Balearic Islands PAU Portuguese II study plan

Read two 400-500 word opinion articles and, for each, write one sentence stating the author's communicative purpose and two sentences listing secondary ideas that support it.

Underline and define in Portuguese 15 expressions or collocations from those articles (e.g. 'dar conta de', 'pôr em causa', 'ter em conta') and use each in an original sentence about the article's topic.

Classify 20 connectives found in the texts by function (adição, contraste, causa, consequência, conclusão) and rewrite five of the sentences using a different connective without changing the meaning.

Build a personal glossary of 40 academic and journalistic collocations with an example sentence for each, and review it aloud twice during the week.

Answer 12 detailed-comprehension questions on two new texts (one literary, one journalistic) citing the exact line that justifies each answer.

Distinguish stated fact from inference in 10 statements drawn from the texts, marking each as 'explícito' or 'inferido' and explaining the evidence in one sentence.

Infer the meaning of 12 unknown words from context before checking a dictionary, then record whether your guess was right and why.

Summarise one 500-word text in 80-100 words without copying any full phrase from the original.

Conjugate 30 high-frequency verbs across presente, pretérito perfeito, imperfeito, futuro do presente and condicional in a self-made table, then cover the answers and reproduce it from memory.

Contrast pretérito perfeito and imperfeito in 20 paired sentences where the choice changes the meaning (e.g. 'Ontem lia quando ele chegou').

Form and use the subjuntivo presente and imperfeito in 20 sentences after triggers such as 'espero que', 'se', 'caso', 'embora', 'talvez'.

Transform 10 active sentences into the passive with 'ser' + past participle and into the impersonal 'se' construction, keeping tense and agreement correct.

Write 8 sentences using the futuro do subjuntivo after 'quando', 'se' and 'assim que'.

Apply gender and number rules to 30 nouns and adjectives, including irregulars such as 'o problema', 'a análise', 'feliz/felizes', 'trabalhador/trabalhadora'.

Place 20 clitic pronouns correctly in sentences using enclisis, próclise and mesóclise, and justify each placement with the triggering rule.

Select correctly between 20 pairs of easily confused forms ('porque/por que/porquê/por quê', 'há/a', 'mas/mais', 'onde/aonde').

Combine 15 pairs of short sentences using relative pronouns ('que', 'quem', 'cujo', 'onde') and check agreement.

Rewrite a 150-word paragraph replacing repeated nouns with the right definite article, demonstrative or possessive.

Write two 180-220 word opinion texts under a 35-minute timer, each with a clear thesis, two developed arguments and a conclusion.

Self-edit both texts against a checklist covering accentuation, 'crase', hyphen, comma use and paragraph breaks, and log every correction you make.

Apply the rules for graphic accentuation (oxítonas, paroxítonas, proparoxítonas, hiato, ditongo) to 40 words and explain each accent in one clause.

Use 10 discourse connectors appropriately in your own writing to link paragraphs, and verify register is consistently formal.

Write one 120-word formal email to a Portuguese-language institution requesting information, using an appropriate greeting and closing.

Write a 220-word text comparing an aspect of daily life in two Portuguese-speaking countries, using at least three sourced facts.

Summarise in 150 words the main features of Portuguese as a pluricentric language, naming differences between European and Brazilian norms in vocabulary, pronoun placement and gerund use.

Identify on a blank map the capitals of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste, and write one cultural or historical fact for each.

Explain in 100 words the role of the CPLP and give two examples of cultural production (music, literature or film) from the lusophone world.

Complete a full timed mock exam under exam conditions and mark it against the official weighting, recording a score per domain.

Analyse every error in the mock and classify it as comprehension, grammar, lexis, orthography or time management.

Learn 20 idiomatic expressions ('estar com a pulga atrás da orelha', 'custar os olhos da cara', 'de mãos a abanar') and use each in a written sentence with context.

Rewrite 10 informal sentences in a formal register, replacing colloquial vocabulary with neutral equivalents.

Re-read two texts from week 1 and check you now identify purpose and inference faster; time yourself at 15 minutes per text.

Write three timed 200-word compositions on unseen prompts, each in 35 minutes, and score them against a coherence, cohesion, grammar and register rubric.

Review your error log from weeks 3-7 and re-do every item you got wrong until you reach 100% on a second attempt.

Drill the 25 verb forms and 15 pronoun or connector rules that appeared most often in your errors, in a 30-item self-test.

Rehearse the oral-style summary of a 400-word text in 90 seconds, then write the same summary in 90 words.