MYP+2+Lang.A++English

=MYP 2 Language A: English=



=MLA Format Template=




 * Unit 1 Title: **

Creative Writing

 * Area of Interaction Focus: **

Human Ingenuity


 * Approaches to Learning Focus: **

Communication & Thinking Skills


 * Learner Profile Attribute: **

Communicator & Thinker


 * Unit Question: **

What are the ingredients of a good story?


 * Summative Assessment Task: **

A Piece of Creative Writing

Here are the students' final pieces:





**Formative Assessment Task 1: Writing to Create Tension**



**Formative Assessment Task 2: Creating Setting**



**Formative Assessment Task 3: Creating character**

**On-going formative assessment: Reading Journal entries**




 * Unit 2 Title: **

The Future

 * Area of Interaction Focus: **

Human Ingenuity


 * Approaches to Learning Focus: **

Research Skills &Thinking Skills


 * Learner Profile Attribute: **

Inquirer & Thinker


 * Unit Question: **

Should we fear the future?

What might be the consequences of our creations?


 * Summative Assessment Task: **

An essay


 * Formative Assessment Task 1: **

Time Line


 * Formative Assessment Task: 2 **

Guided Essay


 * Formative Assessment Task: 3 **

Response to reading __The Giver__

=**Unit 3: Test Taking Skills**=


 * In preparation for the ISA tests, students will review essay structure and practise timed essays. They will also practice reading skills and test taking skills for the reading paper.**


 * Unit 4 Title: **

Children's Stories

 * Area of Interaction Focus: **

Human Ingenuity


 * Approaches to Learning Focus: **

Communication Skills &Thinking Skills


 * Learner Profile Attribute: **

Communicator & Thinker


 * Unit Question: **

How can I create an effective and entertaining children's book?


 * Summative Assessment Task: **

A children's Story




 * Formative Assessment Task 1: **

Analysis of a variety of children's stories




 * Formative Assessment Task: 2 **

A selection of rhyming children's poems

In the pictures below, Jasper, Sim and Peter are working with Mr Bridges on the illustrations for the children's book they created in Language A




 * Unit 5 Title: **

In search of adventure

 * Area of Interaction Focus: **

Health & Social Education


 * Approaches to Learning Focus: **

Thinking Skills


 * Learner Profile Attribute: **

Communicator & Thinker


 * Unit Question: **

What drives people to seek out adventure? What are the ingredients of a good adventure?


 * Summative Assessment Task: **

Create a storyboard for an adventure movie