Quotations

" To have another language is to possess another soul."

Charlemagne

"Dominar otro idioma es como tener una segunda alma."

Charlemagne

domingo, 18 de septiembre de 2016

It's Time to Give your Best! / Es Tiempo de Dar lo Mejor!



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October Evaluation Criteria:

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

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Contents October

Chapter 1.- Body Organization and Structure.

Section 3.- The Muscular System.
* Three kinds of muscles
* Muscles working in pairs
* Muscle strength and injuries

Section 4.- The Integumentary System.
* Skin Structure
* Hair and nail structure
* Skin injuries

Chapter 2.- Circulation and Respiration.

Section 1.- The Cardiovascular System.
* Organs and function
* The heart and blood vessels
* Two types of circulation
* Cardiovascular problems

Section 2.- Blood.
* Four components
* Blood temperature, regulation and pressure.
* Blood types and transfusion


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Contents October

Unit 2.- Winning and Losing

* Vocabulary: 
  - Free time activities
  - Sports lexis
  - Collocations: sports and games

* Grammar:
  - Past simple and continuous
  - Verbs: regular and irregular past forms

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Contents October

Chapter .- Interactions among Living Things

Section 3.- Types of Interaction

* Limiting factors and carrying capacity
* Three types of interaction: competition, predation (predator - prey)
   and symbiosis
* Predator and prey defense strategies
* Three types of symbiosis: commensalism, mutualism, parasitism
   (parasite - host)
* Coevolution

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Contents October

Collection 1 .- The Move Toward Freedom

Reading 1.- Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas, an
   American slave
* Critical vocabulary: meaning from context
* Analysis: Cause and effect

Reading 2.- Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad
* Critical vocabulary: Word relationships
* Conditional moods
  
Reading 3.- The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
* Critical vocabulary: Figures of speech such as idioms
* Indicative, imperative and subjunctive mood

Reading 4.- Oh, Captain, my captain!
* Vocabulary: Figurative language and metaphors
* Poetry: Elegy or poems that tribute dead people

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Contents October

Chapter .- Interactions among Living Things

Section 3.- Types of Interaction

* Limiting factors and carrying capacity
* Three types of interaction: competition, predation (predator - prey)
   and symbiosis
* Predator and prey defense strategies
* Three types of symbiosis: commensalism, mutualism, parasitism
   (parasite - host)
* Coevolution

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jueves, 15 de septiembre de 2016

Welcome to this Great School Year! / Bienvenidos a este Gran Año Escolar!


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Continuous Evaluation criteria, August - September:

20%  Quiz
20%  Speaking ability
20%  Projects
30%  Classwork
10%  Homework

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Bitácora de Actividades Septiembre

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General Cover Page
English Rules
August-September Cover Page
Evaluation criteria

Chapter 1.- Body Organization and Structure.

Section 1.- Body Organization.
* Homeostasis
* The Cell
* Four kinds of tissues, Organs
* 11 Organ systems; how they work togheter

Section 2.- The Skeletal System
* Functions and skeleton structure
* Components: bones, cartilages, tissues
* Bone structure
* Joints
* Skeletal system injuries

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General Cover Page
English Rules
August-September Cover Page
Evaluation criteria

Unit 1.- All about You

* Vocabulary: 
  - Personal adjectives
  - Negative adjectives
  - Modifying adverbs

* Grammar:
  - Present simple and continuous
  - State verbs: no continuous form
  - Verb patterns: verb + infinitive or gerund
   
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General Cover Page
English Rules
August-September Cover Page
Evaluation criteria

Chapter .- Interactions among Living Things

Section 1.- Everything is Connected

* Biotic and abiotic parts
* Species and habitats
* Levels of Environmental Organization: Organism, population, community, 
   ecosystem, biosphere

Section 2.- Living Things need Energy

* Sun energy, photosynthesis
* Energy groups: Producers, Consumers: Carnivore, herbivore, 
   omnivore (scavenger), Decomposers
* Food chain, food web
* Energy pyramid

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General Cover Page
English Rules
August-September Cover Page
Evaluation criteria

Collection 1 .- The Move Toward Freedom

Reading 1.- My Favorite Chaperone
* Academic and critical vocabulary
* Plot in the story: Exposition, Rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Reading 2.- Bonne Ann'ee
* Background information ans purpose setting
* Language: Participles 

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General Cover Page
English Rules
August-September Cover Page
Evaluation criteria

Chapter .- Interactions among Living Things

Section 1.- Everything is Connected

* Biotic and abiotic parts: - How they interact in  the ecosystem
* Species and habitats
* Levels of Environmental Organization: - Organism, population,
   community, ecosystem, biosphere

Section 2.- Living Things need Energy

* Sun energy, photosynthesis
* Energy groups: - Producers, Consumers: Carnivore, herbivore, 
   omnivore (scavenger), Decomposers
* Food chain, food web: Similarity and difference
* Energy pyramid
* Balance in Ecosystems

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lunes, 5 de septiembre de 2016

Welcome to this Great School Year! / Bienvenidos a este Gran Año Escolar!




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Continuous Evaluation criteria, August - September:

20%  Quiz
20%  Speaking ability
20%  Projects
30%  Classwork
10%  Homework

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Topics per Subject, Grade and Level.

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Contents September

Chapter 1.- Body Organization and Structure.

Section 1.- Body Organization.

* Homeostasis
* The Cell
* Four kinds of tissues, Organs
* 11 Organ systems; how they work togheter

Section 2.- The Skeletal System

* Functions and skeleton structure
* Components: bones, cartilages, tissues
* Bone structure
* Joints
* Skeletal system injuries

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Contents September

Unit 1.- All about You

* Vocabulary: 
  - Personal adjectives
  - Negative adjectives
  - Modifying adverbs

* Grammar:
  - Present simple and continuous
  - State verbs: no continuous form
  - Verb patterns: verb + infinitive or gerund
   
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Contents September

Chapter .- Interactions among Living Things

Section 1.- Everything is Connected

* Biotic and abiotic parts
* Species and habitats
* Levels of Environmental Organization:
  - Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

Section 2.- Living Things need Energy

* Sun energy, photosynthesis
* Energy groups:
  - Producers
  - Consumers: Carnivore, herbivore, omnivore (scavenger)
  - Decomposers
* Food chain, food web
* Energy pyramid

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Contents September

Collection 1 .- The Move Toward Freedom


Reading 1.- My Favorite Chaperone
* Academic and critical vocabulary
* Plot in the story: Exposition, Rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Reading 2.- Bonne Ann'ee
* Background information ans purpose setting
* Language: Participles 

Reading 3.- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave
 Academic and critical vocabulary
* Analysis: Cause and effect

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Contents September

Chapter .- Interactions among Living Things

Section 1.- Everything is Connected

* Biotic and abiotic parts:
  - How they interact in  the ecosystem
* Species and habitats
* Levels of Environmental Organization:
  - Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

Section 2.- Living Things need Energy

* Sun energy, photosynthesis
* Energy groups:
  - Producers
  - Consumers: Carnivore, herbivore, omnivore (scavenger)
  - Decomposers
* Food chain, food web: 
  - Similarity and difference
* Energy pyramid
* Balance in Ecosystems

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