grade 8 · 2018. 3. 31. · unit 2: from restaurant to cafe communication purpose & audience...

KFS MYP Subject Group Overviews

GRADE 8

MYP Year 3 - Grade 8 - Language & Literature Overview

Unit Title Key Concept Related Concept(s)

Global Context Statement of Inquiry

Objectives (Criterion)

ATL Skills Content

Investigative Journalism

Perspective Purpose Point of View

Globalization and Sustainability:Consumption, conservation, natural resources, and public goods

Perspective on the earth's resources is demonstrated through point of view and purpose.

BCD Information Literacy: Collect, record and verify data. Use critical literacy skills to analyse and interpret media communications

Students will analyze how perspective influences writing. The students will be exploring the world of news writers by creating their own investigative news segment.

IDU Russian Revolution

Change Theme Identities and relationships: attitudes, motivation, independence

Allegorical representations of revolution reveal how changes shape identity within societies.

AD Collaboration Skills: Encourage others to contribute Communication: Write for different purposes

Students will explore Revolution through the lens of allegory. Students will participate in Socratic Seminars to discuss how

their mentor text, Animal Farm, represents historical events.

World Poetry Creativity Structure and style

Personal and Cultural Expression: artistry, creation, craft, and beauty

Poetry creatively expresses artistry and beauty when style and structure is changed.

AC Reflection:Focus on the process of creating by imitating the work of others Creative Thinking: generate metaphors and analogies

Poets and poetry exist all around the world. We will explore poetry from different regions of the world and learn their most popular structures! Then we will begin the process of imitating their work to understand how poetry is created.

Writing about Reading

Communication

Genre and Structure

Personal and cultural

Structures within genres

ABCD

Communication-Read critically

Students will have the

expression: Products, systems, and institutions

allow for the communication of product information.

and for

comprehension

Thinking- Analyse complex

concepts and

projects into their

constituent parts

and synthesize

them to create

new

understanding

opportunity to look more deeply into the books that they love by creating companion guides for them! In doing so, we will learn how to analyze texts and build on what they already know!

MYP Year 3 - Grade 8 - Language Acquisition: Korean Overview (Phases 1-3)




ATL Skills Content

Year A Unit 1: My Neighbor- hood

Connection Patterns & Form Orientation in time and space

Patterns and form help us to logically connect different things.

Criterion A: Comprehending spoken and visual text

Criterion B: Comprehending written and

Communication & Organization

My house My neighborhood Using transportation

visual text

Criterion C: Communicating in response to spoken and/or written and/or visual text Criterion D: Using language in spoken and/or written form

Asking for and giving direction

Year A Unit 2: From Restaurant to Cafe

Communication Purpose & Audience

Identity and relationship

Purpose and audience change the way we communicate.


Criterion B: Comprehending written and visual text

Criterion C: Communicating in response to spoken and/or written and/or visual text Criterion D:

Communication & Collaboration

Ordering at a restaurant Ordering at a cafe Making phone and online reservations

Using language in spoken and/or written form

Year A Unit 3: Being a Wise Consumer

Communication Purpose & Message

Personal and cultural expression

Purpose determines how we deliver message.




Communication & Reflection

Shopping at different shops Planning to buy gifts Talking about shopping trend Talking about items bought Returning Asking for an exchange or refund

Year B Unit 1: Four Seasons in Korea

Culture Message & Form Orientation in time and space

Culture can be expressed through various forms.


Criterion B:

Communication & Organization

Four seasons Weather Clothes

Comprehending written and visual text


Food House Holidays

Year B Unit 2: All about Rice Cakes

Connection Patterns & Structure

Personal and Cultural Expression

Patterns and structures help us to see how things are connected.



Criterion C: Communicating in response to spoken and/or written and/or visual text

Communication & Collaboration

Different types of rice cake Taste Ingredient Counter Cooking appliance Recipe Connecting words

Criterion D: Using language in spoken and/or written form

Year B Unit 3: Korean Picture Books

Creativity Stylistic Choices & Structure


We use stylistic choices and structures to creatively express ourselves.




Communication & Reflection

Picture books

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adverb

Sentence

Structures

Onomatopoeia

MYP Year 3 - Grade 8 - Language Acquisition: Spanish Overview (Phases 1-3)

Overview Informed by the Following Resource:

Angel, J. Rafael. Spanish for the IB MYP 1-3 Phases 1-2 : By Concept. Hodder Education, 2017.




ATL Skills Content

Year A Can School be my Second Home? (¿Puede ser la escuela mi segundo hogar?)

