Quotations

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

Charlemagne

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

Charlemagne

miércoles, 13 de septiembre de 2017

The First Exam is Coming. Get Ready! / El Primer Examen se Acerca. Prepárate!


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Exam Evaluation Criteria

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

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Contenidos por materia, grado y nivel Octubre

Bitácora de Actividades Septiembre

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OCTOBER CONTENTS

October cover page
Evaluation criteria

Chapter 1: A geographer's world

Section 2.- Geography themes and essential elements
* The five themes of Geography
* The six essential elements


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

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SEPTEMBER REVISED THEMES

General cover page
Evaluation criteria
Annual study plan
English Academy rules
September cover page

Chapter 1: A geographer's world

Section 1.- Studying geography
* As a science
* As a social science
* The world as a local, regional and global levels
* The Geographer's tools (map, globe, satellite image, notes) 
* Geographic features

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Task: Print these two images and bring them to class with some sticker.
















































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OCTOBER CONTENTS

October cover page
Evaluation criteria

Unit 1.- All about you

* Grammar: 
Verb + infinitive or gerund
Modifying adjectives

* Vocabulary

Negative adjectives
Modifying adverbs


Unit 2.- Winning and Losing

*Grammar:
Past simple and Continuous
Verbs: Regular and Irregular past forms

*Vocabulary:
Free time activities
Sports vocabulary
Collocations: sports and games

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SEPTEMBER REVISED THEMES

General cover page
Evaluation criteria
Annual study plan
English Academy rules
September cover page

Unit 1.- All about you

* Grammar: 
Present simple and continuous
State verbs; no continuous form
Verb + infinitive or gerund

* Vocabulary
Personality adjectives

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OCTOBER CONTENTS

October cover page
Evaluation criteria

Unit 8.- Travel

* Lesson 4: Simple past, negative statements

Unit 9.- Achievements

* Lesson 1: Simple past. Questions and short answers
* Lesson 2: Past time clauses
* Lesson 3: Past progressive

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SEPTEMBER REVISED THEMES

General cover page
Evaluation criteria
Annual study plan
English Academy rules
September cover page

Unit 8.- Travel

* Lesson 1: Simple past of Be, statements
* Lesson 2: Simple past of Be, questions
* Lesson 3: Simple past, affirmative statements

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OCTOBER CONTENTS

October cover page
Evaluation criteria

Unit 1.- Finding your own place

Lectures:

* Kids like me (interview)
* Familiar places (expository nonfiction)
* Call me María (short story)

* Review on reading strategies for comprehension and lexis

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SEPTEMBER REVISED THEMES

General cover page
Evaluation criteria
Annual study plan
English Academy rules
September cover page

Unit 1.- Finding your own place


Lectures:

* Growing together (personal narrative)
* When I grow up (poem)
* Reading strategies for text comprehension:
   predicting, setting a purpose, making inferences, visualizing, synthesizing, 
   asking questions
*Reading strategies for vocabulary learning:
   monitoring, making connections, context clues.

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OCTOBER CONTENTS

October cover page
Evaluation criteria

Chapter 1.- 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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SEPTEMBER REVISED THEMES

General cover page

Evaluation criteria
Annual study plan
English Academy rules
September cover page

Chapter 1: Interaction among living things


Section 1.- Everything is connected

* Biotic and Abiotic factors

* Five levels of Environmental organization
   (organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere)
* Concepts of species and habitats

Section 2.- Living things need energy


* Concepts of sun energy, photosynsesis,    

* Energy groups: producers, consumers, decomposers
* Concept of scavengers
* Food chain and food web
* Energy pyramid
* Balance in ecosystems

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sábado, 2 de septiembre de 2017

Here We Start the Adventure: Enjoy It! / Aquí Comenzamos la Aventura: Disfrútala!



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Continuous Evaluation Criteria

40%  Classwork  (Book and notebook)
20%  Quiz - Project
20%  Speaking
20%  Homework

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Contenido por materia, grado y nivel

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SEPTEMBER CONTENTS

Chapter 1: A geographer's world

Section 1.- Studying geography
* As a science
* As a social science
* The world as a local, regional and global levels
* The Geographer's tools (map, globe, satellite image, notes) 
* Geographic features

Section 2.- Geography themes and essential elements
* The five themes of Geography
* The six essential elements

Task: Print this pictures and stick them in your notebook. 

Match the Geographyc icons with names from the book, pages H10 and H11


















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SEPTEMBER CONTENTS

Unit 1.- All about you

* Grammar: 
Present simple and continuous
State verbs; no continuous form
Verb + infinitive or gerund
Modifying adjectives

* Vocabulary
Personality adjectives
Negative adjectives
Modifying adverbs

TASK: Print this chart and stick it in your notebook


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SEPTEMBER CONTENTS

Unit 8.- Travel

* Lesson 1: Simple past of Be, statements
* Lesson 2: Simple past of Be, questions
* Lesson 3: Simple past, affirmative statements
* Lesson 4: Simple past, negative statements

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SEPTEMBER CONTENTS

Unit 1.- Finding your own place

Lectures:

* Growing together (personal narrative)
* When I grow up (poem)
* Kids like me (interview)
* Familiar places (expository nonfiction)
* Call me María (short story)


Task: Print this questionnaire and stick it in your notebook.


Answer the questions about "Growing Together" narrative author.

1.- Who's the author of Growing together?
__________________________________________________________
2.- When and where was the author born?
__________________________________________________________
3.- When and where did she move?
__________________________________________________________

Answer the questions about "Growing Together" text. (use third person)

4.- How does she feel?  __________________________________________
5.- Where does she live? _________________________________________
6.- How does she describe the magnolia tree? ___________________________
__________________________________________________________
7.- She had a fight with her friend. What was it about? _____________________
8.- What does she do when she drops the bike and runs to her father?
__________________________________________________________
9.- What does she say about living there? ______________________________
10.- What does her father say to her when making an analogy of the trees?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
11.- With this exxplanation, how does the father say she and Georgia are?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
12.- What lesson did she learn? ____________________________________
__________________________________________________________ 



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SEPTEMBER CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Interaction among living things

Section 1.- Everything is connected

* Biotic and Abiotic factors
* Five levels of Environmental organization
   (organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere)
* Concepts of species and habitats

Section 2.- Living things need energy

* Concepts of sun energy, photosynsesis,    
* Energy groups: producers, consumers, decomposers
* Concept of scavengers
* Food chain and food web
* Energy pyramid
* Balance in ecosystems

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