LET´S REVIEW OUR ENGLISH KNOWLEDGES.

COLEGIO ALBERTO LLERAS CAMARGO, I.E.D.

 PLAN DE  NIVELACION AÑO 2013 del 18 AL 29 NOV.  

DOCENTE. Helena Bustos.  AREA: Humanidades.   ASIGNATURA: Inglés.

GRADO: Décimo.  Curso: 1001-1002-1003.  Estudiante: ___________________________

OBJETIVO  O PROPÓSITO: lograr que  los estudiantes alcancen el nivel básico  de desempeño en las dimensiones cognitiva, comunicativa y valorativa en el proceso de aprendizaje del idioma inglés que le permitan promocionarse al grado undécimo.

DIMENSIONES: Cognitiva, comunicativa y valorativa.

COMPETENCIAS: (SABER-SABER, SABER-HACER, SABER SER)

ü  Desarrolla habilidades de pensamiento como el análisis, la comprensión y la argumentación en su interacción con el idioma inglés.

ü  Produce textos cortos en forma oral y escrita, responde preguntas sobre textos y contextos propios de la lengua inglesa e interactúa en una conversación cotidiana.

ü  Practica los valores de la  responsabilidad, el respeto, el cuidado de sí mismo, el trabajo en equipo y la autorregulación.

METODOLOGÍA: (Los docentes,  de los grados décimo y once seleccionarán los estudiantes con mayores fortalezas en la asignatura para que apoyen el trabajo de nivelación en otros grados así: grado once apoya séptimos y grado décimo sextos)

1.     Cada estudiante, acompañado por el padre de familia,  recibirá el plan de nivelación.

2.     Se leerá, explicará  y se aclararán dudas.

3.     El estudiante  resolverá el plan de nivelación y recibirá asesoría del docente de inglés en los tiempos y espacios asignados institucionalmente.

4.     El estudiante hará una sustentación del plan de nivelación una vez lo haya terminado. Ésta puede ser oral o escrita.

5.     Los siguientes estudiantes con niveles de desempeño  alto y superior en el manejo del inglés apoyarán a los compañeros de grado sexto.

FIRST TERM.

•       Communicate opinions and feelings using the most common expressions in a classroom, intensifiers, simple present tense and the zero and first conditionals.
•        Create a video with a self- presentation. (3 minutes) present the activities of the book “Simon Decker and the secret formula”.
•      Do tasks and activities with responsibility.

ACTIVITIES.

• Visit the following website, choose 5 conversations and practice them.

             http://www.english-for-students.com/Easy-English-Conversations.html

• Visit the following website and solve the exercises 7, 8, 9 in page 02.

              http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/conditional-first-exercises.html

• Create a video with a self-presentation. (3 minutes) The question is:  Who are you?
• Evidence responsibility in his/her work.

SECOND TERM

• Recognize, analyze and understand question tags, present simple passive, present perfect and verbs + ing and verbs+ infinitive.
• Create a video about the most important problems in our city, our zone Suba or our school. Read “Tales from yesterday and forever”. Simon Decker.
•        Evidence effort in his/her self-learning.

ACTIVITIES

• Visit the following website and solve the exercises 1, 2, 3.

                http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/questions_tag-exercises.html

•      Visit the following website and solve the exercises 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 on page 01.

                 http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/mixed_tenses-exercises.html

•     Visit the following website and solve the exercises 9, 12, 16 and 25 on page 01

                 http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/infinitive_gerund-exercises.html

•           Read the tale: “Thieves in the shop”. Prepare a presentation of it.
•           Evidence effort in his/her self-learning.

THIRD TERM

•      Recognize, analyze and understand future tense using “will” and “going to”, Past perfect tense  and the determiners “everyone”, “no one”, “everything”, “something”, “someone”, “nothing”.
•      Apply predicting reading strategy for understanding information in different kinds of texts.
•       Evidence responsibility in his/her self learning process.

ACTIVITIES

•      Visit the following website and solve the exercises 1, 6, 18 and 22 on page 04

                   http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/future-will.html

•     Solve the exercises in the following website:

                   http://testyourenglish.org/test-114

•     Read the text given in the following  link and answer the questions:

                  http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/upper-intermediate-reading-exercise-dracula

•      Evidence responsibility in his/her self learning process.

