Hoover/Meredith MYP 1 -6 (Grades 6 -10) Vertical Unit Plan
Subject Area: Language B Spanish Collaborators:
Phase 1
(6th grade MYP 1
and any students
new to a foreign
language who
may transfer in)
Carrie Romo, Andrea Lietchty
Unit
Unit Title
Lengths of units
vary depending on
class schedule
meeting lengths
Unit 1 (1.1)
What is the
importance of
languages?
Unit 2 (1.1)
Why does the
language I use
change from
person to person?
Unit 3 (1.1)
Time
Does anyone
really know what
time it is?
Unit 4 (1.2)
Fun
What is fun? How
does the
environment
affect fun?
Unit 5 (1.2)
Yo soy…..
What makes me
who I am or will
be?
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
AOI/ATL Cluster
Connection
Communication
Culture
Culture
Connection
Personal and
Cultural
Expression
F- What is the
importance of
languages?
C- How is
language a barrier
or a bridge?
D- Who should
learn to speak
another
language?
Identities and
relationships
Dimensions and
time and space
Identities and
relationships
F- How do you
greet someone?
C- Why does the
language I use
change from
person to person?
D- Is respect
something you
earn, or is it a
right? Why?
F- Throughout
history in what
ways have we
measured time?
C- Why is time
important?
D- What is “on
time”?
Culminating Task
Visually interpret
and comprehend
a movie poster
Culminating Task:
Listen to an
authentic Spanish
conversation and
respond to the
questions in
Spanish.
Culminating Task:
Visual interpret a
weather
photograph
writing in Spanish.
Assessed MYP
Criteria
Criterion B Visual
Interpretation
Criterion C
Criterion A Oral
Communication
Criterion B Visual
interpretation
Criterion D
Personal and
cultural
expression
F- What do
different cultures
do for enjoyment?
C- How does the
environment
affect fun?
D-Are we entitled
to fun?
Does fun differ
from culture to
culture?
Role plays
Interpret written
text from actual
kids discussing fun
activities. Support
opinion with
evidence from
text
Criterion C
Reading
comprehension
1.1= 1st Semester
1.2= 2nd Semester
Unit Question
F-What
personality
descriptors could
fit me?
C-How am I
perceived by
others?
D- Do I change?
Explain
Yo Soy poem
Criterion D
Writing
Unit 6
Optional unit use
for deeper
teacher and
remedial work
Reading
Comprehension
Phase 1 and
beginning Phase 2
(7th Grade MYP 2
and any students
who may have
transferred in at
this level)
1.3=1st Semester
2.1=2nd Semester
Writing
Criterion A Oral
communication
Unit 8 Healthy
Lifestyle 1.3
How do my
choices affect my
health?
Comparison
culture change
Unit 9 Team 2.1
What makes a
team?
Unit 10
Exploration 2.1
Why explore new
places?
Culture
communication
Culture
connection
Identity and
relationships
F- What
components make
a team? What
makes someone a
team player?
C- How do I know
I’m part of a
team?
Why do we need
teams?
D- Is it true that
“no man is an
island”…meaning
no man can stand
alone. Explain
your stance
(position).
Presentation on
sports team or
personality
Orientation in
space and time
F-What have we
gained (or lost)
through
exploration?
C- How do my
own experiences
impact my further
exploration of the
world around me?
D- Why do people
feel the need to
explore or not
explore? Explain
your stance
(position).
Unit Title
Lengths of units
vary depending on
class schedule
meeting lengths
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
Unit 6 Family 1.3
What is a family?
Unit 7 Education
1.3
How does culture
effect education?
Connections
culture
Communication
culture
AOI/ATL Cluster
Identities and
relationships
F- What does
“Family” mean in
different parts of
the world?
C- How can
families be an
asset?
D- What is a
family?
Fairness and
development
F-Where does
education
happen?
C- Why is there an
emphasis on
education?
D- Whose
responsibility is an
education and
why?
Who should be
educated and
why?
Identity and
relationships
F- What makes up
a healthy
lifestyle?
C- Why do we
care about the
maintenance of
our health?
D- Should others
force health upon
you? Explain
Culminating Task
Family Tree
Presentation
Visually interpret
ads, menus, etc.
role play ordering
a healthy meal.
Assessed MYP
Criteria
Criterion A Oral
communication
Criterion C
Reading
comprehension
Letter to a pen pal
explaining their
school day and
why they go to
school.
