Summer for 3º ESO students

SUMMER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENGLISH (Albert’s students)

Students in 3º ESO

• Those students who failed in June will have an opportunity to pass the failed subject (PENDIENTE) when we do the Entry English exam in September. Therefore, once you have your individual report, you should revise very well what we studied all along the year and the other aspects learned. THE SEPTEMBER EXAM WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE “SUPER-MÍNIMOS” ONE SET IN JUNE, which could include a LISTENING or/and WRITING exercise. As well, you must remember that I can lend you a textbook of the level 3º ESO we used to have.

• Those students who have passed are advised to do some activities to prevent summer language attrition during these holidays not only to keep everything we have learned, but also to be ready for Bachillerato:

-          Revise what we have seen this year regarding the entry test. As you can see the textbook that we are going to have next year  is Synchronize 4 - Oxford University Press. Have a look at the official list of textbooks for next year. 

-          Work with the compulsory readers for 4º ESO (also included in the list). You should listen to them and read them aloud to improve your pronunciation. If you read any other book of similar level, you can hand in a project, which could be digital using programmes such as GLOGSTER, PREZZI, POWER POING... or fill in the  RENEWED READER CONTROL SHEET (you can find it in Files), which will be taken into account for your final marks. You can borrow two of the readers from a relative or a friend, or even from the school library. And you could also do the activities at the end of the book.

For your projects on the readers remember you have to include:

• A Christmas Carol   >>   Reference to the author of the book: Charles Dickens   and make a comment in this post in my blog:    

  • • Dickens & Christmas

• Rabbit-Proof Fence   >>>>   Reference to Australia (the country)

• Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde    >>>>   Reference to the author of the book: Robert Louis Stevenson   and make a comment in this post in my blog: 

• • Lack of commitment in our society and bipolar disorder

-          For the writing skills I would advise you to make comments in my blog (I will send you an email with the corrections, as usual).

-          It is important to read a lot about different topics to improve your understanding skill. You can use this Google site, my blog, other web links here included (for instance, newspapers in English), etc.

-          In order to improve your listening skills in case you have an oral test in the Selectivity exam in two years’ time, you’d better start watching films in English, listening to songs or doing listening exercises (remember there are some useful web links here where you can do listening exercises online and then get your corrections).

YOU CAN ALSO WATCH SOME OF THE TV ENGLISH COURSES YOU HAVE GOT IN THIS SITE. I advise you to watch OLD THAT'S ENGLISH: Modules 1 to 6 and NEW THAT'S ENGLISH: Modules 1 to 6.

• OUR DIGITAL PROJECT  >>>>   We will keep on working in our digital project. Remember you've got many ideas and tools here in this site in  Our digital project.

• There are activity books you can also do during the summer (students can have a look at samples we have in the language department).

I will keep a record of all the things you do during the summer time in the SUMMER SCOREBOARD, and I promise all of them will be taken into account for the next school year.

AND REMEMBER THAT GOOD RESULTS IN THE ENTRY TEST WILL BE ESSENTIAL IF YOU WANT TO PASS THE SUBJECT YOU FAILED!!!!