Introduction to free writing and comparision of free associative writing and free writing

8 Outubro 2015, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Showed students the opening sceens of Elizabethtown and then we reviewed my free associative analysis to these scenes (pp 34-35 manual).

Students asked questions about their selection of prompts for their free associative film analysis of Casablanca. Open discussion of the activity and how to write this way.

Then presented the concept and use (advantages) of free writing pp 24 & 25
- did a sample text to "I am writing"
and students did the 2 five-minute free writing exercises on pp 26 & 27.
helped students select points or aspects of their free writing texts that they could then use to write short stories or essays.

Established groups for discussion of Elizabeth is Missing

Reminder that free associative analysis to Casablanca must be submitted on 20th Sept.

Screening Casablanca

6 Outubro 2015, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Screening of the movie Casablanca so that students could select the connection points they want to wrote their free associative analysis to.

Discussion of the process

Student led presentation of Film Criticism

1 Outubro 2015, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

In preparation of the screening of Casablanca, three students presented Norman Holland's free associative film analysis of the movie "Casablanca, America's and Mine" pp17-35 Meeting Movies (2006). This text is in the student's manual.

Class led discussion and review of article and themes presented in it.

One other student presented Holland's blog entry "How We Are Who We Are - Styles" on the concept of unique identity theme.

Selection of groups for the presentation of the Prologue and Chaps 1-9 of the set novel Elizabeth is Missing

Informed students that Tuesdays' classes will be in the Video Room from now on.

Reading Comp and discussion of texts "Is it Art?" and "Turner Prize's most controversial moments"

29 Setembro 2015, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Reading Comp and discussion of texts "Is it Art?" and Turner Prize's most controversial moments from student manual pp9-10 and 11-13.

"Is it Art?" is a practise exercise for the Cambridge Proficiency "Reading and Use of English" paper. So students did the reading and comprehension part of this exercise in groups of 2 or 3. We reviewed their answers as a whole group and discussed the expectations of CPE in this area.

We then discussed the content of the texts on "Is this Art?" and opened the topic for discussion of the ideas presented and then a more general discussion on the topic. Students worked in groups to present their final ideas to the class.

The reading and discussion of the text "Turner Prize's most controversial moments" was accompanied by a powerpoint presentation illustrating the works of art the article discusses.

Discussion of text "Who says film is dead?"

24 Setembro 2015, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Discussion of the text, review of idiomatic expressions and students' questions.

Students divided into groups to discuss movie viewing habits - results presented in class.

Selection of students for discussion of Holland's review of Casablanca  and "How you are who you are- Styles"