Quotations

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

Charlemagne

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

Charlemagne

miércoles, 27 de febrero de 2019

Get Ready to Show What You Know! / Prepárate para Demostrar lo que Sabes!


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                                           ANNUAL 2019 ENGLISH FAIR

Dear students: A time of happines and joy is coming with the major event of our Anglo Mexicano Secondary School: The 2019 Annual English Fair. I hope you all enjoy this event and show how much you have learned. I'm sure you will give your best while having a great time!
      
March 22th is a special day. It's the event in which all junior high school students will have the opportunity to prove their skills in oral communication through a great event called English Fair.

In this event, students (by teams) will create, prepare and develop a speech about COMICS. They will decide on materials, outfit, accessories and stand decoration. The day of the event, they will show their work to the audience.   

Evaluation includes the participation of parents through a special passport they will get and fill up with their visit to the stands.

It's important to mention that the grade you receive in the event will be valid to all four English subjects: Use of English, Literature, Science and Social Studies, and that grade will be respected by every teacher.


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Aspects to be considered:

In the classroom:

* Contents research
* Speech preparation
* Activity with parents
* Outfit selection
* Stand decoration creation
* Souvenirs for parents
* Speech rehearsal
* Respectful and responsible teamwork
Note: no material will be created in class.

Requirements for the day of the event:

* Students must be at school at 7:00 am
* In case of special outfit, they can come to school wearing it.
* They have to bring a big box, sticker, scissors, a rubber stamp and any material
   they need. They should include two big trash bags.
* They will bring a tablecloth, big enough to cover the table.
* In case of electronic devices, they will bring enough wire to plug it in
   (all electronic devices' care is under students' responsibility)
In case of food, they can bring small food samples, candy or chocolate;
   full dishes are not allowed.
* Students must bring enough water and lunch. No food will be sold.
*** BANNER: Required (see photo gallery) with 720 dpi resolution, JPG format.

Performance:

* They will receive parents in the stand with joy and enthusiasm.

* Their speech must be clearly said and learnt by heart, check pronunciation.
* Each team will give their speech to every group of parents that visit their stand;
   after that, they will mark the parents' passport with a rubber stamp.
* They will respect the starting and ending hour of the event.
* They won't be allowed to leave their stand during the event.

A passport will be given to parents at their arriving to the event. That passport will be stamped or sealed after they listen to each team, parents should deliver the passport at their leaving completely sealed

Check photo gallery at the end of the contents.

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March Cover Page
Contents and Evaluation Criteria

70% Reading Plus activities online
10% Classwork
10% Speaking ability
10% Quiz

Module 7.- Water, Source of Life 

A) Myth and Storytelling
- Definition and example

B) Water vocabulary, learning techniques
- Categorizing and Pictionary
- Use in context and Antonyms
- Story creation

Reading plus activities:

* Weekly work: 2 See Reading, 2 Read Around, 2 I Balance tasks
* Work time: 30 minutes on Monday and 30 minutes on Wednesday
* Checking: The teacher will check students' progress every Monday
* Reports: Every student that does not complete the 6 weekly activities
                    on time willbe reported with their parents.
* Score: Every stucent will complete a total of 24 activities per month.

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March Cover Page
Contents and Evaluation Criteria

70% Reading Plus activities online

10% Classwork
10% Speaking ability
10% Quiz

Unit 6.- Conflict and Resolution

Lecture: Passage to Freedom (Historical Fiction)
- Key words and academic vocabulary 
- Definition and use in context
- Interpret idioms

 
Lecture: Zlata's Diary (Diary)
- Key words and academic vocabulary 
- Definition and use in context
 
- Understanding shades of meaning

Reading plus activities:

* Weekly work: 2 See Reading, 2 Read Around, 2 I Balance tasks

* Work time: 30 minutes on Monday and 30 minutes on Wednesday
* Checking: The teacher will check students' progress every Monday
* Reports: Every student that does not complete the 6 weekly activities
                    on time will be reported with their parents.
* Score: Every stucent will complete a total of 24 activities per month.


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March Cover Page
Contents and Evaluation Criteria

70% Reading Plus activities online

10% Classwork
10% Speaking ability
10% Quiz

Chapter 3.- Formation of the Solar System 

Section 3. The Earth takes shape
- Formation of the solid earth.

- The effects of gravity and heat.
- Formation of earth's layers.
- Formation of the earth's atmosphere.
- The role of life.
- Formation of oceans and continents.

Section 4. Planetary motion
- A revolution in Astronomy 

   Rotation, orbit and revolution
- The three Kepler's lawy of motion
- The law of universal gravitatio.
- Orbits falling down and around.

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                                                          PHOTO GALLERY 2018









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                                                          PHOTO GALLERY PREVIOUS YEARS










domingo, 27 de enero de 2019

Give your Best with Love and Joy! / Da lo Mejor con Amor y Alegría!



