Sumários

"Tony's story" by Leslie Marmon Silko.

10 Fevereiro 2020, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Reading and discussion of the short story "Tony's story" by Leslie Marmon Silko: (a) plot summary; (b) depiction of the main characters; (c) references to Native American culture and customs; (d) references to mainstream American society and the modern world; (e) traits associated with myths, legends, fairy-tales and fables. REMINDER: Literary analysis of the short story will be continued on Wednesday leading up to an in-class writing assignment about it. 

Grammar - verbs

6 Fevereiro 2020, 16:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students learned about WHEN to use:  

  • the past perfect.
  • the past perfect continuous
  • the future simple
  • the future continuous
In class, we carried out the following exercises:

For homework, please complete the following exercises: 


Argumentative essay.

6 Fevereiro 2020, 14:00 • Maria Teresa Correia Casal

Summarising an essay (revision). 

Writing an argumentative essay.

HW: Write an argumentative essay on "Growing up".

Grammar - Verbs: The Future

6 Fevereiro 2020, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today we learned about WHEN to use:  

  • the future simple (will vs. be going to)
  • the future continuous
  • the future perfect
  • the future perfect continuous

In class, we completed the following exercises (and you know the score: if you didn't come to class, you should really do these at home): 

For homework, please complete the following exercises: 

Grammar - verbs continued.

6 Fevereiro 2020, 10:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students learned about WHEN to use:  

  • the past perfect.
  • the past perfect continuous
  • the future simple
  • the future continuous
  • the future perfect
In class, we carried out the following exercises:

For homework, please complete the following exercises: