1st BATXILLERAT

• TIMETABLE and CLASSROOMSWed-5 (CR-2) / Th-2 (51) / Fri-5 (52)

• SUMMER WORK?marked with up to 1 point added to the 1st term, if it is passed.

• COURSE MATERIAL NEEDED: SB, WB, FILE (plastic folder with sheets), pen, pencil, rubber,

pendrive and earphones. Dictionary at home (at hand, paper or online: wordreference)

• READERS: 1st term “A Foreigner in Britain”Burlington

2nd term “The Sign of Four” Macmillan

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ENGLISH FILE

• Instead of a notebook• Sections:

– Notes from explanations, blackboard, …– SB exercises– Glossary: your “New Vocabulary” each unit– Handouts: symbols to correct compositions, PAU

evaluation criteria…– Worksheets with extra exercises– Compositions and pieces of writing– Reader’s dossiers– Objectives lists & Continuous self-assessment sheets– ICT Projects / Extra exercises / Optional exercises– …

You can find this index in the Moodle. Get it!

Low level?

• Did you fail English last year?Key Revision 4 David Spencer. Macmillan Ed.(+audio CD)

• Do you need more practice?You can use:New English Grammar for Batxillerat Jean Rowan.Burlington Books (with free CD-ROM) (key)

• And extra online exercises very soon (moodle course).

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Here is a summary: • Listening 15% 2-3 tests / term• Reading 15%

(PAU Exam tests and Reader’s tests 1st & 2nd term)

• Grammar & Vocabulary 20% 1 test / term• Speaking 25% 2 tasks / term*

(*If you speak English in class: 5%)

• Writing 25% 1 test / term(3 compositions: 1 at home and 1 in class (50%) and the test (50%))

Some considerationsTerm marks and end-of year final mark will be rounded up and

down taking into account:

• work in class and at home• interest and effort: participation in class, speaking English, optional exercises, …• teamwork• attendance and punctuality, good behaviour, complying class and school rules• don’t drink and don’t eat in class. (Do it during break time!)

Really important:• explain and justify your absences to the teacher (in advance or when return)• late-comings and non attending lessons will be penalized up to 10%.• exams will not be repeated on another date. In emergency cases, the parent’s phone

call is compulsory, together with the doctor’s certificate.• all electronic devices must be switched off and kept inside the schoolbag, not inside

your pocket!