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End-of-semester Test

14 Maio 2018, 08:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students carried out their end-of-semester test.


Final Listening Test

9 Maio 2018, 08:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

The students carried out their end-of-term listening test.

Next class: speaking workshop!


Writing Workshop - Part 2

7 Maio 2018, 08:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students today were given the opportunity to pretend that they were completing the third of the upcoming final exam. 

(The final exam will have three parts: 1. gramar; 2. comprehension; and 3. the composition.)

They were given the following exercise which will be very similar to the exam questions...

  • Write a 250-300 word composition based on ONE of the following topics:

    • Write about an experience that made you very happy.
    • What do you really want to change about your life? How could you do it?
    • If I were invisible, I would…
    • Write about a time when you found it difficult to forgive someone.
    • What are you afraid of?
    • What does getting old mean to you?

Students then went on to look at the feedback from their 3rd homework assignment.

Next class:  the final listening test!


Writing Workshop Part 1

2 Maio 2018, 08:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today the students carried out their writing workshop.

Exercises:
  • Free Writing
  • Free Writing with Focus 
  • Focused Writing with Images
  • Focused Writing to music
Next class:
We will be do the second part of the Writing Workshop working with longer pieces of writing in preparation for the upcoming written exam.


Grammar - Verbs

30 Abril 2018, 08:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today students learned about the past perfect and the past perfect continuous...brought to you by englishpage.com!We practiced in class by completing verb exercise 5 from the website. 

Homework:

Please do verb exercises 11 - 17 from the website!