ATL skills, Grammar points, Learning Activities, Spanish Language Acquisition, Unit Planning

ATL: Communication skills – Using intercultural understanding to interpret communication

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ATL: Communication skills – Using intercultural understanding to interpret communication

Use both hands to receive. Don't stick the chopsticks in your bowl of rice. Never ever walk into someone's home with your shoes on. These are just a few of the many Chinese customs and etiquette rules that we had to learn before moving here. So, why did we bother learning these? As expats, we could have [...]

ATL skills, English Language Acquisition, Learning Activities, Reading, Unit Planning

ATL: Communication Skills – Read Critically and for Comprehension

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ATL: Communication Skills – Read Critically and for Comprehension

So many things to teach and so little time!  The eternal dilemma when planning a unit. For the first unit of my English-Humanities MYP Year 1 class (Phases 4-5), we chose Read Critically and for Comprehension as the ATL skill to teach this unit. This is an incredibly broad skill, so deciding on what aspects [...]

Key and Related Concepts, Learning Activities, Spanish Language Acquisition, Statement of Inquiry

Introducing the Statement of Inquiry

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Introducing the Statement of Inquiry

Boom! That is how I like to start my units. It is usually all fun and games until I have to introduce the statement of inquiry. I have been exploring different strategies to do this in the hopes that the students will fully engage with it right from the start. For this unit, I printed [...]