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<p id="p_MTAw" name="p_MTAw">Please see the evaluative measures below to ensure the content and tasks of the materials you are creating are appropriate for performance at the Novice-High ACTFL level.</p>
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<p id="p_fhLb" name="p_fhLb"><strong>Content/Context</strong></p>
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<li id="li_pNQK" aria-level="1" name="li_pNQK"><span>Texts are personal and very familiar</span></li>
<li id="li_AhTg" aria-level="1" name="li_AhTg"><span>Learners can rely heavily on extralinguistic support or contextual knowledge to understand the topics</span></li>
<li id="li_gJmJ" aria-level="1" name="li_gJmJ"><span>Consist of mostly modified material specifically for this level</span></li>
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<p id="p_TmKk" name="p_TmKk"><span>Examples:</span></p>
<p id="p_ShPQ" name="p_ShPQ"><span>family, weather, school, work, food, transportation, community, home, shopping, daily routines</span></p>
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<p id="p_ipXa" name="p_ipXa"><strong>Text Type</strong></p>
<p id="p_ocJj" name="p_ocJj"><span>Learners at this level can understand short passages with the following:</span></p>
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<li id="li_WALF" aria-level="1" name="li_WALF"><span>Conveying basic information</span></li>
<li id="li_rYWT" aria-level="1" name="li_rYWT"><span>Simple texts</span></li>
<li id="li_edPk" aria-level="1" name="li_edPk"><span>Concrete forms</span></li>
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<p id="p_GmMU" name="p_GmMU"><span>Examples:</span></p>
<p id="p_YdNB" name="p_YdNB"><span>maps, small infographics, social announcements, advertisements, short stories, receipts or bills, menus, lists, short descriptions, schedules, signs, letters</span></p>
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<p id="p_CmTB" name="p_CmTB"><strong>Structure</strong></p>
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<li id="li_dDmS" aria-level="1" name="li_dDmS"><span>Has very predictable patterns of presentation based on repetition, background knowledge, familiar contexts and grammar structure, extralinguistic support, etc.</span></li>
<li id="li_xmjB" aria-level="1" name="li_xmjB"><span>Mostly simple paragraphs</span></li>
<li id="li_RJSN" aria-level="1" name="li_RJSN"><span>Predominantly uses simple sentences with some compound sentences</span></li>
<li id="li_Wftz" aria-level="1" name="li_Wftz"><span>Does not rely on order of events, sequencing, or chronology to make sense of the text</span></li>
<li id="li_qwHR" aria-level="1" name="li_qwHR"><span>Uses high frequency vocabulary</span></li>
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<h3 id="h3_ZMRn" name="h3_ZMRn">Learner Characteristics</h3>
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<p id="p_aCMH" name="p_aCMH"><strong>Function</strong></p>
<p id="p_RMMI" name="p_RMMI"><span>Learners at this level can understand the following:</span></p>
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<li id="li_nKDU" aria-level="1" name="li_nKDU"><span>Explicit main ideas</span></li>
<li id="li_eCaT" aria-level="1" name="li_eCaT"><span>Explicit major details</span></li>
<li id="li_TkYS" aria-level="1" name="li_TkYS"><span>General high frequency vocabulary</span></li>
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<p id="p_IKEe" name="p_IKEe"><strong>Level of Tasks</strong></p>
<p id="p_FRqm" name="p_FRqm"><span>Learners at this level are able to:</span></p>
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<li id="li_zfGB" aria-level="1" name="li_zfGB"><span>Preview for main ideas and topics</span></li>
<li id="li_pxZF" aria-level="1" name="li_pxZF"><span>Scan for major details</span></li>
<li id="li_teWH" aria-level="1" name="li_teWH"><span>Recognize basic organization patterns</span></li>
<li id="li_vBrR" aria-level="1" name="li_vBrR"><span>Connect content to background knowledge</span></li>
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<p id="p_upnJ" name="p_upnJ"><span>Example activities:</span></p>
<p id="p_ieLb" name="p_ieLb"><span>Discussions or writing prompts related to the topic, making connections about the text to personal experiences before and after reading, scanning to find major details, pre-teaching vocabulary words, identifying parts of an infographic/map/etc, watch videos related to the topic, using visuals to support the text</span></p>
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<p id="p_fCMg" name="p_fCMg"><span>Learners at this level should be able to understand and answer questions about the following:</span></p>
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<li id="li_LJEJ" aria-level="1" name="li_LJEJ"><span>Explicit main ideas</span></li>
<li id="li_gMsX" aria-level="1" name="li_gMsX"><span>Explicit major details</span></li>
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<p id="p_tSrH" name="p_tSrH"><span>Provide at least 5-8 multiple choice comprehension questions after each reading passage</span></p>
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