Let's get Ready for the First Exam! / Preparémonos para el Primer Examen!

***************************************************************************

Evaluation Criteria October: 

15%  Book and Notebook.
15%  Participations. 
20%  Classwork, Oral Practice.
50%  October Exam 

***************************************************************************

Bitácora de Contenidos Octubre, por Materia, Grado y Nivel

***************************************************************************

Unit 2.- Winning and Losing

* Vocabulary: Sports, names and icon recognition

* Vocabulary: Collocations of sports with play, go, and do

* Grammar: Past simple in affirmative, negative and questions

* Grammar: Past continuous in affirmative, negative and questions

* Word skill: A chart with verbs in the target tenses
* Vocabulary: Free time activities

* Guide to October test, solving and extra practice

***************************************************************************

Chapter 1.- Body organization and structure.

Section 3.- The Muscular System.

* Definitions and functions of the muscular system

* The three kinds of muscles and how they are found

* Muscles and movement; muscles work in pairs

* Muscle injuries: Fracture, dislocation, sprain, osteoporosis, arthiritis

Section 4.- The Integumentary System.

* Definition of the integumentary system
* Functions and structure of the skin

* Hair and nail growth

* Skin injuries: Acne and skin cancer

* Guide to October test, solving and extra practice

*************************************************************************

Unit 3.- Love Around the World

* Discussion: What's your opinion on dating?

* Vocabulary: Meaning from context to complete a text 
* Vocabulary: Understanding lexis to predict reding article
* Reading: A letter from Luisa to Suzie
   - Exercises for reading comprehension 

* Reading skill: Understanding text with only main words

* Grammar: Comparatives

* Guide to October test, solving and extra practice

***************************************************************************

Unit 2.- Looking Back

* Vocabulary: Feelings and collocations with "about-with-of" 

* Grammar: Past tense contrast (how to use it)

* Grammar: Used to referring to past habits

* Vocabulary: Verbs that express mental actions

* Grammar: Phrasal verbs in context

* Guide to October test, solving and extra practice

***************************************************************************

Chapter 1.- Interaction of Living Things.

Section 3.- Types of Interaction

* Concept of limiting factors, carrying capacity, coevolution

* Three interactions: Competition, Predation (predator-Prey) and
   Symbiosis (Mulualism, Commensalism, Parasitism [parasite-host])

Chapter 2.- Cycles in Nature

Section 1.- The Cycles of Matter

Project: Team work on cycle oral presentation

* Water Cycle: Evaporation, condensation, precipitation

* Definition on runoff, groundwater, transpiration

* Carbon Cycle: Decomposition and combustion

* Definition on organic molecules, photosynthesis, respiration

* Nitrogen Cycle: Nitrogen in the air  and in soil

* Definition on nitrogen fixation

* Guide to October test, solving and extra practice

*************************************************************************