NEW SCHOOL

YEAR
2023/2024
 M AT E R I A L

• Coursebook
• Finish English File Pre-Intermediate,
EF Intermediate+ next year

• Notebook – can continue

• Test notebook – if full, next

week

• Folder – for extra material

GRADING
 GRADING SYSTEM
• Tests – at the end of each unit (weight 1)?,
smaller tests upon announcement

• +/- system
• getting pluses or minuses for your activity, each +
equals 0.5% in tests (you can exchange your
pluses to get a better grade)
• or 5 pluses – 1

• 5 minuses – note in the registry book

• come ask me about your score any time

P R E S E N TAT I O N
• Starting in October
• Alphabetically
• Each class
• Presentation ready at the
beginning of the class
• “Dedication presentations“
• Someone important in your life
(real person, celebrity, fictional
character) = someone you
admire
• Why do they inspire you?
• Powerpoint presentation, no
reading from paper
• Pictures, quotes
W H AT ‘ S N E X T ?
• Files 1A to 6A recap – stations, please bring your
phones and headphones this and the next week!

• Tests: Unit 6 and Units 1-6 recap

• Reading circles – starting a new book next week, yay

(level 4 already)!

• Reading portfolios – practising the review structure

• Events: trip to England, Halloween, Best in English,

bake sale, English conversational competition, Bridge
literary competitions, project day (Come Fly With Us –
around the English-speaking countries)

We focus on English only, not
on other subjects.
To learn properly, we need our
coursebooks and notebooks at
school, not at home.
We count on ourselves only
during tests, we are the
smartest!
RULES
Our phones are great for
Drinking during the class is
education but when not asked
natural but we will try to keep
by the teacher, they feel better
the snacks for breaks.
in our bags.
We check GC regularly to see
We write down all assignments
if there is no new
to make sure we do them.
announcement.
A “second-chance“ rule = it is
okay to forget once, but doing
We are nice and polite to each
something bad repeatedly (aka
other.
twice and more) will have
consequences