Sumários
Essay writing- main body
8 Outubro 2024, 09:30 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva
Main body- writing supporting and concluding sentences
Lesson 6
7 Outubro 2024, 17:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska
- What makes a good short story? - reading and discussing excerpts from "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain" by George Saunders
Descriptive Writing | Telling Stories (II) In-class Writing Exercises.
7 Outubro 2024, 14:00 • Ana Rita Martins
Descriptive Writing | Telling Stories (II)
- In-class Writing Exercises.
- Reading & Discussion: Examples of descriptive writing
Blanche Cleans Up and Vocabulary Review
7 Outubro 2024, 12:30 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo
In today's class, we discussed the main themes in the novel Blanche Cleans Up by Barbara Neely. We explored how the novel addresses race and racism, focusing on Blanche's experiences with discrimination and prejudice. We examined issues of social justice and inequality, highlighting the systemic disparities faced by marginalized communities. The theme of identity and empowerment was discussed, along with the importance of family and community as sources of support and resilience for Blanche. The novel's exploration of crime and corruption, as well as class and economic disparity, was also analyzed. Following this, we reviewed the creative writing assignment, covering the different prompts students can choose from and offering suggestions for creating in-depth characters and developing strong plots.
As we still had some time, we finally looked at the homework assignment related to food idioms and phrasal verbs. We also did the vocabulary page on acronyms and initialisms, focusing on the difference between the two and then looking at specific examples of each.