This document contains the monthly contents for English - Keystone D for the third bimester of May 2012 at the Instituto Bilingüe Santillana del Mar. It includes 11 school days of material covering topics like World War I, poetry about the war, and a unit on animal adaptation. Students will present workbook exercises, homework, and a final expo project. Their evaluation will be based on the expo project, homework completion, and spelling tests given each Monday.

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