MYP 1 - Unit 3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Quote reactions 

Write a response to the quotes below. Your response can be a personal reaction, possible meanings of the quotes or anything else that comes to mind. 

1. Home is not a place, but a feeling. It's the comfort of familiar surroundings, the warmth of family and friends, and the sense of belonging. Whether it's a small apartment, a cozy house, or a sprawling estate, home is where the heart is.

2. For some people, home is the place where they grew up, filled with memories of childhood and happy times. It's where they can return to whenever they need a sense of security and stability.

3. Home can also be a state of mind, a feeling of inner peace and contentment that comes from being true to oneself and living authentically. It's about finding a place in the world where you can be your most genuine self and feel accepted and loved for who you are.

4. Home is also a sanctuary, a refuge from the outside world where you can relax, recharge, and be yourself without fear of judgment or persecution. It's a place where you can be vulnerable and raw, where you can let down your guard and be completely authentic.

5. In the end, home is a deeply personal concept that means different things to different people. It's a feeling, a place, a state of mind, and a sanctuary all rolled into one. Ultimately, home is wherever you feel most comfortable, happy, and at peace.

 What words would you associate with the main topic of Unit 3?

Home Sweet Home

Use the internet to add representative pictures / photos for the title of the unit - The World we Live In: Home Sweet Home

The exploration of the students' personal histories and journeys, enables the understanding of the contexts and meanings that the word "home " can have, thus providing one with awareness of their own identity.

Materials adapted from Teaching Tolerance. (https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/exploring-young-immigrant-stories)

Unit 3 - The World we Live In: Home Sweet Home: Going Home

Lesson 1

My goals during this unit: 

What questions connected to the topic of the unit
(The World we Live In: Home Sweet Home) do you have?

You are going to read a short story by Eve Bunting. What topics do you think you will find in the book ?

Formative & Summative Dates

Good luck! 

Criteria	Formative Assessment	Summative assessment
Criterion B	15.04.2024	17.04.2024
Criterion D	10.06.2024	12.06.2024

Homework: Create a presentation

1. Describe your house in The Netherlands and compare it to your house in your home/country or house you lived in before this one

2. Explain which one you prefer and why

3. Describe your ideal house and explain why that would be ideal for you

4. Explain what is home to you 

5. Explain where you feel at home and why

EMERGENT Students: 1 slide per topic

CAPABLE Students: 2 slides per topic

PROFICIENT Students: 3 slides per topic

Include as much information as possible, as well as photos and images!

The end!

Unit 3 - The World we Live In: Home Sweet Home: Going Home

Lesson 2

Look at the picture and think of 4 questions you’d like to ask about it?

Write them down.

Exchange your answers with your colleagues.

Discuss in groups. Then answer the questions
What is immigration?
What do you know about immigration?
Who is an immigrant?
Why do people emigrate?

Watch the video (1), write your answers

Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxILBYcTjY4

Are you surprised by anything you hear in the video? What? Why?

Can you relate to the boy? How?

Do you think it was easy for the boy’s Great-Great-Great Grandmother to leave her home in Italy and immigrate to America? Why? What about her mum?

Can a home be more than one place? Why? How?

Where is your home?

This is Gabriella. She is from Mexico and she moved to Austin, Texas three months ago. She didn’t know any English when she went there.
If you had a chance to talk to her, what would you ask her?

Meet young immigrants

Meet young immigrants

Worries

Struggles

Successes

Watch the video (2) and take notes about the worries, struggles and successes you hear in the narrative.

Video2: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/young_immigrants/gabriella.htm

Meet young immigrants

Watch the video (2) again and make a list with all the adjectives.  Then use the tabels to write the corresponding degrees of comparison for the adjectives.

Video2: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/young_immigrants/gabriella.htm

Share your story

How?

Make your own video using the Flip platform.  

How long?

Maximum 3 minutes.

What should I record?

Tell us about your family history (as in video 1) and choose some of the questions from Gabriella’s video (video 2).

Before you record, write your script. Use comparatives and superlatives (more interesting, better; the most interesting, the best)

Practise!

Record your video.

End of the lesson
What did we learn today?