Sumários
USING METAPHOR TO INFLUENCE/MANIPULATE
20 Outubro 2023, 08:00 • Gaile Parkin
Small group work brainstorming solutions to a problem in an
imaginary city in the USA, with different groups being given a different
metaphor at the beginning of their problem sheet. Feedback and discussion about
how the opening metaphors influenced suggested solutions.
Presentation on dehumanising metaphors used during the
Rwandan genocide, the Holocaust and the present-day Israel-Hamas conflict.
Pairwork analysis of a Sun newspaper piece full of hate-stirring
metaphor about migrants.
4th hour/tutorial work: review of course in
preparation for upcoming evaluation.
Homework: preparation for evaluation.
SS4 - The Quiet Boy
19 Outubro 2023, 12:30 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo
Reading and discussion of the short story "The Quiet Boy". Focused on some of the main themes such as abuse, education, teacher's roles, fables vs. cautionary tales, and the techniques used by the author to create suspense/mystery.
Oxford Union Debate - Islam is a religion of peace
19 Outubro 2023, 08:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
Today we continued to watch (and learn from) one of the Oxford Union Debates that was recorded and uploaded onto YouTube.
It is imperative that all students who missed the class watch the last four sections of the debate that we watched in class today, as this serves as a model for the debates that students will be carrying out for their oral exams.
Murder mystery game
18 Outubro 2023, 11:00 • Cláudia Rute Canelas Pereira Duarte
Murder mystery game
SS5 - The School
17 Outubro 2023, 12:30 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo
Reading and discussion of the short story "The School". In addition to a discussion on the "absurdity" presented in the text, we did some vocabulary revision and discussed what needs to be changed in education. We then looked at some idioms by Shakespeare