Sumários

Ageing

9 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

The students write an opinion essay about ageing, answering some of the questions raised by the text by Grace Paley?

We discuss the gendered construction of ageing.

Outlining

8 Outubro 2018, 14:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

OPs

Correction of homework: passives, perfect tenses

Reading: Bryson - changes in English; vocabulary

Outlining (I) p.38-41


HW

Complete Bryson outline

Read articles on dystopian fiction p.24-26

Sir Ken A

8 Outubro 2018, 12:00 • David Michael Greer

Sir Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Video and discussion

descriptive writing 2

8 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • John Richard Walker

vocabulary for describing people (pp25-28)
the grammar of describing people (simple for permanent, progressive for temporary, modality for speculation)
active practice: describing a colleague

"My Father Addresses me on the Facts of Old Age"

4 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

Students read the essay "My Father Addresses me on the Facts of Old Age" by Grace Paley. They answer close-reading questions and write about their view of ageing.