MYP Year 5 - Le Jardin Academy

• Reading Exam “Vestir bien nos ayuda a triunfar en la vida” 250-300 words in Spanish.
(Criterion E)
• Written and Oral Exams (Clothing Descriptions) via Fashion Show project (Criteria A, B, C, D)
Unit 4: My Childhood
Unit Dates: January – February
Unit Question: How did you behave when you were little?
Area of Interaction: Health and Social education
Content:
Students will recall their childhood and learn from their past experiences.
-compare the traditional childhood of a child in the U.S. with traditional childhoods in
different Spanish speaking countries
-analyze the expectations that parents have for their children, the maturity level and
responsibility in different societies
-reflect and write about their daily routines when they were young children, and
appreciate what they were and what they had, and see that they can go much
further and that there is no limit in what they want to become.
Summative Assessment Tasks
• Reflective essay. 150 words. How was your first childhood? What was your favorite toy?
And why? (Criteria C, D)
• Analytical essay. 150 words. How do you think you have changed from your 2 nd
childhood? You think that the culture and community affected who you are today? How?
And why? (Criteria C, D)
• Reaction essay. 200 words. Reaction in one topic of the movie, Bajo la misma luna/Under
The Same Moon. Follow by a discussion. (Criteria A, B, C, D)
• Unit written exam - New vocab, imperfect tense and grammar- reading comprehension.
(Criteria C, D, E)
• Unit Oral Exam (Criteria A, B)
Unit 5: Directions
Unit Dates: March - April
Unit Question: Where do you usually go shopping? And how do you get there?
Areas of Interaction: Environments
Content:
-giving directions in Spanish
-explain where they want to go, where they live, where the stores are and what and
how they can find things
-geography of most Spanish speaking countries; their capitals, flags and some
famous landmarks
Summative Assessment Tasks
• Unit essay: 150 words in Spanish. (Criteria C, D)
• Unit written and reading exam. (Criteria C, D, E)
• Project/ presentation: Implementing; writing, new vocabulary, new verbs, reading
comprehension & oral communication. (Criterion A, B, C, D, E)
Unit 6: Building The Future
Unit Dates: April – May
Unit Question: Does The Future Hold a Plan for me?
Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education
Content:
-goal setting; students will explore their future plans
-students will compare their potential futures with the potential futures/ opportunities
of Hispanic children in the USA and in Cuba
-language functions: future tense and the near future tense
Summative Assessment Tasks