Sumários
Feedback on assignment 1
18 Março 2020, 08:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA
Providing individual feedback in writing on assignment 1 (character construction in 'Cat in the rain')
POV
16 Março 2020, 16:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim
Class on Zoom [não presencial]
Discussion of homework selections (similes), delivered on Google Drive
POV Writing exercise, directed by teacher over 4 stages
HW:
First homework assignment: character construction in 'Cat in the Rain' by Hemingway
16 Março 2020, 08:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA
First homework assignment: character construction in 'Cat in the Rain' by Hemingway
Tiny, Smiling Daddy
11 Março 2020, 16:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim
- Class assignment: "Tiny, Smiling Daddy" - each group answers specific questions on story (instructions in Class folder), due 13th 4pm.
- HW: Similes. Listen to Instructions in respective HW Drive shared folder. Due 15th 4pm.
Teacher will give feedback to class activity + HW by next class.
Suspended classes. Homework assignments
11 Março 2020, 08:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA
Suspended classes
Homework assignments*
Assignment 1) 'Cat in the rain' by Ernest Hemingway: Understanding character construction
Read Hemingway's short story (pages 30-32) and the questions under 'Understanding character construction' (page 32).
In an essay of around 350 words, discuss how character is constructed in the short story.
Quotes used to illustrate /back up your point of view are, of course, excluded from the word count. Since this is a formal essay, please remember not to use contracted verb forms.
Assignment 1 is due on Monday, 16th March not later than 6 p.m.
Assignment 2) Character construction
Use a photograph of your own choosing as a prompt to create a character. Write a story /a scene where that character plays a pivotal role. Your first line is
Loneliness sharpens the senses.
Assignment 2 is due on Wednesday, 18th March not later than 6 p.m. Please include the photograph you have used.
Assignment 3) Discussing rules for character construction
Read the two articles 'Rules are made to be broken' by John Rechy and 'On Rules of
Writing, or, Riffing on Rechy' by Ursula Le Guin.
In an essay of about 500 words, discuss the (ir)relevance of complying with rules when you are writing fiction.
Please support your opinion with quotes from the two above-mentioned articles, or any other piece of writing you deem relevant. Please provide your sources when quoting. Quotes used to illustrate /back up your point of view are, of course, excluded from the word count. Since this is a formal essay, please remember not to use contracted verb forms.
Assignment 3 is due on Wednesday, 25th March not later than 6 p.m.
* Please remember to save all assignments as Word files. Thank you.
Eduarda Melo Cabrita
11 March 2020