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    World Languages Introductions

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    Subject: World Languages

    Lesson Length: 30 mins - 1 hour

    Topic: Greetings in a Target Language

    Grade Level: 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: This comic will introduce students to basic greetings and how to use the Input Method Editor (keyboard) of the target language.

    Know Before You Start: This comic uses a “4th wall breaking” technique to keep the students immersed in the target language while delivering instructions.

    Hook:

    • Ask students to describe some of the things they might say to someone they're meeting for the first time. 

    Activity:

    • Give students the sample comic and have them reply with proper greetings.
    • Have students create a comic in which they show two or more people introducing themselves and responding properly. 

    Closure:

    • Ask students to share with a partner for feedback before submitting.
    • Have students show their finished comics and read them aloud.
    • Create a gallery walk, or have students present to the class.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

    • Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.

    • Provide a word bank to students.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display: Comic.

    • A printout of the IME (Input Method Editor, or keyboard) of the target language, if desired.

    • A word bank to print or display, if desired.

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