PLAN BOOK - Colegio Clermont

THE CLERMONT SCHOOL FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH LITERATURE
PLAN BOOK 2007 - 2008
|TEACHER |ALFONSO SCOPARI |
|SUBJECT |ENGLISH |GRADE | 10TH A-B | |General Annual Plan |Third Period Plan |
|Annual Plan |Fourth Period Plan |
|First Period Plan |Final Results |
|Second Period Plan |Notes |
FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT MISSION - VISION
MISSION The Foreign Languages Department is committed to rigorous and serious
foreign language instruction of English and French at the best level. Also,
we encourage students to develop multicultural perspectives and to promote
tolerance, respect, and authentic communication. Our classes focus on the
National Standards for Foreign Languages Learning: Communication; Culture;
making Connections; Community; and Comparisons between world languages and
cultures. We strive to inspire our students to become life-long learners of
languages and well-prepared citizens of an increasingly connected world.
Our program emphasizes cultural sensitivity between language and culture,
enhancement of the reading and writing process in the target language, the
communication with native and non native speakers, access to authentic
reading material and the acquisition of all the skills. Goals:
1. Enable students to acquire knowledge of linguistic and cultural
concepts.
2. Encourage students to comprehend the intricacies of foreign language
application.
3. Apply foreign language skills and cultural sensitivity in a
professional setting.
4. Communicate effectively in the target language.
5. Synthesize literary selections by means of critical analysis. Outcomes:
1. Understand linguistic and cultural concepts.
2. Communicate effectively in the target language.
3. Master information literacy.
4. Apply all the skills.
5. Evaluate literary selections.
VISION
Our vision is to inspire all foreign languages students to travel and
continually extend their knowledge of the world; to enjoy learning about
different cultures and languages; to develop their language skills to use
in their work lives; and to be open-minded international citizens.
POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
Trabajo Cooperativo: 1. Aplicar las estructuras del Aprendizaje Cooperativo a las
diferentes clases y actividades, proceso que deberá ser formalmente
planeado, evaluado y reportado por cada profesor de la materia en
su respectivo programador de clases "Plan Book".
2. Promover en clase el trabajo de los estudiantes en grupos
cooperativos formales. Para este efecto, el profesor establecerá
grupos heterogéneos (un alumno excelente, uno con dificultades y
dos intermedios) y homogéneos según criterios distintos, de acuerdo
a su materia.
3. La evaluación del trabajo realizado en grupos cooperativos debe ser
básicamente individual, pero también ha de dársele valor al trabajo
hecho por todo el grupo. Department Policies POLICY NUMBER 4: El jefe del departamento realizará al menos una visita
bimestral a las clases de sus profesores, con el fin de ayudarles,
promoverles y proponer mejoras en estilos didácticos, uso de aprendizaje
cooperativo y otros aspectos relacionados con la calidad de sus clases. STRATEGY: POLICY NUMBER 5: Ayudar a enseñar el Himno del Colegio a través de las
clases del departamento. STRATEGY: POLICY NUMBER 6: Entrenar a los estudiantes de décimo y undécimo para su
examen de estado en el área propia del departamento, siguiendo el curso de
entrenamiento recibido al comienzo del año y manteniendo una cuidadosa
preparación y control escrito de las clases. Se apoyará en el libro que se
le solicitó a los alumnos de Icfes y en la página del "Icfes interactivo"
en el Internet. STRATEGY: POLICY NUMBER 7: To motivate teachers and propose campaigns or projects, in
order to promote the development of a natural English speaking atmosphere
around the school. STRATEGY: 100% English speaking attitude. POLICY NUMBER 8: Give a special interest and a wholesome dedication to the
implementation of the English program -Reading First- from Preschool up to
7th grades making sure of the students' progress in the five areas of
reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
text comprehension). STRATEGY: The implementation of the reading program can be improved by
encouraging students to participate in a great variety of activities, and
to communicate using the new vocabulary, text comprehension, phonemic
awareness, and phonics fluency POLICY NUMBER 9: In a systematic way, check, and correct the students'
