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Standard 3: Continued<br />

Commencement Sample Classroom Tasks:<br />

English Proficiency Level<br />

Beginning<br />

Students share proverbs they know from their home countries,<br />

explaining the meaning. A list of these proverbs is<br />

compiled, and each student selects the proverb that has the<br />

most meaning for him/her. In small groups, students present<br />

their selection and identify the social or personal issue<br />

or problem the proverb addresses (e.g., “A penny saved is<br />

a penny earned” addresses the problem of waste or squandering).<br />

Performance indicators: 3, 7<br />

Intermediate<br />

With teacher support, students discuss and list problems<br />

experienced by teenagers in high school both in the United<br />

<strong>State</strong>s and in their native countries. Students in small<br />

groups choose and investigate one problem, developing<br />

possible solutions. The groups report their investigation to<br />

the whole class, along with a proverb that applies to the<br />

situation. Class votes on and discusses the best solution<br />

offered.<br />

Performance indicators: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7<br />

<strong>ESL</strong><br />

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98 <strong>Learning</strong> <strong>Standards</strong> for <strong>ESL</strong>

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