"Five myths about American Indians". "Modern Times" by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. An interview with Sherman Alexie.

1 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Discussing some ideas addressed in "Five myths about American Indians" (The Washington Post). Answering question about the painting "Modern Times" by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Listening to an interview with America Indian author Sherman Alexie and completing a short summary of main ideas. HOMEWORK: Listen to the interview again (the link is on page 31) and answer the questions 1-7 on pages 31-32.

Grammar - Prepositions; the Infinitive vs. the Gerund

1 Outubro 2018, 08:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today we looked at how and when to use:

• in/on/at (and into/onto) as:
• location prepositions;
• time prepositions;
• positions prepositions;
• directional prepositions.

Homework:

• ALL of the following preposition exercises:
• https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/location_prepositions_1.htm
• https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/location_prepositions_2.htm
• https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/time_prepositions_1.htm
• https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/time_prepositions_2.htm
  
• https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/position_prepositions_1.htm
• https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/position_prepositions_2.htm
  
• https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/direction_prepositions_1.htm
• https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/direction_prepositions_2.htm

We then looked at Gerunds and Infinitives.  Students will have a lot of lists to memorize (please see PowerPoint that you have all been emailed).

• There are 30 exercises to do on englishpage.com.  Ten basic ones, ten advanced ones, and ten really advanced ones.  Do them as soon as you can.
  
• https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/index.htm
  

Writing practice

27 Setembro 2018, 14:00 • Thomas Joe Grigg

Topic sentence exercises.  Introductions and conclusions.  Essay feedback.

Common Mistakes at this Level

27 Setembro 2018, 10:00 • David Alan Prescott

Lesson on avoiding the most common mistakes made by students at this level.

Ceiling

26 Setembro 2018, 16:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Reading and discussion of "Ceiling".