pronunciation of the 44 phonemes of the English Language giving special
emphasis to Preschoolers and Elementary graders. STRATEGY: Repetition drills, correction techniques and pronunciation
modeling by the teacher, emphasizing on the most difficult pronunciation
phonemes. The evaluation and correction of students' pronunciation of the English
Language is essential, taking into account that mistakes are part of a
natural way to acquire the language. POLICY NUMBER 10: To continue working with the TPR method in the English
House and start implementing the TPR Storytelling program following the new
material the school just imported. STRATEGY: To continue implementing the TPR program is imperative to set a
positive and relaxed classroom where students communicate with each other
in English, learning from their own mistakes in a safe place, free of
criticism, tensions, grading, etc. a place where the kid feels at home
learning the language. POLICY NUMBER 11: To apply and implement the 15 minute silent reading time
for all the grades. This has to be done on the first day of the week, the
first hour of English, the first 15 minutes. Students are allowed to bring
whatever they want to read. (For the little ones, the readings will be
supplied by the teacher). It is imperative to carry out this activity in
the most serious and professional way. STRATEGY: POLICY NUMBER 12: Note book revision compulsory. Students, especially from
preschool and primary must present and carry their notebooks with the best
presentation possible with all the topics and activities worked on for a
periodical revision and follow up by the teacher and the head of the
department. This policy is also mandatory for high school. STRATEGY: POLICY NUMBER 13: Evaluations and quizzes. It is mandatory that all
important evaluations, final term evaluations, final evaluations, make up
evaluations, and make up works, must be presented and approved by the head
of the department. A copy of such evaluations and quizzes must be submitted
to be kept by the head of the department. STRATEGY: POLICY NUMBER 14: To continue promoting the World Studies program in 8th
and 9th grades in order to improve English culture knowledge and to extend
English vocabulary in the students. STRATEGY: Teachers must be 100% prepared for class. Lesson plans must be
carefully designed and carried out. Discipline must be always under
control. Technology, it is very important to use all the means provided with the
material in order to conduct an excellent class. Map master interactive CD-
ROM, guided reading audio CD, Passport to the world CD-ROM, Social Studies
Skills Tutor CD-ROM, World Studies Video Program, DVDs/Videotapes.
. Active Involvement
. Activating prior knowledge
. Modeling
. Cooperative Learning
. Networking
. Shadowing
. Performance Events/Exhibitions
. Portfolio Development
. Advance Organizers
. Graphic Representations
. Problem Solving
. Case Studies
. Debates
. Research
. Simulations
. Games POLICY NUMBER 15: Plan and conduce the "Foreign Languages Day" with the
participation of all the school levels, this should be a good sample of the
students' English performance. STRATEGY: Every teacher belonging to the department will throw in project
plans to be presented before the body of teachers. A quorum of teachers
along with the head will decide and select the best options for our
celebration of "The Foreign Languages Day". (May 2007). The Foreign
Languages Day schedule must be ready by Christmas 2007. POLICY NUMBER 16: Design and put into action the French Eighth program
through TPR activities following the new two books the school bought. In
the same way, dedicate the first quarter of the year to give TPR methods in
9th, 10th, and 11th to improve the oral skills combined with the reading
texts. POLICY NUMBER 17: Plan and conduct the extracurricular readings for 8th,
9th, 10th, and 11th grades, following a sequential approach. The students
must comply with the reading of the first assigned book in order to be able
to start with the second one, and so on, until they comply with the 4 books
of the year. STRATEGY: Students will receive the working schedule with the dates in
advanced. This will cover the reading controls, assignments, quizzes,
reading checks, evaluations, presentations, etc. in order for them to be
fully and completely prepared. POLICY NUMBER 18: TOEFL PRESENTATION, FOR 11TH GRADE MANDATORY. (Minimum
score required). Preparation starts in 10th grade. Prepare 10th a