MYP by Concept 3 English Language acquisition Phases 1–6 SAMPLE CHAPTER Ana de Castro Zara Kaiserimam 1880674 English for the IB MYP 3_SAMPLE.indd 3 21/07/2017 11:41 Contents 1 Am I ready for the real world? ............................................2 2 What’s that you said? ..............................................................20 3 How can we overcome difficult challenges? ..........40 4 Can we travel through writing? ........................................60 5 Is tradition worth preserving? ...........................................90 6 How do you see the world? .............................................. 124 Glossary ...........................................................................................154 Acknowledgements ................................................................ 155 880674_00_English for the IB MYP 3_Prelims.indd 3 10/07/2017 15:35 How to use Each chapter is framed with a Key concept , this book Related concept and set in a Global context. Welcome to Hodder Education’s Connections Purpose Identities and relationships MYP by Concept Series! Each chapter is designed to lead you through 1 Am I ready for an inquiry into the concepts of the real world? WATCH–THINK–SHARE Watch the short video entitled ‘When I grow up?’: Language acquisition, and how they www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4S8LnHZuuE In pairs, discuss, in English or in your mother tongue, what makes a job interesting. Although the future may seem interact in real-life global contexts. an eternity away, making Watch the video again and write down all the jobs that are mentioned. Then put these words purposeful connections into a word cloud. A word cloud is a way to with others helps us to display words in a visual form. You can use a word develop as individuals and cloud generator like www.wordle.net. The Statement of Inquiry provides as lifelong learners. the framework for this inquiry, ●nThese Approaches to Learning (ATL) ●●We will reect on this learner CONSIDER THESE skills will be useful … prole attribute … QUESTIONS: and the Inquiry questions ●nCommunication skills ●●Inquirers – we are curious about our world, learn then independently and use our experiences to grow Factual: What is the IB learner ●nCollaboration skills in order to become lifelong learners. lead us through the exploration profile? ●nOrganization skills Conceptual: What kind of ●nReflection skills Do you ever think about what you will be when you as they are developed through learner are you? What careers ●nAre you ready for the future? grow up? If you do not know, you are not alone. Most interest you? How does the ●nInformation literacy skills teenagers do not know what they want to be. But it is Middle Years Programme (MYP) ●nCritical-thinking skills each chapter. not too early to start to think about the world of work. prepare you for university or ‘Guard your light and protect it. Move it forward into the world and ●nCreative-thinking skills Choosing a job or career is one of the most important college? be fully condent that if we connect light to light to light, and join the ●nTransfer skills decisions of your life. Debatable: Which learner lights together of the one billion young people in our world today, we KEY WORDS profile attributes do you will be enough to set our whole planet aglow.’ – Hafsat Abiola The world is changing fast and it is a very different possess? What skills can you ●Assessment opportunities in place today from what it used to be, especially in terms Key words are included to give you access to develop to help you prepare for this chapter: of what you can study at university and your career the future? How do you know IN THIS CHAPTER, WE WILL … options. New roles are being created all the time, and what you want to do with the ●Criterion A: Comprehending spoken and ●nFind out about different options and how to develop our skills. there are jobs available to young people today that did vocabulary for the topic rest of your life? What would be visual text . Glossary terms ●nExplore our personal approach to learning in a way that meets our not exist ten years ago. are your dream job? highlighted and, where applicable, individual needs to become lifelong learners. ●Criterion B: Comprehending written and Now share and compare your ●nTake action by carrying out research to begin to pursue our passions visual text KEY WORDS search terms are given to encourage independent learning and thoughts and ideas with your in life. Start to identify what tools are at our disposal to help us work ●Criterion C: Communicating in response to approaches to learning skills partner, or with the whole class. toward our goals. spoken and/or written and/or visual text career traits research skills ●Criterion D: Using language in spoken and/or degree work experience . written form pathway 2 English for the IB MYP 3: by Concept 1 Am I ready for the real world? 