1. INSTITUTO BILINGÜE SANTILLANA DEL MAR
MONTHLY CONTENTS
ENGLISH – KEYSTONE D
THIRD BIMESTER
MAY 2012
Date Topic - Contents/Activity Objective Homework
2 Wednesday UNIT 5 – What can we learn from times of war? Reading Strategy: Identify
Unit Video Cause/Effect – RB 269 WB 132
Background about World War I Read World War I – RB 270-
Key Words & Academic Words – RB pg. 267-268 275
WB pgs 129-130
Word Study: Roots – RB 269 WB 131
7 Monday Dictation Vocabulary List 24 Write one sentence per each
Review and Practice – RB 276-277 WB 133 vocabulary word.
Grammar: Appositives – RB 278 WB 134
Writing an Expository Paragraph – RB 279 WB 135
Literary & Academic Words – RB 281-282 WB 136-137
Word Study: Homophones – RB pg 283 WB 138
Reading Strategy: Analyze Hist Context – RB 283 WB 139
Vocabulary List 25
8 Tuesday Read: In Flanders Fields, Anthem for Doomed Youth, Writing an Expository
Three Wonderful Letters from Home, Letter Home – Paragraph – RB 291 WB 142
RB pgs. 284-287 In Notebook
Review and Practice – RB 288-289 WB 140
Key Words & Academic Words – RB pgs. 293-294 WB
143-142
Word Study: The Suffix –ness – RB 295 WB 145
Reading Strategy: Draw Conclusions – RB 295 WB 146
9 Wednesday ------------FINAL EXPO DRESS REHEARSAL--------------
14 Monday --------------------------NO CLASSES --------------------------
15 Tuesday --------------------------NO CLASSES --------------------------
16 Wednesday ---------------------MOUNTING FOR EXPO ------------------
17 Thursday ----------------------------EXPO---------------------------------
21 Monday Dictation Vocabulary List 25 Writing an Expository
Grammar: Passive Voice in the Present Perfect – RB pg Paragraph – RB 303 WB 149
302 WB pg 148 In Notebook
Read In the Name of His Father – RB 296-299 Reading Strategy: Ask
Literary & Academic Words – RB 305-306 WB 150-151 Questions – RB 307 WB 153
Word Study: Borrowed Words – RB 307 WB 152 Review and Practice – RB
Vocabulary List 26 300-301 WB 147
22 Tuesday Read “Farewell to Manzanar” – RB 308-313 WB pg 154
Review and Practice – RB 314-315 WB
23 Wednesday Practice Vocabulary WB pg 156
Grammar:Using Infinitives – RB 316 WB 155
Writing an Expository Paragraph – RB 317
28 Monday Dictation Vocabulary List 26 Handout to practice Vocab
UNIT 6 – What makes animals so amazing? Reading Strategy: Connect
Unit 6 Video Ideas – RB 333 WB 164
Literary & Academic Words – RB 331-332 WB 161-162
Word Study: Suffixes – RB 333 WB 163
Read “The Parrot Who Wouldn´t Say Cataño” – RB 334-
337
Vocabulary List 27
29 Tuesday Review and Practice – RB 338-339 WB 165
Grammar: Adj Clauses to Adj Phrases – RB 340 WB 166
30 Wednesday Practice Vocabulary Handout
Writing a Research Report – RB 341 WB 167

2. This month is made up of 11 school days in which students will present: workbook exercises and
homework to be included in their portfolios, as well as their Final Expo Project.
Student Name Parent´s Signature
Evaluation Final Expo Homework Spelling
Criteria
Percentage 70% 10% 20%
Comments Dictation every
Monday