Class rules

General matters

• This is the second year of our six-year long run and it is extremely important that the new students will have to adapt themselves to a new class dynamics as fast as they can and those students who were with me last year will have to continue with the work they started last year, so we all have to be patient, but consistent in our efforts.

• It is still compulsory to come to school until you are 16 so remember that all of you have got the right to education, but that implies that you have the duty to respect your classmates and their right to education. You mustn’t be a nuisance or disturb our class dynamics. Any negative attitude or bad behaviour will be reported to your tutor and your parents.

• FANTASTIC NEWS this year. We've only got 4 hours per week, so we will have the opportunity of finishing the textbook. TIME IS GOLD and you will have to be systematic and strict with all you are asked to do.

• During the breaks I will be in the language department for those students who need help or some extra material, or just want to talk with me. Checkavailability here first.

• Those students who didn’t pass English in 1º ESO (pendientes) will have several opportunities all along the year. The first one is the Entry exam we will be doing shortly.

• Remember that in this site there will be news about grants to go to English speaking countries (MEC and Junta de Andalucía). As well, this year Paula is organising a study trip to the British Isles. I will keep you informed.

• Students from this school usually have good results at the Language School English exams (intermediate level). You will also be able to register in the Language School in Motril in French at the end of this school year so that you can attend classes when you are in 3º ESO. Just imagine some of our students got their B1, and even their B2, in English and French before going to university, which is something that is compulsory and essential to have for your future university studies and for the search of a job.

• Organise your week  paying attention to the days of the week we have class and your school year not leaving things you must do to the end of the school year when you haven’t got so much time to spare.

• I remind you that you can download into a pendrive some useful material for the subject (listening exercises, photocopies…) from the computer we have got in the Language Department or by means of DROPBOX (if you have it in your computer). As well, I remind you that in this site you have got my email address, my blog, our website in Helvia, some partners’ blogs and many other interesting weblinks for you. You can submit to my blog and the school’s blog.

• We will all keep a record of everything we do in class ( BEATING COVID-19 new page to know exactly what we are doing ). I make a huge effort ot keep you informed, but we always depend on the students' participation, commitment and honesty.  We will also have our SHARED DOCUMENTS to keep families and students informed of all the academic relevant information, If you don't have it, let it me know and send me an email with your iesmediterraneo.org email address. 

In class and class dynamics

• In order to learn your names, you should write them on a piece of paper and set them on your desk. I need all your personal data, so fill in this form at home. If you don’t do it, you will have to do it during a break.

• The classroom and especially the language department must be always clean (with no litter at all on the floor) and tidy. This is not my task, it is everybody’s task.

• CHEWING GUM is not allowed in class!!! 

• Time is Money, so you must wait for the teacher inside the classroom on your chairs and be ready to start. When the teacher arrives, he will say ‘GOOD MORNING’ and you will have to reply ‘GOOD MORNING, TEACHER’. If you are ever late for any reason, you will knock on the door asking for permission to come in by saying: ‘GOOD MORNING, TEACHER. I’M SORRY I’M LATE. MAY I COME IN?’.

• Attendance to classes is COMPULSORY, so if you can’t come, you cand send me an email (albertomeditutor@gmail.com) or you will have to bring me a note from your parents or the doctor.

• Doing your homework everyday is essential to keep up with the class.

• Silence is essential if  we want to take advantage of the teacher’s explanations or your classmates interventions in class. So if one day you don’t feel like participating in our class, you’d better fall sleep because I am not going to allow you to disturb your classmates or me.

• We will make an effort to use English in class as much as possible. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it very soon.

• You should keep your notebook or folder tidy and clean. There will be frequent controls (when we do an exam you will have to bring your notebook the next day even if I forget to remind you to do so). You will have a mark for it and you will have some extra points if you participate in our digital project, that is, if you create your own site or blog not only for English, but also for the rest of the subjects. For further information about this, visit our page in this site: Our digital project.

• IMPORTANT PIECE OF NEWS REGARDING THE FOLDER:

Rúbrica para evaluar el archivador/cuaderno y la competencia digital en la asignatura de inglés

• You should hand in several writing exercises per unit that you will include at the end of your notebook. You will have a mark for it, too. Try handing them in time.

Class material

•  The textbook is New English in Use 2 (Ed. Burlington). You don’t have to buy the workbook, but it is very advisable as it is the only thing you will keep. Remember that you can also borrow it from those who were in 2º ESO last year or you can buy it in our second-hand book market.

• Graded readers. We will be doing projects and controls about the readers (you can also do the activities at the end of them to improve your marks, although they will be just optional). Although it is not compulsory to buy them, it is highly recommended to have access to them in order to prepare for the exam (possibilities: buy them and re-sell them next year, borrow them from someone or from our library, our second-hand book market…). The names of the gradedreaders are:

- 1st term  >>> “The Thief of Always” (Burlington readers). There will be a control in December. You will hand in a project after Christmas. Do you know the story of Pinocchio? Make a comparison and you will get some extra mark!!!

- 2nd term  >>> “The Wrong Trousers” (Oxford Dominoes 2). The control will be in March and you will have to hand in a project after Easter.

- 3rd term  >>> “47 Ronin” (Oxford Bookworms). The control will be in May and you will have to hand in a project by the beginning of June.

You must have all the listening tracks of your textbook and the graded readers. You can download them into a pendrive from the computer in the Language Department, or I cand send them to you if you have DROPBOX in your computer.

A dictionary is very advisable, although you can also use the ones with have online on this site.

I also remind you of all the books, films, readers, dictionaries, grammar books… that are your disposal both in the school library and in the Language Department.

Evaluation criteria

• You can look the English Department evaluation criteria up in our Helvia website.

• Passing or failing is not an issue that depends on the teacher’s opinion. The teacher will just reflect what your exams reflect as if he were a mirror trying to avoid any partiality. As well, we will make an effort to implement the same evaluation criteria to all the students of the groups in the level using similar exams.             

• Due to the continuous assessment, the dates of the exams will not be announced in advance.

• Therefore, the final mark will come out of these aspects:

>>> RESULTS (60%) :  After each unit and after each holiday there will always be an exam including: grammar, use of English, vocabulary, listening & comprehension, reading & comprehension and writing.

>>> PROCESSES (40%):  

- 10% for your participation in class, homework, notebook (& participation in our DIGITAL PROJECT). 

IMPORTANT PIECE OF NEWS REGARDING THE FOLDER:

Rúbrica para evaluar el archivador/cuaderno y la competencia digital en la asignatura de inglés

- 10% for the writing exercises (written at home) + COMMENTS

- 10% for the graded readers

- 10% for your effort and personal attitude towards the subject, class attendance, behaviour in class.

• Two possibilities to rise your mark: activities of the readers, video sketch (it must be handed in just after Easter), participating in our digital project & making comments in my blog.  You can also do video sketches, which will also give you some extra points.

A few of you have done some work during the summer time (Check the SUMMER SCOREBOARD) . This will be taken into account.

TWO LAST IMPORTANT THINGS TO BEAR IN MIND (to make it clearer I will write them in Spanish)

• Importancia de haber estudiado el ROF, donde yo tendría en cuenta dos aspectos muy importantes:

      - Desde el punto de vista de los derechos de los alumnos, se hace referencia en el punto a) al derecho de todo alumno "a una formación integral, en un clima de comprensión y tolerancia, en condiciones de libertad, igualdad y dignidad".

      - Desde el punto de vista de los deberes de los alumnos, se hace referencia en el punto a) al deber de todo alumno de "conocer y respetar este Reglamento cumpliendo la normativa que contiene"