March 11, 12, 13

https://needsfocusedteaching.com/quick-fun-way-to-encourage-learning/

March 4, 5, 6 - Half term break

March 11, 12, 13
 Criterion C, D - Oral Presentation
  Year 9 students - You be the teacher!   Encourage learning!  This is your chance to use your creativity to teach your classmates and your teacher. 

Think about tools that you can use to help (handouts, websites, online exercises, quizlet, padlet, blogs, review game, video, etc.) you create a memorable lesson.

Task: Peer teaching: Demonstrate, Explain, Teach   
Your task is to develop an engaging lesson to teach your command term to your classmates.

Presentation date:  March 18

Student assigned command term
Analyze - Camille
Construct meaning - Caetano
Evaluate - Madelena
Discuss - João
Identify - Caio
Infer - Nerea
Synthesize - Zengyi
Understand - Nuno


MYP  Language Acquisition Command terms

The table below illustrates some of the most commonly used command terms in MYP language acquisition. 

Term	Definition
Analyse	Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure. To identify parts and relationships, and interpret information to reach conclusions.
Construct meaning	Create an understanding about something; infer and interpret facts, an opinion, an idea or an event that has been read, viewed, listened to.
Evaluate	Assess the implications and limitations; make judgments about the ideas, works, solutions or methods in relation to selected criteria.
Identify	Provide an answer from a number of possibilities; recognize and state briefly a distinguishing fact or feature.
Interpret	Use knowledge and understanding to recognize trends and draw conclusions from given information.
Recognize	Identify through patterns or features.
Synthesize	Combine different ideas in order to create new understanding.
Understand	Comprehend the meaning or significance of something and explain it in a different way.

Infer                     Deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Discuss                 Talk or write about (a topic) in detail, taking into account different issues or ideas.

February 25, 26, 27

February 25
Read Theory - http://readtheory.org
Today we will become acquainted with Read Theory and create a base line.

February 26
1.  Warm-up SAT Vocabulary #1 quiz (2nd attempt)  (alleviate, insolent, narcissistic, pacify, terse, thrifty, verbose)
      http://www.quia.com/quiz/7124429.html

2.  ACTIVITY:  Write your story, change history.
ATL - Communication skills: Write for different purposes
          Transfer skills: Inquire in different contexts to gain a different perspective

Watch this inspirational TEDYouth 2011 Talk by Brad Meltzer in which he encourages us to dream big, work hard and stay humble, and then answer the questions below:  

1.  What three things does Meltzer tell his children?   (strand i)
2.  How old was Steve Jobs when he co-founded Apple?   (strand i)
3.  Identify the other famous people mentioned in the talk and write down what they did and how old they were when they did these things.   (strand i)
4.  How many rejection letters did Meltzer receive when he wrote his first book?    (strand i)
5.  Evaluate Meltzer's description of "History". Do you agree with his point of view? Why?  Why not?  (strand iii)

February 27
Writing Assessment

Criterion C -  Communicating in response to spoken, written and visual text
Criterion D -  Using Language in spoken and written form

March 4, 5, 6 - Half term break

March 11, 12, 13
 Criterion C, D - Oral Presentation
     Task:  You will select a command term and create a lesson to teach your command term to your classmates.  Presentation date:  March 18

MYP  Language Acquisition Command terms

The table below illustrates some of the most commonly used command terms in MYP language acquisition. 

Term	Definition
Analyse	Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure. To identify parts and relationships, and interpret information to reach conclusions.
Construct meaning	Create an understanding about something; infer and interpret facts, an opinion, an idea or an event that has been read, viewed, listened to.
Evaluate	Assess the implications and limitations; make judgments about the ideas, works, solutions or methods in relation to selected criteria.
Identify	Provide an answer from a number of possibilities; recognize and state briefly a distinguishing fact or feature.
Interpret	Use knowledge and understanding to recognize trends and draw conclusions from given information.
Recognize	Identify through patterns or features.
Synthesize	Combine different ideas in order to create new understanding.
Understand	Comprehend the meaning or significance of something and explain it in a different way.