Culture Meaning, Context, & Structure

Identities and relationships

The attitudes, values and culture of an organization determine the relationships that can be generated in it. (Las actitudes, valores y cultura de una organización determinan las relaciones que se pueden generar en ella.)




Communication, Transfer, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Organization, Reflection

Spanish alphabet; numbers; school life & routine; date & time; verb conjugation of “ser,” “estar,” “tener,” and“gustar”; definite & indefinite articles; gender, number & agreement; constructions for “poder,” “querer,” and “deber” + infinitive verb forms

Year A Connections Meaning, Identities and The connections Criterion A: Communicatio Relatives and

Who Forms my Families? (¿Quiénes forman mis familias?)

Context, & Patterns

relationships we create and the interactions we have in different contexts allow us to establish different types of relationships. (Las conexiones que creamos y las interacciones que tenemos en diversos contextos permiten establecer diferentes tipos de relaciones.)

Comprehending spoken and visual text



n, Collaboration, Reflection, Critical Thinking, & Information Literacy

friends; presentations; personal information; descriptions; personal relationships; appearance and character; the house and home; extended family; daily life at home; daily activities; personal pronouns; possessive & demonstrative adjectives; conjugation of “ser,” “estar,” “tener,” and“gustar”

Year A How does the place where we live define us?

Creativity Structure, Purpose, & Form

Orientation in Space and Time

The geographical location of a given location


Communication, Collaboration, Reflection,

The city and its surroundings; weather; seasons; my

(¿Cómo nos define el lugar donde vivimos?)

allows you to explore personal creativity and experiment with different ways of learning and interaction with the environment. (La ubicación geográfica de un determinado lugar permite explorar la creatividad personal y experimentar con diferentes formas de aprendizaje e interacción con el ambiente.)



Information Literacy

neighborhood and community; country versus city life; the environment; constructions for “poder,” “querer,” and “deber” + infinitive verb forms; present tense; frequency adverbs

Year A Are festivals true reflections of cultures? (¿Son los festivales reflejos fieles de las

Culture Meaning, Context, Purpose

Personal and cultural expression

Festivals define a culture thanks to the different values and forms of expression that they contain. (Los festivales



Communication, collaboration, reflection, information literacy, critical thinking, transfer

Calendar and dates; celebrations and traditions; special days and festivals; food during special

culturas?) definen una cultura gracias a los diferentes valores y formas de expresión que encierran.)


occasions; cultural and intercultural connections; social and religious acts; food culture and health; present tense; the verb “gustar,” constructions with “deber,” “querer,””debería,” podría” + infinitive

Year A What do we need to do to be healthy and happy? (¿Qué necesitamos hacer para estar sanos y ser felices?)

Communication

Context, Function, Patterns


The habits and lifestyle we have communicate aspects of the type of person we are and the way we function and interact in the society.



Criterion C: Communicating in response to

Communication, Collaboration, Reflection, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking

Personal care and care for other people; sports, pastimes, and entertainment; constructions with “poder,” “querer,” and “deber” + infinitive verb form; the

(Los hábitos y el estilo de vida que poseemos comunican aspectos sobre el tipo de persona que somos y sobre la manera en que funcionamos e interactuamos en la sociedad.)

spoken and/or written and/or visual text Criterion D: Using language in spoken and/or written form

present tense; future tense with “ir” + infinitive

Year A Does traveling really make us citizens of the world? (¿Viajar realmente nos convierte en ciudadanos del mundo?)

Culture Meaning, Context, and Patterns

Globalization and sustainability

Getting in touch with different cultures amplifies our vision of the world and enriches the meaning of the values of our culture. (Entrar en contacto con diferentes



Criterion C: Communicating in response to spoken and/or written and/or visual text

Communication, Collaboration, Reflection, Information Literacy, Media Literacy

Trips and transportation; purchases - transaction and interactions in different places; vacation; study and life abroad; situations of travelers abroad; trips and tourism;

culturas amplifica la visión que tenemos del mundo y enriquece el significado de los valores de nuestra cultura.)

Criterion D: Using language in spoken and/or written form

the present tense; indefinite preterite tense; temporal indicators

Year B Is urbanization an indicator of progress? (¿Es la urbanización un indicador de progreso?)

