Glastonbury Public Schools Foreign Language

Literacies Showcase 2019

Welcome to our Foreign Language Literacies Showcase 2019!

For this event, foreign language teachers in grades 1-12 designed an activity to help their students develop 21st century literacies as defined by National Council of Teachers of English.

To view a description of each project presented at the Literacies Showcase, choose from the links below organized by language and level.

Accessible Project Descriptions

If you have difficulty accessing the content on any of these Infographic project descriptions, please click below for a folder with text based project descriptions.

Text Based Literacies Showcase Project Descriptions

K-12th Grade Projects

English,

Indirect Self Portrait, K-12 (all ELL teachers, all schools)

1st-5th Grade Projects

Spanish

Yo Paseo por la Comunidad, 2nd Grade (Mrs. Boscarino, Buttonball)
Mi semana en la comunidad, 2nd Grade (Mrs. Peterson, Nayaug)
La oruga muy hambrienta, 3rd Grade (Mrs. Trusz, Buttonball)
Las Fallas de Valencia, 3rd Grade (Mrs. Silvey, Hopewell)
¡Me gusta la fruta!, 3rd Grade (Mrs. Krotzer and Mrs. Sierra, Hebron Avenue)
Guess our fruits!, 3rd Grade (Mrs. Conlon Perugini, Naubuc)
Graphing Sport Preferences to Identify Gender Differences, 4th Grade (Mrs. Bohling, Nayaug)
Technology Literacy, 4th Grade (Mrs. Brennan, Hopewell)

6th-8th Grade Projects

Chinese

Literacy in real life/story Chinese, 6th Grade, Chinese 1 and 4 (Mrs. Chang, Gideon Welles and GHS)

French

Notre voyage au Québec, 8th Grade French (Mrs. deKoning, Smith Middle School)
Faisons nos propres infographiques! 7th Grade French (Mr. Minnick, Smith Middle School)

Russian

Exploring Russian Folklore through Baba Yaga, 7th and 8th Grade (Mr. Rook, Smith Middle School)

Spanish

Yo soy único, 6th Grade (Ms. Efthimiou, Mrs. Juan, Mrs. Kagan, Gideon Welles)
Tierras de España, 7th Grade (Mrs. Klin, Mrs. Villanueva, Mrs. Guinan, Smith Middle School)

9th-12th Grade Projects

Chinese

Literacy in real life/story Chinese, 6th Grade, Chinese 1 and 4 (Mrs. Chang, Gideon Welles and GHS)

French

C'est quoi, CRISPR?, French II (Mrs. Brokowski, GHS)
Dos and Don’ts Around the World: A Guide for Tourists, French 5 Level 1 (Mme Olivier, GHS)

Latin

What Screen Villain is Eutychus Most Like?, Latin II (Mrs. Pascetta, GHS)

Russian

Art Link, Russian 3 Level 1 (Mrs. Eklund, GHS)

Spanish

Mitos y leyendas de los aztecas, Spanish 3 Level 1 (Mrs. Murphy and Ms. Kzemien, GHS)
Mi Poema Animal, Spanish 3, Level 1 (Mr. Wildman, GHS)
La United Fruit Co., Spanish 5 (Mrs. Lindstrom, GHS)
Acrostic Poems, Poem drawings, Spanish 5 (Mrs. Zvonarek, GHS)
Géneros Literarios - La Poesía, Spanish 5 Level 1 (Mrs. Dougan, GHS)