ACTFL Unit and Lesson Planner

ACTFL Unit and Lesson Planner helps language teachers build units and lessons with resources from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Users are presented with the options to plan a unit, lesson, or view their library on the home screen. To plan a unit, users select a language from Arabic to Spanish, a skill level (Novice-low to Distinguished), input a grade level, approximate length, theme, and topic. Next, users input goals for the unit by filling in a simple “Students will be able to …” field. Interpretive mode, product, practice, connection to other disciplines, etc. are all filled in by the user. In a “Connections to Common Core” area, users select the writing, reading, speaking & listening, and language standards from an easy-to-use drop-down menu. When complete, users have a thorough, professional foreign language lesson plan added to their library that can be exported and emailed as a PDF. The References section includes lists of language functions, essential questions, example lessons, standards resources, and more!

Classroom Applications

1. Teachers can use this app to record their goals and strategies for teaching foreign language lessons.
2. Teachers can share their complete lesson plans with school administrators via the email option.
3. Teachers can share their library of foreign language lesson plans with parents to show classroom goals and progress.
4. Teachers can access the app’s wealth of resources and examples to aid lesson planning.

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