MYP Year 5
Language A
English
Mrs. Kristin Trout
Room 402
[email protected]
(808) 261-0707 x 2150
2011 – 2012 Scope and Sequence: August-June
All Unit Dates are projected and may be subject to change.
You will be sent an updated January-June Scope and Sequence in January.
Unit 1: A Place Where I Belong
Unit Dates: Mid-Aug – Mid-Sept
Unit Question: Who is responsible for the quality of our world?
Area of Interaction: Environments
Content
Books: Wicked by Gregory McGuire, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Glass Castle by
Jeanette Wells, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (summer
reading), To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Summative Assessment Tasks
• Multiple-Intelligence Compare-Contrast Essay Project (Criteria A, B, C)
Unit 2: The Butterfly Effect
Unit Dates: End of Sept– End of Oct
Unit Question:
Area of Interaction (AOI):
Content
Book: 1984 by George Orwell
Short stories: “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, “The Sound of Thunder” by Ray
Bradbury, “Searching for Summer” by Joan Aiken
Summative Assessment Tasks
• Cause-and Effect Essay (Criteria A, B, C)
• Propaganda Project (Criteria A, C)
Unit 3: Darkest Before Dawn
Unit Dates: Nov – Start of Dec
Unit Question: Can humanity triumph over evil? /Can you recover from tragedy?
Area of Interaction: Community and Service
Content:
-Book(s): Night by Elie Weisel, book of choice about the Holocaust or which matches
a theme from Night
-Film: Schindler’s List or Life is Beautiful
Summative Assessment Tasks
• Quote analysis project on Night (Criteria A, B, C)
• Write a persuasive paper answering the unit question using one example from Night, their
book or choice, the film, personal experience and an event from history (Criteria A, B, C)
Unit 4: There Goes my Hero
Unit Dates: Nov - Dec
Unit Question: Can ordinary people achieve greatness?
Area of Interaction: Health and Social
Content:
-Biography/Auto-Biography (Student Choice)
-Research on chosen person
Summative Assessment Tasks
• Biography Presentation on chosen person (Criteria A, B, C)
• Timeline of chosen Person (Criteria A, B, C)
Unit 5: What’s Love got to do With it?
Unit Dates: Jan - Feb
Unit Question: When is love worth saving and when is time to let go?
Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education
Content:
-Play (Drama): Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, “Pyramus and
Thisbe”
from The Ovid
Summative Assessment Tasks
• Thematic Children’s Story (Criteria A, B & C)
• Write a literary analysis essay answering the unit question by first creating a definition of a
healthy romantic relationship, then apply this definition one of the couples in the play and
advise said couple to save their love or let it go
(Criteria A, B, C)
Unit 6: Power of Poetry and Inspiration
Unit Dates: March
Unit Question: Where do creative ideas come from?
AOI: Human Ingenuity
Content:
Poems: “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike; “Slam, Dunk & Hook” by Yusef Komunyakaa;
“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale; “Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning;
“The Sound of Night” by Maxine Kumin; “I dwell in Possibility” by Emily Dickenson;
“Variation on a Theme by Rilke” by Denise Levertov; “blessing the boats” by Lucille Clifton;
“The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop; “Christmas Sparrow” by Billy Collins; “The Sloth” by
Theodore Rothke; “Piano” by D.H. Lawrence;
“Fifteen” by William Stafford; “Tonight I can Write…” Paublo Neruda; “Sonnet 18” by
William Shakespeare; “Sonnet XXX of Fatal Interview” by Edna St. Vincent Millay; “Lord
Randall” by Anonymous; “Ballad/Ballada” by Gabriella Mistral; “Mid-Winter Blues” by
Langston Hughs
Summative Assessment Tasks
• Analyze poetry as a class and through a critical reading test (Criterion A)
• Perform a poetry recitation in class and show their understanding of the poem through their
class performance (Criteria B, C)
Unit 7: Perception is Reality
Unit Dates: April
Unit Question: What is the nature of truth?
AOI: Approaches to Learning
Content:
-Book: Life of Pi by Yan Martel
Summative Assessment Tasks
• Write a response to literature answering the unit question using a Reading Journal format
(Criteria A, B, C)
• Write a research paper on the nature of truth: comparing a current event or 3 religions
(Criteria A, B, C)
Unit 8: The Power of Storytelling (Literature Circles )
Unit Question: What makes a story worth telling?
AOI: Health and Social Education
Content:
-Book: Student choice
Summative Assessment Tasks
• Critical Literary Analysis Essay (Criteria A, B, C)
• Wiki Page (Criteria A, B, C)
Unit Dates: May
Vocabulary, Grammar and Literary Terms will be text-based and covered at various points
throughout each unit.
Writing Process
1. Rough draft written in class
2. Peer editing
3. 2nd draft conference with teacher
4. Final draft turned in for MYP Criteria grading (along with electronic copy submitted to
turnitin.com)
5. Submit correction of errors after final grade