FOURTH TERM

•      Recognize, analyze and understand reported speech, punctuation, advertisements and modals.
•      Apply strategies for a correct reading comprehension.
•      Participate in the English Day and present advertisements in context.
•      Evidence responsibility in his/her self learning process.

ACTIVITIES

•         Solve the exercises given in this link:

                     http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_55.htm

•          Visit the following website and solve the exercise given

                    http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/punct_quiz.htm

•          Visit the following link and solve the exercises related to “signs”: set 10, 11, 12 and 13.

                    http://www.agendaweb.org/reading/comprehension_interm1.html

•         Present the folder with all the reading comprehension exercises.

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The first wonder of Colombia.

The zipaquirá Cathedral.

After visiting this marvelous Colombian place, I invite you to complete some sentences and to answer some questions related to the reading given:

1. The Zipaquirá Cathedral was built by _________________________.
2.  __________________ is in the Plaza of Flags.
3. ___________________ means salt and water.
4. _________________ , _______________, ______________ and _______ are located in the Ceremonial Plaza.
5. Zipaquirá is in ________________ department.
6. The Salt Cathedral was declared the first wonder of Colombia on __________________.
7. The Salt Cathedral is ______________ meters underground .
8. The 3 Naves represent _______________________________.
9. "La Piedad" has strong ______________  _________ in honor of the __________.
10. The salt deposit was formed __________ million years ago when _______________

Answer the following questions:

1. When and how was The Salt Mine formed?
2. How have people exploited The Salt Mine?
3. How is Zipaquirá?
4. When can a tourist visit The Salt Mine?
5. How much money should a person have for visiting this wonder of Colombia?

See you!!!

FINAL MATHEMATICS RESULTS

The following students should present Mathematic make up activities. You can find the instructions at the end of this list.  The  activities will be received on next Friday, September 13th,  at the first hour.

COURSE 1001

1. Aconcha Laura

2. Barona Diego.

3. Bolívar Alejandra.

4. Briceño Rafael.

5. Choco Bryan.

6. Corredor Angie.

7: Cruz Brigitte.

8. Cubides Javier,

9. Guataquí Laura.

10. Martí Liliana.

11. Martínez Andrés.

12. Perea Diego.

13. Pérez Laura.

14. Sánchez Mauricio.

COURSE 1002

1. Cuchivaque Brandon.

2. Dominguez Jhonatan.

3. Gómez Camilo.

4. Leiva Wilder.

5. Pineda Jimmy.

6. Sánchez Andrés.

7. Sánchez Sebastián.

8. Vega Kevin.

9. Zabala Sergio.

COURSE 1003

1. Ángel Jenny.

2. Baquero Juan.

3. Cristancho Abdrés.

4. Delgado Sandra.

5. Espitia Juan.

6. Flórez Diana.

7. Gómez Paola.

8. Hernández Laura.

9. López Lizeth.

10. Lçopez Cristian.

11. Martínez Geraldina.

12. Mendoza Andrés

13. Moreno Santiago.

14. Ostos David.

15. Piñeros Luisa.

16. Reyes Melquisedec.

17. Sánchez Juan.

18. Sastre David.

19. Vega Dayana.

In Spanish:

1. En hoja de exámen presentar la solución del punto 2 ( a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h ) y del punto 3 (a, b, c) de la guía sobre área de un Triángulo.

HUGS

Alexandra Ortega.

Math Teacher.

FINAL ENGLISH RESULTS THIRD TERM

The following students should present make up activities. They can find them at the end of the list. The makeup activities should be sent to the E-mail club.prensa@hotmail.com tomorrow, September 11^th.

COURSE 1001

1.       Agudelo Dania
2.       Betancourt Paula.
3.       Bolívar María Alejandra.
4.       Bonilla Mónica.
5.       Briceño Rafael.
6.       Chicacausa Mónica.
7.       Choco Bryan.
8.       Correa Sandy.
9.       Corredor Angie.
10.   Cruz Brigitte.
11.   Cubides Javier.
12.   Jaimes Juan Diego.
13.   Martín Liliana.
14.   Perea Diego.
15.   Peñuela Christian.
16.   Rojas Julián.

