Thematic, Communicative Curriculum Unit Examples by Catherine Ritz https://padlet.com/bostonu2/kgla3wxa5re0w28z What kind of language would students use -- both in terms of how they process language (input) and how they produce language (output) -- in this unit example? Add your notes under each scenario. Then, feel free to brainstorm your own unit and add it to the column on the right. en-us 2025-05-04 17:57:32 UTC 2025-05-08 13:49:44 UTC hello@padlet.com critz5 https://padlet.com/bostonu2/kgla3wxa5re0w28z/wish/3435593905 Your school is creating an international cookbook and asking students to share simple recipes that represent their family or culture. You’ll talk about what you like to cook and eat, explain the ingredients and steps for a simple dish, and ask and answer questions about food preferences and cooking routines. Then, you’ll submit your recipe with a short description and visual (photo, drawing, or video) to be included in the class cookbook and possibly shared with your partner school abroad.

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Ordinal Numbers

Commands

Interrogative expressions

Forming questions

Forming answers (subject + verb)

Present tense for descriptions

Adjective-noun agreement for descriptions

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Reflexive verbs

Interrogative expressions

Forming questions

Forming answers

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Present tense for what you DO together (nosotr@s form for Spanish)

Simple sentences structure/sytax


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