Teacher(s) Nur Alwani, Aimi Shaheera, Najiha Subject group and Language Acquisition (English)

discipline
Unit title People and Culture – National Kindness Week MYP year 1 Unit duration 16
Celebration (weeks) hours

Inquiry: Establishing the purpose of the unit

Key concept Related concept(s) Global context

Connection Message Identities and Relationships

Audience
Purpose

Statement of inquiry

Observing the National Kindness Week is important to increase awareness on common sense and promote unity among people in societies.

Inquiry questions

Factual— What is the National Kindness Week Celebration?

Conceptual— How can observing this celebration increase awareness on common sense?

Debatable— To what extent do such celebrations unite societies?

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Objectives Summative assessment
Outline of summative assessment task(s) including Relationship between summative assessment
Objective C & D: Using language in spoken/ or assessment criteria: task(s) and statement of inquiry:
written form
1. With a partner, students work on a poster
that features: (Objective C)
Students research on NKW and present their
- one act of kindness (who, what, how) understanding of its importance in Malaysian
schools and/or around the world
- elaborate in about 50 words why the RAK
leaves positive impacts towards oneself and
society
- present their posters during exhibition
2. Students write a postcard between 60-80
words to a friend telling he/she about the
celebration of NKW at school and why it is
important to observe NKW. (Objective D)

Approaches to learning (ATL)

Communication – exchanging thoughts, messages and information effectively through interaction
 use intercultural understanding to interpret communication
Research –finding, interpreting, judging and creating information
 access information to be informed and inform others
Social skills- working effectively with others
 encourage others to contribute
 exercise leadership and take on a variety of roles within groups

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Action: Teaching and learning through inquiry
Content
 How NKW is
celebrated nationwide
 The importance of
NKW
 The Giant Love Wall
of Dedication
 Collecting RAK Merits
through documentation
 Write an email to a
friend to share about
the celebration
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Learning process Formative assessment Differentiation
Learning experiences and teaching strategies
Week 1
1. Students celebrate and observe the Flat chat activity PHASE 1 – 2
celebration of NKW at school.
Different prompts are given
2. They participate in all 5 slots every based on the phase
morning throughout the 5 days.
Wonder wall
3. Students fill in the KWL Chart on sticky
notes to encourage inquiry about NKW
4. They watch a video. A video on‘R.AGE -
#StandTogether Against
5. They have to list down the good manners
Bullying Cases in Malaysia”
seen in the video.
6. They answer questions based on the video.
7. For the next class, Ss perform one RAK
task based on the RAK wall placed The RAK WALL
outside the hall.
8. They document their RAK and send
photos as proof of action to claim RAK
Merits from teacher.
Week 2
9. Students work on their poster with a Poster
partner. Exhibition
10. Posters are presented in a form of an Peer evaluation
exhibition and they receive peer feedback.
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11. Students write an email between 60-80
words to a friend to tell him/her about the
Email writing
NKW celebration at school.
12. Teacher wraps up the unit plan.

Resources
Youtube
Google
R.AGE : #StandTogether

Reflection: Considering the planning, process and impact of the inquiry

Prior to teaching the unit During teaching After teaching the unit

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