Sumários

Lesson 17

19 Abril 2017, 14:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Singles" - listening, speaking (p. 78)


- Grammar: discourse markers (pp. 78-79)

- Vocabulary: adverbs with two forms (p. 79)

Vocabuulary from the lesson:

- to be easily distracted
- to take things easy
- to feel/be wide awake
- to travel widely
- to travel light
- to sleep lightly 
- to snore loudly
- to laugh out loud
- to arrive late
- to be somewhere/do sth lately
- to cut sth short
- to be somewhere/do sth shortly
- to aim high
- to be highly motivated
- to try hard
- hardly 

- on the shelf
- a bit of a handlful
- bone idle

Homework:Read a short story "The Model" by Bernard Malamud (pp. 98-101 + questions  A & B p. 102) 

Oral presentations: Opening and closing

19 Abril 2017, 12:00 • Cláudia Rute Canelas Pereira Duarte

Opening and closing

"The power of Introverts": Susan Cain

Oral Presentation Proposals

19 Abril 2017, 10:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

One-to-one discussion of students' oral presentation proposals.

Written assignment to be submitted on 10 May:

Choose ONE of the questions below and write an analytical essay of between 550-600 words. Make sure you understand and address the statements given below.

NB: Your answers must reflect critical thinking about the novel and be supported by concrete examples.

 1.     What makes the city in the novel a place of “last things”?

2.     Bearing in mind that Auster’s future city is a place of constant upheaval and an impenetrable black void, examine the theme of hope.

3.     Examine the theme of life and death.

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17 Abril 2017, 14:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

Easter holiday 

Férias

17 Abril 2017, 12:00 • Cláudia Rute Canelas Pereira Duarte

Férias