Sumários

Fairy tales vs fables

5 Fevereiro 2020, 16:00 • Gaile Parkin

Grammar: irregular verb patterns (based on Quirk & Greenbaum). Differences between fairy tales and fables. Aesop’s fable of The Tortoise and the Hare. Class development of a list of elements of a fairy tale. Small group work – creating a new fairy tale according to the list of elements.

Watching a TED talk and answering questions about it.

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

Watching the TEDx Talk by Matika Wilbur: "Surviving disappearance, re-imagining & humanizing Native Peoples" and discussing the main points raised in it by answering a set of questions. HOMEWORK: Read "Tony's story" By Leslie Marmon Silko on pages 17-25.

Grammar - More Verbs

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

Students learned about WHEN to use: 

  • the past continuous
  • the present perfect
  • the present perfect continuous

In class, we carried out the following exercises: 

For homework, please complete the following exercises:


Argumentative essay.

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

“How We Need to Keep Growing Up”, The Book of Life, Chapter 1. Relationships: Mature Love, The School of Life.

1. Reading, comprehension and discussion;

2. Summarising the essay. Revision: How to write a summary.


Grammar - more verbs

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

Students learned about WHEN to use: 

  • the present perfect
  • the present perfect continuous
  • the past perfect.
  • the past perfect continuous
In class, we carried out the following exercises: For homework, please complete the following exercises: