Standards-Based Integrated Performance Assessment and Unit Overview - What Do I Need for School?

Oct 1, 2026

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Standards-Based Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) unit overview for Middle School Grade 7 (targeted proficiency: Novice) centered on the theme of Families and Communities, topic School, and the essential question: what learners need for school. The unit guides teachers through backward design toward interpretive, presentational, and interpersonal communication tasks, including reading advertisements, creating supply lists and online pages, role-playing in a papeterie, and comparing France vs. U.S. shopping lists with justified choices and shopping budgets.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages4

Reading Time10 min

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Unit Overview

Description of Unit

Instructional Goals

Standards-Based Performance Assessment

Interpretive Task

Presentational Task

Interpersonal Task

Cultures, Connections, and Comparisons Examples

CARLA Virtual Assessment Center Teacher-‐Developed Standards-‐Based Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) & Unit Overview | THEME: Families and Communities | TOPIC: School | ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What do I need for school? | | --- | --- | --- | | GRADE/LEVEL/(Elem-‐Jr.High-‐HS-‐College):
Middle School – Grade 7 | LANGUAGE: French | TARGETED PROFICIENCY: Novice | | UNIT DESIGNER: Jennifer MacLeod | | | Integrated Performance Assessment is a classroom-‐based performance assessment model developed by ACTFL that can be used for evaluating student’s communication skills in the three modes of communication (Interpretive, Presentational, Interpersonal) identified in the World-‐ Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (2015) . The World-‐Readiness Standards incorporate the Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21 st Century (1996), and Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century (2006) . Using a Backward Design approach, the IPA units begin with Goals of Instruction for the unit, and the final Performance Assessment. The unit template then shows how the 5 Cs of the Standards are integrated. The language functions, priority vocabulary, and sample learning activities students need to practice are also included. This IPA unit was developed in collaboration with the Assessment Project at the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota with funding support from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI Language Resource Center program. This unit utilizes a format developed by Donna Clementi and Helena Curtain with Ursula Lentz, and was updated by Donna Clementi in 2015 . CARLA’s Virtual Assessment Center (VAC) provides background information and step-‐by-‐step instructions for teachers to create their own IPA units. [See:](See: www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/p_1.html)[ ](See: www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/p_1.html)[www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/p_1.html](See: www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/p_1.html) This IPA unit can be found on the VAC along with other IPAs in a range of languages and levels. [See:](See: www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/unit_examples.html)[ ](See: www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/unit_examples.html)[www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/unit_examples.html](See: www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/CreateUnit/unit_examples.html) Standards-‐Based Integrated Performance Assessment and Unit Overview | THEME: Families and Communities | TOPIC: School | ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What do I need for school? | | --- | --- | --- | | GRADE/LEVEL/(Elem-‐Jr.High-‐HS-‐College):
Middle School – Grade 7 | LANGUAGE: French | TARGETED PROFICIENCY: Novice | | UNIT DESIGNER: Jennifer MacLeod | | | UNIT OVERVIEW DESCRIPTION OF UNIT Learners visit websites for school supply stores showing a variety of supplies. They create advertisements for supplies they consider essential for school. | INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS
􀀡 Why is this unit relevant?
􀀡 What will learners know and be able to do by the end of the unit? | Learners will:
• Read advertisements to identify supplies that are suggested for school.
• Make a personal list of supplies for school.
• Create an on-‐line page of school supplies needed for school.
• Recognize a French brand name and the products associated with the brand.
• Role play shopping for school supplies in a papeterie.
• Compare school supply lists for schools in France and in the US. | | --- | --- | | STANDARDS-‐BASED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
􀀡 Does the performance assessment include the three modes of Communication (Interpretive, Presentational, Interpersonal)?
􀀡 Does the assessment provide evidence of achievement of the instructional goals?
􀀡 Do the Interpretive tasks inform the content of the Presentationaland Interpersonal tasks? | Interpretive Task
• Read an Internet advertisement

FAQs

What is the essential question and unit theme for this IPA?

The essential question is “What do I need for school?” The theme is Families and Communities, with the topic being School.

What do learners do in the interpretive, presentational, and interpersonal tasks?

Learners read an Internet advertisement and categorize items with justification (interpretive), create an advertisement for school supplies (presentational), and in small groups plan supplies for $20 and the equivalent in Euros (interpersonal).

Which comparisons are included in the unit?

Learners compare school supply lists for schools in France and in the US, including budget-based purchasing in both communities.

Oct 1, 2026

Uploaded by Damian