Sumários

On rules of writing

18 Fevereiro 2019, 08:00 EDUARDA MELO CABRITA


'On rules of writing' by Ursula Le Guin : showing versus telling.
Discussing.

Colour for the colorblind - using the video as a prompt.


What If logic (I)

13 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

OPs

"The Sound Machine"

WE: Character writing / Stealing from the news

HW:
Read 10th December for next week; start reading ahead in SCB


Showing vs telling

13 Fevereiro 2019, 08:00 EDUARDA MELO CABRITA


Reading and discussing:  'Going the last inch: Some thoughts on showing and telling' by Lindsay Clarke.

Expanding on 4 sentences: The boy cried. Grandma baked a pie. Sarah felt angry. The house was creepy. 
Reading and discussing students' expansion of the 4 sentences.
Discussing 'On Rules of Writing, or, Riffing on Rechy' by Ursula K. Le Guin.


Flash fiction

11 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Start of OP
Further OP guidelines

"The Solipsist"
"Sticks"
Lydia Davis

HW:
Read "The Sound Machine" pp33-43 for next class


Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

11 Fevereiro 2019, 08:00 EDUARDA MELO CABRITA


Giving back classwork. Feedback.
Students read and discuss the beginning of   Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison against the 'Preface to Song of Solomon' by Toni Morrison.
'The flying man' in St. Luke's Church brief history,
Reading and discussing 'Ten rules for writing fiction' by Elmore Leonard ( The Guardian, 2010)