MYP-四 UNIT 2

Lesson slides

Reading practice

Class jobs

1. For the assigned sections in the article, 《双语报站名》, write all: 

pinyin for every character and number (3 pts)

tone marks on all pinyin you wrote (3 pts)

English (2 pts)

2. A one-sentence "will use" statement, in English, about how you think you might use the information from this article for your upcoming poster presentation and reflection essay. It can start like this: "I will use this article in my poster to talk about...". Make sure it connects with this unit's focus and questions (see above).

For formative: 

1. For the assigned sections in the article, 《上海法院》, write all: 

pinyin for every character and number (3 pts)

tone marks on all pinyin you wrote (3 pts)

English (2 pts)

2. A one-sentence "will use" statement, in English, about how you think you might use the information from this article for your upcoming poster presentation and reflection essay. It can start like this: "I will use this article in my poster to talk about...". Make sure it connects with this unit's focus and questions (see above).

For formative:

1. Listen to the assigned sections in the video & transcript, 《外語大師》. Hear and write all: 

pinyin for every character and number (3 pts)

tone marks on all pinyin you wrote (3 pts)

English (2 pts)

2. A one-sentence "will use" statement, in English, about how you think you might use the information from this article for your upcoming poster presentation and reflection essay. It can start like this: "I will use this article in my poster to talk about...". Make sure it connects with this unit's focus and questions (see above).

Poster presentation, using our speech notes format (linked here): Explain languages needed at workplaces. Your presentation should explore answers to two of the Inquiry Questions at the top of this webpage. Include the inquiry questions on your poster.

Poster design must include:

• maximized use of projector or TV screen space (horizontal orientation)

• hand-created on poster paper, though print resources can be glued or taped onto poster paper

• real images of languages on signs

• another language in an image that we have not yet focused on in class

• formative text to read from for Reading score (formative, then summative), 25+ characters

• information from our lesson slides that uses that vocabulary (2 items of information)

• information from our formative reading that uses that vocabulary (2 formative readings)

Presentation must include:

• use of opening, transitions, & closing from speech notes format (linked here)

• roughly equal speaking from both presenters (if two people are presenting)

• coherent message 

• clear understanding of what you said to answer questions for the Listening score (formative, then summative)

Scoring is for: 

• Speaking: present information and then answer questions about the content and inquiry tied to your poster and presentation (see rubrics below)

• Reading: read aloud Chinese character sentences (15+ characters) from a text we read in our formative assessments in this unit. The information you read should support the inquiry of your overall presentation. Following your whole presentation, answer questions about the text, including information that you did not directly read aloud in your presentation, but were part of the text we discussed earlier in this unit. In other words, get to know the text we learned in class.

• MYP formative rubrics for speaking and reading (linked here)

• MYP summative rubrics for speaking and reading (linked here)

Handwrite an essay in Chinese characters (95+ characters) that includes the following:

• What did you learn about languages and work from this unit?

• What skills did you learn how to do in this unit?

• Cite materials we learned from to explain where you learned these things.

• What useful phrases did you use a lot in this unit?

• What next steps will you follow to research more about the topic in this unit?

Scoring follows:

• MYP formative rubric (linked here) out of 8. The assigned character count (above) is required for any score above 1 to be given.

  • 4 summative points based on formative read-aloud ( /2) and Q&A ( /2); feedback given

• Remaining MYP summative rubric (linked here) out of 4. The assigned character count (above) is required for any score above 1 to be given.

This final project will happen the week prior to final exams and will serve as practice for the final exams. Note: these also serve as practice to get you familiar with how to talk about your ideas when presenting and writing, as well as how to say the Chinese characters when reading. This is why listening comes first.

Speaking (/8): Present to the class and teacher about your plan for your written final exam essay. 

• See Final Exam writing requirements below

• Use conventional opening, transitions, and closing following our normal speech notes format

• Your presentation should explain all items on the checklist for the final exam Writing (see below)

• Your slides should be mainly pictures

• You can use a card with individual words in Chinese characters but do not read from sentences or phrases

Listening (/8): Following your speaking presentation, answer more questions about the texts you presented on.

For each of the exams, our formative texts will be provided in a stapled packet.

Final exam:

Reading (/8): "choose-number-sketch". Select two underlined-and-numbered bits of information in four texts in our Formative texts packet (same text packet as for Listening, above). Copy the number of the underline onto a black space and draw a sketch to show the intended meaning of the underlined information.

Writing (/8): Handwrite an essay in Chinese characters (120+ characters) that showcases you learned of the information we explored in units 1 and 2. Include:

• What information (not just language) did you learn from units 1 and 2? Include:

  • all but one of the formative articles in units 1 and 2 (you choose)

  • two slides from each of the units

• What language skills did you learn how to do in units 1 and 2? For example, reading, listening, speaking, writing, quoting, introductions, public speaking, etc.

• What ATL skill/s did you improve upon this semester?

• Cite the formative texts where you learned these things.

• What next steps will you follow to research more about the topics in these units?

• Use essay conventions from our wall poster in class.

The formative readings from units 1 and 2 will be provided in one stapled packet while you write.