We had another presential class on May 25.
As a reminder, we saw that for June 1 we have some tasks to be handed in. Do not forget to do the CABRI essay, in case you haven’t done so.
We focused on Capitalization this time, since this appears as a problem for some people.
English can be tricky here and it does not hurt to review something about this.
1.We started by highlighting some differences English/Portuguese:
Os alunos brasileiros : the Brazilian students / a lagoa da Pampulha: Pampulha lake / vi o deserto do Saara: I saw the Sahara Desert / sei que que a terra é um bom lugar para viver: I know that earth is a good place to live in / O sol, a lua e a terra: The Sun, the Moon and the Earth / na 3ª feira: on Tuesday/ o verão: in the Summer/ visitei vovô: I visited Grandfather/ visitei meu avô: I visited my grandfather
2. Then we examined rules found in :
Capitalize this!
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/capitals.htm
TASK for June 8 (enter the site and do the Quiz. Check your answers as you go. Hand-out was given to you in class. Write a small report about your score. You do not have to hand in the exercise, just the report.
Task a) : Quiz on Capitalization:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/par_numberless_quiz.pl/caps_quiz.htm
Task b) : Enter this powerpoint , go through the slides and the examples on them and write a small report:
editteach.org/special/blackboard6/capitalization.ppt
We saw the video below, to help us :
How to use Capital Letters:
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-use-capital-letters
At the end we heard some of your comments on other people’s profiles . This is a task you have, for finding three different kinds of people in the profiles…. If you haven’t done yours, do so asap .
