Critical
thinking &
Reflexive
skills
Prior
knowledge
Develop your
academic
language skills
in an effective
and fluent way
You will practice grammar
you already know in order
to improve your knowledge
of the target language and
be prepared for the
EXCI exam.
• Speech
I Have a Dream by
Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Speech
Glory and Hope by
Nelson Mandela
• Parts of an
essay
• Expository
essay
Evaluation: Portfolio 1 /
Grammar class
The Necklace by Guy de
Maupassant
Writing class
Communicative class
• Short Story
• Singular and
plural forms of
nouns
• Countable and
uncountable
nouns with some
and any
First Global exam
• The Road Not Taken by
Robert Frost
• O What Is That Sound
by W. H. Auden
• Patterns of a
comparison and
contrast essay
• Comparison and
contrast essay
Evaluation: Portfolio 2 /
Grammar class
• Song of the Open
Road by Walt
Whitman
Writing class
Communicative class
• Poems
• How much
and how
many in
questions
First indicative exam
• A Christmas Memory
by Truman Capote
• Memoir
• From Angela’s Ashes
by Frank McCourt
• Elements of a
persuasive
essay
• Persuasive
essay
Evaluation: Portfolio 3 /
Grammar class
• Marigolds by Eugenia
Collier
Writing class
Communicative class
• Short Story
• Phrasal verbs:
come, get,
give, go, and
keep
• Reflexive
pronouns
Second Global exam
• Elements of a
descriptive
essay
• Descriptive
essay
Grammar class
• The Cask of
Amontillado by
Edgar Allan Poe
Writing class
Communicative class
• Short Story
• Phrasal verbs:
pick, put, take,
and throw
• Passive voice
in present and
past
Evaluation: Portfolio 4 / Second indicative exam
Exams
• First Global Exam
• First Indicative Exam
• Second Global Exam
• Second Indicative Exam (TOEFL)
Portfolios
40 points
10 points each one
40 points
• Portfolio 1
• Portfolio 2
10 points each one
• Portfolio 3
• Portfolio 4 (includes a quiz to evaluate the content of Unit 4 and the corresponding essay)
Participation
10 points
• It includes homework assignments, participation in class, and the story
presentation
• The presentation will be evaluated with the corresponding rubric. The
presentation will be worth 5 points.
Final project/EXCI Practice Test
10 points
•The final project will be a speech about a topic selected by the student. It will
be evaluated with the corresponding rubric. It will be worth 5 points.
•The EXCI practice test will be worth 5 points.