Sumários

14 Novembro 2019, 10:00 • Gaile Parkin

Watched and discussed two interviews with Jon McGregor about his novel If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things.

Listening: another story from The Moth -- 'Hard Truth' by Fred Johnson. Analysis and assessment of the story according to The Moth's checklist.

12 Novembro 2019, 10:00 • Gaile Parkin

[Unable to do lesson as planned because the remote control for the projector was missing.]

Review of what we know about the various residents of the street in If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things.

Reading: blog post by the BBC's James Naughtie about his Book Club interview with Jon McGregor.

Completed part of a CPE exam: Reading and Use of Language.

7 Novembro 2019, 10:00 • Gaile Parkin

Brainstorming session on how to find our way in - and keep track of - a novel in which characters don't have names.

Mapping the street in which the story takes place as a way of getting a handle on who the un-named characters are.

5 Novembro 2019, 10:00 • Gaile Parkin

Introductory talk on If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor and the experimental nature of its storytelling.

Reading of positive and negative reader reviews on Amazon.

Class reading of the opening section and analysis of its rich use of figures of speech to create atmosphere.

31 Outubro 2019, 10:00 • Gaile Parkin

Individual oral valuations: presenting, analyzing and assessing the stories told in an ad, plus calling for, and responding to, comment.