Connections Conventions, Context


The differences between rural and urban contexts reveal important global connections between individuals, their environment and society. (Las diferencias entre los contextos rurales y



Criterion C: Communicating in response to spoken and/or written and/or visual text Criterion D: Using language in spoken and/or

Communication, Collaboration, Reflection, Information Literacy

My neighborhood and community; life in the city and countryside; the environment; caring for my neighborhood; fashion; clothing; routines, responsibilities, and lifestyles; personal relationships; appearance

urbanos revelan conexiones globales importantes entre los individuos, su medio ambiente y la sociedad.)

written form and character; the present tense; the indefinite, perfect, and imperfect preterite tenses; temporal indicators

Year B How essential are the things I acquire and consume? (¿Qué tan esenciales son las cosas que adquiero y consumo?)

Culture Function, Purpose


Observation and analysis of the use of language allow us to understand how cultures of consumption of goods and services in regional and global contexts work. (La observación y análisis del uso de la lengua permiten




Communication, Reflection, Collaboration, Transfer, Information Literacy

Current affairs; routine, responsibilities, and lifestyles; purchases - transactions and interactions in different places; the present tense; the future tense with “ir a” + infinitive; the indefinite, perfect, and imperfect preterite tense

comprender cómo funcionan las culturas de consumo de bienes y servicios en contextos regionales y globales.)

written form

Year B Are we really interested in protecting the environment and helping others? (¿Realmente nos interesa proteger el medio ambiente y ayudar a los demás?)

Connections Meaning, Message, and Purpose

Fairness and development

Developing effective initiatives for the protection of the environment involves using knowledge about the connections and relationships that humans have with nature. (Desarrollar iniciativas




Communication, Collaboration, Reflection, Information Literacy, Transfer

Current and past events; cultural and intercultural connections; personal care and care for others; the present indicative; the preterite perfect and imperfect; constructions with “poder,” “deber,” and “querer” + infinitive;

efectivas para la protección del ambiente implica utilizar conocimientos sobre las conexiones y relaciones que los humanos tienen con la naturaleza.)

written form temporal indicators

Year B How did we find information before the Internet? (¿Cómo se encontraba la información antes de la internet?)

Creativity Message, Meaning, and Conventions

Orientation in space and time

Over time, creativity and human ingenuity have caused changes in the way information is generated and messages and meanings are shared. (A lo largo del tiempo, la creatividad y el ingenio



Criterion C: Communicating in response to spoken and/or written and/or visual text Criterion D: Using language

Communication, Collaboration, Reflection, Information & Media Literacy, Creative Thinking

Media and advertising; current and past events; the Internet; online language tools; the present indicative tense; the indefinite, imperfect, and perfect preterite tense; constructions with “poder,” “deber,” and

humano han provocado cambios en la manera en que se genera información y se comparten mensajes y significados.)

in spoken and/or written form

“querer” + infinitive

Year B Can we learn by playing? (¿Podemos aprender jugando?)

Creativity Context, Form, and Patterns

Scientific and technical innovation

Technologies have an impact on the way people explore their creativity and relationships. (Las tecnologías tienen un impacto en la forma en que las personas exploran su creatividad y sus relaciones.)




Communication, Collaboration, Affective, Reflection, Creative Thinking

Daily activities; leisure and weekend activities; inside the city and its surroundings; language; the role of the Internet; the present indicative; the indefinite, imperfect, and perfect preterite; constructions with “poder,” “deber,” and

“querer” + infinitive

Year B How anti-open-minded are we? (¿Qué tan anti-mentalidad abierta somos?)

Connections Context, Word Choice, and Patterns


Getting in touch with cultural diversity in society and in the world allows us to establish connections and observe patterns between their similarities and differences. (Entrar en contacto con diversidad cultural en la sociedad y en el mundo permite establecer conexiones y observar patrones entre




Communication, Collaboration, Reflection, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking

Current and past events; the Internet; facts and products of language and culture; the present indicative; the indefinite, imperfect, and perfect preterite tenses; constructions with “poder,” “deber,” and “querer” + infinitive

sus similitudes y diferencias.)

MYP Year 3 - Grade 8 - Language Acquisition: English Overview (Phases 1-3)




ATL Skills Content

My immediate environment

Communication

Meaning Word Choice

Personal and cultural expression - languages and linguistic systems

Communicating new concepts by understanding new words and their meanings.

A & C Social Listing, naming, identifying, simple conversation, relate to self and immediate environment, produced highly practiced words and phrases, restate sentences, high frequency words, gestures

All About Me Connections Patterns Identities and Making B & D Communicatio Making

Purpose relationships - identity formation

connections leads to identifying patterns and purpose.

n connections to self, gestures and facial expressions, making inferences, comprehending highly predictable and familiar contexts, key vocabulary to communicate meaning, recognizing structural patterns, recognize family roots, prefixes, suffixes

The Outdoors (weather, calendar, time, transportation)

Connections Meaning Conventions

Orientation in space and time - peoples, boundaries, exchanges and interaction

Connections to the world provide meaning.

