Sumários

Video: “How playing an instrument benefits your brain” TED lesson. (cont.) Documentary: “Music on the brain”

26 Setembro 2022, 15:30 Ana Rita Martins

In-class discussion. Students' playlists.


Video: “How playing an instrument benefits your brain” TED lesson. In-class discussion.

Documentary: “Music on the brain” (First half)

HOMEWORK: Read the article "Why does music evoke memories?" (see moodle)



DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR

26 Setembro 2022, 14:00 Gaile Parkin

Warm-up: some common errors

Class discussion about the concept of Drag Queen Story Hour. Small group discussion of questions about the video of Mama G that students had watched for homework. Images and videos of drag queens crossing various lines when reading to children, followed by small-group discussions of questions and class feedback.

HOMEWORK: Write a review of the concept of Drag Queen Story Hour


Native America: "On the pulse of the morning" and "Modern Times".

26 Setembro 2022, 08:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Native America (Unit 1): an excerpt from "On the pulse of the morning" by American author Maya Angelou: reading and analysing the poem.

Speaking about the painting "Modern Times" by Native American artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith which addresses the difficulty of living in two worlds and not feeling comfortable in either. 
HOMEWORK: Please read pages 35-40 of the Workbook.


The mental and emotional effects of music

23 Setembro 2022, 15:30 Ana Rita Martins

The mental and emotional effects of music


HOMEWORK:
  •    Draw-up a playlist of three songs
  •    Choose one of those songs to tell the class why it is especially meaningful for you
 


Lesson 4

23 Setembro 2022, 11:00 Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Daffodils" - a poem by William Wordsworth + vocabulary (descriptive language)