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).

Guide to December test, provision and solving

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Contents December

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

Guide to December test, provision and solving

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Contents December

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 

Guide to December test, provision and solving

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Contents December

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

Guide to December test, provision and solving

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Contents December

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  

Guide to December test, provision and solving

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You are Meant to give Your Best! / Estás Destinado a Dar lo Mejor de Tí!

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Continuous Evaluation Criteria:

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

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Activities done in November

Chapter 2.- Circulation and Respiration.

Section 1.- The Cardiovascular System.

* Definitions and functions of the cardiovascular system

* The three parts: Heart, blood and blood vessels

* The heart: Parts and how it works

* Arteries, capillaries and veins

* Pulmonary and Sistemic circulation

* Problems: Atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, heart attack

Project: A puzzle of the heart includying names

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Activities done in November

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

Quiz on verb tenses and uses

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Activities done in November

Chapter 2.- Cycles in Nature

Section 1.- The Cycles of Matter

* Questionnaire on
  - 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 double page chart with the visual process of succession

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Activities done in November

Collection 2 .- The Thrill of Horror

Reading 1.- The Tell Tale Heart
 Critical vocabulary: synonyms
* Analysis: Ingerence, analisys, drawing conclusions

Reading 2.- Scary Tales
* Elements of style: word choice, syntax, figurative language
* Language convention: Subject-verb agreement
  
Reading 3.- What is the Horror Genre?
* Critical vocabulary: Using suffixes
* Discussion about horror categiories

Quiz to present reading about The Monkey's PawProject: An oral presentation of the differences between a a book that has been made into a movie. 

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Activities done in November

Chapter 2.- Cycles in Nature

Section 1.- The Cycles of Matter

* Questionnaire on
  - 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 double page chart with the visual process of succession 

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You are Meant to give Your Best! / Estás Destinado a Dar lo Mejor de Tí!

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Continuous Evaluation Criteria:

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

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Contents November

Chapter 2.- Circulation and Respiration.

Section 1.- The Cardiovascular System.

* Definitions and functions of the cardiovascular system

* The three parts: Heart, blood and blood vessels

* The heart: Parts and how it works

* Arteries, capillaries and veins

* Pulmonary and Sistemic circulation

* Problems: Atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, heart attack

Project: A puzzle of the heart includying names

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Contents November

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: 

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Contents November

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 double page chart with the visual process of succession

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Contents November

Collection 2 .- The Thrill of Horror

Reading 1.- The Tell Tale Heart
 Critical vocabulary: synonyms
* Analysis: Ingerence, analisys, drawing conclusions

Reading 2.- Scary Tales
* Elements of style: word choice, syntax, figurative language
* Language convention: Subject-verb agreement

Reading 3.- The Monkey's Paw
* Critical vocabulary: Latin roots
* Language convention: Subjunctive moods

  

Reading 4.- What is the Horror Genre?
* Critical vocabulary: Using suffixes
* Discussion about horror categiories

Project: An oral presentation of the differences between a a book that has been made into a movie. 

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Contents November

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 double page chart with the visual process of succession 

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