A & B Communication

Communicates basic information, expresses own thoughts and ideas, relate to the immediate

environment, produces memorized language related to topic, high frequency words, communication strategies

Around the house

Communication

Form Structure

Personal and cultural expression - peoples, boundaries, exchanges and interaction

Communication develops a deeper understanding of form and structure.

C & D Communication

Connections to environment, context, related vocabulary, inferences, making connections, create messages, producing words and phrases, asking questions, language control, editing

MYP Year 3 - Grade 8 - Mathematics Overview




ATL Skills Content

Exponents / Scientific Notation

Logic Simplification, Equivalence


Logic allows us to simplify numbers, expressions and equations to determine if they are equivalent or equal.

B & D Critical thinking skills

exponents, exponential notation, prime numbers, prime factorization, power, base, product of powers, quotient of powers, power of a power, the power of a product, the power of a quotient, negative exponents, zero exponents, cube, square, scientific notation, coefficient,

standard form, prefix system

Algebraic Linear Equations / Lines & Linear Equations / Systems of Linear Equations / Functions

Form Representation, Models, and Simplification


Simplification allows us to understand how form can be modeled and represented in various ways.

A & C Transfer linear equation, variable, inconsistent equation, consistent equation, identity, table of values, coordinate plane, x-axis, y-axis, no solution, solution, slope, rise, run, m, b, y-intercept, x-intercept, slope-intercept form, parallel lines, sketch, y=mx+b, system of linear equations, unique solution, common

terms, elimination method, substitution method, standard form, graphical method, point of intersection, inconsistent system of equations, dependent system of equations

The Pythagorean Theorem

Logic Measurement Identities and relationships

Logic allows us to determine measurements.

D Information and Collaborative

Hypotenuse, Leg, Area, Squared, Square root, Distance formula, Slope

Geometric Transformations / Congruence and Similarity

Change Space, Change, Models


Exploring how objects are identified may change depending on how the

B & C Communication, Information Literacy, Thinking

Transformations, Rotation, Reflection, Translation, Dilation, center of rotation,

relationship is modeled in the space given.

Clockwise, Counter-clockwise, Degree of rotation, Scale factor, center of dilation, Enlargement, Reduction, map, image, invariant, line of reflection, center of rotation, angle of rotation, half turn, isometry

Statistics/Probability

Relationships Models, Systems


Models allows us to describe different systems and relationships.

A Information literacy

Scatter plot, quantitative data, association, bivariate data, clustering, line of best fit, interpolate, extrapolate, two-way table, categorical data, qualitative

data, compound event, simple event, possibility diagram, tree diagram, independent events, multiplication rule of probability, addition rule of probability, dependent events

MYP Year 3 - Grade 8 - Individuals & Societies Overview




ATL Skills Content

Propaganda Change Perspective, Innovation and Revolution


Perspectives can be changed in order to

B, C, D Communication, Media Literacy

Students will need to understand different forms of

transform cultural expression

propaganda in order to create a picture/video that will be effective in convincing their audience. Exploring the use of propaganda throughout history

Russian Revolution

Change Identity, Culture

Personal and Cultural expression

Changes can influence the identity of societies and the belief systems of a culture

B, D Information literacy skills, Communication

Students will understand the

Human Rights System

Choice, Power Fairness and Development

The choices of systems towards justice is related to power

A, B, C Information, Critical Thinking

Students will explore the Declaration of Human Rights, and investigate a

struggles among various groups of people.

current human rights violation.

Communication

Time, place, space

Power, Causality

Fairness and Development

Throughout time and place political, economic and social power shifts as a result of human communication, innovation and organization.

A, B Organization Skills, Information literacy skills

Students will learn about strategies and events that lead to social, economic and political change

MYP Year 3 - Grade 8 - Science Overview




ATL Skills Content

Matter and Chemical Reaction

Change Form Scientific and technical innovation - Processes and solutions

Demonstrate the way objects are interacting changes the

A & D Collaboration, Organization, Critical thinking

The total number of each type of atom is conserved, and

basic form to create a new object.

thus the mass does not change. Some chemical reactions release energy, others store energy.

