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1st DAY RULES


EVALUATION CRITERIA:

40% Speaking / Listening
40% Writing / Reading
20% Daily work/ Class work / Homework/ Attitude
Exams include Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. So they are the 80% of your mark. Then we add a 20% from your Homework and Attitude marks.
Extra Points: +0,25 points for Speaking. At the end of each term I will add these extra points to your final mark if you always try to talk to me in English, inside and outside the classroom. And yes, I will ALWAYS talk in English, of course!

ENGLISH MATERIAL:

- 1 Student's Book and 1 Workbook (1st ESO); Launch into Literacy 4 (2nd ESO)
- 1 Notebook. At the end of each Term you will have to create an English Portfolio including all the notes you have got in your Notebook, all the photocopies and other activities we have done in class.
- 1 English dictionary.
- 1 English reader. (You will know the title of the book in a few weeks)
- 1 blue pen, 1 black pen, 1 red pen , 1 green pen and a pencil.
- 1 email (better from Gmail) to enter your coursebook website, blog and to email me.
- MY WEB SITE: http://www.mrscarrasco.es
- MY BLOG: http://mrscarrasco.blogspot.com/
- COURSEBOOK WEBSITE: www.voices.mac-english.com (ONLY for 1st ESO)

EXAMS AND TESTS:

1st ESO: You will take an exam after every unit.
1st ESO and 2nd ESO: You will also take Mid-terms (Reading, Writing and Listening Exams) and Term Exams (Reading, Writing, Listening + Speaking Exams) in each term. They include EVERYTHING we have done in class, so YES, they are difficult and you have to study.
Once they are corrected, I will give them back to you so your parents can look at them and sign them. If you don't bring your exams back in one week, you will have a negative. At the end of each term, I will give out a report including all your grades so you can include it in your English portfolio and you can keep it.
You will also have to prepare a Power Point Presentation in small groups and some individual presentations and projects as well.
There will be tests about the Readers after Christmas and after Easter Holidays.

HOMEWORK:

There is always homework to do, so it's your duty to bring your homework and English material every day that we have got class. If you don't show me your homework or you don't bring your books, you have got a negative. I will only give you a positive for extra activities (presentations, news, projects, celebrations...)