MYP INTRO UNIT 

Intro resources

Text tools

Class jobs

Writing Paper

Lesson slides

Reading practice

Text document: 《bpmf歌》(click) + 《YouTube stories 1》

1. After seeing and hearing the 《bpmf歌》 ("bō pō mō fō gē"), see a printout of the letters and say them all accurately, including "initials" (beginning consonants) and "finals" (ending vowels) (4 pts).

2. After watching 《YouTube stories 1》, see a printout of the people's pictures and answer the questions you hear about each person with the information you learned from the videos (4 pts).

Text document: 《question words》 + 《YouTube stories 1b》

1. After studying all the question words in 《question words》, see a printout of the example questions in the ↯2 section (pages 3-4). Underline each question word, write the pinyin and meaning in English just for that question word (4 pts).

2. After watching 《YouTube stories 1b》, see a printout of the people's pictures and answer the questions you hear about each person with the information you learned from the videos (4 pts).

Text document: 《YouTube stories 2,3,4》

1. After watching 《YouTube stories 2,3,4》, see a printout of the people's pictures and answer the questions you hear about each person with the information you learned from the videos (4 pts).

In a poster presentation, using our speech notes format:

☞ Present your Chinese study methods.

Your presentation should explore the Factual Question plus one Conceptual or Debatable question at the top of this page.

Poster design must include:

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

• horizontal orientation to maximize space on projector or TV screen

• centralized visual design--all visuals and text clearly connect to each other before you present

• your Inquiry questions placed prominently (large font, top or central spaces, linked to related content); characters required, pinyin and/or English optional

• text from two formative readings, totalling (15+ characters) per presenter, to read aloud for Reading score (see more below)

• two bits of real information from our lesson slides that uses the words or phrases there

• at least one bit of original research

• commentary on language usage in at least formative article or lesson slide

Presentation must include:

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

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

  • coherent information directly about the poster content and general unit topics

  • clear understanding of what you presented when answering teacher questions

"Tools and resources" policy for this assignment:

Using translation and AI tools to generate your own sentences should be checked with the teacher for appropriateness prior to inclusion in your presentation. Why?

We are learning how to use words:

• • • • how to say each word, 

      • how to write each word, 

      • what each word means, 

      • in what contexts to use each word. 

With this in mind, you need to demonstrate your learning of these words along with the inquiry concepts of this unit--Start learning Chinese! 

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. Tones will not be emphasized.

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

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

Handwrite an essay in Chinese characters (80+ characters) that includes the following:

• What did you learn about Chinese study methods from this unit?

↳Cite sources to explain where you learned these things.

• What work did you do for this unit to improve one ATL skill (above)?

• 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

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

• Remaining MYP summative rubric (linked here) out of 4