This document outlines the K-W-L framework for planning a CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) unit. K refers to what students already know about the topic. W refers to what students will learn. L refers to what students will have learned by the end of the unit. The sample unit uses shapes, colors, and the Thanksgiving holiday to teach students vocabulary and language structures in a target language. By the end of the unit, students will be able to describe, differentiate, and categorize objects as well as express their ideas and what they are thankful for in simple sentences in the target language.

1. Why
not
CLIL?
1
Module
2.4
K
–
W
–
L
K
What
do
my
students
know
about
the
topic
before
I
started
the
unit?
W
What
do
I
want
my
student
to
learn
along
this
unit?
L
What
have
my
students
learnt
at
the
end
of
this
unit?
•Class
vocabulary:
cardboard,
scissors,
colours,
pencil,
rubber
and
glue.
•Concept
of
primary/
secondary,
light/
dark
colours
in
Source
Language
(SL).
•The
four
basic
geometrical
shapes
in
SL.
•Interaction
vocabulary:
Can
you..,
please?;
Thank
you
;
What
is
it?
•What
Thanksgiving
is,
its
origins
and
meaning,
with
its
related
vocabulary.
•Describe,
compare
the
4
basic
geometrical
shapes:
rectangular,
triangle,
circle,
and
square
in
Target
Language
(TL).
Find
them
in
the
real
word.
•Describe,
compare
and
classify
colours
in
TL.
•Express
his/her
own
ideas,
likes
and
dislikes
in
public.
•The
use
of
simple
present
to
describe
and
define
something.
•What
Thanksgiving
is,
its
origins
and
meaning,
with
its
related
vocabulary.
•Express
and
share
what
they
can
be
thankful
for.
•Describe,
differentiate
and
categorize
objects.
•Express
his/her
own
ideas,
likes
and
dislikes
making
simple
and
short
sentences.
•Speak
in
public.