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Interview with Sherman Alexie continued. Relative clauses. Simple Past vs Past Perfect.

3 Outubro 2022, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Interview with Sherman Alexie continued: (a) a fill-in-the-blanks summary of the interview; (b) discussion based on the answers to the questions about the interview.

Grammar practice: (a) defining and non-defining relative clauses; contact clauses; Simple Past vs Past Perfect.
HOMEWORK: Read the newspaper article "400 Years After the ‘First Thanksgiving,’ the Tribe That Fed the Pilgrims Continues to Fight for Its Land Amid Another Epidemic" (pages 14-18).

Screening: “Music on the brain” (part II). Reading: “Why does music evoke memories?”

30 Setembro 2022, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins

Documentary: “Music on the brain.” In-class discussion. 


Reading: “Why does music evoke memories?”
  • Group discussion

Lesson 6

30 Setembro 2022, 11:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Less stuff, more happiness" - a TED talk by Graham Hill


- Grammar: The perfect aspect review 

Homework: grammar exercises (see coursebook)

THE HISTORY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

29 Setembro 2022, 14:00 • Gaile Parkin

Warm-up: some common errors

Small group work: sequencing a set of covers of children’s books across history to the present day, then matching them to specific dates on a timeline.

Presentation on the history of children’s books, with a special focus on the importance of Aesop’s Fables, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and the revolution of the Gutenberg press. How children’s books have come full circle from teaching manners and good behaviour to teaching how to behave in the time of Covid-19.

HOMEWORK: Reading ahead: The House at Pooh Corner and A Bear Called Paddington

Capital letters. An interview with American Indian author Sherman Alexie.

29 Setembro 2022, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Feedback given on students' stories based on a picture. 

Capitalization rules.
Brief reference to the texts read at home: "7 English words you'd never guess have American Indian roots" and state names that are American Indian words (pp.35-40).
Watching an interview with American Indian author Sherman Alexie and discussing Alexie's views on being a Native American and growing up on a reservation (to be continued next lesson).
HOMEWORK: do the grammar exercises sent by email (Relative pronouns and relative clauses; simple past vs present perfect; simple past vs past perfect). The answer will be checked next class.