SYLLABUS – ENGLISH 3

Tec de Monterrey, Campus Cd. de Mexico Student: ___________________________________

High School Division Id. number:_________________ Group: _________
English Department Coordinator: Margarita Zivec
Code: PI1008 Teacher: ___________________________________
Prerequisites: PI1007 Units: 8 E-mail: ____________________________________
Class hours per week: 5 Room: Time: _______________

1. LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In this course students will:

 Review several grammar structures from the previous semester through a series of collaborative activities in order to clarify doubts
about formation and use and to enable students to become more proficient in using them in basic day to day contexts.

 Review and learn new grammar structures through a discovery/analysis of structure, use and meaning, individual/pair practice
activities to practice formation and collaborative activities to practice the use of structure, both written and orally, in “real-life” contexts.

 Use new grammar and vocabulary together with prior knowledge acquired to discuss, read, listen to and write about current topics in
order to practice and improve the four language skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing) .

 Read, analyze and discuss two short stories in English in order to develop their reading skills (reading for general meaning, specific
details and inferences - as well reading as for pleasure) as well as practice/improve the other language and critical thinking skills in a real-
life context.

 Organize and prepare a number of group projects in order to further develop language skills and knowledge, teamwork,
responsibility and organizational abilities as well as technical knowledge and skills.

2. COURSE PLAN

First Partial Schedule

Week Dates Theme Vocabulary Readers

Review and extension of Countries The Canterville
1 Aug. 10 – 14 Simple Present and Present Nationalities Ghost
Progressive Occupations (Introduction)
FRIDAY 14 GRAMMAR QUIZ 1
Present Perfect vs. Simple Weather conditions The Canterville
2 Aug.17 - 21 Past Search and rescue Ghost
(Chapters 1 & 2)
FRIDAY 21 GRAMMAR QUIZ 2
MONDAY 24 READERS QUIZ 1 (Chapters 1 & 2)
Past Perfect & Past Perfect People’s lifestyles The Canterville
3 Aug. 24 - 28 Progressive Ghost
(Chapters 3 & 4)

FRIDAY 28 GRAMMAR QUIZ 3

MONDAY 31 READERS QUIZ 2 (Chapters 3 & 4)
Health The Canterville
4 Aug. 31 – FIRST PARTIAL PROJECT Ghost
Sept. 4 PRESENTATIONS Mon. & Tue. (Chapters 5 & 6)
Conditionals
FRIDAY 4 GRAMMAR QUIZ 4

Second Partial Schedule

MONDAY 7 READERS QUIZ 3 (Chapters 5 & 6)

TechnologyThe Canterville
5 Sept. 7 - 11 Future Forms Ghost
(Chapters 7 & 8)
Sept. 7 - 11 M-Learning HW: Watch and study the presentation to review and remember
the rules for Future Forms.
FRIDAY 11 GRAMMAR QUIZ 5
 MONDAY 14 READERS QUIZ 4 (Chapters 7 & 8)
Introduction to Passive Traditions and The Canterville
6 Sept. 14 – 18 Voice customs Ghost
No school 16th Superstitions (Chapters 9 & 10)
SEPT. 14 - 17 M-Learning HW: Send a text message with an active sentence to your partner
who will also send you one. Turn those sentences into passive voice sentences
and send back to your partner. Check and send to teacher.
FRIDAY 18 GRAMMAR QUIZ 6
MONDAY 21 READERS QUIZ 5 (Chapters 9 & 10)
Adjectives vs. Adverbs Words that describe
7 Sept. 21 - 25 MID- TERM EXAM Guide physical appearance
and behavior
FRIDAY 25 GRAMMAR QUIZ 7
Review for Mid-Term Exam Review A Christmas Carol
8 Sept. 28 – Mon. EXAM- Tuesday (Introduction)
Oct. 2 Second Partial Project
Presentations
SEPT. 29 MID-TERM EXAM All 1st and 2nd Partial Topics

Third Partial Schedule

Relative Pronouns Royalty A Christmas Carol

9 Oct. 5 - 9 Relative Clauses

FRIDAY 9 GRAMMAR QUIZ 8

TUESDAY 17 READERS QUIZ 6 (Chapters 1 & 2)
Reflexive Pronouns Show business A Christmas Carol
10 Oct. 12 - 16 Entertainment
(Chapters 1 & 2)
FRIDAY 16 GRAMMAR QUIZ 9
MONDAY 19 READERS QUIZ 7 (Chapters 3 & 4)
Reported Speech Weather conditions A Christmas Carol
11 Oct. 19 - 23 (Chapters 3 & 4)

