English II

General information
Prepared by Ms♦ Alina Alvarez
ENGLISH II
• Lecturer: Ms. Carola Ortiz
• Schedule MondayWednesday
• Useful information
• Materials
• Assessment
• Important issues
Materials:
• TEXT BOOK
• EMPOWER B1+ - COMBO A
• MID-TERM
UNITS 1 & 2
• FINAL TERM
UNITS 3, 4 & 5
• CAMBRIDGE PLATFORM
• SIDWEB PLATFORM
Assessment (Mid-term and Final term)
THEORETICAL COMPONENT PRACTICAL COMPONENT
(75% OF THE FINAL GRADE) (25% OF THE FINAL GRADE)
Quizzes • SKILLS:
Writing WRITING
ASSIGNMENTS (Classwork; SPEAKING
homework; laboratory; LISTENING
Platform; etc.)
READING
Oral Exam
Paper Exam
Assessment (THEORETICAL COMPONENT 75% of final
grade)
 
First Second Third
Evaluation Evaluation Evaluation

Quizzes 20 20  

Writing tasks 20 20  

Assignments 20 20  

Oral exam 10 10  

Paper-based exam 30 30 100

TOTAL 100% 100% 100%

TESTS
 There will be a minimum
of two tests (progress tests)
after each of the units that
comprise the curriculum.
The tests will be done
using the Cambridge
platform.
 Each test will be graded
10/10.
 This will be performed in
both terms of the semester.
WRITING: a paragraph
 A minimum of two paragraphs will be written during the
whole semester, one for the first and one for the final term.
 The students should develop the following graded products:
an outline, a draft, and a paragraph. The whole process will
be graded 20/20
Assignments, Classwork, SIDWEB &
Cambridge platform
 The teacher shall assign work for the students to do either
individually, in pairs or in groups.
 The assignments shall be carried through the SIDWEB and
the Cambridge platform.
 Oral exam
 Mid-term exam♦ Students (pairs) will develop a short
conversation based on one of the topics seen in class.
 It will be graded over 10/10
Paper-based exam
 For the final exam students (pairs) will give a short (Reading, Use of English
presentation. & Listening)
 The first exam will comprise the
first two units of the textbook
(units 1 and 2).
Paper-based exam: WRITING  The second exam will include the
 In the writing section students will choose one topic last three units of the textbook
from the three given They will develop a complete (units 3, 4 and 5).
paragraph.  The third exam will include all the
 Students will have one hour to complete the written content of the book, five units in
work. total (from unit 1 to 5).
 It will be graded over 7,50/7,50  First and second exams will be
 Both writing exams will take place during the last week graded over 22,50/22,50
of class before the paper-based exam week.
Assessment (PRACTICAL COMPONENT 25% of final
grade)
  First Second
Evaluation Evaluation

12,5 12,5
Reading
12,5 12,5
Writing
12,5 12,5
Listening
Speaking 12,5 12,5
50% 50% TOTAL = 100%
IMPORTANT ISSUES:
This semester students will have 58 class hours. This is 2 weekly
sessions of two hours each.
If a student arrives more than 10 minutes late, they will be marked
“absent” for that hour, and the teacher will not let him/her into the
class.  This student must wait for the next hour of class.
The use of mobile phones is strictly for academic activities.
Students are not allowed to eat or drink anything (except water) in
class.
IMPORTANT ISSUES:
Students must not miss more than 22 hours (40%) of class to pass the
course.  There are no justified absences. (Reglamento 1206, Art 23).
English should be used in class to communicate with the teacher, and
for communication between students.
Students are expected to be respectful at all times of their teacher and
classmates.
Academic honesty is expected. Plagiarism will be penalized.
(Reglamento 2421, Art 3).
IMPORTANT ISSUES:
Students must check the SIDWEB on a daily basis to comply with the
assignments
Practical hour activities can be activities done in class, in the
laboratory, through SIDWEB, and/or the Cambridge platform
Conversation club sessions are strongly recommended for students
who need or want to improve their speaking skill. The teacher may
give some credit for attending minimum five (5) sessions each term.
Academic Writin Center sessions are also recommended for
students who need or want to improve their speaking skill.