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Classes suspended (Covid-19). Second writing test.

27 Abril 2020, 08:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Second writing test (done during class hours: 8-10 am).

REMINDER: Individual oral presentations start on Wednesday 29 April.


"Carapace" by Romesh Gunesekera

22 Abril 2020, 14:00 EDUARDA MELO CABRITA


"Carapace" by Romesh Gunesekera.
Reading, reading comprehension exercises, summary and character analysis.


Reading Class: Pigeon English

22 Abril 2020, 14:00 Ana Rita Martins

Class debate: Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman. (1 hour)


Presenting novel assignments (1 hour)

Deadline: last day to submit oral presentation proposals for May 6.


Pronunciation of regular past tense forms

22 Abril 2020, 08:00 Gaile Parkin

Review of homework practice on reported speech. Introduction to voiced and voiceless sounds, and pronunciation of the -ed ending in regular past tense forms. 


Classes suspended (Covid-19). "Sunday in the park" continued: Group summary and reading comprehension.

22 Abril 2020, 08:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Zoom meeting:
1.  Group summary of "Sunday on the park" by Bel Kaufman: a joint summary of the short story using students' individual summaries as a starting point.
2.  Reading comprehension questions: Checking the answers to the questions 1-5 on page 45 (Exercise 3) about the short story "Sunday in the park" by Bel Kaufman. 

REMINDER: The second writing test will be held on Monday 27th April during class hours.The second writing test (40%) will have three parts:
Part 1 – 5 reading comprehension questions on a reading passage (5 marks)

The reading passage will be a short story (but not one from the B1.2 Workbook). You will have to answer 5 reading comprehension questions about the short story in complete sentences.

Part 2 – writing a summary (8 marks)

Please revise the guidelines for summary writing (pp. 26-27). You will have to summarise the short story provided.

Part 3 – writing a paragraph (7 marks)

This will consist in writing a paragraph about one of the characters from the short story.

To further prepare for the test, I recommend you revise the grammar from the Self-study Section: Use of English (pp. 51-68), Worksheets 1 to 5, and the grammar exercises sent by email throughout the semester.

I will be available online (via Zoom) during the test to clear any doubts you may have. Please access the Zoom meeting as usual and use the chat box (please mute your microphone) to contact me so as not to disrupt your classmates' work. I will reply to you as soon as possible.

A word to the wise ... Any form of plagiarism (including representing someone else's work as your own) will be equivalent to a fail in B1.2 and shall be reported to the appropriate academic authorities.

For practical reasons, could you please follow the following rules when you send your answer sheet:

1. Send a new email - do not reply to this email; it is very difficult to find emails in an email chain

2. In the subject line please write B1.2 Second Test and your name