Vocabulary second period Reading Explorer 2 (4th grade section III)

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Vocabulary second period Reading Explorer 2

UNIT 4ª Great destinations / Grand Central Terminal
1	Lake	Body of water	Lago
2	Tracks	Racing circuit, railway line	Carriles, pista
3	Terminal	Place where planes, buses or trains arrives and departure	Terminal (autobús, tren)
4	Landmark	Figurative	Punto de referencia emblemático
5	Apartment	Place where people live	Apartamento
6	Coveniently	Suitably, handly	Convenientemente
7	Located	Put, place	Localizado
8	Focal	(Figurative) central, important	Punto focal
9	Economic	Referrring to the Economy	Económico
10	Features	Characteristic	Características
11	Ceiling	Upper limit of a room	Techo
12	Modernization	Updating	Modernización
13	Object	disapprove	Objetar, reclamar, no estar de acuerdo
14	Threatened	Under danger	Amenazado
15	Sightseeing	Tourism	Hacer turismo
16	Commuters	Somebody who travels to work everyday	Persona que viaja diario entre su hogar y el trabajo
17	Percentage		porcentaje
Unit 4B  Great destinatios / Postcards from India
18	Diverse	Varied, mad eup for many different parts	Diverso
19	Impressive	Having a strong effect on the mind or emotions	Impresionante
20	Sculptures	Works of art created by shaping Stone, Wood, or other materials	Esculturas
21	monuments	Large structures built to remind people of famous events or people	monumentos
22	derived	Developed or obtained from something else	Derivado de, que proviene de
23	Cultural	Related to the arts, ideas, and customes of a particular society	Cultural
24	Permit	Allow	Permitir
25	Policy	Laws, principles	Política (regla)
26	Established	Begun or created	Establecido
27	sorrounding	All around	Rodeado
28	Appeal to	Be attractive or interesting for (someone)	Que es de interés para alguien, que le llama la atención
29	Supposedly	Said to be	supuestamente
30	Preserve	Protect from change	preservar
Unit 5A Storms / When disaster strikes / The fooding of New Orleans
31	Helicopter	aircraft	Helicóptero
32	Levee	embankment	dique
33	Flooding	Big ammount of wáter on the streets	Inhundación
34	Roof	The external top of a house or building	Azotea
35	Resident	Person who lives in certain place	Residente
36	Ignore	Not top ay attention to it	Ignorar
37	Engineers	Person who Works in designing and constructing engines and machinery or structures	Ingeniero
38	Sector	area	Sector, área
39	Circumstance	Conditions which affect what happens in  a particular situation	Circunstancia
40	Expose	To put in a dangerous or unpleasant situation in which someone or something might be affected	Exponer (a algún peligro, a la interperie)
41	Widespread	That exists over  a large área	Extendido
42	Distribute	To deliver to a number of people	Distribuir
43	Currently	At present	Actualmente
44	sink	Move slowly downward	Hundir
Unit 5B / When disaster strikes / Superstom
45	Rotate	Turn on an axis	Rotar, girar
46	Profesional	Expert	Profesional
47	Meteorologist	Weather forecaster	Meteorologo
48	Humid	Moist	Húmedo
49	Upward	Direction: up	Hacia arriba
50	Cycle	Repeating secuence	Ciclo
51	Qualify	That has all the features necessary to be that thing	Calificado
52	Blame	Attribute  responsability to someone or something	Culpar
53	Forecast	A prediction of the weather	Pronóstico del tiempo
54	Energize	Revitalize	Dar energía
55	combination	mixture	Combinación

Unit 6A / Reef encounters / Coral reefs /Cities beneath the sea
56	Reef	Ecosystem formed by coral	Arrecife
57	Generation	Group of living things of similar age	Generación
58	Shallow	The opposite of deep	Poco profundo
59	Briliant	That shine	Brillante
60	source	The place from something comes from	Fuente, origen
61	negative	The opposite of possitive	Negativo
62	Consume	Eat, use up	Consumir
63	Jewelry	Accessories with jewels	Joyería
64	Pollution	Contamination	Contaminación
65	Conservation	Taking care of the invironment	Conservar, preservar
66	creatue	Living things that are not plants	Creatura
Unit 6B /Reef encounters / The truth about sharks / Shark attack!
67	Bite	Cut with teeth	Morder
68	Horror	Terror	Horror, terror
69	Confusion	Chaos, act of confusing	Confusión
70	Categorize	Classify	Clasificar, ordenar
71	Fact	Truth, reality	Hecho
72	Inaccurate	Not correct enough, wrong	Inexacto o equivocado
73	Arrange	Put in order, Schedule	Ordenar, distribuir
74	Comprehend	Understand	Comprender
75	Hypothesis	Theory, proposition	Hipótesis
76	gather	Collect, accumulate	reunir

