1. November 2

2. Challenges
Justice League

4. Where did you go to school/college?
What are your best/worst memories of school/college?

5. How are these related to the ENEM 2017?
What are these called?
Sign language
Hearing aids

6. Complete:
In the ENEM 2017 writing task, candidates were asked to write an essay on the challenges __________ face to get suitable formal education in Brazil.
the deaf

7. What’s the difference in meaning and use?
Which of these terms are considered
extremely offensive and inaccurate?
What’s the difference in meaning and use?
deaf-mute
deaf and dumb
usually refers to a hearing loss so severe that there is very little or no functional hearing.
deaf
deafened
hard of hearing
hearing impaired
usually refers to a person who becomes deaf as an adult.
can denote a person with a mild-to-moderate hearing loss.
is often used to describe people with any degree of hearing loss, from those who are deaf and those who are hard of hearing.

8. Do you know anyone who has special needs?
Many expected a more “trending” topic for the ENEM writing task. What did you think of the choice? Justify.
Do you know anyone who has special needs?
What challenges do/did they face to get suitable formal education?
On a scale of 0 to 10, how inclusive is/was your school/college? Explain.

10. How much of a comic book fan
are/were you? Explain.

11. Who are these characters?
What do you know about them?
Which one do you like best/least? Why?
Who are these characters?
Batman
Wonder Woman
The Flash
Cyborg
Aquaman

12. Match: d b c a a) conversely b) forthcoming c) to swing the scythe
a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
a) conversely d
b) forthcoming
imminent, impending, upcoming, approaching, future b
c) to swing the scythe c
to kill off; cause the death of
d) catch-22
in a contrary or opposite way; on the other hand a

13. Complete: conversely forthcoming to swing the scythe catch-22
If Superman miraculously returns from the dead in the new Justice League movie, it won’t be a surprise. In fact, it’ll be more of a surprise if he doesn’t.
Immortality is spreading like a non-disease across the blockbuster landscape, and what’s really dying – with every non-death experience – is our sense of excitement.
It’s a __________ to some extent: kill off the characters and you don’t have a franchise. But when blockbusters really do______________ it can make an impact. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, for instance. __________, Marvel has the opposite problem: the fan consensus is that Iron Man must die in the __________ Avengers: Infinity War. So that’s one surprise to look forward to. Oh wait, hang on…
Complete:
conversely
forthcoming
catch-22
to swing the scythe
swing the scythe
Conversely
catch-22
forthcoming

14. Do you agree that constantly killing characters and then bringing them back “kills the excitement”? Discuss.
Is there a character in a movie franchise or TV series that you think should be killed off? Or, instead, one that should be brought back to life? Justify.
Do you like superhero movie franchises? Why (not)? Check the trailer for Justice League.
What do you think of it?

15. Slide 7 – Drill pronunciation
Slide 7 – Drill pronunciation. Encourage sts to brainstorm definitions before checking them.
Slide 11 – Drill pronunciation before having sts do the matching.
Slide 13 – Allow sts enough time to read the text. Make sure they understand it before moving to the conversation since the first question is based on the views expressed in the text.