Oct. 19 - 22 M-Learning HW: Read the text and write three sentences about it using
Reported Speech.
FRIDAY 23 GRAMMAR QUIZ 10
MONDAY 26 READERS QUIZ 8 (Chapters 5 & 6)
Art and architecture A Christmas Carol
12 Oct. 26 - 30 Tag Questions (Chapters 5 & 6)

FRIDAY 30 GRAMMAR QUIZ 11

Fourth Partial Schedule

MONDAY 2 READERS QUIZ 9 (Chapters 7 & 8)

Embedded Questions Requesting information A Christmas Carol
13 Nov. 2 - 6 Expressing doubts (Chapters 7 & 8)
FRIDAY 6 GRAMMAR QUIZ 12
MONDAY 9 READERS QUIZ 10 (Chapters 9 & 10)
Make & Do Housework A Christmas Carol
14 Nov. 9 - 13 Creativity (Chapters 9 & 10)

FRIDAY 13 GRAMMAR QUIZ 13

15 Apr 27-30 Phrasal verbs

THURSDAY 30 GRAMMAR QUIZ 14

16 May 4-6 Final Project Presentations
Review for the Final Exam
3. COURSE EVALUATION
Components 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Components Final
Partial Partial Partial Partial Grade
Homework & 10% 10% 10% 18% 1st, 2nd and 3rd 39%
Class Work Partial Avg.
Participation 10% 10% 10% 18% 4th Partial 11 %
Partial Project 10% 10% 10% Final Project 10%
Quizzes 70% 70% 70% 64% Mid-term Ex. 20%
Final Exam 20%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% Total 100%

4. REQUIRED TEXTS

Moutsou,E.(1998).The Canterville Ghost. London: MM Publications

(Students must purchase the Student’s Book AND Activity Book)

Dooley, J.(2002). A Christmas Carol. Newbury: Express Publishing

(Students must purchase the Student’s Book AND Activity Book)

5. PUNCTUALITY AND ATTENDANCE

• The classroom door closes at 35:00 minutes after the hour. For example, if a class starts at 10:30am, the door closes
at 10:35:00. Students arriving at 10:35:01 or later will NOT be allowed into the classroom and registered as ABSENT for the day.

• Students must be in the classroom for the ENTIRE class period in order to receive a PRESENT for that day. Leaving class
early, even if excused, will count as an absence.

• The maximum number of absences allowed during the course is 10. Students with 11 or more absences will not be
allowed to take the final exam and thereby not pass the course.

• It is the student’s responsibility to be present and punctual every day and to know and remember how many absences
he/she has accumulated during the course.

6. DISCIPLINE
• Students may not be allowed to remain in class if they do not have the required materials. "Required materials" means
books, assigned readings, homework assignments, etc. Homework assignments must be in the form of computer print outs to be
accepted, not a file on a laptop or diskette. Waiting until the morning of class to print your homework at school is NOT an excuse for
a late assignment.

• Students must maintain an attitude of respect towards their teachers and classmates. Inappropriate behavior in the
classroom includes:
1. Eating, drinking, chewing gum, eating candy or smoking;
2. Utilizing cell phones, I-pods, disc men, laptops, video games, calculators, or any other electronic
device in the classroom, unless specifically authorized by teacher for use in a class activity.
3. Speaking out of turn;
4. Leaving your cellular phone or beeper on;
5. Reading or doing homework for another class;
6. Sleeping;
7. Speaking Spanish;
8. Inappropriate physical contact (wrestling, hitting, embracing, kissing, etc.)

Any other behavior that the professor considers inappropriate.

• The teacher will ask students leave the classroom with an absence if they behave inappropriately. In general, a student
can be asked to leave after having been warned once.

• You are not allowed to leave the room during class for any reason except in case of a medical emergency. You are
expected to organize your time and take care of any “business” before or after class.

• Teachers will not accept any late assignments. If you have a good reason for not turning in an assignment (for example,
you were sick the day it was due and just couldn't make it to class), you have three days to meet with your teacher outside of class
about it.
7. Extra Help: Each teacher has assigned hours when the students may ask for extra help. If you are not able to come during these hours,
you may speak with the teacher in advance and arrange for another time to meet that is convenient for both you and your teacher.
Your teacher’s extra help hours are _______________________ in ______________________.

8. COURSEWORK/POLICY DESCRIPTION
Quizzes:
Grammar Quizzes will be given every Friday and Readers Quizzes every Monday, and will have no advance warning. Types of exercises
in the quizzes will vary. You may have multiple choice questions, short answer fill in the blank or true and false questions. The purpose of
these quizzes is to make sure that the student is reaching the course learning objectives.

Class work and Homework:

Class work involves the tangible written work that you will turn in that same day after a class activity. This may be group work or
individual. Homework involves the activities assigned to be done during the extra class time. Both class work and homework will be
graded as activities.

