1. Oral exposition Available topics
A- A brief approach to Abraham Lincoln biography (focusing mainly the slaves liberation and the civil war (requires some research).
B. The freedom of expression in Portugal (requires a certain knowledge of the latest 70 years of the History of Portugal).
C. Religion – an essential human need or just a negligible activity? (personal opinion).
D. The curious case of Benjamin Button – a report (bearing in mind the relationship between birth and death, the right to be born, the love and the compassion, the work, the humour and the finitude of man).
E. The soap project – the making of (referring to the creative process and the difficulties to be faced).
2 Written test
I- COMPREHENSION OF A TEXT (SELECTED BETWEEN PAGES 104 AND 125 (INCLUSIVE) (ABOUT 90 POINTS)
. REFERRING EXERCISE
. TRUE/FALSE (FINDING EVIDENCE FOR BOTH (EVIDENCE QUOTED FROM THE TEXT)
. PRODUCTIVE COMPREHENSION – QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT
. WORK ON LEXIS – SYNONYMS –FINDING EQUIVALENMTS IN THE TEXT
II – STRUCTURE (ABOUT 60 POINTS)
. (REVISION) REPORTED SPEECH – REPLACING “TO SAY” FOR OTHER VERBS
. VERBS + PREPOSITIONS
. POSITION OF ADVERBS
. BUILDING ADVERBS OF MANNER
.THE USE OPF WOULD
. PASSIVE VOICE NORMAL AND DOUBLE OBJECT PASSIVE VOICE)
III – COMPOSITION
The themes will stay much around the same already designed for the oral expositions. You will be informed IN TIME of any further situations.
