Exam dates (B1B/C)

York

-Friday February 9: Listening Exam (based on Gattaca). 1.5 points.

-Tuesday Feb.13: Reading (1 p.) +Writing exam (2 p.). (EvAU model). 

-Thursday Feb. 22: A Foreigner in Britain exam (1 p.).

-Monday Feb. 26: A Trip to Britain presentation (deadline to send me your ppts: Friday 23). 1.5 points.

-Tuesday March 6: Grammar and vocabulary exam. (3 p.)

Exam dates (3ºB, 3ºC, 4ºD) Updated for 3ºB&C

Cornwall

3ºB& 3ºC

-Friday FEBRUARY 9: Singing for Mrs Pettigrew exam (from the first story up to What does it feel like?). 30% min. correct to pass the term. 10% of the total mark of the term. 

-Tuesday FEB. 13: Reading and Writing exam (20% of the total mark) remember you don´t have to study for it.

-Wednesday FEBRUARY 14: Literature exam (20% of the total mark of the term). Contents:
        -The Wife of Bath, The Pardoner´s Tale (from The Canterbury Tales): characters, plot.
        -The Renaissance. "The Impacts of Renaissance"+ 3-page worksheet.
        -Shakespeare. Contents covered until that moment: Life&work, The Globe. Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet.
         -Important: 30% min. correct to pass the term!


-Tuesday FEB. 20: Listening exam (10%).


 -Friday FEBRUARY 23: Exam of Grammar and Vocabulary (cumulative, from unit 1 to the one we reach, 20% of the total mark)


-Don´t forget that the Speaking mark (10% of the total mark) will be obtained from your participation in the Literary Circles.


4ºD 

-Monday JANUARY 29: Writing exam (FCE model). One composition to choose between a report and a formal letter. (The term mark for the writing skill -10% of the total mark- will be the average between this exam and the mark of the compositions assigned as homework).


-Monday FEBRUARY 5: Listening exam (FCE model, 10% of the total term mark).


-Monday FEBRUARY 12: Reading exam (FCE parts 5,6,7; 10% of the total term mark).

-Wed FEBRUARY 14: Holes exam. 30% min. correct to pass the term. 10% of the total mark of the term.

-Friday FEB. 23: Literature exam. Contents:
          -Ch. Dickens´ Hard Times (The definition of a horse text)
          -E. Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Plot, characters, Romantic features.
          -American realism. Mark Twain and The adventures of Tom Sawyer.
          -Britain in the first half of the 20th century.
          -Modernism: new ideas in art, architecture and literature.

Don´t forget: 30% min. correct to pass the term. 20% of the total mark of the term.

-Tuesday FEB. 27: Grammar and vocabulary exam (cumulative). 20% of the total term mark.

Don´t forget that the Speaking mark (10% of the total mark) will be obtained from your participation in the Literary Circles.
         

Stratford-upon-Avon video (3ºB,C)

For sthe students in the snow trip, this is the video about Stratford you missed. Do the quiz I gave you and ask me any doubts:

Tom Sawyer (4ºD)

Here is the audio book of Tom Sawyer. Listen and read the first two chapters (yes, the second also), and do the activities in the worksheet for next Wednesday.

Interested in a brief history of steamboats? Have a look at this video (less than 3 min. long):

2nd term project (B1B/C)

Task:

1.Design a 5-day trip to an area in the United Kingdom (A Foreigner in Britain can help you to choose it). You have to create a brochure or a powerpoint presentation with your daily plan including the activities to carry out during the 5-day trip.

2.Give an oral presentation describing your trip. Use your brochure/powerpoint presentation as a guide.

Process:

You’re going to work in groups of 3-4 students.I want the list with the groups as soon as possible (that is, next Monday 22). If you can´t organize yourselves, I´ll decide the groups! 

1) First of all decide all together your route. 

2) Then student 1 will organize the aspects related to transport.

3) Student 2  will find accommodation 

4) Student 3 will make a sightseeing tour

5) Now calculate the budget working all together.

6) Put all the information together to produce a brochure or powerpoint presentation (10 pages or slides min.).

7) Give each of the other groups a paper copy of your brochure (not necessary if it is a powerpoint document) and present your trip plan in front of the class.

8) Group discussion. Which is the best trip plan and why?

Deadlines:

-The deadline is February 26 (Monday). That day you must hand in your brochure to me. If you have prepared a powerpoint presentation, you must send it to me in an email by Friday 23. The oral presentations will begin on Feb.26. The order will be decided at random.

 
Assessment:

The activity will account for 1.5 points (included in your speaking mark, the final speaking mark will be the average between the mark obtained in this activity and the mark for your participation in the Literary Circles about A Foreigner in Britain).

-Half a point will go for the brochure or powerpoint presentation, so that mark will be shared by the members of the group. It must have a minimum of 10 pages/slides plus a cover page. Include a map of the country with the route you have chosen so that we can follow your presentation. You can´t copy and paste texts from the internet (and I´ll notice that!), elaborate the information using your own words. Don´t include long texts in the slides. If you have prepared a brochure, make six copies of it to hand out in the class. These aspects will be assessed:
1.Organization, (layout,map with the route, are all requirements covered?).
2.Appearance (pictures chosen, videos, ICT use). 
3.Contents (are they interesting?, are texts elaborated enough or just copied and pasted?).

-One point will go for the oral presentation of each member of the group, that mark will be individual. Each person in the group must speak at least for 2 minutes (I´ll use the same rubric as for the 1st term presentations). Remember you can´t read!

Ready to travel?

FCE writing (4ºD)

Some very good tips and examples of the different types of FCE writing exercises can be found in this website. Don´t miss it!