MYP Yearly overview, Year 9 / MYP Year 3

Subject: Language Acquisition, Spanish

Phases 1, 2 & 3

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.

Having hobbies and

interests during your
free time helps you
further grow and
develop and make
connections with other
people.

Schooling is not
equal or implicit
everywhere in
the world

Our spending habits

have direct impact on
others and the
environment.

-clothing vocabulary

Statement of
Inquiry

Content
overview

-likes/dislikes

-hobbies

-around my
school

-vocab regarding
physical
characteristics

-leisure and free time

-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

que, menos que,

tan como)
-present tense
- ser vs. estar

people, physical and

mental benefits, etc.
-present tense
irregular verbs: hacer,
jugar, salir, ver

-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

recording about two

people discussing a
sports event they are
going to participate in
Summative:
Phase 1 & 2: Short
video/audio clip with
comprehension
questions following
Phase 3:
Interview with Leo
Messi
Teaching &
learning
resources:

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

Lionel Messi Interview

(Phase 3 Assessment
Task)

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

Exploring the ideas of

recycling and reusing materials,
which is relevant in
all cultures, watching
a video about Fair
Trade produced in
Spain

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)

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