Give your Best in the Second Exam! / Da lo Mejor en el Segundo Examen!

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Evaluation Criteria:

20%  Trabajo en clase.

          (Incluye el total del tiempo de clase dedicado a las labores educativas)

20%  Práctica Oral

         (Incluye interacción con el maestro, estudiantes, participaciones, y dudas

         expresadas en el idioma inglés)

10%  Libro y Cuaderno.

         (Incluye trabajos con fecha, grado, grupo, sección, y márgenes; que estén

         Completos, correctos e impecablemente limpios)

50%  Examen.

         (Incluye estudio del contenido de noviembre - diciembre, respuestas 

         completas, correctas, trabajo impecablemente limpio) 

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BITÁCORA DE ACTIVIDADES

Temario por Materia, Grado y Nivel

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10 DE NOVIEMBRE

* Everyday English: describing pictures
* Vocabulary: Extreme adjectives

12 DE NOVIEMBRE

* Vocabulary: Types of films and adjectives to describe films
* Grammar: Comparative and superlative adjectives
* Vocabulary: Identifying urban and rural landscapes

14 DE NOVIEMBRE

* Vocabulary: Prepositions of place: across, over, past, through , along.

* Grammar: Quantifiers some, any, much, many, a lot (of), a little, a few.
* Vocabulary: Culture (exercise 3, page 26)     

17  DE NOVIEMBRE: No classes

21 - 24 - 26 DE NOVIEMBRE

Review on guide to December exam

Unit 3.- House and Home (page 24 to 31)

* Vocabulary: Identifying urban and rural landscapes

* Vocabulary: Prepositions of place: across, over, past, through , along.

* Grammar: Quantifiers some, any, much, many, a lot (of), a little, a few.

* Vocabulary: Culture (exercise 3, page 26)

1o  DE DICIEMBRE

Review on guide to December exam

* Grammar: Articles a / an  / the

* Grammar: Extreme adjectives.   

* Grammar builder on page 108, 109

3 DE DICIEMBRE

* Grammar builder on page 110, exercises 1 to 5

5  DE DICIEMBRE

Final Review on guide to December exam

* Vocabulary: Identifying types of films.

* Vocabulary: Learning to use adjectives to describe films.

* Grammar: Comparative and superlative adjectives.

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December Contents

Unit 3 Landscapes (page 24 to 31)

* Everyday English: describing pictures
* Vocabulary: Extreme adjectives

Unit 4 Lights, camera, action! (page 34 to 41)

* Vocabulary: Types of films and adjectives to describe films
* Grammar: Comparative and superlative adjectives

TEST GUIDE  (November – December 2014)

Unit 3.- House and Home (page 24 to 31)

* Vocabulary: Identifying urban and rural landscapes

* Vocabulary: Prepositions of place: across, over, past, through , along.

* Grammar: Quantifiers some, any, much, many, a lot (of), a little, a few.

* Vocabulary: Culture (exercise 3, page 26)

* Grammar: Articles a / an  / the

* Grammar: Extreme adjectives.   

* Grammar builder on page 108, 109

Unit 4.- Lights, camera, action! (page 34 to 41)

* Vocabulary: Identifying types of films.

* Vocabulary: Learning to use adjectives to describe films.

* Grammar: Comparative and superlative adjectives.

* Grammar builder on page 110, exercises 1 to 5

Nota: Estudiar todas las notas y ejercicios en cuaderno. 

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11 DE NOVIEMBRE

Chapter 2 Circulation and Respiration
* Solution to questionnaires on blood, lymphatic and respiratory systems

13 DE NOVIEMBRE: No classes, conference

18 DE NOVIEMBRE

Section 1.- The digestive system (page 58 to 63)
* Definition and functions
* Organs that conform this system
* Diagram (figure 1)

20 DE NOVIEMBRE: No classes, conference

25 DE NOVIEMBRE

Review on December Exam

Chapter 2.- Circulation and Respiration.

Section 1.- The Cardiovascular System. Part 2 (page 30 to 35)

* Blood vessels: what are arteries, capillaries, and veins?

* Two types of circulation: Pulmonary and systemic.

* Cardiovascular problems: Atherosclerosis, High blood pressure, Heart attack. 

 Section 2.- Blood. (page 36 to 39)

* Definition and functions of the blood.

* The four main components: red blood cells, plasma, platelets, white blood cells.

* Definition of hemoglobin, pathogen, antibodies

27 DE NOVIEMBRE

* Definition and measurement of blood pressure:

   Concept of systolic and diastolic pressure.

