Sumários

Editorial: 'Stripped of finery, detained by police as an ordinary citizen: now Andrew enters a new era – and Britain too' by Simon Jenkins

19 Fevereiro 2026, 14:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP7 read - and identified the persuasive techniques in - Simon Jenkins's editorial entitled '

Stripped of finery, detained by police as an ordinary citizen: now Andrew enters a new era – and Britain too'



Next class: we will be reading and analyzing another editorial - to be confirmed!


Report writing

13 Fevereiro 2026, 08:00 Robert George Butler

https://padlet.com/robertbutler2/c1-letras-nj2qop69fm3pyqht


Persuasive Writing Techniques

12 Fevereiro 2026, 14:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP2 went through the PowerPoint on the 20 Persuasive Writing Techniques.  You all have these listed in a box in your course book, but if you missed today's class, you really should go through the PowerPoint at home to understand what each of the techniques is/does.  The PowerPoint is on the shared Google drive.

Next clas: we'll be reading - and identifying the techniques within - Text 1: Nesrine Malik's What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmer’s government? A thick seam of contempt.


GRAMMAR

11 Fevereiro 2026, 15:30 Gaile Parkin

Introduction to the grammar component of the course, which students will cover through self-study during the weekly 4th hour.

Homework: Watch the film Il Postino.

Tutorial/4th hour work: vocabulary for describing personality and character.


Lesson 2

11 Fevereiro 2026, 09:30 Sheila Brannigan

We will 
carry out a language precision exercise
learn more about the course
describe cities in narratives
Homework: Read Work Book pp. 1- 10 and read Hunger Games descriptions pp. 10-12