LITERATURE COLLECTIONS 12

For your exam you only have to re-read the following:


1) "Marita's bargain" by Malcom Gladwell. page 3 incuding the vocabulary on page 17 (motley, cognitive, inviolate, counterintuitive, desultory), remember that you have the vocabulary along the reading.

2) "The secret to raising smart kids" by Carol S, Dweck. page 21 including the vocabulary on page 29 (implicit, cohort, innate, malleable, engender).

3) "In a scattered protest, Saudi Women Take the Weel" by Neil MacFarquhar, page 123


Remember that the exam includes questions on the content of the text and a second part to check the understanding of the vocabulary. (per text)

please! re-read the text, we analized each of the texts in class.

Good luck¡  your teacher.

LITERATURE COLLECTIONS 11 (5th AND 6th GRADE)

For your exam you only have to re-read the following:


1) "from Plymouth Plantation" by William Bradford. page 5 incuding the vocabulary on page 21 (divers, rendezvous, sundry, sentinel, succour, circulate, tender and patent), remember that you have the vocabulary along the reading.

2) "Balboa" by Sabina Murray. page 77 including the vocabulary on page 86 (prisine, supplant, protude, provision, discord, distinction, cede).

3) "Blaxicans" by Richard Rodriguez, page 87 including the vocabulary on page 95 (cull, factor, predominant, ascendancy, denote, circumvent)


Remember that the exam includes questions on the content of the text and a second part to check the understanding of the vocabulary. (per text)

please! re-read the text, we analized each of the texts in class.

Good luck¡  your teacher.

September 2nd-9th week

6th GRADE  COLLECTIONS 12

THE SECRET TO RASING SMART KIDS

Click on the next link and know more about the author of the text we are reading this week.

Check page 5 and read about the author and the comments to his job. You will find interesting opinions about it.

We will comment this in class.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids1/

6th GRADE PET

Even when we have checked this information in class, please, take a look at this PET Cambridge examination information important to you.

If you have any kind of extra doubts, please, ask me next class.

Your teacher.

Cambridge English: Preliminary (PET)

Difficulty level: B1 / low intermediate
The Preliminary English Test is one of the Cambridge English exams.

Who is it for?
Do this test if you want to know that you have an intermediate level of English. With this level of English you will enjoy holidays in English speaking countries. You should probably continue studying once you have passed the PET exam.

What is the PET test like?
The test has these sections:

1. Reading Writing are taken together - 90 minutes
2. Listening - 30 minutes
   
3. Speaking - an interview, 10 minutes

There are two versions of the PET test:

1. PET
2. PET for Schools

Both versions have the same type of questions. The PET for schools test has content of interest to school-age learners.
Paper-based or computer-based exams
You can do the PET exam on a computer or on paper. The computer-based exam is available once a month. The paper-based exam is only available six times a year.
Score
‘pass’, ‘pass with merit’, ‘narrow fail’, or ‘fail’
Level
B1 / Alte 2 / low intermediate. Click here to see how it compares with other exams.
Where do I take the test?
At a test centre.
When can I take the test?
Arrange with your closest test centre. The paper-based test can be taken 6 times a year. The computer-based test is available once a month.

5th  and 6th GRADE COLLECTIONS 11


VASCO NUÑO DE BALBOA


Read Balboa's biography and comment in class what you discovered about his life that made you understand better the way he acted as conquer.

Try to mention an idea from the short story we are reading that could be related to his real life.


http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/vasco-nunez-de-balboa

FINAL EXAM GUIDES 2015-2016 SECOND ROUND

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Here you have all the information you need to be ready to get a 100 in your exam, SECOND ROUND  I'll be willing to help you studying.
See you in class¡

Your teacher.

