About this Story:
This story is about how Messi encourages people to chase their dreams. There was a little boy who dreamed to be a soccer player. He worked hard to realize his dream. Finally he made it and became famous around the world. He is Lionel Messi. The story tells us that we need to try hard to make our dream a reality.
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Culture:
Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices, perspectives, and products of various cultures that are relevant to soccer.
Connections (Subject Area):
Comparisons:
Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons between the language studied and their own. Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of cultures studied and their own.
Community:
Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting. Students show evidence of becoming lifelong learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
Communication：
Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions about soccer and sporting culture. They will also present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on these topics.
Language Functions & Forms:
Students will be able to describe clothing worn on the soccer field and materials needed to play soccer, how soccer players get ready to the game, and how a country celebrates soccer and why soccer is important to a country. They will also identify actions soccer players perform and basic rules of the game and explain why soccer is a game of the world, not just a particular.
Grammatical Structures: I/You/She/He/We/They don’t) like; We have/We don’t have; He/She puts on (clothing items)
Vocabulary: Soccer, flag, scarf, jersey, colors, field, ball, net, yellow/red card, team, players, fans, stadium, goalkeeper, champion, winner/loser, goal, to watch, to run, to wear, to walk, to kick, to practice, to celebrate, to win/to lose, to play, to make a goal, sequential words
Character & Word Study:
Culminating Assessment:
Interpretive Task: Researching soccer player to collect information — teacher will type up modified information in the target language from multiple websites so that students have information to research in the target language around their proficiency level.
Interpersonal Task: Communicating with your partner to share ideas/information — students will share the answers to their designated questions with their partner. As partner A listens to partner B’s response, they will fill in facts given to them from partner A, and vice versa.
Presentational Task: Presenting findings on your soccer player (written — for the book; orally — for the class)