* The four blood types: definition of antigens, importance and concept of transfusion.    

Section 3.- The Lymphatic System. (40 to 43)

* Definition and functions of the lymphatic system.

* The main organs: Definition and function:

   Lymph, lymph nodes, thymus, tonsils, spleen, lymphatic vessels 

* Define the two functions of the spleen: white pulp and red pulp

2 DE DICIEMBRE

Section 4.- The Respiratory System. (44 to 47)

* Definition and functions of the respiratory system.

* The main organs: Definition and function:

   Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchus, lungs, diaphragm.

* Definition of respiration, breathing, cellular respiration.

* The two products of cellular respiration: oxygen and carbon dioxide

* Respiratory disorders: Asthma, Emphysema, and Severe acute respiratory

   Syndrome (SARS).

* Respiratory System diagram (fig. 1, page 44)

4 DE DICIEMBRE: No classes, conference

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December Contents

Chapter 2 Circulation and Respiration
* Solution to questionnaires on blood, lymphatic and respiratory systems

Chapter 3 The Digestive and Urinary Systems

Section 1.- The digestive system (page 58 to 63)
* Definition and functions
* Organs that conform this system
* Diagram (figure 1)

TEST GUIDE  (November-December 2014) 

Chapter 2.- Circulation and Respiration.

Section 1.- The Cardiovascular System. Part 2 (page 30 to 35)

* Blood vessels: what are arteries, capillaries, and veins?

* Two types of circulation: Pulmonary and systemic.

* Cardiovascular problems: Atherosclerosis, High blood pressure, Heart attack. 

 Section 2.- Blood. (page 36 to 39)

* Definition and functions of the blood.

* The four main components: red blood cells, plasma, platelets, white blood cells.

* Definition of hemoglobin, pathogen, antibodies

* Definition and measurement of blood pressure:

   Concept of systolic and diastolic pressure.

* The four blood types: definition of antigens, importance and concept of transfusion.    

Section 3.- The Lymphatic System. (40 to 43)

* Definition and functions of the lymphatic system.

* The main organs: Definition and function:

   Lymph, lymph nodes, thymus, tonsils, spleen, lymphatic vessels 

* Define the two functions of the spleen: white pulp and red pulp

Section 4.- The Respiratory System. (44 to 47)

* Definition and functions of the respiratory system.

* The main organs: Definition and function:

   Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchus, lungs, diaphragm.

* Definition of respiration, breathing, cellular respiration.

* The two products of cellular respiration: oxygen and carbon dioxide

* Respiratory disorders: Asthma, Emphysema, and Severe acute respiratory

   Syndrome (SARS).

* Respiratory System diagram (fig. 1, page 44)

Nota: Estudiar todas las notas y cuestionarios en cuaderno. 

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10 DE NOVIEMBRE

Unit 3 A Good Job (page 24 to 31)

* Grammar: Question Tag

12 DE NOVIEMBRE

Unit 4 Body and Mind (page 34 to 41)
* Vocabulary: Identifying parts of the body
* Grammar: Idioms (idiomatic expressions) using body parts.

14 DE NOVIEMBRE

Review on guide to December exam

Unit 2.- Looking Back (page 17)

* Grammar: “Used to” for describing past habitual actions

* Grammar builder on page 111 and  112 (exercise 4)

17  DE NOVIEMBRE:     No classes

21 - 24 - 26 DE NOVIEMBRE

Review on guide to December exam

Unit 3.- A good Job (page 24 to 31)

* Vocabulary: Activities, hours, pay and description of work. 

* Grammar: Relative pronouns which, who, where, whose, that.

* Grammar: Defining relative clauses

1o DE DICIEMBRE

* Grammar: Non-defining relative clauses

* Grammar: The suffix –ess for women’s jobs.

* Vocabulary: Job’s names (exercise 7, page 28)

3 DE DICIEMBRE

* Grammar: Question tags

* Grammar builder on page 112, 113

* Vocabulary: Identifying collocations about body injuries

5  DE DICIEMBRE

* Vocabulary: Learning idiomatic expressions with body parts.

* Grammar: Past simple and present perfect; time expressions

* Grammar builder on page 114

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December Contents

Unit 3 A Good Job (page 24 to 31)

* Grammar: Question Tag

Unit 4 Body and Mind (page 34 to 41)

* Vocabulary: Identifying parts of the body
* Grammar: Idioms (idiomatic expressions) using body parts.