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Temarios para Examen de Febrero por Materia, Grado y Nivel.
Criterios de Evaluación


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February Cover Page
Contents and Evaluation Criteria

70% Reading Plus activities online
10% Classwork
10% Speaking ability
10% Quiz

Module 6.- Tour in the City 

A) Tour places in the city
- Vocabulary: adjectives
- conversation strategies

B) What have you done?
- Personal experiences
- Present perfect review
- conversation strategies

Reading plus activities:

* Weekly work: 2 See Reading, 2 Read Around, 2 I Balance tasks
* Work time: 30 minutes on Monday and 30 minutes on Wednesday
* Checking: The teacher will check students' progress every Monday
* Reports: Every student that does not complete the 6 weekly activities
                    on time willbe reported with their parents.

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FEBRUARY TEST GUIDE.

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Evaluation Criteria  

15%   Reading Plus Online Activities  
15%  Continuous Evaluation
70%  Exam

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Reading Strategies analysis: The nine original strategies plus
   chronological order and problem and solution.

Unit 2.- Stand or Fall

Lecture: The Three Chicharrones (history article)
- General overview

- Emphasis on characters
- Cognates. Words that are similar in English and Spanish:

   Examples are family, circle, bank, ranch, dance, action, pause, train, 
   definition, famous, etc.
- Academic vocabulary: definition, affect

Unit 3.- Making a Difference

Lecture: The Civil Rights Movement (history article)
- Key words and academic vocabulary 

- Definition and use in context

Academic vocabulary
- organize, analyze, evidence, individual

Unit 4.- At Home in the World


Lecture: Earth and Space (Science article and journal)
- Key words and academic vocabulary 
- Definition and use in context
- Understanding Jargon or specialized vocabulary

   ("in other words" part of the lecture)
Academic vocabulary
- definition, purpose, unique, relate

Unit 5.- Our Precious World


Lecture: Siberian Survivors (Science feature)
- Key words and academic vocabulary 
- Definition and use in context
- Understanding Jargon or specialized vocabulary

 Academic vocabulary
- context, research

Lecture: Mireya Major (Online article)
- Key words and academic vocabulary 
- Definition and use in context
 
- Understanding Jargon or specialized vocabulary
Academic vocabulary
- specific

Definition on the type of text from unit 2 to unit 5
- Example: myth, modern tale, science article, historical article, speech, etc.
   (from the texts that have been analyzed in class)

Study all notes in book and notebook

Reading plus activities:

* Weekly work: 2 See Reading, 2 Read Around, 2 I Balance tasks

* Work time: 30 minutes on Monday and 30 minutes on Wednesday
* Checking: The teacher will check students' progress every Monday
* Reports: Every student that does not complete the 6 weekly activities
                    on time will be reported with their parents.

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FEBRUARY TEST GUIDE.

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Evaluation Criteria  

15%   Book and Notebook activities  
15%   Classwork, Speaking ability
70%  Exam

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Chapter 1.- Studying Space

Section 1. Astronomy, the original science
- Astronomers: Names and contributions. (graphics)
  * Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo, 
     Issac Newton, Edwin Hubble.

Section 2. Telescopes
- Optical telescopes: U
se, focal point definition, 
- Refracting telescopes: De
finition and diagram (figure 2, page 9)
- Reflecting telescopes: Definition and diagram (figure 2, page 9)
- Optical telescopes and the atmosphere
- Electromagnetic spectrum
   * James Clerk Maxwell
   * Electromagnetic spectrum
   * Color of light definition; wavelengths definition
   * Speed of light: 300,000 km/s on air; 225,000 km/s though water 
   * Visible light wavelength, invisible light wavelength: 
         A) bigger than visible: radiowaves, microwaves, infrared. 
         B) Shorter than visible: ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays.

Section 3. Mapping the stars

- Constellations: Definition and examples
- Nicolaus Copernicus discovery
- Measuring stars: Light year definition
- The doppler effect (redshift and blueshift)


Chapter 2.- Stars, galaxies and the universe

Section 1. Stars
- Stars: 
Color and composition of stars
- Spectrum
- Classification of stars
- Apparent and absolute magnitude
- Distance and motion of stars: apparent and actual motion

Section 2. The life cycle of stars
- The beginning and end of stars; three main types

   main-sequence, red giant, white dwarf
- The H_R diagram
- After a star's explosion: supernova, neutron star, pulsar, black hole

Section 3. Galaxies
- Types of galaxies: spiral, milky way, elliptical, irregular

- Contents of galaxies: nebulas, globular and open clusters
- Origin of galaxies: quasars

Section 4. Formation of the Universe
- Universal Expansion:
 The Big Bang theory
- Cosmic background radiation
- Structure of the universe: sequence of events
- Age of the universe
- Expanding forever

Chapter 3.- Formation of the Solar System 

Section 1. A solar system is born
- The solar nebula and components: gases (hydrogen and helium) 

   and dust (carbon and iron)
- Gravity pulls matter together: Figure 2, page 65
- Pressure pulls matter awayFigure 2, page 65
- How the solar system is formed: sequence of events.

Section 2. The sun: our very own star
- The structure of the sun: Core, radiative zone, convective zone, 

   photosphere, chromosphere, corona
- Energy production in the sun: nuclear fusion
Solar activity: sunspots and solar flares.

Study all notes in book and notebook.


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