Keys to Planning (Second Edition)

by Donna Clementi, Laura Terrill

Overview

The second edition of Keys to Planning builds upon the information shared about effective curriculum, unit, and lesson design by introducing current research and thinking related to curriculum design. The information presented in this second edition also captures insights and suggestions from classroom teachers who have attended workshops given by the presenters and who are now developing and implementing thematic units in their classrooms. The intent is not to convey how teachers might do things better, but rather is intended to focus the discussion on how teachers might do things differently given the need to support learners as they acquire the skills needed for 21st Century Literacy and Global Competence.

Language educators and experts Donna Clementi and Laura Terrill have created a useful guide to assist teachers, curriculum designers, administrators and professional developers in designing thematic units where unit goals and summative performance tasks are organized around the World-Readiness Standards. Starting with an understanding of the 21st century learner, the authors establish a mindset for creating curriculum that allows learners to develop Intercultural Communicative Competence as they learn more about themselves, explore their communities and engage with the world. The authors explain and provide easy-to-follow templates to develop units of instruction and daily lessons that allow learners to explore mulitdimensional themes and essential questions that provoke critical thinking.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942544616
Publisher:	ACTFL
Publication date:	10/15/2017
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	130
File size:	28 MB
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About the Author

Donna Clementi is currently a lecturer in World Language Methods at Lawrence University, Appleton, WI. She taught French and was the World Languages Program Leader in the Appleton Area School District (WI) for 33 years. She also spent 38 summers working at Concordia Language Villages at the French Language Village and leading professional development seminars for world language instructors. Since 2006, she has been co-leader of the CARLA Summer Institute on Second Language Assessments at the University of Minnesota. Clementi has served as President of the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT). Chair of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL), and board member of ACTFL. Clementi' s honors include: ACTFL' s Florence Steiner Award for K-12 Leadership in Foreign Languages (2000); Distinguished Foreign Language Educator Award from the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (2002); Supervisor of the Year Award by the National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Languages (2004); Les Palmes Academiques from the French government (2008); Founders Award from the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (2012). Laura Terrill holds a BA in French from the University of Missouri – St. Louis and a MA in Secondary Administration from Northeast Missouri State University and has worked more than 40 years in the educational profession. She taught French at all levels K-12 for 21 years before becoming the Coordinator of Foreign Language and English as a Second Language and then, Director of Curriculum. She has taught methods courses in St. Louis and in Indianapolis and continues to present at the local, state, regional and national levels. She recently worked as a Content Specialist for the National Foreign Language Resource Center working with the STARTALK program. She has served on the Board of Directors for Central States and ACTFL. She is the recipient of the Founders Award for Central States, has been named as the NADSFL District Supervisor of the Year and has received the ACTFL Florence Steiner Award for Leadership. She is currently working as an Independent Consultant.