TEST GUIDE  (November – December 2014)

Unit 2.- Looking Back (page 17)

* Grammar: “Used to” for describing past habitual actions

* Grammar builder on page 111 and  112 (exercise 4)

Unit 3.- A good Job (page 24 to 31)

* Vocabulary: Activities, hours, pay and description of work. 

* Grammar: Relative pronouns which, who, where, whose, that.

* Grammar: Defining relative clauses

* Grammar: Non-defining relative clauses

* Grammar: The suffix –ess for women’s jobs.

* Vocabulary: Job’s names (exercise 7, page 28)

* Grammar: Question tags

* Grammar builder on page 112, 113

Unit 4.- Body and Mind (page 34 to 41)

* Vocabulary: Identifying collocations about body injuries

* Vocabulary: Learning idiomatic expressions with body parts.

* Grammar: Past simple and present perfect; time expressions

* Grammar builder on page 114

Nota: Estudiar todas las notas y ejercicios en cuaderno.

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11 DE NOVIEMBRE

Chapter 3 The Earth's Ecosystems
Section 2.- Marine Ecosystems (page 58 to 63)
* Definiton of plankton
* Oceanic temperature zones

13 DE NOVIEMBRE: No classes, conference

18 DE NOVIEMBRE

* Intertidal, neritic, oceanic and benthic zones
* Definition of coral reef, estuary, sargasso sea and polar ice

20 DE NOVIEMBRE: No classes, conference

25 DE NOVIEMBRE

Review on December Exam

Chapter 2.- Cycles in Nature.

Section 1.- The Cycles of Matter. (page 32 to 35)

* The Water Cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation.

* Concepts of runoff, groundwater, transpiration, importance of water in life.

* The Carbon Cycle: organic molecules, photosynthesis, respiration.

* Concept of decomposition and combustion.  

* The Nitrogen Cycle: The nitrogen in the atmosphere, nitrogen fixation
   (by bacteria), creation of nitrogen.  

* Minerals cycled: calcium and phosphorous

* How cycles interact with each other. 

27 DE NOVIEMBRE

Review on December Exam

Section 2.- Ecological Succession. (page 36 to 39)

* Concept of succession; two types: primary and secondary.

* Five stages in primary succession

* Concept of pioneer species.  

* Four stages in secondary succession.

* Concept of climax species, biodiversity, and mature community.   

Chapter 3.- The Earth’s Ecosystems.

Section 1.- Land Biomes. (page 50 to 57)

* Description of land biomes according to climate, precipitation, types of

   animals and plants, location.

2 DE DICIEMBRE

Review on December Exam

* Definition of: canopy, evergreen trees, permafrost, 
   deciduous latin term (to fall off) 

Section 2.- Marine Ecosystems. (page 58 to 63)

* Description of marine ecosystem parts:

   Intertidal zone, neritic zone, benthic zone, oceanic zone.

* Definition of: plankton, estuary, coral reef, sargasso sea and polar ice

* Description of the three oceanic temperature zones:

   Surface, thermocline, deep zone

* Marine ecosystem diagram (fig. 3, page 60-61) 

4 DE DICIEMBRE: No classes, conference


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December Contents

Chapter 3 The Earth's Ecosystems

Section 2.- Marine Ecosystems (page 58 to 63)
* Definiton of plankton
* Oceanic temperature zones
* Intertidal, neritic, oceanic and benthic zones
* Definition of coral reef, estuary, sargasso sea and polar ice

TEST GUIDE  (November-December 2014) 

Chapter 2.- Cycles in Nature.

Section 1.- The Cycles of Matter. (page 32 to 35)

* The Water Cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation.

* Concepts of runoff, groundwater, transpiration, importance of water in life.

* The Carbon Cycle: organic molecules, photosynthesis, respiration.

* Concept of decomposition and combustion.  

* The Nitrogen Cycle: The nitrogen in the atmosphere, nitrogen fixation
   (by bacteria), creation of nitrogen.   

* Minerals cycled: calcium and phosphorous

* How cycles interact with each other. 

Section 2.- Ecological Succession. (page 36 to 39)

* Concept of succession; two types: primary and secondary.

* Five stages in primary succession

* Concept of pioneer species.  

* Four stages in secondary succession.

* Concept of climax species, biodiversity, and mature community.   

Chapter 3.- The Earth’s Ecosystems.

Section 1.- Land Biomes. (page 50 to 57)

* Description of land biomes according to climate, precipitation, types of

   animals and plants, location.

* Definition of: canopy, evergreen trees, permafrost, 
   deciduous latin term (to fall off) 

Section 2.- Marine Ecosystems. (page 58 to 63)

* Description of marine ecosystem parts:

   Intertidal zone, neritic zone, benthic zone, oceanic zone.

