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describing people 4

9 Março 2017, 10:00 • John Richard Walker

Using Muriel Spark's short story "You Should Have seen the Mess" to examine what David Lodge calls "describing a character from inside her head".


Introduction to the principles of adverb-adjective collocations for more precise descriptions.

Lesson 7

8 Março 2017, 16:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Women's work?" - reading, speaking (p. 122)

- A song: "Housework" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D6gVzh8698)

- Translating poetry: "Testamento" by Ana Luísa Amaral (+ translation by Margaret Jull Costa - see https://www.theguardian.com/books/translation-tuesdays-by-asymptote-journal/2017/mar/07/translation-tuesday-testament-by-ana-luisa-amaral-a-poem-from-mother-to-daughter)

Homework:
- Vocabulary exercise - intensifying verbs: p. 122

Reasoning Skills

8 Março 2017, 14:00 • Cláudia Rute Canelas Pereira Duarte

Reasoning Skills: partial claims and half truths; the power of language to convince

MLA

8 Março 2017, 12:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

MLA guidelines reviewed. Citing sources and in-text citations.

27 Responses to the question, "What is art?"

7 Março 2017, 16:00 • David Michael Greer

Reading and discussion of 27 Responses to the question, "What is art?"