SEMANA 4

EIXO TEMÁTICO:
Recepção e produção de textos orais e escritos de gêneros textuais variados em língua estrangeira.

TEMA/TÓPICO:
Tema 10: Aspectos léxico-sistêmicos / Tópico: 20 e 61. Funções sociocomunicativas dos
marcadores do discurso.

HABILIDADE(S):
20.1. e 61.1 Identificar e/ou fazer uso adequado dos marcadores do discurso (palavras de ligação) e
das relações semânticas que ajudam a estabelecer nos vários gêneros textuais orais e escritos.

CONTEÚDOS RELACIONADOS:
Simple Present. Internet abbreviations.

INTERDISCIPLINARIDADE:
Cyber language.

TEMA: PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND TEXTING.

Hello, there! Nessa semana, você estudará o Present Continuous e seus usos. Study hard!

BREVE APRESENTAÇÃO
Os conceitos serão apresentados ao longo das atividades. Have a nice job!
Referência das atividades, textos, conteúdos e imagens desta semana:
BRAGA, Junia; RACILAN, Marcos; GOMES, Ronaldo. New Alive High: ensino médio. São Paulo: Edições SM, 2020. p. 196,197, 204.

ATIVIDADES
1 – Read the following sentences and say which one refers to an action in progress.

I) “Just think, you only need 29 more to make a coat.”

II) “So, if you’re thinking about buying a fur – don’t.”

III) “Most people don’t realize the true cost of a fur.”

If you want to say that an action is in progress, use the Present Continuous. To make the Present
Continuous, use a form of the verb to be in the Present (am, is, or are) + a verb in the –ing form.
For the negative, use am, is or are + not + verb in the –ing form.
To ask a question, use am, is, or are + subject + verb in the –ing form.

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 2 – Describe what these people are doing. Use the items in the box. The first one is done for you.
• look in a store window • try on a suit
• sew • walk down the catwalk
• sketch a design for a dress • put on boots

a) The woman is sewing. d) The boy and his girlfriend…

__________________________________________

b) The model… e) The man…

___________________________________________ __________________________________________

c) The woman… f) The fashion designer…

___________________________________________ _________________________________________

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 3 – Read the text and answer the following questions.

a) What kind of text is it?

b) What does this text tell us about texting?

c) Based on the text, can we say that there is a relationship between SMS speak (texting abbrevia-
tions) and a type of literature of the past?

d) Do you think a poem written in this format today would be considered “literature”? Why (not)?

e) Would you say this text is informal only because Mark Brown uses some abbreviations in some
parts?

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 f) Why did Mark Brown choose to use the abbreviations?

g) In your opinion, what kind of people went to the exhibition? Why?

4 – Do you know any chat acronyms or abbreviations in English?

5 – Read the following texting abbreviations. Write what they stand for.

b) _________________________ h) _________________________ n) _________________________

c) _________________________
d) _________________________
e) _________________________
f) _________________________
g) _________________________
i) _________________________
o) _________________________
j) _________________________
p) _________________________
k) _________________________
q) _________________________
l) _________________________
m) ________________________ r) _________________________

PARA SABER MAIS:

A. Watch and answer. Disponível em: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XA0bB79oGc
> a) What is the boy doing? b) What does he get from his mom? c) Why does he get mad at the
present? d) What does he and the dog start doing later? e)What do they have in common?
B. Practice. Disponível em: <https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Se-
cond_Language_(ESL)/Present_continuous/Present_Continuous_ic481867ji>. Acesso em: 19
maio 2021.
C. Listening Challenge: Disponível em: <https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/En-
glish_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Present_continuous/Present_progressive_listening_com-
prehension_jk56599dr >. Acesso em: 19 maio 2021.

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