3.4 Create dialogues and skits to present with some details
about familiar topics.
IL.CLL.4 Compare the students’ culture
and the target culture.
IL.CLL.4.1 Classify cultural practices of people in the target culture
and the students’ culture using familiar topics, situations,
and experiences.
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Essential Standard
Clarifying Objectives
IL.CLL.4.2 Use cognates, loan words, and some idiomatic
expressions to express information about familiar topics.
IL.CLL.4.3 Analyze the language conventions in authentic written
and spoken texts.
COD: Connections to Other Disciplines
Essential Standard
Clarifying Objectives
IL.COD.1 Use the language to engage in
interpersonal communication.
IL.COD.1.1 Understand how to start and continue unrehearsed
conversations on a limited number of academic topics.
IL.COD.1.2 Understand how to ask and answer questions and
exchange information on academic topics.
IL.COD.2 Understand words and concepts
presented in the language.
IL.COD.2.1 Analyze the relationship between words from the target
language and the students’ language to expand
vocabulary related to academic topics.
IL.COD.2.2 Differentiate the structural patterns of the target
language and the students’ language.
IL.COD.2.3 Understand main ideas and a few details in class
discussions and some forms of media.
IL.COD.2.4 Understand main ideas and a few details in academic
texts that contain familiar vocabulary.
IL.COD.2.5 Remember expanded vocabulary and language
structures essential to comprehension in academic class
discussions and presentations.
IL.COD.3 Use the language to present
information to an audience.
IL.COD.3.1 Use academic content terminology in a series of phrases
and sentences with a few details to give spoken or
written presentations in the target language on familiar
topics.
IL.COD.3.2 Produce a series of phrases and sentences about familiar
themes related to other disciplines.
IL.COD.3.3 Use readily available technology tools and digital
literacy skills to present in the target language about
other disciplines.
IL.COD.4 Compare the students’ culture
and the target culture.
IL.COD.4.1 Analyze cultural practices and perspectives from the
target culture with the students’ culture.
IL.COD.4.2 Understand how prominent citizens and events
impact(ed) the target culture and the students’ culture.
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CMT: Communities
Essential Standard
Clarifying Objectives
IL.CMT.1 Use the language to engage in
interpersonal communication.
IL.CMT.1.1 Carry out unrehearsed interactions in familiar situations
with people from the target culture or communities of
learners of the same target language.
IL.CMT.1.2 Use the language to exchange information with people
from the target culture about shared experiences.
IL.CMT.2 Understand words and concepts
presented in the language.
IL.CMT.2.1 Understand practices, products, and perspectives from
texts about familiar topics with some details.
IL.CMT.2.2 Understand the meaning of messages on familiar topics
displayed in the community or created by peers learning
the same target language.
IL.CMT.3 Use the language to present
information to an audience.
IL.CMT.3.1 Use a series of phrases and sentences to describe arts,
sports, games, and media from the target culture.
IL.CMT.3.2 Use limited dialogue to participate in school or
community activities related to the target culture.
IL.CMT.4 Compare the students’ culture
and the target culture.
IL.CMT.4.1 Integrate traditions and activities of the target culture
and the students’ culture.
IL.CMT.4.2 Create resources in the target language for use in the
community.
IL.CMT.4.3 Coordinate events or presentations that share the target
language and culture with the community