Miss Tere

 

 FINAL EXAM   CAE

GUIDE

I. Simple past, present perfect, present perfect continuous differences in usage.

II. Exercises to complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given WITHOUT CHANGING THE WORD GIVEN. You must use between three and six words, including the given word.

Ex. The weakest part of the show was definitely the choreography.     GREATEST

The LEAST GREATEST PART OF THE SHOW was definitely the choreography

You have more exercises similar to this one in your books.

II. Exercises in which you have to choose the most suitable alternative to complete the given sentence.

III. Find the word that is incorrectly used.

1. I’m really sorry but I’ve been crashing into your car.

2. The hospital which I used to work is in North London

3. You ought be strong enough to deal with the problem on you own.

4. Take some waterproof clothes with you just if you need them.

5. The royal Arms Hotel, that was refurnished last year, is now definitely the best in town.

FINAL EXAM GRAMMAR INTERMEDIATE

GUIDE

I. SIMPLE PAST

 You need to study your verb list

Complete the following passage with the verbs in parentheses in simple past.

Yesterday ________ (be) a terrible day. I __________ (wake up) late and _____ (cut) myself shaving. At breakfast I ______ (break) the teapot. I _______ (miss) my usual train, so I ____________ (arrive) at work late. Then I  _________(forget) about an important meeting and the Managing Director ________ (tell) me that I ______(be) a fool.

II. SIMPLE PRESENT

You need to study the formulas for affirmative, negative and interrogative ways for the simple present.

Unscramble the words to make sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. (simple present)

 Ex.

always / the newspaper / (read) / Aldo.

Aldo always  READS the newspaper

(study) /they / these days / French

___________________________________________

never / (miss) / Carmen and John / classes

____________________________________________

Write the corresponding questions for the next answers.

I am from Rome. __________________________________

My name is Lorna ___________________________________

I have 2 brothers and one sister _____________________________

Carlo is my cousin ______________________________

I am twenty. ________________

III. PRESENT PERFECT   SINCE, FOR, STILL, ALREADY, YET

Complete the sentences using the present perfect form of the verbs in parentheses.

Dave and Pat ___________________________ the museum (visit)

How long _____________________ German? (learn / he)

Karen ______________________ me an e-mail (send)

He _________________________ in this company since 1983 (not work)

Lisa and Colin __________________________ to a concert (go)

Complete using STILL, ALREADY OR YET.

Your friends are _______ in the hall

The 8 o’clock train hasn’t come ______

Kay was a good chess player when she was young. Nothing has changed. She’s _______ a good player.

Haven’t you sent those e-mails ______?

My mother has _______ bought all her Christmas presents

Years ago Chris painted very well. Nothing has changed. She’s _______ paint very well.

Complete using SINCE OR FOR.

Peter has been my best friend _______ we were ten.

I have studied _____ 9:15

Johan has been in France ________ more than 2 months now.

I have worked her _______ 3 years.

She hasn’t had a day off _________ 2014.

FINAL EXAM READING HIGH-INTERMEDIATE (Reading Explorer 4)

GUIDE

VOCABULARY

Ferry

Commencement

Philosopher

Embrace

Abundant

Inherent

Mutual

Proof

Immense

Bury

Refine

Vanish

Descendants

Bulk

Conquer

Scatter

Mainland

Scientist

Grieving

Odd

Frivolous

Rhythm

Prosperous

Chronic

Enrich

Bald

Inhabitant

Prejudice

Charming

Subterranean

Into each other

Proportion

Incident

Meteorite

Commence

Navigate

Flee

Retrieve

Romance

Abundant

Exotic

Folk

Prejudice

Plot

Overseas

Theme

Hero

Rustic

severe

theme

II Study the readings from unit 5A “The DNA Trail”, including the Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Practice sections (pages 74-79)

III Study the readings from unit 10A “The Science of small” and 10 B “The Threat from Space”, including the Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Practice sections (pages 160-171)

FINAL EXAM TOEFL

GUIDE

Exercises similar to the ones on your text book

Gandhi's letters

Here you have another letter witten by Gandhi, its name is "To every Englishman"


Enjoy it!

TO EVERY ENGLISHMAN