Sumários

Building an argument; Building a voice

3 Abril 2017, 14:00 • Cláudia Rute Canelas Pereira Duarte

Building an argument: identifying premises and conclusions

Building a voice: Pausing

Girl and 20 / 20

3 Abril 2017, 12:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Reading and discussion: “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “20/20” by Linda Brewer.

Speak about nightmare trips

Grammar 3

Writing 4: Write your own short story titled “Boy” modelled on Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” (due May 8, 2017).

The Last Supper. Performance plus.

30 Março 2017, 16:00 • David Michael Greer

The Last Supper. Groups perform their rehearsals and the sketch itself.

YouTube original version. Discussion

paragraphs 2

30 Março 2017, 12:00 • John Richard Walker

Cutting and pasting "thoughts" from the "Correio da Manhã" article in order to establish which "thoughts" belong to which idea.

Reorganisation of the information in the paragraphs.

Identification of the logical tpoic sentence in each paragraph.

Small-group writing to reconstruct logial paragraphs in English about the same ideas.

paragraphs 1

30 Março 2017, 10:00 • John Richard Walker

What is a paragraph?
A unit of text containing a single idea, made up of several thoughts (the sentences).
Identification of which paragraphs are supposed to be about which idea in a text from "Correio da Manhã"