3 As you explore, activities suggest ways to learn through action. n● ATL Key Activities are designed to develop your Approaches Approaches to Learning skills for MYP Language acquisition are highlighted whenever to Learning (ATL) skills. we encounter them. ● Assessment opportunities in Hint this chapter: In some of the activities, we provide hints to help you work on the assignment. This also introduces you to the new Hint Some activities are formative as they allow you to practise certain parts of the MYP Language feature in the on-screen assessment. acquisition Assessment Objectives. Other activities can be used by you or your teachers to assess your Definitions are included for important terms and achievement summatively against all parts of an information boxes are included to give background assessment objective. information, more detail and explanation. 880674_00_English for the IB MYP 3_Prelims.indd 4 10/07/2017 15:35 You are prompted to consider your conceptual understanding in a variety of activities throughout each chapter. Connections Purpose Identities and relationships We have incorporated Visible Thinking – ideas, Am I ready for framework, protocol and thinking routines – from 1 Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of the real world? WATCH–THINK–SHARE Education into many of our activities. Watch the short video entitled ‘When I grow up?’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4S8LnHZuuE In pairs, discuss, in English or in your mother tongue, what makes a job interesting. Although the future may seem ● Links to: an eternity away, making Watch the video again and write down all the jobs that are mentioned. Then put these words purposeful connections into a word cloud. A word cloud is a way to Like any other subject, Language acquisition is just with others helps us to display words in a visual form. You can use a word develop as individuals and cloud generator like www.wordle.net. one part of our bigger picture of the world. Links as lifelong learners. to other subjects are discussed. ●nThese Approaches to Learning (ATL) ●●We will reect on this learner CONSIDER THESE skills will be useful … prole attribute … QUESTIONS: ●nCommunication skills ●●Inquirers – we are curious about our world, learn independently and use our experiences to grow Factual: What is the IB learner ●nCollaboration skills in order to become lifelong learners. profile? ●nOrganization skills ●● Conceptual: What kind of We will reect on this learner ●nReflection skills Do you ever think about what you will be when you learner are you? What careers ●nAre you ready for the future? grow up? If you do not know, you are not alone. Most interest you? How does the ●nInformation literacy skills teenagers do not know what they want to be. But it is prole attribute … Middle Years Programme (MYP) ●nCritical-thinking skills not too early to start to think about the world of work. prepare you for university or ‘Guard your light and protect it. Move it forward into the world and ●nCreative-thinking skills Choosing a job or career is one of the most important college? be fully condent that if we connect light to light to light, and join the ●● ●nTransfer skills decisions of your life. Each chapter has an IB learner profile attribute Debatable: Which learner lights together of the one billion young people in our world today, we profile attributes do you will be enough to set our whole planet aglow.’ – Hafsat Abiola The world is changing fast and it is a very different as its theme, and you are encouraged to reflect possess? What skills can you ●Assessment opportunities in place today from what it used to be, especially in terms develop to help you prepare for this chapter: of what you can study at university and your career on these too. the future? How do you know IN THIS CHAPTER, WE WILL … options. New roles are being created all the time, and what you want to do with the ●Criterion A: Comprehending spoken and ●nFind out about different options and how to develop our skills. there are jobs available to young people today that did rest of your life? What would be visual text ●nExplore our personal approach to learning in a way that meets our not exist ten years ago. your dream job? individual needs to become lifelong learners. ●Criterion B: Comprehending written and KEY WORDS Now share and compare your ●nTake action by carrying out research to begin to pursue our passions visual text Finally, at the end of the chapter you are asked thoughts and ideas with your in life. Start to identify what tools are at our disposal to help us work ●Criterion C: Communicating in response to approaches to learning skills partner, or with the whole class. toward our goals. spoken and/or written and/or visual text career traits to reflect back on what you have learnt with our ●Criterion D: Using language in spoken and/or degree work experience written form pathway Reflection table, maybe to think of new questions 2 English for the IB MYP 3: by Concept 1 Am I ready for the real world? 3 brought to light by your learning.