Appendix I.
Standards-Based Unit Template by Clementi & Terrill November 2013
Approximate Length
Language and of Unit
Level / Grade Approximate Number
of Minutes Weekly
Theme/Topic
Essential Question
Goals Learners will be able to:
What should learners know
and be able to do by the
end of the unit?
Interpretive Mode
Summative
Performance
Assessment
These tasks allow
learners to demonstrate
how well they have met
the goals of the unit.
They are integrated
throughout the unit.
The template encourages
multiple interpretive
Presentational Mode Interpersonal Mode
tasks.
The interpretive tasks
inform the content of the
presentational and
interpersonal tasks.
The tasks should
incorporate 21st Century
Skills.
ACTFL Keys to Planning for Learning by Clementi & Terrill 2013
Appendix I. Standards-Based Unit Template by Clementi & Terrill November 2013
Product:
Cultures Practice:
(Sample Evidence) Perspective:
Indicate the relationship
between the product, Product:
practice, and perspective. Practice:
Perspective:
Connections Making Connections Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives
(Sample Evidence)
Comparisons Language Comparisons Cultural Comparisons
(Sample Evidence)
Communities School and Global Communities Lifelong Learning
(Sample Evidence)
Connections to
Common Core
Toolbox
Vocabulary Expansion
Language Functions Related Structures / Patterns
Tier 1
Tier 2
Key Learning Activities/Formative Assessments
How does this activity Interculturality
Key Learning Activity/Formative Assessment Mode of
support the unit goals or Self
(representative samples from beginning to end of unit) Communication
performance tasks? Community
ACTFL Keys to Planning for Learning by Clementi & Terrill 2013
Appendix I. Standards-Based Unit Template by Clementi & Terrill November 2013
World
Resources Technology Integration
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