Exigencia Inglés II and Exigencia Idiomas IV: Hourly Breakdown with Assessment Dates (Revised on January 13th, 2016)

Total
Textbook: NorthStar 2B Timing
Progress
 Administrative Tasks
 Classroom Language and Communicative Activities 4 hours 4 hours
 Level Two Writing Supplement
Reading and Writing  5.0 hours with level material
Unit 5: We Are What We Eat  3.0 hours of teacher’s 12 hours
New Grammar: superlatives (outside of textbook) expansion activities*
Reading and Writing  5.0 hours with textbook
Unit 8: Endangered Cultures  3.0 hours of teacher’s 20 hours
New Grammar: future tense (will/be going to) expansion activities*
Writing Assessment in class on Feb. 25th (Hour 4 of Week 5)
2 hours 22 hours
& March 3rd (Hour 4 of Week 6)
Reading and Writing  2.0 hours with level material
Recycled Grammar: Wh-Qs in past simple & present simple  2.0 hours of teacher’s 26 hours
(outside of textbook) expansion activities*
Reading Assessment in class on March 14th (Hour 1 of Week 8)
1 hour 27 hours
(Reading, Grammar, and Vocabulary)
Shift to Emphasis on Listening and Speaking  5.0 hours with textbook
Unit 5: The Fat Tax  3.0 hours of teacher’s 35 hours
New Grammar: modals of possibility (may, might, could) expansion activities*
 5.0 hours with book
Book Club (Hour 4 of Weeks 9-14)  1.0 hour of teacher’s 41 hours
expansion activities*
Listening and Speaking
 5.0 hours with textbook
Unit 7: Gaming Your Way to Better Health
 3.0 hours of teacher’s 49 hours
New Grammar: modals of advice & necessity
expansion activities*
(should/ought to/have to)
Listening and Speaking  2.0 hours with textbook
Recycled Grammar: simple past tense  2.0 hours of teacher’s 53 hours
(Unit 6: Everyday Heroes) expansion activities*
Listening Assessment in class on May 4th (Hour 3 of Week 14)
1 hour 54 hours
(Listening, Grammar, and Vocabulary)
Speaking Assessment in class on May 10th & 11th
2 hours 56 hours
(Hours 3 & 4 of Week 15)
Review for Cumulative Final Exam:  3.0 hours of teacher’s
59 hours
Reading, Listening, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary & Speaking expansion activities*
Speaking Component of Cumulative Final Exam in class
2 hours 61 hours**
on May 18th & 19th (Hours 3 & 4 of Week 16) (Speaking Only)
Cumulative Final Exam outside of class hours (May 23rd–June 2nd)
1.5 hours N/A
(Reading, Listening, Writing, Grammar, and Vocabulary)

*Please note that expansion activities can be interspersed with textbook activities as you progress through each unit.
**Total class time will vary slightly, depending on scheduling and holidays. Classes that meet for two hours on Mondays will have fewer hours, and
classes that never meet on Mondays will have more hours.