Sumários

Easter Break

17 Abril 2019, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

There was no class due to Easter Break.

Final Written Test

15 Abril 2019, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

TP3 carried out their end-of-semester written test.

Final Listening Test followed Part 2 of the Writing Workshop

10 Abril 2019, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

TP3 carried out their listening test.

Following this, as there was plenty of time, we finished our Writing Workshop.

Exercise 3 of the Writing Workshop:  Focused Writing

  • You have 20 minutes to write a: 
    • short story OR 
    • diary entry OR 
    • memoir OR 
    • letter OR 
    • abstract piece

…based on one or more of the following images: (images cannot be included in summary).

(P.S. No one needs to see this – it’s just for you.  But you can share it with the class if you want to!)


Exercise 4 of the Writing Workshop:  Free Writing to Music
  • Write a piece to this piece of music:
  • You have the duration of the piece to write it. 
  • It can be anything:
    • A (love or hate) letter; 
    • A short story; 
    • A poem; 
    • A piece of abstract writing;
    • etc.
  • No one is going to see it – but you can always share it! 

In-class Tutorials Continued followed by Writing Workshop

8 Abril 2019, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students continued to have in-class tutorials with the teacher.

Following this, TP3 carried out the first half of the Writing Workshop.  

Exercise 1 of the Writing Workshop: Free Writing 

  • For the next five minutes, you will have to write non-stop. 
  • You must not take your pen off the paper and you must not stop writing until the bell goes off. 
  • When you don’t know what to write, just keep writing the last word you wrote over and over again until new words or sentences come to mind. 
    • It doesn’t matter how often you write the word over and over again. 
  • If you make a mistake, don’t scratch it out – keep writing. 
  • You can write about anything. 
  • What you write about doesn’t have to make sense – it can be abstract. 
  • No one will see this writing – it is just for you. 
  • There is no right or wrong in this exercise – it is just for you. 
Exercise 2 of the Writing Workshop: Free Writing with Focus
  • For the next seven minutes, you will have to write non-stop. 
  • You must not take your pen off the paper and you must not stop writing until the bell goes off. 
  • When you don’t know what to write, just keep writing the last word you wrote over and over again until new words or sentences come to mind. 
    • It doesn’t matter how often you write the word over and over again. 
  • If you make a mistake, don’t scratch it out – keep writing. 
  • You will take a sentence or section of the previous text and write another text inspired by that extract. You can write about anything. 
  • What you write about doesn’t have to make sense – it can be abstract. 
  • No one will see this writing – it is just for you. 
  • There is no right or wrong in this exercise – it is just for you. 
Next class:  Listening test followed by the second half of the Writing Workshop.

Writing - In-class Tutorials

3 Abril 2019, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, students carried out all outstanding writing homework and writing exercises.  Those students who had completed all homework had in-class tutorials with the teacher and copied out all corrected assignments from beginning to end.  The teacher then corrected all pieces that were completed in class and, again, had tutorials with these students.  All corrected work was copied out by students there and then.

Next class: in-class tutorials followed by Writing Workshop.