Discursive essays.

19 Março 2024, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

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Discursive essays: (a) for and against essay; (b) opinion essay; (c) solutions to a problem essay - how information is organised in these three kinds of discursive essay. Looking at a a sample advantages & disadvantages essay, a sample opinion essay, and a sample solutions-to-a-problem essay.

Checking the answers to the exercises done at home: essay plan; discourse markers. 

Pair/group task: writing a plan for (a) an advantages vs disadvantages essay; (b) an opinion essay; (c) an essay suggesting solutions to a problem.

Discursive essays.

18 Março 2024, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

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Discursive essays: (a) for and against essay; (b) opinion essay; (c) solutions to a problem essay - how information is organised in these three kinds of discursive essay. Looking at a a sample advantages & disadvantages essay, a sample opinion essay, and a sample solutions-to-a-problem essay.

Checking the answers to the exercises done at home: essay plan; discourse markers. 

Pair/group task: writing a plan for (a) an advantages vs disadvantages essay; (b) an opinion essay; (c) an essay suggesting solutions to a problem.

"Loose Change" continued. An online petition.

14 Março 2024, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

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Discussion of the short story "Loose Change" by Andrea Levy continued. 

"Loose Change" continued. An online petition.

13 Março 2024, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

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Discussion of the short story "Loose Change" by Andrea Levy continued. 

"Loose Change" by Andrea Levy continued.

12 Março 2024, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

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"Loose Change" by Andrea Levy continued: (a) checking the answers to the vocabulary exercise on pages 23-24 (Exercise 2 : Language focus); rereading the short story and discussing the answer to the reading comprehension questions on pages 22-23.