Quotations

" To have another language is to possess another soul."

Charlemagne

"Dominar otro idioma es como tener una segunda alma."

Charlemagne

domingo, 23 de octubre de 2011

I'ts Time to do Your Best! / Es Tiempo de Dar lo Mejor!

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Criterios de Evaluación Noviembre:
20%  Libro y Cuaderno.
30%  Participaciones, Trabajo en clase.       
50%  Práctica Oral y (presentaciones) y Evaluación (quizz).

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Temarios por Materia, Grado y Nivel.

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Literature, 1er grado,  Básico, Sec. I y II

Unit 3.- Studying Abroad.
Chapter. 1.- Choosing to Study Abroad.
* Getting ready: English speaking countries.
* Advertisement reading and listening. Aim: Using subtitles to predict content.
* Words: Similars and strange in a group.
* Vocabulary Skill: Compound words, rules and definitions.
* Sentence practice.

Unit 4.- Money and Budgets.
Chapter. 1.- A Student's Budget.
* Getting ready: Analyzing a book's budget, create a personal budget.
* Magazine article reading and listening. Aim: Skimming for main ideas.
* Word definitions.
* Vocabulary Skill: The prefixes -in, -ex.
* Sentence practice.

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Science, Human Biology, 1er grado, Avanzado, Sec. VI, VII

Chapter 3.- Food and Digestion.
Section 1.- Food and Energy.
* Nutrition and energy.
* Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fat, Vitamins and Minerals, Water.
* Study of key terms.
* Assessment and Analysis.

Section 2.- Healthy Eating.
* The Food Guide Pyramid.
* Food Labels.
* Study of key terms: Percent Daily Value, Dietary Reference Intake.
* Assessment and Analysis.

Section 3.- The Digestive Process Begins.
* Functions of the digestive process.
* The mouth, the esophagus, the stomach. Mechanical and Chemical processes.
* Study of key terms: saliva, enzime, mucus, peristalsis, pepsin.
* Assessment and Analysis.

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Use of English, 2do grado, Intermedio, Sec. III y IV

Unit 3.- Room for Improvement.
* E-mails reading and book exercises.
* Money and shopping vocabulary.
* Noun and verbs into Adjectives.
* Grammar: The Future (will, be going to, shall.)
* Listening and book exercises.
* Grammar: Certainty, Probability, and Possibility (modal verbs.)
* Extra practice on grammar.

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Environmental Science, 2do grado, Avanzado, Sec. V y VI

Chapter 2.- Ecosystems and Biomes.
Section 1.- Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
* Energy Roles: Producers, consumers (herbivores, omnivores, carnivores, scavengers,)
   and decomposers.
* Food Chains and Food Webs.
* Energy Pyramid.
* Assessment and Analysis.

Section 2.- Cycles of Matter.
* The Water Cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation.)
* The Carbon and Oxygen Cycles.
* The Nitrogen Cycle.
* Assessment and Analysis.

Section 3.- Biogeography.
* Continental Drift (Pangaea.)
* Means of Dispersal (wind, water, living things including humans.)
* Limits to Dispersal (Physical Barriers, competition, climate.)
* Assessment and Analysis.

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