High School LOTE Alabama Standards

Using the target language in oral and written form in the present time frame, including salutations, farewells, expressions of courtesy, likes, dislikes, feelings, emotions, agreement, disagreement, requests, descriptions, sequenced information, and cultural references where appropriate to interact in a variety of situations

Latin Level III

Identify similarities and differences between words in the target language and in English, including pronunciation, intonation, stress patterns, and simple written conventions of language.

Read aloud proverbs, short poems, and songs in the target language with appropriate pronunciation and intonation.

Modern Languages Level IV

Communication

Use the target language to create oral and written presentations on a variety of topics using familiar vocabulary and learned structures and time frames.

Compare customs of the target culture to those of other minority deaf cultures, including celebrations and traditions.

Identifying examples of ways in which language and meaning do not transfer directly from one language to another.

Responding to prediction questions

Guessing words and phrases based on context

Comparisons

Present oral and written information in the target language using familiar vocabulary and correct structure in the present time frame.

Use appropriate nonverbal behavior in a variety of social situations and familiar settings.

Identify situations and resources in which target language skills and cultural knowledge may be applied beyond the classroom setting.

Locate historically important cities and major geographical features of Italy and western Europe.

Latin Level IV

Describe practices within the cultures where the target language is spoken.

Compare social, economic, and political perspectives of a target culture to those of the United States, including stereotypical viewpoints.

Explain the significance of people, events, and political terms in Roman history.

Use the target language, including exchanging ideas, restating or paraphrasing, explaining, and giving cause to interact in a variety of settings.

Use Level II Latin grammar and syntax to read and write Latin passages.

Utilize Latin prefixes, suffixes, and roots to expand English vocabulary.

Recognize Latin derivatives, cognates, and language patterns, including mottoes, phrases, and abbreviations used in English.

Cultures

Cultures

Identify typical cultural activities and events of the target language community.

Communication

Identify the complex linguistic elements of the target language as they relate to English.

Identify similarities of the culture of the United States to that of the Roman world, including architecture, daily life, and themes and heroes of classical mythology.

Apply language skills and cultural knowledge to access information for recreational, educational, and occupational purposes.

Communities

Compare vocabulary usage, grammatical structures, and idiomatic expressions of the target language with other signed systems and with English.

Identifying the sequence of events in narrative texts

Compare the complex elements of the target language and English.

Cultures

Recite memorized original Latin prose.

Analyze the style of Latin poets to comprehend content.

Comparisons

American Sign Language Level III

Analyze the structure of Roman rhetoric and its influence on contemporary rhetorical styles.

Recite memorized original Latin poetry.

Identifying major deaf and hearing authors.

Interpret culturally authentic narratives in the target language about new and familiar topics.

Identify typical activities and events of a target culture.

Use the target language in oral and written form in the past time frame, including giving and responding to a series of commands, asking and answering questions, providing directions and instructions, and stating preferences and opinions to interact in a variety of situations.

Connections

Create authentic cultural activities for a target culture event.

Describing influences of events and issues on the relationship between target cultures

Use appropriate target language vocabulary and nonverbal behavior in a variety of social situations and familiar settings.

Communities

Locate historically important cities, countries, and geographical features of the ancient Mediterranean world.

Trace cultural developments of a target culture.

Create brief presentations in the target language about everyday topics using familiar and newly acquired vocabulary words and phrases and correct structure in the present time frame.

Compare issues that reveal cultural similarities between the ancient world and modern cultures.

Analyze information learned about the perspectives and practices of the target culture to describe patterns of behavior typically associated with other target language cultures.

Latin Level II

Describe elements of Roman daily life.

Use Level III Latin grammar and syntax to read original works by authors of Latin prose and to write Latin prose.

Connections

Recite from memory skits, poems, short narratives, or songs in the target language, using appropriate pronunciation and intonation.

Modern Languages Level II

Analyze information learned about the perspectives and practices of a target culture to describe patterns of behavior typically associated with those cultures.

Comparisons

Answer questions demonstrating comprehension and interpretation of Latin phrases and passages.

Compare holidays and celebrations of a target culture with those of the United States.

Use the target language in oral and written form in the future time frame to exchange ideas, paraphrase, explain, and give cause.

Describe similarities and differences that exist within a target culture.

Identifying complex sentence structures and clauses.

