YEAR 3 ENGLISH L2 Parents’ Evening 2011

Class Information  24 students  2 from Czech section, 5 from the Greek section, 5 from the Spanish section, 11 from the French section, 1from English section  12 girls, 12 boys  4 lessons/week, Mon 4/5, Wed 2, Thu 4  Now the class is settled and will not be changing again

Course of Study GRAMMAR Revision of present simple and present continuous Revision of simple past and past continuous Present Perfect and Present perfect continuous Future tenses – will/going to Passive voice – principle tenses Question tags Reported speech – statements and questions First and Second Conditional Direct and indirect objects Use of gerunds – after certain verbs or alone

Course of Study Vocabulary:  Welcome Section  Communication  Friendship  Working Life  TV and Media  Survival  Good and Evil  The truth is out there!  Love  Regrets  Hopes and Fears  Happiness

Course of Study  Focus on the four skills:  Speaking  Reading  Writing  Listening

Speaking  Spoken communication is extremely important  Speaking in lessons using whole class discussions, pairwork, small group work, asking questions/making conversation  Only English is allowed in the classroom !  One or two assessed presentations given to the class during the year  Wonders of Dubai Wonders of Dubai  Galiano Galiano

Reading  Encourage different types of reading at home to develop different reading skills  News  Novels: The Recruit (Muchamore), The Silver Sword (Serrallier)  Intermediate to Upper Intermediate readers.   Vocabulary: Write down new words/use games online

Writing  Writing is extremely important - motivation  Correction - how much should parents help?  Too much/too little correction – both can be damaging. Blue sheets/use dictionaries  Informal vs. formal English – facebook, etc.  Copying and pasting text from the internet – zero tolerance

Listening  Different types of listening  Watching movies in English (with subtitles), is good listening practice  – podcasts with exercises  Music – listen and read/understand lyrics  lyrics-adele.html lyrics-adele.html

Homework and Assessment  Homeworks – mostly a week for longer assignments, and from workbook for next day/two days  Written tests – Grammar, reading, writing before each break.  Welcome test, then before Nov. half term, then before Christmas holiday, then before Feb. half term, etc.

Criteria for Assessment  1. Hard work  2. Active participation in lessons  3. Punctuality in submitting assignments  4. Presentation of work (classwork and homework)  5. Consistency  6. Oral contributions  7. Evidence of progress  8. Results of tests

Text book  English in Mind 3  Features interesting articles, extremely modern, and DVD Episodes with teenage characters  DVD ROM features pauseable, recordable video, supplementary activities, games and tests  Will keep homework and classwork and extra information up to date on   Parent’s hour Monday 9 – 10 am

Reading Possibilities  3L2 and 4L2  The Cherub Series – Robert Muchamore  The Alex Rider Series, Stormbreaker, etc. – Anthony Horowitz  Maximum Ride Series – James Patterson  Diary of a Wimpy Kid series – Jeff Kinney  Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl series  The Gossip Girl Series - Cecily von Ziegesar  Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging – Louise Rennison  The Princess Diaries – Meg Cabot  Eragon – Christopher Paoline  Speak – Laurie Halse Anderson  Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants – Ann Brashares  Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine  Twilight Series – Stephanie Meyer  Noughts and Crosses – Malorie Blackman  The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole – Sue Townsend

…continued  Nigel Hinton – various titles  The Lightning Thief and other titles –Rick Riordan  Harry Potter of course!  Uglies Trilogy – Scott Westerfield (both)  Cirque du Freak – Darren Shan (vampires, etc.)  Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli  Mates, Dates and Cosmic Kisses – Cathy Hopkins  The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins  Tales of Narnia – C.S. Lewis  H.I.V.E. series – Mark Walden  Silver Fin – Charlie Higson  The Dark Side of Midnight – Carol Hedges  Flash Flood – Chris Ryan  Penguin readers, Cambridge readers, Macmillan readers

Other info  Parent’s hour Monday 9 – 10 am UK summer courses (parents often ask about these!)    