Integrated Mini Project

Participating, thinking, acting out responding and sharing:

Asustainableschoolproposalforthehigh school authorities with ideas on how to promote sustainable practices among learners and staff (including easy-tofollow sustainable actions for the high school community).

“How Big Is our Footprint?” Survey, using web tools, calculating the ecological footprints (the amount of natural resources consumption per year), for determining the footprint of the entire class.

Running discussion about reducing the footprint, responsibility for subsequent generations, the impact of their consumption, and more.

OrganizingandimplementinganEcocafe

10th Grade Unit 5

Scenario: #HighTech HighTouch

Themes:

1. Hot Apps

2. Danger Zones in a DigitalWorld

3. TechTools for Positive Change

4. My Future is in My Hands

Enduring understanding: Technology is a powerfultool and, in the right hands, it can make the world a better or worse place.

Essential Question: Howcan technology help me makemy world better?

Linguistic Competencies Goals

Learner can…

L.1. understand many television, radio, and web-based broadcasts/ announcements dealing with subjects of interest if the people talk clearly.

L.2. understand when people speak at normal speed on familiar topics. There may be a need to repeat particularwords and phrases.

L.3. followthe main idea of audio text if the topic is familiar and the text can be replayed.

Oral and Written Comprehension

R.1. understand factual text and simple reports on familiar topics (e.g., movie review, interviews, and meeting agendas).

R.2 identify and manipulate English language sounds using knowledge in phonics, syllabification and word parts.

R.3. understand clear, simple instructions with some visual support (e.g., how to use an app).

SI.1. ask questions about procedures.

SI.2. start, sustain and close a conversational exchange with a peer in the classroom whenthetopicisfamiliar,thoughtheremaybesomedifficultyinunderstandingandbeing understoodfromtime to time.

SP.1. express opinions on familiar subjects and ask for others’ opinions.

SP.2. explain and justifypoints of view, briefly, about the digital world.

Oral and Written Production

W.1. summarize simple text dealing with familiar subjects.

W.2. describe applications or tech tools (e.g., apps, video games, programs, tech tools) usingcompletesentencesthatareconnectedtoeachotherandcheckwrittenparagraphs for mistakes (subject-verb agreement, pronoun and article agreement, capitalization, using commas, sentence sense, word order, textstructure, concrete ideas, etc.).

Level: 10 th Unit 5