Interpret complex oral and written materials in the target language, incorporating learned structures and time frames.

Identify evidence of contributions of Roman civilization and language to diverse cultures.

Comparisons

Connections

Trace cultural developments of the target culture.

Create original prose and poetry in the target language using appropriate vocabulary and learned structures and time frames.

Explain differences in the actions of legendary Roman heroes and those of historical Roman figures.

Use the target language in the present time frame, including salutations, farewells, expressions of courtesy, likes, dislikes, feelings, emotions, agreement, disagreement, requests, descriptions, sequenced information, and cultural references where appropriate to interact in a variety of situations.

Describe the global influence of historic events, political structures, economic factors, and artistic expressions of a target culture.

Communities

Connections

Explain the influences of geography on a target culture, including food, clothing, dwellings, transportation, and the arts.

Contrast the ideals of Roman political factions in the first century B.C.

Relate the role of geography to the history and development of a target culture.

Identifying examples of ways in which language and meaning do not transfer directly from one language to another.

Relate information learned in other school subjects, including political issues, social issues, and educational concerns, to the target culture.

Interpret culturally authentic presentations in the target language about familiar and unfamiliar topics to determine main ideas and supporting details.

Describe typical activities and events of the target language community.

Identify situations and resources in which target language skills and cultural knowledge may be applied beyond the classroom setting.

Describe typical activities and events of a target culture.

Responding to basic instructions and questions

Connections

Modern Languages Level III

American Sign Language Level IV

Comparisons

Communication

Communication

Cultures

Describe linguistic features and literary styles of prose and poetry found in the target language and in English.

Modern Languages Level I

American Sign Language Level II

Compare actions and character traits of Roman heroes to actions and character traits of heroes of other periods in history.

Compare traditions and social conventions of a target culture to one's own.

Communication

Use language skills and cultural knowledge for practical life applications.

Identify similarities and differences between signed words and phrases and their parameters, including hand shape, palm orientation, movement, location, and nonmanual grammatical signals.

Use Level I Latin grammar and syntax to read and write Latin.

Compare the complex elements of the target language and English.

Recognize target language words and phrases spoken in context.

Identify ways the study of Latin is beneficial to the study of other languages.

Communication

Identify Latin influences on other disciplines.

Cultures

Analyze the style of Latin prose authors to comprehend content.

Create short presentations in the target language on a variety of topics using familiar and newly acquired vocabulary words and phrases and correct syntax and grammar.

Identifying examples that show how vocabulary, linguistic structures, and tense usage in the target language differ from those of English.

Identify metrical patterns by scanning selected Latin poetry.

Communicate in a variety of ways with speakers of the target language on topics of interest.

Comparing social conventions of target cultures

Compare the style of Roman prose authors to that used in contemporary history and politics.

Describe Roman values and perspectives recorded in prose.

Compare social interactions in a variety of cultural settings with those of the target culture.

Comparisons

Comparisons

Identify main ideas and designated facts from signed narratives about familiar topics presented in the present time frame.

Identify similarities and differences that exist within the American Sign Language culture and other Deaf cultures.

Analyze selected Roman prose to describe its influence in today's world of diverse cultures.

Interpret spoken and written authentic target language materials and information on familiar topics.

Describe connections between other school subjects and a target culture.

Connections

Locating major countries, cities, and geographical features of places where the target language is spoken

Identify information common to other school subjects and the target language community, including history, the arts, physical education, and science.

Describe Latin influences on other disciplines, including English and Romance languages, history, and philosophy.

Communication

Identify tangible and intangible products of a target culture, including symbols and expressive art forms.

Identifying story structure.

Cultures

Identifying specific linguistic aspects of American Sign Language.

Connections

Communities

Identifying main ideas with some details

Describing local, regional, and national differences of the target language.

Create presentations in the target language on a variety of topics using familiar and newly acquired vocabulary words and phrases and correct structure.

Comparisons

Communication

Telling basic information about self and others

Compare language patterns of Latin and English.

Create oral and written presentations in the target language about a variety of topics using familiar and newly acquired vocabulary words and phrases and correct structure in the past time frame.

Respond orally to simple Latin sentences and phrases.

Communicate in a variety of ways with speakers of the target language on topics of interest.

Connections

Interpret culturally authentic oral and written texts in the target language about familiar and unfamiliar topics presented in the future time frame to determine main ideas and supporting details.

