Bank Holiday

5 Outubro 2016, 10:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

There was no class.

Lesson 5

4 Outubro 2016, 12:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Get a life!" - vocabulary + speaking (pp. 157- 161)

- Paragraph writing exercises (pp. 31-41, 46-52)

Homework: write a paragraph ("Ways to break a bad habit", 150-200 words, deadline: 11 October)

Vocabulary from the lesson:
- to get a life
- to live your life to the full
- life expectancy
- life and soul of the party
- still life
- life sentence
- capital punishment

Lesson 5

4 Outubro 2016, 10:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Get a life!" - vocabulary + speaking (pp. 157- 161)

- Paragraph writing exercises (pp. 31-41, 46-52)

Homework: write a paragraph ("Ways to break a bad habit", 150-200 words, deadline: 11 October)

Vocabulary from the lesson:
- to get a life
- to live your life to the full
- life expectancy
- life and soul of the party
- still life
- life sentence
- capital punishment

Descriptive Writing - Part 2

3 Outubro 2016, 16:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students analyzed the descriptive techniques/tools from excerpts of the following texts:

• Barbara Willard's The Sprig of Bloom;

• Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol;

• Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities;

• Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood.

Homework: Descriptive Writing Piece due on 15^th October no later than 23:59.  All pieces must be EMAILED.

The piece must be written in the descriptive style.  You can:

• Finish the piece you started during our outdoor assignment;

• Write a journal entry;

• Write a descriptive piece of fiction;

• Write a poem.

   

  Pieces must be no shorter than 350 words in length and no longer than 400 words in length. 

   

  All pieces must be double-spaced, Arial, font 12.

   

Reading "The Orchestra" by Daniel Barenboim

3 Outubro 2016, 16:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Reading and discussion of the central concerns in the chapter "The Orchestra" by Daniel Barenboim.