Sumários

After the Flood

27 Novembro 2017, 10:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

“After the flood”, reading and discussion. The topic of loss.

Midterm test results - feedback

22 Novembro 2017, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today the students were given back their midterm tests.


We looked at some of the more interesting mistakes and why they were wrong.

Judging from the really high marks that many students received, the next test will be much harder, so considered yourselves warned!

Next class: the Writing Workshop!




Charity

22 Novembro 2017, 10:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Reading and discussion of “Charity” and the human condition in this short story.

Speaking Workshop

20 Novembro 2017, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students did three activities in the Speaking Workshop:

  1. Speak Dating:
    • Each person was given a letter ‘A’ or ‘B’; 
    • All of the ‘A’s remained seated; 
    • All of the ‘B’s rotated; 
    • Each conversation lasted five minutes; 
    • Each of had about 2.5 minutes to provide the listener with the following information: 
      • their name 
      • Where they're from; 
      • What they do for a living or what they're doing at the moment; 
      • What their goals are for their future in terms of family, career, location. 
      • What their qualities are and what they feel they have to offer someone; 
      • What they look for in the perfect partner; 
      • What they're willing to compromise on; 
      • Their ‘dealbreakers’ (i.e. what they simply will not accept in someone).
  2. The Tate Museum comes to FLUL
    • The classroom walls were covered in both old and modern art.
    • Students walked around the 'gallery' in pairs.
    • Each time they approached a painting or photo, they discussed the following with their partner: 
      • What they thought the painting is about or what they thought is happening in it; 
      • Anything they may know about the artist; 
      • What the painting/photo made them feel and why; 
      • What it reminded them of or made them think of; 
      • Anything else the painting/photo inspired them to talk about. 
    • They had 20 minutes to see the whole gallery. 
    • They do not have to look at all of the images or spend the same amount of time with each image. 
    • You were free to do exactly as they would in a real gallery.
  3. Your Oral Presentation
    • Students were instructed to tell their partners about their upcoming oral presentations. 
    • They were told to include information such as: 
      • The topic; 
      • Why they chose the topic they did; 
      • Any information they would like to give on the topic; 
      • Their goals for their oral presentations (i.e. what they would like people to understand or learn); 
      • Their hopes and fears abour their presentation.

Grammar Review

20 Novembro 2017, 10:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Grammar review:

Subject-verb agreement.

Third person, singular and plural.

Expressions of quantity.

Collective nouns.

Complex sentences.