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Revising email writing rules. Capital letters. TEDx Talk by Matika Wilbur discussed.

9 Fevereiro 2021, 11:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Email writing: a) revising the rules to write emails to teachers; b) effective subject lines for emails to teachers; c) email to ask a teacher for an extension; d) email to ask a teacher for clarification on an assignment.

TEDx Talk by Matika Wilbur: "Surviving disappearance, re-imagining & humanizing Native Peoples" - answering a set of questions about it.

Grammar: when to use capital letters.

HOMEWORK: Do the following grammar exercises sent by email: a) relative pronouns and relative clauses; b) Simple Past vs Present Perfect. The answers to these exercises will be checked tomorrow.


Lesson 7

8 Fevereiro 2021, 15:30 Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

"Ambush" - a short story by Tim O'Brien


Reading & Discussion: “How music can change the way you feel and act”

8 Fevereiro 2021, 12:30 Ana Rita Martins

Reading & Discussion: “How music can change the way you feel and act”

Watch:  Music on the Brain. Music & Memory.


Reading: “How music can change the way you feel and act”

5 Fevereiro 2021, 12:30 Ana Rita Martins

Music and Performance (III)

Video: “How playing an instrument benefits your brain” TED lesson.

Homework: Read “How music can change the way you feel and act” (see e-learning web page)


Watching a TED talk and answering questions about it.

4 Fevereiro 2021, 11:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Checking the fill-in-the-blanks summary of the Sherman Alexie interview.

Watching the TEDx Talk by Matika Wilbur: "Surviving disappearance, re-imagining & humanizing Native Peoples" and answering a set of questions about it.

HOMEWORK: Watch the TEDx talk by Matika Wilbur again and answer the questions you didn't have time to answer in class.