Exam:
You will have to take a Mid-term exam and a Final Exam. The Mid-term exam will be a comprehensive overview of what we have seen
through the first half of the semester.

Final Exam:
The final exam will take on a similar format to the Mid-term exam, and the final exam will be an accumulative
review of the entire semester.
Exams may consist of a variety of different exercises, which could be as follows:
• Short answer
• Short Essay
• Multiple choice
• Matching
• Fill in the Blank

Participation:
Participation will be monitored on a daily basis. Your teacher will keep track to see whether or not you are
participating. It is important that everyone gets involved because this will enrich class discussions and your
thoughts and comments can benefit the whole group.

Class Participation:
This aspect provides students with opportunities to practice their oral skills and small group communication strategies. Participation is
closely related to students’ presence in each session. Being absent affects group activities and diminishes the flow and possibilities of
interaction. Therefore, participation will be graded every class day and will have a direct relation with students’ attendance record, as
follows:

Participation(*) for 5x per week class

Always active, prepared, insightful Passive, yet prepared and insightful Passive
participation
Absences

0-1 10 9 8
2-3 9 8 7
4-5 6 5 4
6+ 3 2 1

(*)The following unacceptable behaviors will negatively impact the student’s grade on participation:
• Lack of respect towards the ideas expressed by others in class
• Disrespectful attitude towards teachers and classmates
• Using Spanish in the classroom
• Not bringing necessary material to class
• Not following instructions
• Exhibiting unacceptable conduct such as the use of foul language, cell phones, personal music, laptops when not
permitted, constant interruptions, class disruption and any other behavior that hinders the teaching-learning process.

9. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
Honor Code
Your teacher’s authority is sufficient to identify and punish any act of plagiarism. This includes cheating on exams and copying someone
else's work and or permitting another student to copy your work. ANY ACT OF PLAGIARISM WILL BE REPORTED TO YOUR
ACADEMIC ADVISOR. Look at the Tec's guidelines on plagiarism for further information. You will be required to read and sign the
English Department Honour Code (attached) for this class.

WELCOME and have a great semester!!!

 English Department Honour Code
Tecnológico de Monterrey, High School Division, Mexico City Campus

To ensure that students are evaluated only on the basis of their own efforts and products, we have
established the following honour code:

No student will unjustly advance his or her own academic accomplishments, through plagiarism or
copying the work of another classmate or any other source. Students will employ skills learned in their
English course to properly cite outside sources using APA format. Our students understand that ANY
information taken from ANY source, other than the student himself/herself, MUST be given proper
credit. ANY unquoted combination of more than five consecutive words from any document will be
considered plagiarism. This includes translations of documents from English to Spanish or adaptations
of texts, unless specific instruction or permission is given by the teacher, and proper credit is given to
the source.

Furthermore, students understand that, by attaching their names to any particular task, they are
reaffirming the English Department Honour Code; attaching their names to the assignment, exam,
project, quiz or other work means that, while doing the task, they have not personally violated any
conditions of the English Department Honour Code. This also means that they have not permitted
another student to copy their own work, nor have they previously submitted the work for another level of
English.

Students must understand the great value we place on honesty, cooperation, and consideration and the
penalties we will impose for violations of these qualities. We not only strongly promote intellectual
honesty, but also will severely punish such offenses as plagiarism and copying or cheating on exams or
homework assignments, or allowing another student to copy one's own work, taking into account the
following stipulations:

• 1st offense homework/classwork assignment: DA for homework/classwork average for the partial
• 1st offense quiz: DA for quiz average for the partial
• 1st offense partial project: DA for partial project
• 1st offense partial exam: DA for partial exam
• 1st offense other tasks not listed: to be determined by the teacher
• 2nd offense any of the above: DA for the entire partial
• 3rd offense any of the above: DA for the entire semester

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English Department Honour Code

Tecnológico de Monterrey, High School Division, Mexico City Campus

I, (your full name, printed neatly) __________________________________________, have read the

English Department Honour Code and fully understand the duties inherent in membership of this
English class. I agree to practice HONESTY and INTEGRITY in ALL elements of this course and to
abide by these regulations. I WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY ACTIONS IN THIS CLASS.
My signature below affirms that, even if I do not fully agree with the terms of the Honour Code, I hereby
affirm that I understand the responsibilities and stipulations of the English Department Honour Code.

Name of student (neatly printed): _______________________________________________________

Student’s Signature:_________________________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: THIS HONOUR CODE WAS CREATED BY PAMELA PIERRE, AND IS BASED ON THE “LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY HONOR
CODE” (APPLETON, WISCONSIN, USA). IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND UPDATED BY TEACHERS OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.