Criterion D
Writing
Unit Question
Criterion C
Reading
comprehension
Criterion A Oral
communication
Criterion A Oral
communication
Criterion C
Reading
comprehension
Choose a map,
write directions
for your friend to
travel to your
home
Criterion B Visual
interpretation
Criterion D
Writing
Phase 2
Unit Title
Criterion B Visual
Interpretation
Unit 13 2.2
Music/Videos
Unit 11 2.2
Families and
Communities
How do my
relatives and
friends influence
me?
Unit 12 2.2
Plans and
scheduling
Key Concept:
Connections
Related concepts:
cultural
celebrations,
relationships
Global Context:
Identities and
Relationships
Key concept:
Communication
Related concepts:
Patterns,
conventions
Key concept:
Creativity
Related concepts:
Accent, Phonetics
Key concept:
Culture
Related concepts:
Audience,
Message
Key concept:
Culture
Related concepts:
Audience, Context
Global Context:
Fairness and
development
Factual: Who from
my community
influences me?
Conceptual: How
do my relatives
and friends
influence me?
Debatable: How
much should my
community
influence me?
Factual: What are
the parts of the
schedule?
Conceptual: How
does society
influence how I
spend my time?
Debatable: Is time
manageable?
Should society
dictate how I plan
my future?
Global Context:
Scientific and
technical
innovation
Factual: How has
technology
changed in your
lifetime?
Conceptual: How
does access to
technology
influence your
life?
Debatable: Could
you survive a
whole month
without
technology?
Global Context:
Globalization and
sustainability
Unit Question
Global Context:
Personal and
cultural
expression
Factual: How
does media
positively and
negatively
influence your
life?
Conceptual: How
do the arts and
media influence
my life?
Debatable:
Should famous
people influence
our decisions?
Factual: What are
the countries in
Central America?
Conceptual: How
has Central
America’s culture
influenced
America?
Debatable: What
place does the
Central American
culture have in
the United Place?
Factual: What is
the immigration
process?
Conceptual: What
are the challenges
and benefits of
being the new
person in a group?
Debatable: Should
immigrants have
to learn English?
Culminating Task
Written Essay
Spanish essay on
one relative or
friend that has
Culminating Task:
Student will read
about a Hispanic
student’s daily
Written
Informative: write
an informative
mini-biography on
Culminating Task:
Authentic task:
Create an
advertisement in
Technology
Presentation:
Create an
informational
Culminating Task:
Participate in a
role play of an
interview as a
(8th Grade MYP 3
and any students
who may have
transferred in at
this level)
How do I create
good plans?
How do the arts
and media
influence my life?
1st Semester 2.2
2nd Semester 2.3
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
AOI/ATL Cluster
Unit 14 2.3
Advertising
marketing
techniques
How does access
to technology
influence your
life?
Unit 15 2.3
Cultural
Exploration
Which Central
American country
would you choose
to be a resident of
and why?
Unit 15 2.3
Immigrant
Experience
(Optional unit for
review and
reteaching)
What are the
challenges and
benefits of being
the new person in
a group?
Key concept:
Communication
Related concepts:
Conventions,
audience,
message
Global Context:
Fairness and
development
Assessed MYP
Criteria
Phase 3
Unit Title
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
AOI/ATL Cluster
Unit Question
Culminating Task
Phase 4
Assessed MYP
Criteria
Unit Title
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
AOI/ATL Cluster
Unit Question
influenced you.
(Focus on 3rd
person)
schedule and
answer questions.
Students will
interpret a
schedule.
a Hispanic actor or
performer.
Oral Presentation:
Presentation on
the person chosen
for the minibiography in
Spanish
Spanish for a
piece of
technology. Visual
interprete a
Spanish
advertisement.
Criterion D
Writing
Criterion B Visual
interpretation
Criterion C
Reading
comprehension
Criterion A Oral
communication
Criterion D
Writing
Criterion B Visual
interpretation
Criterion D
Writing
message about a
country’s most
critical
information
needed to live
there or create a
travel journal on
what you saw and
where you visited
in your country.
Assessment –
Read a narrative
of a person’s
experience in a
Central American
country; respond
to questions citing
textual evidence.
Criterion A Oral
communication
Criterion C
Reading
comprehension
Criterion D
Writing
person coming to
American
speaking only
Spanish or role
play a job
interview in
Spanish. Listen to
and respond to
the interviewer.
Criterion A Oral
Communication
Culminating Task
Assessed MYP
Criteria