w ould like to extend my w armest w ishes to you all on the beginning g of the New Academic year.

Let it be interesting and unus ual for you and let it bring new know ledge and
discoveries , as w ell as new challenges.
Best wishes for academic year 2023

A new year gives you a chance to begin new and

fresh… it is an opportunity to look ahead and work
harder to make it a better and a brighter future…. Wish
you lots of luck as you are all set to begin a new year at
academics… May you shine bright and happy with your
efforts.
 VALUES

Values are principles or qualities that are

important and desirable when groups of people
come together. Values can support people in
creating a safe space where they can share
openly and honestly. Values are at the root of
healthy, strong communities.
MUTUAL SUPPORT RESPECT APPRECIATION OF DIVERSITY

EMPATHY PARTICIPATION KINDNESS

CARING EQUALITY ENCOURAGEMENT

CONCERN FAIRNESS SHARING

GENEROSITY JUSTICE OPEN-MINDEDNESS

COMPASSION HONESTY LOVE

TEAM WORK UNDERSTANDING

COURAGE PATIENCE
SLOW ME DOWN LORD
BY WILFERD PETERSON
 POEM
by Wilferd Peterson

Slow me down
By the quieting of my mind.
Steady my hurried pace with a vision
Of the eternal reach of time.
Give me, amid the confusion of the day, the calmness of
the everlasting hills.
Break the tension of my nerves and
muscles with the soothing music of the
singing streams that live in my memory.
Help me to know the magical, restoring
power of sleep.
Teach me the art of taking minute vacations
of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat
with a friend, to pat a dog, to read a few lines
from a good book.
Slow me down, and inspire me to send my roots
Deep into the soil of life's enduring values that they may
grow
Toward the stars of my greater destiny.
Remind me each day of the fable of the hare and the tortoise,
that I may know that the race is not always to the swift—
that there is more to life than increasing its speed.
Let me look upward into the branches of the towering oak
and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and
well.
Slow me down, Lord, and inspire me to send my roots deep into
the soil of life’s enduring values that I may grow toward the stars of
my greater destiny
1. ACTIVITY:
Match the Words with synonYms as
correspond
• 1. Slow by • A. renovate
• 2. By the quieting • B. calm
• 3. amid • C to take care
• 4. the everlasting • D. origens
• 5. to pat • E. worth
• 6. roots • F. eternal
• 7. value • G. in the middle of
• 8. enduring • H. long-lasting
GLOSSARY

Slow down not fast –slow up -calm

By the quieting silence-put down (sosegarse)
Steady stable (estable)
hurried pace quick step (paso apresurado)
reach get (alcanzar)
Give offer
amid in the middle of (en medio de)
the calmness quiet
the everlasting eternal
hills mountain
Break the tension crack (romper)
the soothing music gentle (calmante)
streams brooks (arroyos)
restoring renovate
Restoring the power of sleep.

Teach educate
taking capture
to pat take care
to send forward
roots origens
Deep profound
the soil land
life's enduring bear (soportar)
values worth
grow increase
Toward unto (hacia)
QUESTIONS

1. What might be a “minute vacation” in the poem and what means for
you?
2. What help you slow down or calm down, when your life is chaotic?
3. Pick one of the values that you think Will be relevant for your
community. Why do you think this value would be important for your
lives?
4. What value did you find most challenging to uphold(defend) in our
community?
HEAL THE WORLD by M. Jackson

https://youtu.be/BWf-eARnf6U

https://youtu.be/D-PU-YI8UKw (short versión)

 CONTENIDOS TEMÁTICOS
Context: Democracy and peace: duties.
Lexical:
School problems
Expressions to request clarification and make an oral presentation.
Expressions of cause and effect and to summarize ideas.
Grammar:
Simple present, past and future
Perfect tenses
Conditionals
Modals
Reported speech
Pronunciation:
Intonation
Accent and stress on words
Discourse:
Relations of cause, consequence and contrast
Sociolinguistic/Intercultural:
Respect for cultural differences and situational, social and historical contexts.
Learning through interaction.
Reading: Literacy skills (literary texts)
 Content in first term- EIGHT grADE
CONTENIDOS TEMÁTICOS
Context: Sustainability: human actions
Lexical
Human Actions
Environmental practices
Expressions to describe human
actions in the environment, give an opinion and quote in a text.
Grammar
Adverbs of frequency and sequence.
Possessive adjectives: her, his, my, their, your.
Wh-questions
Present tense
Infinitive/gerund
Pronunciation
Blendings
Discourse
Sequence connectors
Sociolinguistic/Intercultural
Skills to analyze, interpret and relate information.
Cognitive flexibility.
Learning through interaction.
Reading
Literacy skills (literary texts)