Friday, September 6, 2019

September 9, 10, 11


September 9, 10

Oral Assessment:   Choose one of the following prompts and deliver a 3-4 minute oral presentation.  Develop your ideas, include examples and details.

  a. When you imagine yourself in 20 years, where do you want to be?   OR
  b. What do you friends think of you? How would they describe you? Do you think it’s accurate? OR
  c. How would you describe yourself in three words? Why did you choose them?



September 11
Unit 1:  How can I connect with others?

Statement of InquiryThe way we connect with others often depends on context and sometimes we need to adapt our message to demonstrate our identities and relationships. 

Key Concept:  Connections are links, bonds and relationships among people, objects, organisms or ideas

Related Concept:  Context, Message

Global Context: Identities and relationships

Inquiry Questions:  Factual:  What personality traits do you possess?  How can others learn about your personality?  Conceptual: What is friendship? Are you a good friend?  Debatable:  Do you know who your real friends are?  Can very different people be friends?

Key Words:  acquaintance   appearance    BFF    characteristics    expectations    friendship    gadgets marooned    personality    popularity    sentence    sibling    traits    twins

IB Learner Profile:  Principled - we are proud of who we are and are respectful of other

1.  5 minute warm-up - Respond to the following prompt in your journal:  Do you believe that wishes come true?
2.  Grammar - Verb tenses (action words) https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
     Present Simple:  https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html
3.  Watch-Think-Share: 
      p. 3  Watch the short video entitled "Elderly BFF's Talk About Friendship

 
    In pairs, discuss what makes a positive friendship.  What are the signs of a good friend?

    Write down your ideas in a word cloud.  A word cloud is a way to write down words in a visual form. You can use a word cloud generator like  wordle.net.

 

No comments:

Post a Comment