MYP-五 UNIT 3

Lesson slides

Reading practice

Class jobs

For formative: 《2025年春运》

1. For the assigned sections, 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: 《重庆》

1. For the assigned sections, 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: 《千家万户》

We will present near-perfect reenactments of this 45 second news clip, including the news anchors' emotions and visual displays. You should choose partners and start watching the video and reading the script as soon as possible. A clean character version of the script will be provided while you present.

Scoring Rubric:

A. Script match (4 pts). The words each presenter says match the words said in the video, according to a script.

B. Prosody (2 pts). The speaker's intonation, rhythm, stress, pauses, and speed are similar to the original video.

C. Movement (1 pt). The speakers' hands, shoulders, head, face, and other relevant parts of the body move as the video presenters do.

D. Materials (1 pt). Visual materials resemble the likeness and timing of what appears in the video. These might include clothing, props, pictures, and set designs.

Poster presentation, using our speech notes format (linked here): Explain a Chinese celebration. 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:

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

• information from our 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)

• comparison with a Chinese festival/holiday that we have not yet studied

• vivid images to showcase what people do during these festivals/holidays

• text to read from for Reading score (formative, then summative), 50+ characters

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 

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 (50+ 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 (150+ characters)  that includes the following:

• What did you learn about Chinese celebrations 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.