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Complete Middle School Immersion Unit 2017


Theme, Goal, Population Can Do Statements Daily Lessons Summative Assessment


Middle School Team

Brooke Cheng, Shufen Li, Meilin Wang,
Joyce Wu, Christine Hutchins

2017 Unit Plan: Middle School

Theme Breakfast around the World 世界各地的早餐
Unit Overview Your school is going to have an international week next month. During one of the
mornings, there will be a program "Breakfast around the world." You will bring your
family's "signature" breakfast to share with the class. You will write and describe your
dish and why you choose that dish. You will also describe your dish orally in small
groups. At the end of the event, the class will vote for the most popular dish.
Enduring
Understanding
People eat different kinds of breakfasts depending on where they live and what they do.
Essential
Questions

1.  What do people like to eat for breakfast in different cultures?

2.  What does my choice of breakfast say about me?


Targeted students

8th grade students

non-heritage students


Language Proficiency Reading: Intermediate low
Time suggested for Instructions 10 forty-five minute lessons
Can-do Statements Based on National Standards

Communication

  • I can ask and respond to questions about preference of food and drink.

  • I can describe some dishes in speaking and writing.

Culture and Community

  • I can identify and describe breakfast items that people eat in different cultures around the world.

Compare and Contrast

  • I can compare and contrast typical Chinese breakfast and typical Western-style breakfast.

Reading Skills
focused objectives
  • Presentational writing and speaking:
    Students write a paragraph describing their signature breakfast dish that they share on the day of “Breakfast Around the World”.  

  • Interpretive reading: A reading-comprehension task will be given based on two best student writings, selected by the teacher, about the dishes.

Teaching Materials

Modified based on authentic materials

Intensive Reading Text 精读文本: 我的早餐

Skimming Text 略读语料: 世界各地美味的早餐

Extended Reading 泛读语料:上海的早午餐


Sentence patterns

Sentence structures:

  1. 一边...一边...

  2. 如果... 就....

  3. 不但...而且...

Vocabulary

Core vocabulary for recognition and writing:

中式早餐:

蛋饼、包子、油条、茶叶蛋 (be able to write)

萝卜糕、豆浆、烧饼、馒头、小笼包(be able to recognize)


西式早餐:

牛奶,  果汁,  香肠、三明治 (be able to write)

培根, 吐司夹蛋, 土豆饼, 豆子(be able to recognize)


Other vocabulary:
准备,(不)一样,等等, 体力, 精神,  聊天 ,广式 (be able to recognize)

 

 

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