In-class essay writing

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

Writing an argumentative essay.

TP3 - Lesson 7

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

- Grammar and speaking: Telling a story - cont. (coursebook p. 22)

- Pronunciation: Words commonly mispronounced (extra worksheet)

- "The Hand that Feeds Me" - a short story by Michael Z. Lewin (pp. 47-58)

- Homework: p. 58 + read article "Skipping: is there anything wrong with taking the food that supermarkets throw away" (pp. 59-6, http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/jan/29/skipping-food-waste-supermarkets-dumpster-diving)


Vocabulary from the class - Idioms about dogs:

- to be in the dog house
- the hair of the dog
- to make a dog's dinner out of sth
- It's a dog's life
- to be a real dog
- the dog that didn't bark
- His bark is worse than his bite
- dog eat dog
- Every dog has its day
- If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
- You can't teach an old dog new tricks
- to be barking up the wrong tree
- to throw sb to the dogs

Persuasive Writing Part 3

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

Students were given 90 minutes to complete their Persuasive Writing Pieces.  Students are to presente these next class.

The teacher then talked the students through the Major Writing Assignment.

•Final draft due: 19th November.

Your writing project can be one of the following:

Descriptive Writing Piece

• Poetry;
• Journals/Diaries;

A persuasive writing piece:

• Political speech;
• Essay;
• Editorial;

A narrative writing piece:

• Short story;
• Biography;
• Autobiography;

An expository writing piece:

• News report;
• Scientific report;
• A personal letter.

Naturally, each of the above assignment options involve combinations of the genres.  For exemple: a short story will obviously be a narrative piece  but a good short story must contain elements of descriptive writing.  Journals and diaries have been classified as 'descriptive' forms of writing and yet, the can be as expositor as an autobiography.  Make sure you write about something that will interest you!

All assignments must be EMAILED as usual by the abovementioned deadlines and must be formatted in Arial, size 12 and must be DOUBLE-SPACED.  The first draft should be a minimum of 1-2 pages long and the final draft 2.5 to 5 pages long (a little longer if you're going to write a poem).

DO NOT PLAGIARIZE - I will catch you and you will get a mark of '0'.

Argumentative Essay

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

TP6 - Lersson 6

12 Outubro 2015, 14:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Roger that: British confirmed as world's sexiest accent. But which one?" (coursebook pp. 34-35, http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/12/roger-that-worlds-sexiest-accent-confirmed-british-but-which-one)

- Pronunciation poem (pp. 36-37, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-GDoVBlVeA)

- Telling a story (pp. 23-25)

- Grammar: narrative tenses review (p. 22)

- Homework: exs. 1 & 3 p. 26