MYP-四 UNIT 4

Lesson slides

Reading practice

Class jobs

Formative phrases

For formative: 《更极端》

1. For the assigned sections, write all: 

pinyin for every character (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: 《关于夏威夷山火》

1. For the assigned sections, write all: 

pinyin for every character (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: 《暴雨》

1. For the assigned sections, write all: 

pinyin for every character (4 pts)

English (4 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 your emergency weather plan, including places on campus, jobs, languages, clothing, and emergency equipment. Your presentation should explore answers to one Inquiry Questions at the top of this webpage. Include the inquiry questions on your poster.

   IMPORTANT: To follow IB policies around academic integrity/honesty, we will use the "Formative phrases" document in the Resources section, above, as a space to co-create original language models. Instructions are in the document. We will prepare this well in advance of the Formative poster presentation so you have time to study from it.

Poster design must include:

• your inquiry question in Chinese characters

• information from this unit's lesson slides that uses that vocabulary (2 items of information)

• information from this unit's formative reading that uses that vocabulary (2 formative readings)

• information from prior units'  lesson slides that uses that vocabulary (2 items of information)

• information from prior units'  formative reading that uses that vocabulary (2 formative readings)

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

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

• images of reasons to care about disasters, such as images of weather disasters nearby or in the world

• map/s for disaster plan, such as campus map, neighborhood map, etc.

• images of emergency box items, grouped logically (clothing together, tools together, food together)

• text to read from for Reading score (formative, then summative), 25+ characters, plus answer questions about the information in the text you just read

Presentation must include:

• direct use of your in-class speech notes

• 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 as part of your overall speaking score (see rubrics, below)

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 (25+ 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 (120+ characters) that includes the following:

• What did you learn about weather emergency preparation 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. You are allowed to bring a "cheat sheet" on the formative version that contains only direct quotes and the citation title from your readings, in characters and pinyin. No characters or pinyin from outside the relevant readings can be on your cheat sheet.

  • 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.

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

• See 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 project 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.

Reading (/8): "choose-number-sketch". Select two underlined phrases from each formative text from Units 3 and 4 (total twelve phrases to draw). English labels are allowed.

Writing (/8): Handwrite an essay in Chinese characters (120+ characters) that showcases you learned of the information we explored in Units 3 and 4. Include:

• What information (not just language) did you learn from Units 3 and 4? Include:

  • all but one of the formative articles in Units 3 and 4 (you choose) (four articles total)

  • two bits of information from slides from each of the units

  • all information should be real, so don't use fictional stories or pictures we created

• What language skills did you learn how to do in Units 3 and 4? 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 3 and 4 will be provided in one stapled packet while you write.