Sumários

ROMCOMS 2

15 Abril 2026, 17:00 • Gaile Parkin

Oral feedback on the experience of watching the two romcoms.

Small group work directed discussion of various aspects of the romcoms Bridget Jones’s Diary and While You Were Sleeping.

Feedback.

Tutorial/4th hour work:  Grammar practice.

Homework: Watch the romcoms The 40-year-old Virgin and Along Came Polly.

15th April 2026

15 Abril 2026, 08:00 • Kathryn Gray Craven

I. Use of English Practice, part 1 and 2

H/W: Bring in draft of Video for feedback

Practice for the test

14 Abril 2026, 14:00 • Irene Bulla

Today we reviewed selected topics for Thursday’s test using the practice worksheet in the Week 9 Google Drive folder.

Reading Students' Awesome Essays

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

Today, TP6 finish reading and analyzing Madalena Ramalho's excellent essay and moved on to Daniela Marques's awesome essay entitled: Compromised Vision: The symbolic objects of misinterpretation in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Interpreter of Maladies”.  We spent the class identifying techniques and observed her use of the 3 Cs (clarity, concision, cohesion) and her adherence to the success criteria.

Next class: we will finish going through Daniela Marques's excellent essay and hopefully move on to Joana Caldeira's awesome essay.

ROMCOMS AS A GENRE

13 Abril 2026, 17:00 • Gaile Parkin

Feedback on the Writing 1 evaluation, with a focus on common errors.

Introduction to the English love of portmanteau words (such as “romcom”).

Pairwork exercise: putting pairs of words together to create some common portmanteaus. Feedback.