Energy Change Energy Transform

Scientific and technical innovation - Systems, models, methods

Methods of transferring energy result in changes in the kinetic and potential energy of particles.

B & C Collaboration, Reflection, Critical thinking

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the kinetic energy and potential energy.

Waves Relationship Development Scientific and technical innovation

There is a strong relationship between the invention of

A & B Information literacy, Critical Thinking

A simple wave has a repeating pattern with a specific

waves and development in scientific and technical innovation.

wavelength, frequency, and amplitude.

Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms

Systems Environment Interaction

Orientation in time and space - Exchange and interaction

Systems interact with and exchange energy with their environment.

C & D Communication, Reflection, Information Literacy

Genes are located in the chromosomes of cells, with each chromosome pair containing two variants of each of many distinct genes. Each distinct gene chiefly controls the production of specific proteins, which in turn affects the traits of the individual. Changes (mutations) to genes can result in

changes to proteins, which can affect the structures and functions of the organism and thereby change traits.

MYP Year 3 - Grade 8 - Physical and Health Education Overview




ATL Skills Content

Team Sports Communication

Interaction Space

Identities and relationships - competition and cooperation

Communication encourages interaction and enhanced use of space

C & D Social Working with others, cooperation, rules, fair play, passing, receiving, catching, offensive positioning, defensive positioning, dribbling, ball control,

shooting, weight transfer, striking, game play strategies, use of space, transitions, accuracy,

Nutrition and Personal Health

Relationships Systems Function

Identities and relationships - health and well-being

Relationships among systems depict function

A Research Health responsibility, self-monitoring, nutrition, health risk factors, self-expression, self- enjoyment, stress management

Net Sports Change Choice Adaptation

Identifies and relationships - competition

Changes alter choices leading to adaptation

B, C, D Self-management

Serving, striking, forehand/backhand, volley, underhand throw, movement, space,

Personal Change Function Identities and Changes alter A, B Affective Skills Components of

Fitness Systems relationships - health and well-being

the function of different systems.

fitness, cardio, strength training, health standards, stretching, flexibility, injury prevention, FITT, RPE, warm-up, cool-down, body systems, fitness assessment, program planning, training

MYP Year 3 - Grade 8 - Design Overview




ATL Skills Content

Cover Design

Communication Form Personal and cultural expression : The ways in which we discover and express ideas and values

Appropriate approaches can communicate ideas effectively.

B: Developing Ideas C: Creating the Solution

Communication Skills

Book cover, CD cover

Resources Media literacy

Creative thinking

: Our appreciation of the aesthetic

Urban Planning Systems Adaptation Globalization and Sustainability : the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities

Market trends are analyzed to identify and produce effective systems.

A: Inquiring and Analysing B: Developing Ideas

Collaboration Sustainable housing

Sustainability Information literacy

Critical thinking

Furniture Design Development Form Personal and cultural expression : The ways in which we discover and express ideas and values

An independent invention can innovate the global market.

C: Creating the Solution D: Evaluating

Organizational skills

Cardboard chairs, tables

Function Information literacy

Transfer

Wearables Development Ergonomics Scientific and technical innovation : how humans use their understanding of scientific principles

Humans apply their scientific understanding to develop adaptive forms.

A: Inquiring and Analysing D: Evaluating

Collaboration Functional, aesthetics, adaptive Form Informational

literacy

Transfer

MYP Year 3 - Grade 8 - Arts Overview




ATL Skills Content

Material Exploration

Aesthetics Play Personal and Cultural Expression : the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity

Exploration of various mediums and tools can advance aesthetic styles and structures.

A: Knowing and Understanding B: Developing Skills

Affective skills Experimentation, exploration of various materials

Composition Information literacy

Figurative Sculptures

Identity Expression Identities and Relationships : what it means to be human

Self-reflection builds awareness on one’s identity.

B: Developing Skills C: Thinking Creatively

Affective skills Body and facial expressions

Narrative Media literacy

Transfer

Cityscapes: Transforming Communities

Change Composition Orientation in Space and Time : the relationships between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations from persona, local, and global perspectives

Communities can transform by changinging compositions.

A: Knowing and Understanding D: Responding

Media literacy Changing communities, cut out animation

Presentation Creative thinking

Visual Truth: What is Real? What is Unreal?

Communication Interpretation Scientific and Technical Innovation : the impact of

Reality can be communicated and interpreted in many different ways.

C: Thinking Creatively D: Responding

Reflection Views of reality, modern and traditional illustration

Boundaries Information literacy

scientific and technological advances on communities and environments.

Critical thinking

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