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Temarios para Examen de Febrero por Materia, Grado y Nivel.
Temarios para Examen de Febrero por Materia, Grado y Nivel.
Criterios de Evaluación
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February Cover Page
Contents and Evaluation Criteria
70% Reading Plus activities online
10% Classwork
10% Speaking ability
10% Quiz
Module 6.- Tour in the City
A) Tour places in the city
- Vocabulary: adjectives
- conversation strategies
B) What have you done?
- Personal experiences
- Present perfect review
- conversation strategies
Reading plus activities:
* Weekly work: 2 See Reading, 2 Read Around, 2 I Balance tasks
* Work time: 30 minutes on Monday and 30 minutes on Wednesday
* Checking: The teacher will check students' progress every Monday
* Reports: Every student that does not complete the 6 weekly activities
on time willbe reported with their parents.
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FEBRUARY TEST GUIDE.
Evaluation Criteria
15% Reading Plus Online Activities
15% Continuous Evaluation
70% Exam
Reading Strategies analysis: The nine original strategies plus
chronological order and problem and solution.
Unit 2.- Stand or Fall
Lecture: The Three Chicharrones (history article)
- General overview
- Emphasis on characters
- Cognates. Words that are similar in English and Spanish:
Examples are family, circle, bank, ranch, dance, action, pause, train,
definition, famous, etc.
- Academic vocabulary: definition, affect
Unit 3.- Making a Difference
Lecture: The Civil Rights Movement (history article)
- Key words and academic vocabulary
- Definition and use in context
Academic vocabulary
- organize, analyze, evidence, individual
Unit 4.- At Home in the World
Lecture: Earth and Space (Science article and journal)
- Key words and academic vocabulary
- Definition and use in context
- Understanding Jargon or specialized vocabulary
("in other words" part of the lecture)
Academic vocabulary
- definition, purpose, unique, relate
Unit 5.- Our Precious World
Lecture: Siberian Survivors (Science feature)
- Key words and academic vocabulary
- Definition and use in context
- Understanding Jargon or specialized vocabulary
Academic vocabulary
- context, research
Lecture: Mireya Major (Online article)
- Key words and academic vocabulary
- Definition and use in context
- Understanding Jargon or specialized vocabulary
Academic vocabulary
- specific
Definition on the type of text from unit 2 to unit 5
- Example: myth, modern tale, science article, historical article, speech, etc.
(from the texts that have been analyzed in class)
Study all notes in book and notebook
Reading plus activities:
* Weekly work: 2 See Reading, 2 Read Around, 2 I Balance tasks
* Work time: 30 minutes on Monday and 30 minutes on Wednesday
* Checking: The teacher will check students' progress every Monday
* Reports: Every student that does not complete the 6 weekly activities
on time will be reported with their parents.
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FEBRUARY TEST GUIDE.
Evaluation Criteria
15% Book and Notebook activities
15% Classwork, Speaking ability
70% Exam
Chapter 1.- Studying Space
Section 1. Astronomy, the original science- Astronomers: Names and contributions. (graphics)
* Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo,
Issac Newton, Edwin Hubble.
Section 2. Telescopes
- Optical telescopes: Use, focal point definition,
- Refracting telescopes: Definition and diagram (figure 2, page 9)
- Reflecting telescopes: Definition and diagram (figure 2, page 9)
- Optical telescopes and the atmosphere
- Electromagnetic spectrum
* James Clerk Maxwell
* Electromagnetic spectrum
* Color of light definition; wavelengths definition
* Speed of light: 300,000 km/s on air; 225,000 km/s though water
* Visible light wavelength, invisible light wavelength:
A) bigger than visible: radiowaves, microwaves, infrared.
B) Shorter than visible: ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays.
Section 3. Mapping the stars
- Constellations: Definition and examples
- Nicolaus Copernicus discovery
- Measuring stars: Light year definition
- The doppler effect (redshift and blueshift)
Chapter 2.- Stars, galaxies and the universe
Section 1. Stars
- Stars: Color and composition of stars
- Spectrum
- Classification of stars
- Apparent and absolute magnitude
- Distance and motion of stars: apparent and actual motion
Section 2. The life cycle of stars
- The beginning and end of stars; three main types
main-sequence, red giant, white dwarf
- The H_R diagram
- After a star's explosion: supernova, neutron star, pulsar, black hole
Section 3. Galaxies
- Types of galaxies: spiral, milky way, elliptical, irregular
- Contents of galaxies: nebulas, globular and open clusters
- Origin of galaxies: quasars
Section 4. Formation of the Universe
- Universal Expansion: The Big Bang theory
- Cosmic background radiation
- Structure of the universe: sequence of events
- Age of the universe
- Expanding forever
Chapter 3.- Formation of the Solar System
Section 1. A solar system is born
- The solar nebula and components: gases (hydrogen and helium)
and dust (carbon and iron)
- Gravity pulls matter together: Figure 2, page 65
- Pressure pulls matter awayFigure 2, page 65
- How the solar system is formed: sequence of events.
Section 2. The sun: our very own star
- The structure of the sun: Core, radiative zone, convective zone,
photosphere, chromosphere, corona
- Energy production in the sun: nuclear fusion
- Solar activity: sunspots and solar flares.
Study all notes in book and notebook.
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