Prepositions & Phrasal Verbs

12 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • Ana Rita Martins

Grammar: Prepositions & Phrasal Verbs. In-class exercises.

If clauses. Uncountable nouns. Multi-word verbs. Talking about short stories: basic terminology.

11 Fevereiro 2019, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Grammar practice: checking the exercises done at home and clearing doubts on (a) conditional sentences; (b) uncountable nouns; (c) verbs and prepositions. Discussing short stories: basic terminology used when talking about short stories.

Crime Stories.

8 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1. Recycling vocabulary: Crime story

Group work activity: The class invented a story about a crime that was committed recently. Sts had to choose two word cards from an envelope, write the words on the whiteboard, and then add two sentences to the story which incorporated the words they had chosen:

Vocabulary used: (to) steal; (to) rob; murder, murderer, (to) murder; shoplifting, shoplifter, (to) shoplift; burglary, burglar, (to) burgle; smuggling, smuggler, (to) smuggle; arson, arsonist, (to) set fire to; kidnapping, kidnapper, (to) kidnap; theft, thief, (to) steal; rape, rapist, (to) rape; mugging, mugger, (to) mug; robbery, robber, (to) rob; ; (to) raise an eyebrow; (to) shrug one's shoulders; (to) moan; (to) mutter; (to) stab; (to) blink; on the force; lineup; one-way mirror; lieutenant; underling; (to) withhold evidence; witness; (to) confess

2. Checking homework: Exercise 3, B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019, page 20.

3. Group work activity: Vocabulary and Speaking: The whiteboard was divided into three parts: Categories: 1) Crimes, 2) Punishments, 3) People connected with the law: Each group had 6 big vocabulary cards, Sts had to stick (with bluestick) the cards to the right category on the white board. Checking vocabulary, followed by free discussion on the topic.

4. Witness game

Pair work activity: half of the class witnessed a crime, the other half questioned the witnesses as police investigators.

Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” (End Scene)

Pulp Fiction:-2:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvy4YH9--Vw

Pickpocketing:0:55-1:19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeEXYZFR_Ic

Source: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/crime-scene

Vocabulary:

Crimes: theft, hijacking, smuggling, blackmailing, drunken driving, rape

Punishments: prison, probation, death penalty, community service

People connected with the law: detective, traffic warden, lawyer, judge, a member of the jury

Homework: Exercise 55.2, 55.3 Pasta 3, Zsófia Gombár, page 2. Source: McCarthy, Michael and Felicity O' Dell. Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate & Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 111.

Grammar: Prepositions & Phrasal Verbs

7 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • Ana Rita Martins

Reading & Debating: "Chasing" (cont.)

Unit 1 Eye Witness by Ed McBain

6 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1) Recycling vocabulary and dictionary skills: Sts had to choose one word card from an envelope. Last week’s vocabulary was used. They could consult the following online monolingual dictionaries:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/help

https://www.merriam-webster.com/

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/

2) Crime Vocabulary:

a) Difference between (to) steal and (to) rob

b) Pair work activity: Exercise 3 B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019, page 14.

3) Pair work activity: Exercise 1: The short story and its features, B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019, page 13.

3) Dramatised reading of Ed McBain’s Short Story “Eye Witness” Characters: Detective Cappeli, Officer Magruder, Mr Struthers, Lieutenant Anderson, and the narrator: selected students read the short story aloud.

4) Reading comprehension exercises page 19-20.

Homework: Exercise 3, B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019, page 20.

Vocabulary:

(to) steal; (to) rob; murder, murderer, (to) murder; shoplifting, shoplifter, (to) shoplift; burglary, burglar, (to) burgle; smuggling, smuggler, (to) smuggle; arson, arsonist, (to) set fire to; kidnapping, kidnapper, (to) kidnap; theft, thief, (to) steal; rape, rapist, (to) rape; mugging, mugger, (to) mug; robbery, robber, (to) rob; ; (to) raise an eyebrow; (to) shrug one's shoulders; (to) moan; (to) mutter; (to) stab; (to) blink; on the force; lineup; one-way mirror; lieutenant; underling; (to) withhold evidence; witness; (to) confess;