COURSE 1002

1.       Baez Lady

2.       Bohorquez Daniel.

3.       Bohorquez Christian.

4.       Bravo Camilo

5.       Burgos angie

6.       Calderón Steven.

7.       Camacho María Fernanda.

8.       Castillo Ingrid.

9.       Canon Juan Diego.

10.   Cordero Erika.

11.   Cuchivaque Brandon

12.   Díaz Marco

13.   Domínguez Jhonatan

14.   González Juan Pablo.

15.   Londoño Alexandra.

16.   López Ivón

17.   Moyano Sebastián

18.   Pinzón Anderson.

19.   Ríos María Alejandra

20.   Roncancio Diego.

21.   Sánchez Andrés.

22.   Sánchez Sebastian

23.   Téllez Edgar

24.   Vega Kevin

25.   Zabala Sergio.

COURSE 10031.       Delgado Sandra
2.       Espitia Juan David
3.       Garzón Jeimmy
4.       Gómez Paola
5.       Hernández Laura
6.       Moreno Santiago.
7.       Ostos David
8.       Pinilla Ana María
9.       Piñeros Luisa
10.   Reyes Melquicedec
11.   Romero Diana
12.   Salamanca Paula

ACTIVITIES

1.       Read the text and answer the questions given

                                         

PANAMA

                                  

INTRODUCTION

Finding Panama on a map is easy. Just look at a map of North and South America. Look between the two continents, and you’ll find a land bridge called Central America that connects them. Now find a strip of land that looks like an “S”. This is Panama. Panama is the narrowest strip of land that separates the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. If you traveled by car across Panama, it would only take you about an hour to see both oceans! Panama is a country covered with rain forests and fertile plains, mountains and rivers. As it is close to the equator, its climate is hot and humid. The largest city, Panama City, is also a major banking center. Panama’s exports include coffee, bananas, shrimp, and lumber. The country’s exotic wildlife, lush jungles, and beautiful beaches attract many tourists from around the world.

1. Is Panama located on a land bridge that connects which two continents? _____________

2. Panama is the _____________________ that separates the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

3. True or false: Panama has extensive desert areas. _________

4. Describe the climate of Panama. __________________________________________________

5. What is the name of Panama’s largest city? ___________________

6. This city is also a ______________________________________

7. Name four of Panama’s exports. ________________________________________________

8. List at least two reasons why tourists might like to visit Panama. ____________________________________________________

9. Draw the map of Panama and mark its borders.

2.       Visit the following websites and solve the exercises.

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/will.htm

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/wont.htm

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/goingtofuture/exercise4.swf

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2142

HUGS.

WELCOME BACK TO OUR ENGLISH BLOG. 2013

Dear students.

This is a very important tool to practice your English knowledges  in order to improve your skills.

Let's begin with a very special invitation to do different exercises related to the topics we have been  studying.
First at all , Questions words.

From Google images

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1718

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/questions-exercises.html

Second, present perfect tense

From Google images

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/verb-tenses-interactive-grammar-game-for-esl-jeopardy-quiz-game/
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/past-participle-review

Third,  adjectives order

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-42493.php
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives

Now, Reading comprehension

From Google images

http://www.esl-bits.net/interact/sets/signs/signs1/signs1.htm
http://www.esl-bits.net/interact/sets/detailed/detailed1/detailed1.htm

REMEMBER THE READING OF  SIMON DECKER AND THE SECRET FORMULA ,  CHAPTERS  6 AND 7

SEE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU!

LET US REVIEW THE ENGLISH VERB TENSES.

Hi, students.

This is the chart that we are working in class. Please, check it , study it and if you have any question,  I will answer it in our next English class.

See you.

Hugs.

ENGLISH VERB TENSES

There are 12 verb tenses in English. The verb action can take place in the past, the present or the future.