* Definition of: plankton, estuary, coral reef, sargasso sea and polar ice

* Description of the three oceanic temperature zones:

   Surface, thermocline, deep zone

* Marine ecosystem diagram (fig. 3, page 60-61) 

Nota: Estudiar todas las notas y cuestionarios en cuaderno. 

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11 DE NOVIEMBRE

Chapter 3 The Earth's Ecosystems
Section 2.- Marine Ecosystems (page 58 to 63)
* Definiton of plankton
* Oceanic temperature zones

13 DE NOVIEMBRE: No classes, conference

18 DE NOVIEMBRE

* Intertidal, neritic, oceanic and benthic zones
* Definition of coral reef, estuary, sargasso sea and polar ice

20 DE NOVIEMBRE: No classes, conference

25 DE NOVIEMBRE

Review on December Exam

Chapter 2.- Cycles in Nature.

Section 1.- The Cycles of Matter. (page 32 to 35)

* The Water Cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation.

* Concepts of runoff, groundwater, transpiration, importance of water in life.

* The Carbon Cycle: organic molecules, photosynthesis, respiration.

* Concept of decomposition and combustion.  

* The Nitrogen Cycle: The nitrogen in the atmosphere, nitrogen fixation
   (by bacteria), creation of nitrogen.  

* Minerals cycled: calcium and phosphorous

* How cycles interact with each other. 

27 DE NOVIEMBRE

Review on December Exam

Section 2.- Ecological Succession. (page 36 to 39)

* Concept of succession; two types: primary and secondary.

* Five stages in primary succession

* Concept of pioneer species.  

* Four stages in secondary succession.

* Concept of climax species, biodiversity, and mature community.   

Chapter 3.- The Earth’s Ecosystems.

Section 1.- Land Biomes. (page 50 to 57)

* Description of land biomes according to climate, precipitation, types of

   animals and plants, location.

2 DE DICIEMBRE

Review on December Exam

* Definition of: canopy, evergreen trees, permafrost, 
   deciduous latin term (to fall off) 

Section 2.- Marine Ecosystems. (page 58 to 63)

* Description of marine ecosystem parts:

   Intertidal zone, neritic zone, benthic zone, oceanic zone.

* Definition of: plankton, estuary, coral reef, sargasso sea and polar ice

* Description of the three oceanic temperature zones:

   Surface, thermocline, deep zone

* Marine ecosystem diagram (fig. 3, page 60-61) 

4 DE DICIEMBRE: No classes, conference

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December Contents

Chapter 3 The Earth's Ecosystems

Section 2.- Marine Ecosystems (page 58 to 63)
* Definiton of plankton
* Oceanic temperature zones
* Intertidal, neritic, oceanic and benthic zones
* Definition of coral reef, estuary, sargasso sea and polar ice

TEST GUIDE  (November-December 2014) 

Chapter 2.- Cycles in Nature.

Section 1.- The Cycles of Matter. (page 32 to 35)

* The Water Cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation.

* Concepts of runoff, groundwater, transpiration, importance of water in life.

* The Carbon Cycle: organic molecules, photosynthesis, respiration.

* Concept of decomposition and combustion.  

* The Nitrogen Cycle: The nitrogen in the atmosphere, nitrogen fixation
   (by bacteria), creation  of nitrogen.   

* Minerals cycled: calcium and phosphorous

* How cycles interact with each other. 

Section 2.- Ecological Succession. (page 36 to 39)

* Concept of succession; two types: primary and secondary.

* Five stages in primary succession

* Concept of pioneer species.  

* Four stages in secondary succession.

* Concept of climax species, biodiversity, and mature community.   

Chapter 3.- The Earth’s Ecosystems.

Section 1.- Land Biomes. (page 50 to 57)

* Description of land biomes according to climate, precipitation, types of

   animals and plants, location.

* Definition of: canopy, evergreen trees, permafrost, 
   deciduous latin term (to fall off) 

Section 2.- Marine Ecosystems. (page 58 to 63)

* Description of marine ecosystem parts:

   Intertidal zone, neritic zone, benthic zone, oceanic zone.

* Definition of: plankton, estuary, coral reef, sargasso sea and polar ice

* Description of the three oceanic temperature zones:

   Surface, thermocline, deep zone

* Marine ecosystem diagram (fig. 3, page 60-61) 

Nota: Estudiar todas las notas y cuestionarios en cuaderno. 

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