Get Ready to Give Yor Best! / Prepárate a Dar lo Mejor!

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Exam Evaluation Criteria

40%  Exam
20%  Classwork  (Book and notebook)
20%  Speaking
20%  Homework

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Contents (December) and Logs (November) by Subject, Grade and Level.

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DECEMBER CONTENTS

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Chapter 2: PLanet Earth 

Section 1.- Earth and the Sun's Energy
* The seasons

Section 2.- Water on Earth
* Earth's water supply
* Water Cycle

Guide to December test and review.

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NOVEMBER REVISED THEMES

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Chapter 1: A geographer's world

Section 3.- The Branches of Geography
* Physycal geography
* Human geography
* Other fields of geography
   - Economic, urban, cartography

Chapter 2: PLanet Earth 

Section 1.- Earth and the Sun's energy
* Earth's movement

Project: A visit to Universum museum. Topic: "Population"

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DECEMBER CONTENTS

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Unit 4.- Lights, camera, action

* Vocabulary: Movie genres
* Vocabulary: Adjectives describing movies
* Grammar: Comparative adjectives

Guide to December test and review

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NOVEMBER REVISED THEMES

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Unit 3.- House and Home

* Vocabulary: Urban and rural landscapes

* Vocabulary: Prepositions of movement (across, over, past, through, along)

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

* Word skill: Fox hunting vocabulary

* Grammar: Articles a-an-the
* Vocabulary: Farm lexis

* Vocabulary: Holiday activities

* Grammar: Extreme adjectives

Project: Chart with regular and irregular verbs (past and past participle forms)

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DECEMBER CONTENTS

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Unit 10.- Human and Animal Encounters

* Lesson 1: Adjectives

Guide to December test and review

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NOVEMBER REVISED THEMES

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Unit 9.- Achievements

* Lesson 2: Past time clauses

* Lesson 3: Past progressive

Project: Charts with regular verbs according to the three pronunciations,

                and irregular verbs with past and participle forms.

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DECEMBER CONTENTS

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Unit 4.- Creepy classics

Lecture

* Frankeinstain (Fantasy)
* Review on reading strategies for comprehension and lexis:
   Character development, visualize, word parts

Independent Lecture: The count of Monte Cristo, 2nd. Chapter

Guide to December test and review

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OCTOBER REVISED THEMES

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Unit 2.- Water for Life

Lecture:
* Water at work (social science article)
* Review on reading strategies for comprehension and lexis:
   Main ideas, monitor, synonyms and antonyms


Unit 3.- Natural Forces

Lectures
* Volcano! (science article)
* Review on reading strategies for comprehension and lexis:
   Science article elements, cause and effect, make connections, word parts

* Fleeing Katrina (Journal)
* Review on reading strategies for comprehension and lexis:
   Author's viewpoint, make connection s, critical thinkingcompare media

Independent Lecture: The count of Monte Cristo, 1st. Chapter

Project: Chart with regular verbs in past according to the three pronunciations,
                and irregular verbs with past and participle forms.                

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DECEMBER CONTENTS

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Chapter 3.- The Earth's Ecosystems

Section 1.- Land Biomes

* Concepts of biome, deciduous, evergreen, canopy, permafrost, tree line

* Forest (Temeprate deciduous, Coniferous, Tropical)

* Grasslans (Temperate, savanna)

* Desert

* Tundra (Polar, Alpine)

   Identifying location, temperature, rainfall, animals, plants, main features

Guide to December test and review

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NOVEMBER REVISED THEMES

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Chapter 2.- Cycles in Nature

Section 1.- The Cycles of Matter

* Questionnaire on
 - Water Cycle: processes

 - Carbon Cycle: processes

 - Nitrogen Cycle: natural and fixation

Section 2.- Ecologycal Succession

* Primary succession
 - pioneer species
* Secondary succession
* Mature communities
 - climax species, biodiversity

Project: A visit to Universum museum. Topic: Water, element of Life.

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