Sumários

Academic Writing: Concept Revision & Practice

18 Novembro 2024, 09:30 • Ana Rita Martins

Academic Writing: 

  • Concept Revision: Paragraph Writing (structure & language)
  • Practice: Language Practice for Academic Writing
Materials for In-class Writing Assignment:
  • Theoretical Terms and Theory (here)
  • Academic Writing (see the materials here but especially folders: "Workshop" and "Writing a College Paper")
  • Fantasy & Heroism (here)
Reading: 
  • Article: "Did Disney shape how you see the world?" (here)
  • Short story: "The Smallest Dragonboy" (here)
Watching:
  • “Wind” (Dir. Edwin Chang, 2019)
  • “Puddles” (Dir. Zach Parrish, Short Circuit, Disney Studios, 2019)
  • Nimona (Dir.  Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, 2023 - PPT)
  • TED Talk: "The Danger of a Single Story" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
For this assignment, students will be asked to write two short academic texts (to answer two different questions): One text of c. 100-150 words and another of c. 200-250 words in appropriate style. Students may bring a printed copy of: the article, the short story as well as printed copies of the PPTs used in class. Students may also bring a list of linking words/phrases and an English-English Dictionary.

Students will need: a test sheet (or two); a pen (or two -- make sure they work).

Lesson 17

15 Novembro 2024, 14:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

Oxford Union style debate 

THE HOMME-COM AS A GENRE

15 Novembro 2024, 12:30 • Gaile Parkin

Feedback on the experience of watching The 40-year-old Virgin and Along Came Polly.

Presentation on the homme-com as conceived by Tamar Jeffers.

Small group work directed discussion of various aspects of the romcoms.

Feedback.

Tutorial/4th hour work:  Grammar practice.

Homework: Read Tamar Jeffer’s article about the homme-com. Watch 2 episodes of Fawlty Towers.

Debate

15 Novembro 2024, 11:00 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva

Debate

Talk: "Fantastic Female Monstrosity: The Hag/Crone in Fantasy Narratives"

15 Novembro 2024, 09:30 • Ana Rita Martins

Talk: "Fantastic Female Monstrosity: The Hag/Crone in Fantasy Narratives" (with Inês Vaz, FCSH-NOVA)


Q&A Session: "Trauma in Avatar: The Last Airbender"