Sumários

Recycling (translation)

24 Outubro 2019, 10:00 • Tânia Joesephine Gregg Lopes da Silva

Discussion on recycling habits.Translation of a text from "Público" on attitudes towards recycling. 

The purpose of the translation exercise is to focus on specific language features. In today's text, attention was drawn to:
Article use
present perfect/past simple
word order
false friends

Recycling translation

24 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • Tânia Joesephine Gregg Lopes da Silva


Discussion on recycling habits.
Translation of a text from "Público" on attitudes towards recycling. The purpose of the translation exercise is to focus on specific language features. In today's text, attention was drawn to:
Article use
present perfect/past simple
word order
false friends

Would I Lie to You

23 Outubro 2019, 16:00 • Thomas Joe Grigg

Story telling:  fact or fiction?

Answering question in writing about "Tony's story" By Leslie Marmon Silko

23 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Answering question in writing about "Tony's story" By Leslie Marmon Silko  The questions under discussion were the 5 questions on page 31 and the three following ones:

6. Find references that you associate with mainstream American society (i.e. non-Native American) in the story.

7. Write a character analysis of Tony.

8. Write a character analysis of Leon.

Some guidelines on how to write an answer to a literary question.

Narrative Writing Continued...

23 Outubro 2019, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today we looked at the basics of narrative writing (those of you who missed class should see what we did in your course book).  We then began our reading of Joyce Carol Oates' Small Avalanches.


Next class: Midterm Grammar Test - Good luck everyone!