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MYP Overview, Grade/Year 9
MYP Overview, Grade/Year 9
Andrea Ouimette
Unit title
1. Cmo Somos?
2. Tiempo Libre
3. La Educacin no
es Igual
3. Realmente lo necesitas?
Indicative
timing
(weeks)
Key Concept
10 weeks
11-12 weeks
10 -12 weeks
10-12 weeks
Connections
Identity
Perspective
Logic
Global
Context
Identities and
Relationships
Identities and
Relationships
Fairness &
Development
Globalization &
Sustainability
Learning about
others helps us to
understand and
empathize and
builds a culture of
tolerance.
Schooling is not
equal or implicit
everywhere in
the world
-clothing vocabulary
Statement of
Inquiry
Content
overview
-likes/dislikes
-hobbies
-around my
school
-vocab regarding
physical
characteristics
-subjects
-sports
-universal rights
of students
-qualities of a
friend/partner
-likes/dislikes
-adverbs of
frequency
-speaking about
relations between
family and friends
-making
comparisions (ms
-adverbs of frequency
- parts of the body,
health related
vocabulary
- benefits of
participating in
hobbies: well-being,
connecting with
-basic
vocabulary
about politics
and government
-at the
market/stores, how
much, costs,
buying/selling, etc
-means of
transportation
- vocabulary related
to the environment
(too much, landfill,
wasteful,
sustainability, fair
trade, etc)
-possessive
pronouns
-Learning about
Freegans
-expressing
preferences
- present continuous
tense
-studying
educational
issues and
policies in
various Latin
American
countries and
Spain
- preterite vs.
imperfect tense
MYP Criteria
assessed
Criteria B: Reading
Criteria C: Speaking
Criteria A :
Comprehending Visual
& Spoken Text
Criteria D: Writing
Criteria D:
Writing
Criteria B:
Reading
Criteria A:
Comprehending
Visual & Spoken Text
Criterion C: Speaking
Text type
Formative:
Practice reading
comprehension
about retracing
family trees
(genealogy)
Summative:
Text-handling an
article about Pen
Pals
Summative:
Short presentation
about likes/dislikes,
family, culture, etc
followed by Q & A
from teacher
Formative:
Interactive Role Play:
situations at school
(new student, likes and
dislikes, classes, etc)
Reading and
translating a blogpost
Summative:
Writing an email to
friend/pen pal about
what they like to do in
their free time,
emphasizing how
hobbies are important
for growth
Formative:
Listening to an audio
Formative:
Practice reading
comprehension
problems with
the education
system in
Mxico
Summative:
Reading and
text-handling
activities about
the education
system in Chile.
Formative:
Formative:
Writing a blogpost
about personal
opinion on
Freeganism
Formative:
Questions to write a
short commentary
practicing with
linking words
(however,
furthermore, also,
etc)
Summative:
Writing a blogpost
about Why
Consumerism is
Student created
questions for a
practice Visual
Interpretation. As an
extension, students
can use these
Summative:
Watching and
responding to a video
about Fair Trade to
demonstrate
receptive and
productive
comprehension
Gente Joven 1
Gente Joven 1,
Gente Joven 1
Gente Joven 1
Barrio de La Latina
video
Various online
articles about
schooling in
Mexico
Youtube video,
Buying Happiness:
https://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=4RMK
U_L3lJo
Exploring some
popular sports and
Famous Spanish and
Latin American
Athletes
Studying
educational
issues and
literacy rates in
various Latin
American
countries then
creating a
newspaper
article in
target language
about findings
El Rastro Video
Link to
culture
Summative:
Writing an
article (lower
phases) or an
interview
(higher phases)
about the
education
system/problem
s in Latin
America
Dangerous
Reading about a
group of young
people who form a
Theatre group in
Spain, learning
about their
neighbourhood La
Latina and exploring
El Rastro Market
(from Gente Joven
text and youtube
videos)
i.