S1+Beane+Amity

=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results=
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * * Students will compare a variety of grammatical structures and syntax between languages.
 * Students will be able to paraphrase and/or summarize texts orally and in writing using a presentational format.
 * Students will be able to demonstrate use of oral and/or written forms of the target language with family, friends or peers.
 * Students will be able to identify and compare influential figures from the two cultures. ||

//What understandings are desired?//

 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * * Poetry has role cultural expression.
 * Translating literature in a way that retains the artistic intent of the author is a valid form of language practice.
 * Creating a poem in two languages is valid artistic expression.
 * Different cultures treat poets differently. ||

//What essential questions will be considered?//

 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * * How is poetry used to express cultural ideas?
 * How can poetry be translated aesthetically from one language to another?
 * What factors influence the role of Poet within different cultures?
 * How can one create an authentic poem that is understood by different language speakers? ||

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//

 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * * Poets are viewed differently in different cultures.
 * Poems in translation cannot be word-for-word but must retain the artistic nuances intended by the author.
 * Pablo Neruda is the most famous Latin American poet of the 20th century for his various contributions to literature.
 * Poems can be written in two languages to express one cultural idea.
 * Pronunciation is essential to presenting poetry.
 * Symbolic representations of poems aid understanding of key ideas. || * Research and compare Neruda and an American poet.
 * Translate odes written by Neruda.
 * Analyze poems written by Neruda/
 * Present a poem written by him using a Symbolic Story Representation.
 * Create and recite a poem in Spanish and English, in the style of Neruda.
 * Self-assess their learning projects and reflect on what they themselves learned ||


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**