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"Eye witness" a short story by Ed McBain. Grammar practice: If clauses/conditional sentences.

9 Outubro 2017, 14:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Feedback on students' assignment - a letter of advice. Grammar practice: conditional sentences aka If clauses. "Eye witness" a short story by Ed McBain: preparing to discuss the story based on Reading Circle roles. HOMEWORK: do the exercises on pages 91-92.


The Paradox of a Great University

9 Outubro 2017, 12:00 Zuzanna Zarebska

"The Paradox of a Great University": academic essay. What is a thesis statement? Why is it concise, specific, narrow, arguable and why does it reflect the overall structure of a paper? The structure of an academic paper.


"Eye witness" a short story by Ed McBain. Grammar practice: If clauses/conditional sentences.

9 Outubro 2017, 10:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Feedback on students' assignment - a letter of advice. Grammar practice: conditional sentences aka If clauses. "Eye witness" a short story by Ed McBain: preparing to discuss the story based on Reading Circle roles. HOMEWORK: do the exercises on pages 91-92.


Turma encerrada.

4 Outubro 2017, 16:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Turma encerrada.


Pre-reading activities leading up to discussion of "Eye witness" by Ed McBain.

4 Outubro 2017, 14:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Pre-reading activities leading up to discussion of "Eye witness" by Ed McBain: (a) useful terms associated with analysing short stories (main/minor characters; first-person/third-person narrator; point of view; setting, plot; exposition; climax; resolution; theme, etc.); (b) vocabulary expansion exercise: criminals and the crimes they commit. HOMEWORK: Read the short story "Eye witness" by Ed McBain on pages 23-25 and do Exercises 1, 2, and 3 on pages 26-27.