How to create an effective curriculum
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Objective: To give all in attendance the basic materials, resources, information and confidence needed to go beyond the textbook and develop an task-driven, proficiency-based curriculum for their own classrooms.
I. How it all began [5 minutes]
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In Summer 2013, we decided to revise our curriculum to make it more task-based and driven by authentic resources.
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We met for three weeks, during which we came up with our curriculum. The entire curriculum is the same for French and Spanish with minor differences where necessary.
- We decided on five to six themes that were focused onthe AP themes so students would be exposed to the vocabulary and topics from the beginning.
- We used Lee County's modified UbD framework to plan out each unit.
- For each theme/unit, we came up with one to two final performance tasks that the students would complete at the end of each unit.
- We then broke the tasks into smaller skills and laid out the daily plans to teach those skills.
- We developed the vocabulary lists (which we post on Quizlet) by evaluating the vocabulary necessary for each performance task as well as looking at the theme-based vocabulary covered in a few of the textbooks we had encountered.
Spanish Vocabulary Quizlet
French Vocabulary Quizlet: Lee, Wake - We eliminated tests and decided to give quick, formative grammar/vocabulary quizzes frequently and use the final performance task as the measurement of mastery at the end of each unit.
- Most of the performance tasks require students to use multiple modes of language, such as writing and speaking, listening and speaking, or reading and writing.
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We met for three weeks, during which we came up with our curriculum. The entire curriculum is the same for French and Spanish with minor differences where necessary.
- You need a strong departmental bond and be willing to collaborate and delegate.
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You must understand the limitations of your technology
- Do your students all have computers?
- Are you able to project the activities?
- Work together through Google Drive and put EVERYTHING in the folders so that everyone can see, copy, and edit.
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