1. 1st BATXILLERAT
• Timetable and classrooms
Tu-5 (CR-2) / Th-5 (51) / Fri-3 (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 headphones.
 Dictionary at home (at hand, paper or online:
wordreference)
 READERS: 1st term “A Foreigner in Britain”
Burlington
2nd term “The Sign of Four”
Macmillan
 Gmail account

2. 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!

3. 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).

4. EVALUATION CRITERIA
Here is a summary:
• Listening 15% 2-3 tests / term
• Reading 15%
(Reader’s test 1st & 2nd term; PAU Exam tests 3rd 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: 2 at home (50%) and the test (50%))

5. Some considerations
Term 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!