Week 1 and Syllabus
Wow! My first week back just flew by. I can't believe I already have 4 days under my belt. The days went by so quickly and my stress level was surprisingly low. I am in my 6th year of teaching and I honestly feel like I am starting to get into my groove. And now that I'm using Stepping Stones by Tina Hargaden, I feel like my prep load is way lower than it ever has been and I'm loving it!!
On Friday, I briefly went over my syllabus for my MYP Spanish 1 class. If you are using Stepping stones, this is how I laid out my Units of study and the Global contexts:
Unit 1: Description - Describing people and setting
Global Context: Identities and Relationships
Grammar focus: Internal and external characteristics, preferences, personality, setting including weather and sensory details about the setting.
Unit 2: Narration - Narrating personal stories
Global Context: Personal and cultural expression
Grammar focus: Dialogue and inner thinking
Unit 3: Description within Narration
Global Context: Personal and cultural expression
Grammar focus: Creating texts with focus on narration and description
Unit 4: Description within Narration in the past and historical biographies
Global Context: Orientation in Space and Time
Grammar focus: Physical and internal descriptions of people in the past
Unit 5: Informational writing
Global Context: Personal and cultural expression
Grammar focus: Historical information, current issues, geography and cultural information.
Unit 6: Opinion Writing
Global Context: Personal and cultural expression
Grammar focus: Nonfiction themes and current issues about which a person has a personal opinion
Unit 7: Creative writing and Creating a book project
Global Context: Personal and cultural expression
On Friday, I briefly went over my syllabus for my MYP Spanish 1 class. If you are using Stepping stones, this is how I laid out my Units of study and the Global contexts:
Unit 1: Description - Describing people and setting
Global Context: Identities and Relationships
Grammar focus: Internal and external characteristics, preferences, personality, setting including weather and sensory details about the setting.
Unit 2: Narration - Narrating personal stories
Global Context: Personal and cultural expression
Grammar focus: Dialogue and inner thinking
Unit 3: Description within Narration
Global Context: Personal and cultural expression
Grammar focus: Creating texts with focus on narration and description
Unit 4: Description within Narration in the past and historical biographies
Global Context: Orientation in Space and Time
Grammar focus: Physical and internal descriptions of people in the past
Unit 5: Informational writing
Global Context: Personal and cultural expression
Grammar focus: Historical information, current issues, geography and cultural information.
Unit 6: Opinion Writing
Global Context: Personal and cultural expression
Grammar focus: Nonfiction themes and current issues about which a person has a personal opinion
Unit 7: Creative writing and Creating a book project
Global Context: Personal and cultural expression
Grammar focus: Complete review of all grammar and vocabulary
Flex Unit: Agentes secretos y el mural de Picasso
Global Context: Orientation in Space and Time
Grammar focus: Art terms, Spain, symbolism
Flex Unit: Agentes secretos y el mural de Picasso
Global Context: Orientation in Space and Time
Grammar focus: Art terms, Spain, symbolism
On Friday, I also did a lesson about Second Language Acquisition that ended with students creating a meme that expressed the difference between learning and acquiring a language and the results were hilarious. I'll talk about my lesson plan for that on my next post!
I just wanted to share my Units of Study and how I connected them to IB's global contexts. I hope this is of use to you!
Hasta pronto,
Señora K
I just wanted to share my Units of Study and how I connected them to IB's global contexts. I hope this is of use to you!
Hasta pronto,
Señora K
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