Sumários
20 Fevereiro 2024, 08:00
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Kathryn Gray Craven
1) Practicee CPE Sentence Transformations, engxam 40 Proficiency Transformations, ex 1-4
2) Peer critique of classmates' reviews.
Giving as much detailed positive critique as possible:
Was the review:
catchy? informal?
Did it identify the work and its creator?
Did it have a brief description?
Did it discuss positives and negatives of the work from a technical perspective?
Did it reflect on the piece?
H/W: Bring a list of at least 5 works you intend to critique this semester (as many that can be enjoyed face-to-face as possible).
19 Fevereiro 2024, 17:00
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Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
Today, we read Robert McCrum's Guardian review on David Tennant's Hamlet. This review, along with a review written by Charles Spencer from The Telegraph, has been uploaded onto the shared Google drive and can be located in the file named 'Tennant'. Those of you who missed today's class should catch up on the reading.
We then went on to learn the basics about how to write a review. The PowerPoint on how to do this can be found on the shared Google drive and is located in the file named 'Review'.
15 Fevereiro 2024, 08:00
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Kathryn Gray Craven
Critiqued in class the positives and negatives regarding the
shortstory "Fly Already" by Etgar Keret (available on Moodle). Elements
looked at: characterization, character arc, plot, language, theme,
writing style, use of colloquial descriptive language.
Homework: Write a 500-750 w review of the short story:
Style, catchy and informal, personal or impersonaql
Include information about the author, genre's they're working in, the level of recognition they've achieved, nationality, etc
Brief descri'ption (plot in this case, maximum 3 sentences)
Evaluation of some positives and negative criteria.
Reflection on the piece, or its context
Try to use as rich a lvel of vocabulary as possible and sexy grammar as well.
14 Fevereiro 2024, 17:00
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Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
Today, TP2 finished reading and identifying the 20 persuasive writing techniques in The New Yorker's article by Anna Russell entitled 'The Fury and Mischief of Paula Rego'. They then fedback to me what they thought about David Tennant's Hamlet.
Next class: we will read the review written by Robert McCrum from The Guardian and we will begin to learn about how to write a review. This is a compulsory class.
8 Fevereiro 2024, 08:00
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Kathryn Gray Craven
As I had to miss this letter, due to transportation issues, I am including the link to an online diagnostic of CPE Reading and Use of English. Students have one week to complete the exercise. I will later publish a detailed explanation of the answers.