Presentation for an MYP course, Prescott School

1. Are Machines
taking over the
World?
March, 2020

2. Conceptual Framework
Culture
Related
Concepts
Key
Concept Inference
Point of View

3. Conceptual Framework
Culture
Related
Concepts
Key
Concept Inference
Information in a text that goes beyond what is first
understood or apparent, to identify what may be
thought, expressed or considered correct. It is the
layer of text that is often referred to as “between the
lines”.
Point of View
The particular perspective brought by a composer,
responder or character within a text to the text or to
matters within the text.

4. Conceptual Framework
Open Minded
Thinkers
Skills
IB
Attribute
s
Thinking- Critical-thinking skills- Interpret Data
Research- Media literacy skills- Interacting with
media to use and create ideas and information

5. Conceptual Framework
The use of technology may be inferred from
different cultural perspectives.
Statement of Inquiry

6. Inquiry Questions
Factual:
– What’s an inference?
– What are some of the new surprising technological
improvements in different countries?
– What are the positive and negative consequences of the
use of digital technology in different cultures and age
groups?

7. Summative Task
A blog with Analyses:
- Reading inferences
- Video Inferences
- Cartoon Analysis

8. Inquiry Questions
Conceptual:
– How is an inference process carried out?
Debatable:
– Does culture influence the use of technology or
technology influences cultural changes?

9. Evaluation
Criterion A
Listening
• Bi
• Biii
• Ci
• Cii
• Ciii
• Civ
• Di
• Dii
• Diii
• Div
• Ai
• Aiii
Criterion D
Writing
Criterion C
Speaking
Criterion B
Reading

10. Contents
Vocabulary
• Vocabulary related to health and technology
• Expressions to draft different types of analyses/
inferences
• Expressions to draft a cartoon analysis
Grammar
• Mixed tenses, Tenses in contrast
• Modals
• Advanced Cohesive devices
• I prefer to do / doing I´d prefer to / I´d rather
Text types
Writing a Blog Entry
Writing a Cartoon analysis