1º ESO Graded Readers' Books for 1º A

My 1º ESO A students have to read three Graded Readers Books this year, one each term as follows.

• 1st term: The Borrowers. Burlington Books. 1º ESO

• 2nt term: The Ghost Teacher. Burlington Books. 1º ESO

• 3rd term: Tales from Greek Mythology. Burlington Books 1º ESO

1º Bachillerato. Ampliación de Inglés

Our new book for this year is the following:

RUBRIC FOR ORAL EXAMS IN 1º AMPLIACIÓN DE INGLÉS

The evaluation rubric will measure proficiency in expressing oneself in English.

CATEGORY	3	2,5	1,5	0 to 1	Score
Grammar	Grammar covered in class was used to communicate effectively.	A few minor difficulties arose from not using the grammar studied in class.	Grammatical errors led to many minor difficulties or one major breakdown in communication.	Grammatical errors severely hampered communication.	AB33
Fluency	Student acted as a facilitator,   helping the conversation flow and develop.	Some minor difficulties maintaining the conversation were evident.	Some effort was required to maintain the conversation. There may have been a few long pauses.	Much effort was required to maintain the conversation. There may have been many long pauses.
CATEGORY	2	1,5	1	0 to 0,5	Score
Vocabulary	Vocabulary studied in class was used to express ideas eloquently.	A few minor difficulties arose from not   using appropriate vocabulary.	Some difficulties arose due to limited vocabulary and/or bad diction.	Communication was severely hampered due to lack of vocabulary.
Voice and non-verbal communication	Pronunciation was clear and inflection and expressions were used to enhance communication.	No serious problems arose, but better pronunciation, inflection, and/or non-verbal communication could have made communication more efficient.	Some communication problems arose due to unclear pronunciation and/or lack of inflection and/or expression. Student may have been difficult to hear.	Pronunciation, inflection, and/or expression confused communication.Student may have been very difficult to hear.

Points will be deducted from your final score if you speak for less than the assigned time.

The Irregular Verbs Game

One of the most arduous thing to learn in English is the Irregular Verbs List. Do you want to make it entertaining? Play the game provided by Macmillan and learn at the same time. Click on this link

Macmillan Blog Dictionary

Some wonderful tips based on areas of English(spelling, grammar, collocations, synonyms etc...) provided by Macmillan. Click here

My 4th ESO students' wiki

My 4th ESO students in 4ºA,B and D have worked on many different topics during the 3rd term and this is the result a miscellaneous wiki. Visit it and enjoy our work!

Don't waste your time this summer, improve your English!

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This summer you can practice your English with the new My Grammar Lab, there are three levels: elementary, intermediate and advanced. I really recomend them, we have two samples in the English Department if you want to have a look at them they are very useful. For more information click Pearson