An excerpt from Beverley Naidoo's novel Journey to Jo’burg. Discursive essays.

22 Novembro 2021, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Reading and discussion of the excerpt "Chapter Eight - Police" from Beverley Naidoo's novel Journey to Jo’burg.

Discursive essays: (a) for and against essay; (b) opinion essay; (c) solutions to a problem essay - how information is organised in these three kinds of discursive essay.

HOMEWORK: 

(a) do the exercises about writing an essay sent by email. The answers will be checked tomorrow.

(b) read the short story "The Guilt" by Rayda Jacobs  (pp. 62-67) at home so that you can discuss it on 29th November.

An excerpt from Beverley Naidoo's novel Journey to Jo’burg. Discursive essays.

22 Novembro 2021, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Reading and discussion of the excerpt "Chapter Eight - Police" from Beverley Naidoo's novel Journey to Jo’burg.

Discursive essays: (a) for and against essay; (b) opinion essay; (c) solutions to a problem essay - how information is organised in these three kinds of discursive essay.

HOMEWORK: 

(a) do the exercises about writing an essay sent by email. The answers will be checked tomorrow.

(b) read the short story "The Guilt" by Rayda Jacobs  (pp. 62-67) at home so that you can discuss it on 29th November.

Mixed conditionals

19 Novembro 2021, 12:30 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva

Mixed conditionals- exercises

Second and third conditionals

18 Novembro 2021, 12:30 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva

Second and third conditionals

Politics in children's literature

17 Novembro 2021, 18:30 • Gaile Parkin

Warm-up: more common errors in English

Cancel Culture: does an author’s politics matter? Class discussion.

Politics in The Story of Ferdinand. Questions for discussion in small groups, followed by feedback to the class.

For homework students read Epaminondas and his Auntie and Little Black Sambo.