Interpret complex materials in the target language using learned structures and tenses.

Analyze Roman poets to determine their influence on art and literature throughout history.

Apply the target language to support and defend opinions and preferences, to propose and support solutions to issues and problems, and to express needs and desires, including the use of circumlocution, body language, and other creative means to convey and comprehend messages in all time frames.

Describe Roman values and perspectives in poetry.

Comparisons

Utilize language skills and cultural knowledge to demonstrate practical life applications.

Analyze figures in Roman history to determine their cultural significance.

Apply language skills and cultural knowledge for recreational, educational, and occupational purposes.

Cultures

Expressing main ideas from print and nonprint materials

Cultures

Describe the influence of themes in Roman poetry on Western art and literature.

Recognizing main ideas and important details in expository texts

Latin Level I

Communities

Cultures

Compare information common to other school subjects and to the target language.

Explain the origins of typical activities and events of the target culture community.

Comparisons

Apply information learned in other school subject areas to information learned from target language materials.

Communication

Cultures

Use Level IV Latin grammar and syntax to read original works by authors of Latin poetry.

Describe the global influences of historic events, political structures, economic factors, and artistic expressions of the target culture.

Describe the influences of Roman history on today's world.

Identify English derivatives of Latin words commonly used in Latin poetry.

List professional fields that employ Latin terminology.

Apply the target language in oral and written form in all time frames to express needs and desires, to support and defend opinions and preferences, and to propose and support solutions to issues and problems, including the use of circumlocution, body language, and other creative means to convey and comprehend messages.

American Sign Language Level I

Communities

Identify phrases used in English and their origins in Latin literature.

Identify other subject-area topics that relate to topics discussed in the target language class.

Comparisons

Compare universal themes found in Roman poetry to artistic renditions of other time periods and cultures.

Explain basic social, economic, and political institutions of the target culture.

Creating brief oral presentations and short written paragraphs

Explain the significance of Roman poets.

Recite from memory skits, poems, short narratives, or songs in the target language using appropriate spacing, basic classifiers, and nonmanual grammatical signals.

Communication

Create original prose and poetry presentations in the target language using appropriate vocabulary and learned structures and time frames.

Use correct pronunciation to read Latin sentences and phrases.

Identify English derivatives of Latin words commonly used in Latin prose.

Cultures

Describe the influence of themes in Roman prose on Western art and literature.

Describe current issues pertaining to a target culture and to another school subject.

Connections

Compare vocabulary usage, grammatical structures, and idiomatic expressions of a target language with English.

Cultures

Communities

Connections

Communities

Communication

Explain origins of typical activities and events of a target culture.

Identify tangible and intangible products of a target culture, including symbols and expressive art forms.

Relate the role of historic events to the development of the target culture.

Identify the complex linguistic elements of the target language as they relate to English.

Communities

Communities

Describe the most important Greco-Roman deities, including their characteristics, duties, and associated myths.

Read aloud proverbs, short poems, and songs in the target language using appropriate syntax and grammar, facial expression, and body movement.

Comparing aspects of target cultures, including language, values, and types of recreation

Identifying examples that show how vocabulary, linguistic structures, and tense usage in the target language differ from those of English.

Communication

Connections

Connections

Identifying characters in relation to space and location

Use learned target language vocabulary and phrases, including giving and responding to a series of commands, asking and answering questions, providing directions and instructions, and stating preferences and opinions to interact in a variety of situations.

Identifying interpreted poetry and its English equivalent.

Describe similarities and differences that exist within target cultures, including language, clothing, foods, dwellings, recreation, and social conventions.

Interpret basic oral and written information in the target language on a variety of topics in the present time frame.

Analyze early Roman heroes to identify their influence on American history.

Recognize basic physical and linguistic features of the target language used in common words and phrases.

Comparisons

Communities

Explaining how members of the target culture view the majority culture.

Responding to basic instructions and questions

Identifying examples of vocabulary words and phrases, proverbs, and symbols from the target language that relate to other disciplines.

Compare the geography and social, political, legal, military, and economic systems of the Roman world to systems of the modern world.

Recite passages in Latin using correct pronunciation and proper phrasing.

Create authentic activities for a target culture event.

Communities

Describe social practices within cultures where the target language is used.