Lesson 10

26 Outubro 2015, 10:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Knowledge is Great!" - watching a video about Oxford University + exercise in consecutive interpreting (https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/britain-great/knowledge-great-part-1)

- Mixed conditionals - review exercise (extra worksheets)

- Students' oral presentations

Narrative Writing Part 2

26 Outubro 2015, 08:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students completed the Descriptive Detail/Sensory Language Chart in pairs or groups of three on page 34 of the coursebook.

Students then read aloud The Flowers by Alice Walker.

• The initial mood/tone of the piece is one of happiness.  The author describes a gorgeous summer's day filled with beautiful wildflowers and other aspects of nature.  The character, Myop, is a young girl exploring the woods, collecting flowers and has gone on a little adventure by travelling paths that are as of yet unknown to her.  The child feels confident and adventurous at first and collects many twigs, flowers and branches, small treasures found throughout her fun journey.  However, once she has walked for about a mile, the author changes the mood/tone by changing the atmosphere ("...the strangeness of the land...not as pleasant as her usual haunts...it seemed gloomy...(t)he air was damp, the silence close and deep.") and Myop too late decides to turn towards home only to sink her foot into a dead man's skull.  Upon realizing that the man had been hanged from a nearby great oak tree, she lays down her flowers and "the summer was over".

Students were then assigned homework:

• You are going to write a story about something that has happened to you, i.e. a memoir or a memory – this can be pure fiction but should still be told in the style of a memory or memoir:
• Use descriptive details – use the five senses so that we can feel like we're there.
• Write about one event that lasts between 1 - 5 minutes,
• Try to include some background information (which should come with the details);
• Aim for a catchy beginning that sucks us in and grabs our attention.
• Narrate the events in a clear order – otherwise it will be confusing;
• Show us what this event means to you by adopting a specific mood or tone;
• make sure the writing is smooth – the sentences should follow each other naturally so that the reader is experiencing exactly what the narrator is experiencing, in a linear way;
• 1-2 PAGES LONG, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 ARIAL;
• DUE 4TH NOVEMBER, NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT.

"You in America" by Chimamanda Adichie

21 Outubro 2015, 16:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Reading and discussion of the short story "You in America"

Imperial Weights and Measures

21 Outubro 2015, 14:00 • David Alan Prescott

Explanation of, and stressing of importance of knowing about and knowing the imperial system of weights and measures. Relevance of this sytem in daily life in non-imperial systems and particularly in linguistic terms (for translation purposes) and for recreational needs (reading of literature and some aspects of hobby activity such as cooking, sports and purchasing clothes).

"You in America" by Chimamanda Adichie

21 Outubro 2015, 10:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Reading and discussion of the short story "You in America"