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

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December Evaluation Criteria:

40%  Exam
20%  Guide to exam
20%  Speaking ability
10%  Book and notebook
10%  Classwork and participation

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Contents December

Section 3.- The Lymphatic System. 

* Definition and functions of the lymphatic system.

* The main organs: Definition and function:

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

Section 4.- The Respiratory System. 

* 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).

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Unit 4.- Lights, camera, action! 

* Vocabulary: Identifying types of films.

* Vocabulary: Learning to use adjectives to describe films.

* Grammar: Comparative and superlative adjectives.
* Grammar: Comparative (not) as...as
* Word skill: however and although

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Chapter 3.- The Earth’s Ecosystems.

Section 2.- Marine Ecosystems. 

* 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 

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Collection 2 .- The Thrill of Horror

Reading 5.- The Monkey's Paw
 Critical vocabulary: Subjunctive mood
* Analysis: Inference, analisys, drawing conclusions

Collection 3 .- Culture and Belonging

Reading 1.- The Latehomecomer
 Critical vocabulary: Using latin Prefixes
* Analysis: Active and Passive voice

Reading 2.- The Powwon at the end of the world
 Critical vocabulary: Meaning in context
* Analysis: Making inferences

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Chapter 3.- The Earth’s Ecosystems.

Section 2.- Marine Ecosystems. 

* 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  

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