Sumários

Grammar revision. Oral Presentations.

20 Abril 2020, 14:00 • Ana Rita Martins

Grammar revision: modal verbs (present & past). In-class exercises. (see Google Drive, file 'modal verbs exercise')

Oral Presentations

Zoom session Character analysis and summarising a short story

20 Abril 2020, 14:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Answering questions on the short story "Sunday in the park"

Answering questions asked in the present simple and in the past simple.

Finding information in the text and using the information gathered to summarise orally of "Sunday in the park"

Finding information about the two male characters and writing a character analysis of both male characters.

Reporting what someone said

20 Abril 2020, 08:00 • Gaile Parkin

Zoom, then email (because of catastrophic Zoom connection). Reported speech -- explanation of rules, plus practice.

Classes suspended (Covid-19). Feedback on summaries. "Sunday in the park" by Bel Kaufman,

20 Abril 2020, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Individual feedback on the summary of "Cat in the rain" sent by email.

Zoom meeting:

Discussion of the short story "Sunday on the park" by Bel Kaufman: (a) making a list of the main points in the story; (b) using that list to write a summary of the short story, first individually and then as a group (to be continued on Wednesday).
HOMEWORK:

Here's what you should do for Wednesday's Zoom session:
1. Summary writing of "Sunday on the park" by Bel Kaufman. If you participated in the Zoom meeting today, make sure you have your summaries with you on Wednesday. If you didn't attend today's session, write a summary of the short story "Sunday on the park" by Bel Kaufman in no more than 200 words. On Wednesday we'll do a joint summary of the short story using your own individual summaries as a starting point.
2. Reading comprehension questions Answer the questions 1-5 on page 45 (Exercise 3) in writing. Write complete sentences. Do not send your answers by email. Answers will be checked on Wednesday during our Zoom meeting.

Grammar Revision. Class discussion

15 Abril 2020, 14:00 • Ana Rita Martins

Grammar revision: the Continuous Tenses. In-class exercises (See PowerPoint available on e-learning platform)

"Men against fire": Class Discussion (See discussion questions on e-learning platform)

Deadline: Assignment on the novel (15%). Students had to choose which question they want edto answer for the novel assignment. List of questions available on pages 27-28 (see Couse Book).

Written Test: Given the current state of affairs, the written test (30%) will take place on May 4th, 2.00-4.00pm. Students will be sent the question paper by e-mail (also available on our e-learning platform) and must then proceed to complete it and send it back within two hours.

Material for the written test:

Short story: "Cyprus Avenue" by Lucy Caldwell
Novel: Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
Episode: "Men against Fire" (episode 5, season 3 of Black Mirror)
Grammar: modal verbs; verb tenses

N.B.: Due to technical problems class was taught on Friday the 17th, 10.00-12.00