 Greetings and Introductions
Physical Descriptions and Personality Characteristics, Feelings and Emotions
Family Members
Clothing and Colors
Russian 1 > Personal and Family Life
Greetings and Introductions
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Use appropriate forms of address to peers and adults when making introductions.
- Use appropriate gestures and expressions of greeting and leave-taking.
- Ask and respond to simple questions about someone else’s identity and well-being.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Differentiate between informal and formal exchanges.
- Comprehend phrases related to a person’s state of well-being.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Demonstrate attention to accuracy of register in introducing self and expressing greetings.
- Present rehearsed and spontaneous greetings and introductions.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Recognize and distinguish between various culturally-authentic gestures and levels of formality of greeting and leave-taking.
- Demonstrate understanding of hand-shaking, body language, and greetings, including those used in telephone, computer, and letter-writing situations.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Discuss the use of morning and evening greetings.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Examine customs of greeting and leave-taking between the United States and Russian-speaking countries.
- Contrast the use of formal address in Russian and English, such as the art of accepting compliments and the use of the word "thank you".
Communication Across Communities
- Recognize the importance of greetings in Russian-speaking countries.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Ty/Vy
- Formal and informal expressions
Russian 1 > Personal and Family Life
Physical Descriptions and Personality Characteristics, Feelings, and Emotions
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Use a variety of adjectives to ask and answer questions about the physical appearance of people and objects.
- Ask and answer questions about a description, mood or emotional state.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Comprehend spoken and written descriptions of physical appearance, personality traits and emotions.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Describe physical and personality attributes using a variety of appropriate adjectives.
- Present descriptions, both rehearsed and spontaneous, of people and/or objects.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss cultural generalizations and stereotyping based on physical appearance.
- Discuss characteristics of well-known people from Russian-speaking countries.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Identify well-known people from Russian-speaking countries who are studied in other disciplines.
- Identify well-known Russian-Americans.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Identify adjectives that are cognates and those that are false cognates.
- Compare adjective placement and agreement in English and Russian.
- Compare the verb "to be" in English versus the lack of it in Russian.
Communication Across Communities
- Describe well-known people in Russian-speaking countries.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Descriptive adjectives
- Possession of ordinary objects
- Agreement and placement of adjectives
- Subject pronouns
- Question and answer formation
- "to have" in Russian
Russian 1 > Personal and Family Life
Family Members
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions pertaining to family members and relationships, including pets.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify family members and relationships based on spoken and written descriptions.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Describe family relationships.
- Describe family members and pets.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Identify characteristics of the family unit in various Russian-speaking countries.
- Explain the importance of the family in Russian-speaking countries.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Compare the role of the extended family in Russian-speaking countries and in the U.S.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare and contrast families in the U.S. and in Russian-speaking countries.
- Contrast ways to express possession.
Communication Across Communities
- Use print and Internet resources to access information about families in Russian-speaking countries.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Pet vocabulary
- Possessive adjectives
- Possession with genitive case
- Descriptive adjectives
- Present tense of expressions of possession
Russian 1 > Personal and Family Life
Clothing and Colors
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions pertaining to clothing and colors.
- Ask and answer questions to elicit a description of clothing and colors.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify clothing and colors based on spoken and written description.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Use descriptive adjectives and cases to describe clothing.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss standards and styles of dress in Russian-speaking countries.
- Discuss the influence of climate and geography on dress in Russian-speaking countries.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Discuss the use of color (e.g., in clothing, art, architecture).
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare standards and styles of dress in Russian-speaking and American cultures.
- Identify cognates and false cognates related to clothing and colors.
- Discuss adjective placement and agreement.
- Compare ways of expressing possession ('s in English vs. genitive case in Russian).
Communication Across Communities
- Identify differences in sizes and appropriateness of clothing.
- Describe clothing available on the Internet and through catalogues and/or advertisements from Russian-speaking countries.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Colors and other descriptive adjectives
- Adjective agreement and placement
- "to be" and "to have" in Russian
- Use of possessive
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