	PAST	PRESENT	FUTURE
SIMPLE	An action that ended at a point in the past.	An action that exists, is usual, or is repeated.	A plan   for   future action.
Affirmative.	I cooked yesterday You cooked yesterday. He She It We You They	I eat every day. You eat every day. He eats every day. She It We You They	I will play chess tomorrow. You will play chess tomorrow He will play chess tomorrow. She It will play with the ball tomorrow. We You They
Negative.	I didn´t cook yesterday. You didn’t cook yesterday. He She It We You They	I don’t eat every day. You don’t eat every day. He doesn’t eat every dat. She It We You They	I won’t play chess in the future You won’t play chess in the future He won’t play chess in the future. She It We You They
Interrogative.	Did I cook yesterday? Did you cook yesterday?         He         She         It        We        You        They	Do I eat every day? Do you eat every day? Does he eat every day?           She           It           We           You           they	Will I play chess in the future? Will you play chess in the future? Will he play chess in the future?          She           It play with the ball?            We            You             they
PROGRESSIVE Be + main verb + ing	An action was happening (Past progressive) when another action happened (simple past)	An action that is happing now.	An action that will be happening over time, in the future, when something else happens.
Affirmative	I was cooking when the phone rang. You were cooking when I arrived. He (left) She (Called) It (came) We (gave me a gift) You ( went to the store) They (listened to an explosion)	I am eating now. I’m You are eating now. You’re He is eating now. He’s She It We You They	I will be playing when you come. You will be playing when I come He will be playing when you come. She It We You They
Negative	I wasn´t cooking when the phone rang You weren’t cooking when I arrived. He She It We You They	I am not eating now. I’m not You are not eating now. You aren’t He is not eating now. He isn’t She It We You They	I won’t be playing when you arrive. You won’t be playing when I arrive. He She It We You They
Interrogative	Was I cooking when the phone rang? Were you cooking when I arrived?            He            She            It            We            You            They	Am I eating now? Are you eating now? Is he eating now?     She      It      We      You      they	Will I be playing when you arrive?         You          He          She          It          We          You           they
PERFECT Have + main verb in past participle	An action that ended before another action or time in the past.	An action that happened at an unspecific time in the past.	An action that will end before another action or time in the future.
Affirmative	I had cooked the dinner when the phone rang. You had cooked the dinner when I arrived. He She It We You They	I have eaten a lot of cookies. You have eaten a lot of cookies. He has eaten a lot of cookies. She It We You They	I will have played by the time you do the task. You He She It We You They
Negative	I hadn’t cooked the dinner when the phone rang. You hadn’t cooked the dinner when I arrived. He She It We You They	I have not eaten a lot of cookies. You haven’t eaten a lot of cookies. He hasn’t eaten a lot of cookies. She It We You They	I won’t have played by the time you go. You won’t have played by the time I go. He She It We You They
Interrogative	Had I cooked the dinner when the phone rang? Had you cooked the dinner when I arrived?           He           She           It          We           You           They	Have I eaten a lot of cookies? Have you eaten a lot of cookies? Has he eaten a lot of cookies?         She         It         We          You          they	Will I have played by the time you come? Will you have played by the time I do the task?          He           She           It            We            You            they
PERFECT PROGRESSIVE Have  + be +main verb  + ing	An action that happened over time, in the past, before another time or action in the past.	An action occurring over time that started in the past and continuous into the present.	An action occurring over time, in the future, before another action or time in the future.
Affirmative	I had been cooking for a long time before I took lessons. You had been cooking for a long time before you took lessons. He She It We You They	I have been eating for an hour. You have been eating for an hour. He has been eating for two hours. She IT WE You They	I will have been playing for over an hour by the time you go. You He She It We You They
Negative	I hadn´t been cooking before I took lessons. You hadn’t been cooking before you took lessons. He She It We You They	I haven’t been eating for 30 minutes. You haven’t been eating for 30 minutes. He hasn’t been eating for 30 minutes. She It We You They	I won’t have been playing by the time you come. You He She It We You They
Interrogative.	Had I been cooking before you took lessons? Had you been cooking before you took lessons?            He            She            It            We            You            They	Have I been eating for an hour? Have you been eating for two hours? Has he been eating for two hours?         She         It         We         You          they	Will I have been playing  for over two hours by the time you go to the cinema?          You           He           She           It            We            You            they