Interacting with Authentic Texts and Tasks

Infrastructure Project

Iman Hashem & Brandon Zaslow

Discovery Center A and B, Lobby Level

Interacting with Authentic Texts and Tasks

Reflections

Learning Plans (Model Curriculum)

Short Videotapes of

Classroom Learning

Experiences

Pool of Authentic

Texts

Pool of Authentic Texts

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Name of the Contributor Layla Bahar Al-Aloom Nawal Laymoun

Title Lunch Box Rainbow street in Jordan

Topics Covered Food item for lunch box, likes (food4lunchbox & bring from home or school)

Describing the street, directions, names of places in the street

Brief Description TV program that shows students talking about their the food they have in their lunchbox

Segment of TV program of people talking about the most famous street in the city of Amman.

URL Google.Drive – https://www.jeemtv.net/

Age K-8 grades 4th grade to adult

Proficiency Level Novice Med Novice High – Intermediate High

Language Sandwich, cheese, chips, water, juice, milk, choclolate Adjectives, superlatives, Houses, streets, restaurants, old, new, tourists

Cultures Intercultural practices – the lunchboxes, food items, etc Streets structure, clothes, old street

Content Healthy lunch History of streets in Jordan

Presentational Task Create lists of various combinations of healthy and appealing lunch box

Describing cities they live in them. Designing an ideal city and describing it.

Interpersonal Task Students talk to each other in the classroom and find out who likes to have similar ideas about food in lunchboxes to team up with to design the list of healthy food

In order to plan where to live or decide on places you would like to visit during your trip.

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Name of the Contributor Iman Hashem

Title Healthy Food

Topics Covered Food categories – Healthy choices

Brief Description Short video in a supermarket

URL https://www.jeemtv.net/ar/clips/food-groups?utm_source=jeem_search&utm_medium=content-tile&utm_campaign=content-tile

Age All

Proficiency Level Beginners

Language Fruits, vegetables, meat, chicken, no fat, low fat

Cultures Supermarket in the Arab world – Gulf area

Content Healthy food

Presentational Task Recipe book

Interpersonal Task Students talk to each other in the classroom and find out who likes to have similar ideas about food in lunchboxes to team up with to design the list of healthy food

Learning Plans (Model Curriculum)

Using STARTALK Model Curriculum, Personal Identity, we

will produce learning plans that address four can-do

statements.

The learning plans will describe all the learning

experiences that lead to the prescribed performance task.

The learning plans will be linked to classroom videos that demonstrate various learning experiences.

Learning Plans

High School: Arabic 1 Western High School

Marwa Thabet

Middle School: 6th GradeMinaret Academy

Baria Fawal Manar Tarazi

Arabic 1CSUSB

Dr. Oraib Mango

Middle School: 6th GradeMinaret Academy

Baria Fawal Manar Tarazi

Short Videotapes of

Classroom Learning

Experiences

Videographer: NadimSullman

Editor: Hadia Abdullah

Producer: Iman Hashem

Workshop

• Examining the Learning Plans

• Watching the video

Feedback

• Participants decide how they can adapt the materials for their students

Reflections

• Revise the suggestions and publish them

Reflections