Queen Margaret College
IB Middle Years Whole-School Curriculum Year 9 - IB Middle Years Language and Literature English 11 Language is a Taonga Aotearoa/Pasifika creative writing Consuming and creating literature that expresses cultural beliefs, customs and values can foster an appreciation and understanding of culture and identity. Conceptual How do authors show their point of view in texts? Debatable To what extent do texts offer insight into another culture? Factual What techniques do writers use to tell their story? Creativity Culture Personal and cultural expression 35 Reading Challenge - 2025 Critical readers can make connections between texts. Conceptual How do I identify genre? Debatable Do readers connect differently to different genres? Factual What are different text types? Connections Personal and cultural expression
Language Acquisition Chinese 10 Birthday Celebration and events (Phases 2& 3) Language plays an important role in conveying cultural conventions through celebrations and events. Conceptual How do the ways of celebrating birthdays vary from one culture to another? Debatable Are the ways of celebrating birthdays significant? Factual What cultural conventions does birthday celebration involve in China? Connections Personal and cultural expression 10 My family and Me Cultural values, interests and identity are reflected through communication of personal information. Conceptual How can we relate to each other using Chinese? Debatable How does Chinese learning influence students' understanding of their cultural values and identities? Factual Who are we?
Language Acquisition French 11 On sort!
Language Acquisition Japanese 11 Fantastic Families
Organising social activities requires collaboration and clear communication of messages in order to build and maintain happy and healthy relationships. Conceptual How do we make others feel included? What skills do we need to maintain friendships? Debatable Can you be a long-distance friend without ever going on outings together? Factual What sort of social activities do French speaking teenagers enjoy? What language do you need to organise outings and accept or decline invitiations politely? Connections Identities and relationships 9 Je suis branchée! We notice that there are patterns in language when we explore the way verbs are used to talk about the past and about cultural activities that we have enjoyed. Conceptual Why do we need to set French verbs out in a particular way when we learn them? How does this differ from English verbs?
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Language Acquisition Māori 8 Ko au - myself
Cultural values, interests and identity are reflected through communication of personal information.
We can make meaningful relationships with others by sharing basic information about ourselves.
Conceptual How can we relate to each other using Japanese? Debatable How does Japanese learning influence students' understanding of their cultural values and identities? Factual Who are we?
Conceptual What information is worth sharing about yourself? Debatable The more you know about someone the easier it is to make meaningful relationships Factual How do you get to know someone?
Communication Connections Creativity Culture 9 Animals are friends too Language conventions helped with the understanding and appreciation of cultural differences in households. Conceptual What is the connection between the Japanese house design, life and Japanese culture. Debatable What is the different between the Japanese way of life to yours ? Factual What is Japanese house like and how they live in it?
Communication Relationships Identities and relationships 10 Ko tōku wātaka - my school timetable Learning environments and routines reflect important elements about how people live their daily lives. Conceptual How are Māori concepts of time different to Pākehā concepts of time? Debatable To what extent does my school reflect Māori concepts of learning environments and time? Factual What is the etymology of Māori