First Days

1. B51-52 BATXILLERAT
• TIMETABLE and CLASSROOMS
Tu-2 (51) / Thur-5 (52) / Fri-3 (CR-2)
• SUMMER WORK?
marked with up to 1 point added to the 1st term, if it is passed.
• COURSE MATERIAL NEEDED:
 SB, WB, NOTEBOOK/DOSSIER (plastic folder with sheets),
pen, pencil, rubber, gmail and earphones.
 Dictionary at home (at hand, paper or online: Wordreference)
• READER:
“King Arthur and the Kinights of the Round Table”(Macmillan)
e-reader
 msanz126@gmail.com

2. 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 other extra online exercises (moodle
and classblog).

3. ENGLISH DOSSIER / FILE
• Your 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
– ICT Projects / Extra exercises / Optional exercises
– …

4. EVALUATION CRITERIA
Here is a summary:
• Listening 15% 2-3 tests / term
• Speaking 15% 2 tasks / term
• Reading 20%
(Reader’s test, texts, PAU exams...)
• Writing 25% 1 test / term
(3 compositions: 1 at home and 1 in class (50%) and the test (50%))
• Grammar & Vocabulary 25% 1/2 tests / term
HOMEWORK NOT DONE: -0.1 (discount from your term mark)

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 (-0.1), good behaviour, complying class and school rules
• don’t drink and don’t eat in class. (Do it during break time or in between classes!)
Really important:
• explain and justify your absences to the teacher (in advance or when return)
• exams will not be repeated on another date. In emergency cases, the parent’s phone
call that day is compulsory, together with the doctor’s certificate afterwards.
• Wear your watch. All electronic devices must be switched off and kept inside the
schoolbag, not round your neck nor inside your pocket!

6. IMPORTANT DATES
• September:
28th: Listening Test-1 and Reading Test-1
• October:
6th: Oral Test-1
19th: Listening Test-2
• November:
10th: Oral Test-2
16th: Writing Test and Reading Test-2
30th: Grammar and Vocabulary