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Title of textbook? Pages? What aspect of leisure activities? user:Anny1

//(I really like your rationale and your proficiency goals. This sounds like a very good topic ;) One suggestion I would make would be to add definitions of the state standards after each code (like 1.1.N.SL.h - Definition). Looks like you already have a good plan on your way!) user:L2teach

This looks really great! I like how you listed the Ideas and Grammar Concepts of the lesson at the end- it makes it very easy to find what you will be teaching! user:WhitneyLynnMSU//

Daily Schedule
This looks good. I like the way you have felt free to pick and choose from the text. user:Anny1

Choice Lesson Plan 1
What will students be doing during the viewing? -- Weiqing

During the viewing of the music video clip the students will be doing two things: first they will follow along with the lyrics to understand the general meaning of the song. The second time that we watch the clip they will have to fill in the blanks with the missing verb forms in the passé composé. user:adamolau

Powerpoint
Great powerpoint - It would be helpful if you posted this on its own page with a blurb explaining your idea about what a teacher and students should do with it. user:Anny1

Substitute Plan
A couple things: a) It would be helpful to give an idea for a backup should technology fail the sub. b) I don't think this will take more than 30 minutes. They'll spend about 3 minutes answering the questions after the film. You might consider adding something or specifing more clearly what you expect from the writing. Kids almost always take the path of least resistance when it comes to writing -- especially with a sub. :) user:Anny1

Technology Lesson Plan
Great idea to give students an instruction sheet and give them the opportunity to choose their own topic. You might want to tell them they need to be very careful when typing in any web address or you can do something else to make it easier. -- Weiqing

I really like your technology lesson plan! It seems like it would be fun for the students to choose which topic they want to research (and all the topics are fun anyway). I also like that you are having students create blogs. Blogs are definitely a currently popular use of technology that I think students will be interested in. I have one suggestion though. You said that if students don't finish in class, they can finish the assignment at home. What if students don't have internet access at home? Just one thing you might want to address. Otherwise, I think this is fantastic!! user:WhitneyLynnMSU

We thought about the possibility of students not having internet access at home and decided that we could adjust the lesson plan to maybe giving students 10-15 minutes in class the next day. I will add this to the lesson plan procedure, thanks for bringing this up! user:picmanns

Great concept - I think, however, this will feel very difficult for the students. How can you scaffold the reading and writing so it's not so daunting? (For example, you might teach them strategies for reading a difficult text, give them access to online dictionaries, etc.) I think you definitely should provide a model blog entry. user:Anny1

Final Performance Assessment
This sounds really fun and has potential to encourage language use! What about students who haven't had the chance to go on vacation? user:Anny1

We decided to extend the instructions for the project so students have the choice to talk about a favorite vacation or an imaginary dream vacation. user:adamolau

Unit project rubric: Just a thought -- I think you might find it tedious to score students based on the number of errors (why is 5 errors that much worse than 4?) - It tends to feel arbitrary -- plus, counting errors can't account for other things like the degree to which errors interfered with communication or were expected/acceptable for the learners' level or not. You might consider rewording that part of the rubric. user:Anny1