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Revising concepts for the written test

19 Abril 2021, 12:30 Ana Rita Martins

Revising concepts for the written test (April 21)


Material:

Essay writing: Argumentative Essay*


Revise:

- Unit Two: The Environment: TED Talk "My Wish: Protect the Oceans"; documentary Chasing Corals

- Short Story: "The Horse Latitudes" by Nick Hunt;

- Film The Soloist

- Short Story: "Inextinguishable" by Lucy Caldwell;


* Please note that students will be given the opportunity to submit their own topic for the argumentative essay, though it must be related to Unit Two: The Environment.


The test will take place in-house, at the School of Arts and Humanities, in Room 2.1.


Film screening: The Soloist

16 Abril 2021, 12:30 Ana Rita Martins

Research Project presentation: Unit Two - The Environment

Film screening: The Soloist


An essay based on a quote continued. "The poem "Khwab" by Michael Hyde.

15 Abril 2021, 11:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Writing an essay based on Mandela's quote "To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others" - feedback on students' outlines of the essay.Modern-day India:  reading and discussion of the poem "Khwab" by Michael Hyde.

HOMEWORK: 
(a) Read the short story "Good advice is rarer than rubies" by Salman Rushdie (the story will be discussed next class).(

b)  Writing assignment: a 5-paragraph essay based on a quote - instructions below.

 Mandela is quoted saying, 

"To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." 

Write an essay using this quote as a starting point. Discuss the underlying meaning of this quotation and how it relates to you and to today’s society.

Write about 250 words. You may use the pronoun “I”, i.e. write in the first person.

This essay is due on Thursday, 22nd April 2021.


Lesson 29

14 Abril 2021, 15:30 Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- Everyday English 7

- Students' oral presentations



Film screening: The soloist

14 Abril 2021, 12:30 Ana Rita Martins

Film screening: The Soloist

  • Before watching in-class debate
  • Film screening