august -december 2011
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Welcome!. August -December 2011. Progressive Bilingual Program. English 3. Communicative Class. Writing Class. You will write academic essays taking into account the information taught for each type, increasing your stock of vocabulary. Grammar Class. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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August-December 2011
Welcome!
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Communicative course
The Interactive Reader Plus 9
7 frequencies per week
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Prior
knowledge
Critical
thinking
&
Reflexive
skills
Develop
your
academic
language
skills in an
effective and
fluent way
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You will write academic
essays taking into
account the information
taught for each type,
increasing your stock of
vocabulary.
Expos itory
Comparison and contrast
Persuas ive
Descr ipti ve
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You will practice
grammar you already
know in order to
improve your
knowledge of the
target language and
be prepared for the
EXCI exam.
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Communicative class
• Short Story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
• Speech I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Speech Glory and Hope by Nelson Mandela
Writing class• Parts of an
essay
• Expository essay
Grammar class• Singular and plural forms of
nouns
• Countable and uncountable
nouns with some and any
Eva luat ion: Port fo l io 1 / F i rst G loba l exam
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Communicative class• Poems
• Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman
• The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
• O What Is That Sound by W. H. Auden
Writing class• Patterns of a comparison and contrast essay
• Comparison and contrast essay
Grammar class• How much
and how many in
questions
Eva luat ion: Port fo l io 2 / F i rst ind icat ive exam
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Communicative class• Short Story
• Marigolds by Eugenia Collier
• A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
• Memoir• From Angela’s Ashes
by Frank McCourt
Writing class• Elements of a
persuasive essay
• Persuasive essay
Grammar class• Phrasal verbs:
come, get, give, go, and
keep
• Reflexive pronouns
Eva luat ion: Port fo l io 3 / Second Globa l exam
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Communicative class• Short Story
• The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Writing class
• Elements of a descriptive
essay
• Descriptive essay
Grammar class• Phrasal verbs:
pick, put, take, and throw
• Passive voice in present and
past
Eva luat ion: Port fo l io 4 / Second ind icat ive exam
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Exams 40 points
• First Global Exam• First Indicative Exam• Second Global Exam 10 points each
one• Second Indicative Exam (TOEFL)
Portfolios 40 points
• Portfolio 1• Portfolio 2 10 points each one• Portfolio 3• Portfolio 4 (includes a quiz to evaluate the content of Unit 4 and the corresponding essay)
Participation 10 points
• It includes homework assignments, participation in class, and the story presentation
• The presentation will be evaluated with the corresponding rubric. The presentation will be worth 5 points.
Final project/EXCI Practice Test 10 points
• The final project will be a speech about a topic selected by the student. It will be evaluated with the corresponding rubric. It will be worth 5 points.
• The EXCI practice test will be worth 5 points.
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