class cancelled

20 Março 2018, 08:00 • John Richard Walker

Class cancelled: I had to participate in an Erasmus+ event

Blanche Cleans Up / Antarctica

19 Março 2018, 16:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Discussed the novel Blanche Cleans Up and reviewed the creative writing assignment. 

Lesson 8

19 Março 2018, 14:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

The following students did their first oral presentation:

• Alexandre Pires

• Megi Jalagonia

• Maria Galeão

• João Henriques

We then watched the following clips from the Oxford Union Debate on youtube:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQjZHFnmADQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik41uzfc_so
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MDlZk89oaQ

Next class:

we will finish the presentations and the vídeo clips of the Oxford Union Debate on whether Islam is a peaceful religion.

Lesson 9

19 Março 2018, 12:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- Test 1

- Peer marking of tests

- Essay writing exercises (extra worksheet)

Homework for 21 March:
- Hand in the essay on universal basic income
- Read the short story "Wifey redux" by Kevin Barry (pp. 107-117) + find expressions in the text (see p. 118)

Class on USA 2

19 Março 2018, 10:00 • David Alan Prescott

Second class on the history of the early colonies. Particular attention to the mixed nature of the settlers.