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Classes suspended due to the Covid-19 situation. Grammar info and practice.
25 Março 2020, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
I sent by email some grammar information related to mistakes you have made in your assignments so far. Please read through it carefully. Let me know if you have any doubts.
Like vs. as if: https://www.grammarbank.com/as-if-as-though.html
Like vs. as: https://www.grammarbank.com/like-vs-as-grammar.html Nouns: countable-uncountable: https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-countable-uncountable-nouns.php
This-these-that-those: https://agendaweb.org/grammar/demonstratives-this-that-these-those-exercises.html It or this: https://www.grammar-quizzes.com/it-this.html
On another matter: Once I mark your tests and give you feedback on them, I will send an email with info about the oral presentations and the remaining activities from the Workbook.
Narrative Writing Continued...
24 Março 2020, 16:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
This class was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, today a recording was made and emailed to all students with an analysis of Alice Walker's short story The Flowers. Next class: the teacher will send a recording of an analysis of Joyce Carol Oates' short story Small Avalanches.
(Covid-19) Feedback on Task 2. Update on Tasks 1&2 and on assessment.
24 Março 2020, 14:00 • Maria Teresa Correia Casal
1. Individual feedback on the journal entries (Task 2) submitted so far.
Since my original e-mail to you following ULisboa’s decision to suspend classes until 27 March, much has happened:
- The Government has suspended classes 9 April, subject to reassessment;
- A state of emergency has been declared for two weeks, subject to renewal;
- The Prime Minister has made it clear that we should expect three tough months of lockdown;
- The Dean’s latest e-mail (sent this afternoon), contemplating the possibility that continuous assessment may not necessarily include further face-to-face tests;
It is highly likely that the remainder of the academic year will be conducted online.
Bearing in mind that:
- You wrote your Test 1 on 10 March;
- The oral presentation has been reconfigured as a final essay (Task 1) and an extra assignment has been set, namely your journal writing (Task 2);
For the sake of clarifying the aims and criteria for assessment of the current tasks, I have decided to adjust deadlines and assessment to the current circumstances. Below are guidelines on Tasks 1 & 2, as well as criteria for assessment.
A - Further instructions on Tasks 1 & 2
Task 1
Final essay (instead of the originally planned oral presentation)
- Argumentative or personal essay (ca. 1200-1400 words); if in pairs, twice the length;
- If you have opted for essay + video:
- Make sure your video is either
- in English
- or subtitled in English (in case it features interviews in Portuguese);
- if you cannot subtitle it, attach the translation to your essay;
- Your essay should describe the rationale of your project, explain the aims of the material featuring in your video, and comment on it.
- New deadline for submission of the written draft (and the video accompanying it, if that’s the case): 9 April;
Task 2
Journal
· You are expected to send one entry per week;
· You can write a personal journal or create a fictional persona, as you prefer;
· You may use images, photos, drawings, etc.;
· There is no set day for you to send your entry: just make sure you send them by Saturday of each week;
· There is no word limit: some entries may be longer, others shorter; you will receive feedback on each entry so that you can keep working on your language skills;
· Please identify your Word documents with your name and number your entries: e.g. Jo_Journal entry #1.
· Make the most it: this task is meant to be a way for you to practice your English while using your journal as a creative outlet, so enjoy it.
B - Update on Assessment
- If, as is to be expected, a state of emergency is to last into May, assessment will be based on the following elements:
- Written test – 30%
- Final essay (Task 1 above) – 30%
- Classwork – 40%. It includes:
- Argumentative essay (“Growing up”)
- Personal essay (“Fear”)
- Journal (featuring your weekly entries – Task 2 above)
- Oral participation (including your role plays from Pre-Pandemic Planet – do you remember them?)
Narrative Writing Continued...
24 Março 2020, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
This class was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, today a recording was made and emailed to all students with an analysis of Alice Walker's short story The Flowers. Next class: the teacher will send a recording of an analysis of Joyce Carol Oates' short story Small Avalanches.
Narrative Writing Continued...
24 Março 2020, 10:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
This class was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, today a recording was made and emailed to all students with an analysis of Alice Walker's short story
The Flowers. Next class: the teacher will send a recording of an analysis of Joyce Carol Oates' short story
Small Avalanches.