Unpacking Your Dreams is an itinerary literacy program for ML families (parents, sons, daughters, cousins, and other relatives) that allows the entire household to participate in bilingual read-aloud, recognition of characters and main events by a selected story simulation through hands-on activities to support vocabulary acquisition and other skills such as sequencing, making inferences, and drawing conclusions in an authentic learning environment. At the end of the session, participants will take the Unpacking Your Dreams Kit home with ready-to-use instructional resources and tools.
In this session, participants will explore several state policies and discuss how their local implementation practices impact students in World Language programs. We will focus on K-12 articulation for dual language/immersion (DL/I) programs, as well as K-5, K-8, and high school credit courses for middle school students in classical and modern language programs, that build proficiency and could lead to placement into more advanced courses in grades 9 - 12. We will also discuss local course sequence(s) that include offering Level I and II as standard or honors courses, creating pathways that lead to advanced coursework, and fulfilling the requirements for the UNC Minimum Admissions Requirements or the Global Language Endorsement (GLE), North Carolina’s Seal of Biliteracy.