Infer                     Deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Discuss                 Talk or write about (a topic) in detail, taking into account different issues or ideas.

February 18, 19, 20

February 18
1.  Warm-up SAT Vocabulary #1 quiz
      http://www.quia.com/quiz/7124429.html

2.  Watch the video:  Everyday leadership

     https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership

February 19 
 Analysing texts: https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/readinganalysis.html

HOMEWORK: Read the text and answer the 3 questions
 https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/grade8/readinginfo/5/4puppy.pdf


Command terms:
1. Analyse - Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure. To identify parts and relationships, and interpret information to reach conclusions.

Evaluate - Assess the implications and limitations; make judgments about the ideas, works, solutions or methods in relation to selected criteria.

Synthesize - Combine different ideas in order to create new understanding.

2.  Review answers on A lollipop moment p. 43 
     https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership

February 19, 20

pp. 44-45

Activity: Why is it important for us to develop leadership skills?

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_50.htm

p. 45 Interviewing skills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWRYIAfojqk

February 11, 12, 13

February 11
Last Week Review

HOMEWORK:  
Word puzzle:   Use and rearrange the letters in the words in capital letters below to create new words (minimum 20 each). You can use some or all of the letters in the word to make your new words. How many different words can you come up with?  Write the answers in your notebook.

LEADERSHIP
EARTHQUAKE

February 12
1.  5 minute warm-up: Modal Verbs Obligation (Must, have to)  https://www.quia.com/quiz/6143618.html
2.  Submit poems - Criterion C - January 28, 29 work
3.  This is the end of the unit - send an email to your parent (cc me on this email) explaining:
      The name of this unit,
      The purpose of this unit,
      What this unit was about,
      What you learned during this unit,
       and answer these unit questions to help contextualize your learning.
      Factual Questions: What is slang?  What is register?
      Conceptual:  How do we change the way we speak in different contexts?
      Debatable:  What place does street language have in society?


February 13
1.  Quizizz.com       Try logging into the site and using the following code to start a vocab quiz:  rddietrich_06866

2.  Review answers on A lollipop moment p. 43 
     https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership

Command terms:
Analyse - Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure. To identify parts and relationships, and interpret information to reach conclusions.

Evaluate - Assess the implications and limitations; make judgments about the ideas, works, solutions or methods in relation to selected criteria.

Synthesize - Combine different ideas in order to create new understanding.

HOMEWORK: Key words - vocabulary 
adventure,   interview,   extreme,    leaders,   fatal,   obstacles,   gear,    rescue,   hazard,     risk,    injuries,    thrill
   

February 4, 5, 6

February 4
Criterion B - Reading Assessment

February 5
1.  Word puzzle p. 42
     LEADERSHIP    Use and rearrange th letters in the word "leadership" to create new words (minimum 20). You can use some or all of the letters in the word to make your new words. How many different words can you come up with? 

 2.  What is leadership?  How do you develop leadership skills?  p. 42
      Read page 42. Open your notebook and take notes on what you have read.

3. ACTIVITY: A lollipop moment  p. 43
    Watch the video and complete the task. Write answers in your notebook. Write in complete sentences.
   
February 6
1.  5 minute Paragraph Writing Warm-up
Prompt: What's the worst thing about the internet?
Write your answers here:  https://padlet.com/rddietrich1/luyhg05f0wc6

2.  Complete ACTIVITY: A lollipop moment

3.  Modal Verbs  https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs.html
Modal Verbs of Ability explanation: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-ability.html
Modal Verbs of Ability exercises: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-ability-exercise-1.html

Modal Verbs of Obligation explanation: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-obligation.html
Modal Verbs of Obligation exercises: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-obligation-exercise-1.html