11th+grade

2016-2017

Semester 2

Textbook- CAE GOLD PLUS

REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION:


 * DEADLINE FOR ALL PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENTS TO BE POSTED ONLINE: May 20th **


 * Portfolio-see details below for obligatory written assignments to be posted on this wiki as shown in class on the respective class page under your name- deadline May 20th ( at the end of that day I will lock the page). **

Requirements:
 * notebook- NB
 * text-book- SB
 * attention in class
 * dictionary at hand- even in class
 * portfolio which includes: NB, SB, worksheets, tests, online posts on the online portfolio page, homework


 * MARKS **


 * 1. Test in April- Reading, Listening, Use of English **


 * 2. LECTURES- ** at any time during the semester, before June 2nd and not on the day with the test. Failure to comply with this requirement will result in a mark of 3.


 * 3.Online portfolio - DEADLINE MAY 20th- see details below **


 * 4. Class Activity and participation in competitions **


 * Details online portfolio **

Help to be found in the Writing Theory section!!!!

__ Deadline: May 16th __

1. ARTICLE

in textbook task on page 52

or

in textbook one of the tasks on page 189

2. PROPOSAL

in textbook task on page 101

or

in textbook task on page 163

3. FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY ON

School uniforms

Or

Studying abroad

4. REPORT

in textbook task on page 125


 * REMINDER: YOU CAN FIND HELP FOR WRITING IN THE WRITING THEORY SECTION OF THIS BLOG. **


 * Details lectures : **


 * When? **

at any time during the semester, before June 2nd and not on the day with the test


 * How? **


 * YOUR LECTURE WILL LAST BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MINUTES. You are allowed to have something written in front of you so as to be fluent, but you are not to read: you will speak in front of the class and you can use props, just like a professor. You will be evaluated based on a scoresheet by the teacher and by one of your colleagues. All of you will be evaluators and will evaluate.YOU CANNOT USE A POWER POINT PRESENTATION (UNLESS YOU USE ONLY PHOTOS IN IT) – even for photos you have to cite the source( the whole link). **

How to cite sources:


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">a. ****<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">If it is an internet source: **


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">* **[|**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising**]**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> (21.02.2010 18:32) = the whole link and the day and the time when you accessed it **


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">b. ****<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">If it is a book: **


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">*Stan Le Roy Wilson, **//**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Mass Media/Mass Culture: An Introduction Updated 1993 Edition, **//**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> New York, McGraw-Hill, Inc., pages 62, 63, 124, 151.= author, title, place-town, publishing house, year of appearance, pages that you have used **


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">REMEMBER!!!! **


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">A SPEECH IS LIKE AN ORAL ESSAY. CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS SIMILAR IN STRUCTURE TO AN ESSAY **.

__Structure__ __Markers:__
 * 1) __Introduction- which should state the main idea, mainly by using a generalization.__

First of all/ To begin with/ Firstly ………… __Markers:__
 * 1) __Body- this should consist of 3-4 main points__

Secondly, ……….

Thirdly, …………

Fourthly…………

Next……………….

ON THE ONE HAND………………. ON THE OTHER HAND…………… __Markers:__
 * 1) __Conclusion- which should reflect what has been previously said in the body.__

IN CONCLUSION, ON THE WHOLE, IN A NUTSHELL, TO SUM UP, ALL IN ALL, TO CONCLUDE

__TIPS:__ AUDIENCE!
 * 1) USE 1-2 COMPLICATED GRAMMAR STRUCTURES WHICH YOU ARE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH (IT’S TIME, WOULD RATHER CONSTRUCTIONS, WISH CONSTRUCTIONS,etc)
 * 2) DO USE SYNONYMS SO AS NOT TO REPEAT YOURSELF AND BORE THE

3. DIVERSIFY YOUR CONNECTORS(INSTEAD OF OVERUSING and, but,so, because)

__CONNECTORS(SYNONYMS FOR THE OVERUSED ONES)__

AND= FURTHERMORE, MOREOVER, IN ADDITION, WHAT IS MORE

BUT= NEVERTHELESS, NONETHELESS, YET, STILL, HOWEVER

SO= CONSEQUENTLY, THUS, THEREFORE, AS A RESULT, AS A CONSEQUENCE, HENCE

BECAUSE= AS, AS A RESULT OF, DUE TO, OWING TO, THANKS TO

FOR EXAMPLE= NAMELY, FOR INSTANCE, THAT IS


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">WHILE __**__AND **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">WHEREAS ** IN ORDER TO COMPARE TWO ACTIVITIES IN TWO SENTENCES.__ ||


 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 25.3333px;">Topics for your lectures (you all know the number for your topic): **
 * 1) Political correctness
 * 2) Values shaping American business
 * 3) Jane Eyre by Charlote Bronte
 * 4) The American character
 * 5) Natural beauties and wonders in the US
 * 6) Higher education in the US
 * 7) Religion in American life
 * 8) Religion in British life
 * 9) The American Constitution
 * 10) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
 * 11) Natural beauties and wonders in Canada
 * 12) The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
 * 13) Slavery and the Civil War in America
 * 14) Cubism
 * 15) Historical landmarks in UK
 * 16) Natural beauties and wonders in India
 * 17) Victorian Age
 * 18) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
 * 19) A short history of chess
 * 20) Job interviews
 * 21) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
 * 22) Natural beauties and wonders in Africa
 * 23) Higher education in UK
 * 24) Natural beauties and wonders in Australia
 * 25) Cultural values in the US
 * 26) Gadgets nowadays
 * 27) A short history of football
 * 28) The Oscar Awards
 * 29) Historical landmarks in Europe
 * 30) The Nobel Prize
 * 31) Pompeii