MYP 5 : (10th grade) Quick Overview
1st Quarter : « Take care of yourself » (world health)
a. vocab = world sicknesses, symptoms, injuries, medical, hospital
b. grammar = commands, double object pronouns, transition words
c. verb review = present, passé composé, fut, cond
d. cultural = health epidemics in francophone countries
Criterion A (oral) = PSA of how to identify, treat, avoid sicknesses
Criterion B (written) = sickness in world & charities that help
Criterion C (vis.interpret) = graphique of % of sickness in world
Criterion D (reading) = Ebola outbreak in West Africa
2nd Quarter : « Take care of our World » (environment)
a. vocab = flora & fauna, endangered species, recycling, natural disasters
b. grammar = interrogative pronouns & adjectives
c. verb review = subjunctive
d. cultural = environmental problems in francophone countries
Criterion A (oral) = PSA recycling ; PSA endangered animals
Criterion B (written) = cause/effect of weather due to climate change
Criterion C (vis.interpret) = graphique of environmental issues
Criterion D (reading) = Greenpeace, WHO, Médecins sans frontières
3rd Quarter : « A New World to Experience » (travel & culture)
a. vocab = food, fashion, music, art, dance, religion
b. grammar = demonstrative pronouns & adjectives
c. verb review = compound tenses
d. cultural = differences in francophone countries
Criterion A (oral) = present past trip to francophone country
Criterion B (written) = travel guide to francophone country
Criterion C (vis. interpret) = euros, clothing sizes, tableaux
Criterion D (reading) = composers, designers, chefs
4th Quarter : « An Old World to Explore » (history)
a. vocab = historical structures, monuments, historical terms
b. grammar = relative pronouns, possessive pronouns
c. verb review = passé simple (for recognition only)
d. cultural = chateaux, famous people, Asterix, Bayeux Tapestry…
Criterion A (oral) = famous character presentation in costume
Criterion B (written) = cause/effects from important hist. Event
Criterion C (vis.interpret) = lignes chronologiques
Criterion D (reading) = fables, Les Misérables (songs, film)
(can’t do all of these ; I alternate each year)
la Gaule/Vercingétorix/Astérix/Julius Caesar ; le Moyen Age/Jeanne
d’Arc/Guillaume le Conquérant ; la Renaissance/châteaux/Cyrano/La Fontaine &
fables ; la Révolution/Les Mis/la Terreur/Guillotine ; Napoléon ; WWI ; WWII/DDay/Normandy Beaches/la Résistance ; Marché Commun/Union Européen
(can’t do all of these ; I alternate each year)
la Gaule/Vercingétorix/Astérix/Julius Caesar ; le Moyen Age/Jeanne
d’Arc/Guillaume le Conquérant ; la Renaissance/châteaux/Cyrano/La Fontaine &
fables ; la Révolution/Les Mis/la Terreur/Guillotine ; Napoléon ; WWI ; WWII/DDay/Normandy Beaches/la Résistance ; modernité : Marché Commun/Union
Européen