Sumários
TED Talk: "My Wish: Protect the Oceans"
31 Outubro 2022, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins
TED Talk: "My Wish: Protect the Oceans"
- Discussion Questions
- The Oceans & Climate Change
DESCRIBING ILLUSTRATIONS IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
31 Outubro 2022, 14:00 • Gaile Parkin
Warm-up: some common errors
Presentation and explanation of some vocabulary for
describing lines, colours, shapes, patterns, tone, scale, movement texture and
mood in illustrations.
Small group work: describing children’s-book illustrations
on a worksheet, followed by class feedback.
HOMEWORK: Describe the illustrations on the final two pages
of the worksheet.
American English quiz. "Tony's story" by Leslie Marmon Silko continued.
31 Outubro 2022, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
American English quiz.
"Tony's story" by Leslie Marmon Silko continued: literary analysis - writing the answer to the questions on page 34 about the short story in groups.
Questions on page 34 copied & pasted below:
Literary Analysis
1. Silko often uses Native American myths and legends in her stories. Look at the opening of "Tony’s Story". Do you recognize anything it has in common with myths? Do you recognize any other traits that are often associated with myths, legends and fairy-tales?
2. What is the main plot in the story?
3. Describe the mood in the story.
4. Find connotations that you associate with Native Americans in the story.
5. Find references that you associate with mainstream American society/Western culture.
6. Interpret Tony’s dream. Is the dream used as foreshadowing? How does this dream contribute to the tension in the short story?
7. Character analysis: how is Tony depicted throughout the short story?
8. Character analysis: how is Leon depicted throughout the short story?
Unit Two: The Environment. Introduction.
28 Outubro 2022, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins
Unit Two: The Environment.
- Introduction
- Music & The Environment
- In-class Discussion
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
27 Outubro 2022, 14:00 • Gaile Parkin
Warm-up: some common errors
Word formation exercise base on a text about Paddington
Bear, followed by a word formation exercise taken from the B2 First Reading and
Use of English exam paper.
Pair work: completing a word-family table focussing on
adding suffixes to nouns to create adjectives.
HOMEWORK: Write a review of The Story of Babar.