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.

Here are the links for the last four parts of the debate:Next class: we will get into our debating teams.  It is a MANDATORY class.  Anyone who does not come to this class will not be allowed to participate in their oral examination.

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