Sumários
9 Abril 2026, 09:30
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Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
Today, TP6 began to go through former student Madalena Ramalho's awesome essay entitled: The Permanent Matter of Food in Jumpa Lahiri’s “A Temporary
Matter”.
We identified her use of persuasive writing techniques, of the 3 Cs (clarity, concision, cohesion), and her adherence to the success criteria.
Next class: we will finish reading Madalena Ramalho's excellent essay and move on to Daniela Marques's essay entitled: Compromised Vision: The symbolic objects of
misinterpretation in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Interpreter of Maladies”.
8 Abril 2026, 17:00
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Gaile Parkin
Small group discussion on good and bad presentations
experienced, and what makes them so. Feedback.
Presentation on the expectations and specifications for the
oral presentation videos on stand-up comedians as part of the course
evaluation.
Video suggesting 4 killer steps to starting a presentation.
Example of a very good presentation video by a previous
student on the course. Discussion about what makes it good.
Tutorial/4th hour work: Grammar practice.
Homework: Watch the romcoms Bridget Jones’s Diary and While
You Were Sleeping.
7 Abril 2026, 14:00
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Irene Bulla
Today we practiced inversion in conditionals (Course pack, p. 15) and worked on the pre-reading exercise for “The Monkey’s Paw” (p. 16), which we will discuss on Thursday. Please make sure you have read it by then.
7 Abril 2026, 09:30
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Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
Today, TP6 carried out their Grammar/English in Use Test.
Next class:
26 Março 2026, 14:00
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Irene Bulla
Today we talked about using the past to refer to unreal situations (“unreal past”) and practiced with exercises 1 and 2 (course pack, pp. 14–15). We also reviewed the rules for conditional sentences and began working on inversion in conditionals (pp. 14–15).
Homework (for Tuesday, April 7): Please read “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs (Course pack, pp. 17–22). It is essential that you come to class prepared to discuss it.