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=Making These Units =

__ Content-Based Instruction __
===What is content-based instruction (CBI)? Why CBI? How do you implement it? Here is an excellent learning module from the CARLA CoBaLTT Project: [] Thanks to the creators of this project for many of the materials and concepts used in this institute!===

__Content-Driven vs. Language-Driven__ programs chart created by Met (1999) and made digital by the CoBaLTT Project at CARLA [|here.].

Continuum of program-types from language-driven to content-driven, based on the article by Met (1999) and made digital by the CoBaLTT Project at CARLA is [|here.]

__Rationale for CBI:__ Find the article: Grabe, W., & Stoller, F.L. (1997). "Content-Based Instruction: Research Foundations." In Snow, M.A. & Brinton, D.M. (eds.). The Content-Based Classroom: Perspectives on Integrating Language and Content (pp. 5-21). NY: Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Company here []

The Connecticut Department of Education Frameworks can all be found at this website:
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Go to the 4 C's Centers Links page and scroll down to Connections, Comparisons, and Communities to view links that can help you brainstorm for your content-related units.

__Assessment__
The ACTFL Integrated Performance Assessment. Read [|this excerpt] from the CARLA CoBaLTT project and record your learning on the "Gimme Five" paper. An extensive article describing the ACTFL Integrated Peformance Assessment can be found [|here.] New Jersey's World Languages Framework appendix on assessment is [|here.] The Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey project created Thematically Organized Assessments for various levels and topics [|here.]

__Writing Objectives and Pulling Units Together__
CARLA CoBaLTT project list of common problems when writing objectives: [] Here is a wonderful chart of "content-obligatory" vs. "content compatible" language objectives, developed by Tara Fortune and Diane Tedick [] Here is another description of "content-obligatory" vs. "content compatible" language: [] There is a list of language functions, again that you CoBaLTT! [|Here.] The NCLRC learning strategies document is here: []

= Templates of DOCUMENTS that we used during the institute =

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