Sumários

FAWLTY TOWERS 1

22 Abril 2026, 17:00 • Gaile Parkin

Introduction to the sitcom genre, and discussion about favourite sitcoms.

Presentation on John Cleese, Fawlty Towers as a classic sitcom, its inspiration, and its use of farce, satire and black comedy.

Small group task: drawing up character descriptions of Basil, Sybil, Polly and Manuel.

Exploration of Scott Sedita’s concept of the 8 sitcom characters.

Homework: Watch the pilot episode of Friends and any other episodes.

22nd of April

22 Abril 2026, 08:00 • Kathryn Gray Craven

Grammar 6--Prepositions and sexy expressions

Deadline upload Video Presentation

On regrets

21 Abril 2026, 14:00 • Irene Bulla

Today we started discussing regrets using the worksheet in the Week 10 subfolder on Google Drive (pp. 1–2) and watched Daniel Pink’s video “The 4 Regrets Every Human Has”.

Reading Students' Awesome Essays

21 Abril 2026, 09:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP6 got their grammar/English in Use tests back.

We then went on to read Tatiana Teixeira's awesome essay entitled: Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘A Temporary Matter’: How grief can change marriages.

Next class: we will review the rules for both parts of the writing test.

THE HOMME-COM AS A GENRE

20 Abril 2026, 17:00 • Gaile Parkin

Feedback on the experience of watching The 40-year-old Virgin and Along Came Polly.

Presentation on the homme-com as conceived by Tamar Jeffers.

Small group work directed discussion of various aspects of the romcoms.

Feedback.

Tutorial/4^th hour work: Grammar practice.

Homework: Read Tamar Jeffer’s article about the homme-com. Watch 2 episodes of Fawlty Towers.