Education System in England and Wales

26 Outubro 2016, 10:00 • David Alan Prescott

Lesson on the education system in England and Wales, focusing particularly on the differences with the European systems (school uniforms, segregation by sex and religion, qualification by examination marked anonymously, individualisation of subjects rather than the system of passing grade/years, localised control over curricula and syllabuses and possibility of leaving school at the age of 15.

describing people 6

25 Outubro 2016, 10:00 • John Richard Walker

 Active in-class writing practice: describing someone in such a way as to make it obvious that s/he is:

a) a university professor

b) a New York police detective

describing people 5

25 Outubro 2016, 08:00 • John Richard Walker

grammar for describing people

simple forms for permanent features, progressive forms for temporary features, modality for speculation about character

stative and dynamic verbs

active practice of describing a colleague

Kidspoem/Bairnsang

24 Outubro 2016, 16:00 • David Michael Greer

Vocab work, Reading and discussion of the Liz Lochhead poem.

Cold War contextualisation of LoF

24 Outubro 2016, 12:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Oral Presentations

Textual analysis: Dulles announcement
Viewing of Cold War US Educational clip