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Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Third and Final Continent'

1 Abril 2025, 12:30 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP9 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri's short title story 'The Third and Final Continent'.  We didn't brainstorm thesis statements today as we then brainstormed themes in the collection as a whole.

Note: anyone who missed today's class can consult the PowerPoint available on the shared Google drive entitled 'Interpreter of Maladies Themes'.  Here you can see the themes that we have come up for each story and for the collection as a whole.

Next class: we'll be looking at research papers on Interpreter of Maladies.


ROMCOMS AS A GENRE

1 Abril 2025, 11:00 Gaile Parkin

Feedback on the Writing 1 evaluation, with a focus on common errors.

Introduction to the English love of portmanteau words (such as “romcom”).

Pairwork exercise: putting pairs of words together to create some common portmanteaus. Feedback.


EVALUATION

28 Março 2025, 15:30 Gaile Parkin

Writing 1 for evaluation.

Tutorial/4th hour work:  Grammar practice.

Homework: Watch the romcoms Bridget Jones’s Diary and While You Were Sleeping.


Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Treatment of Bibi Haldar'

28 Março 2025, 12:30 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP9 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri' short title story 'The Treatment of Bibi Haldar'.  We didn't have time to brainstorm thesis statements as we went through the shared Google drive at the beginning of class to take a look at the available research papers for the classes essays. 

Note: anyone who missed today's class can consult the PowerPoint available on the shared Google drive entitled 'Interpreter of Maladies Themes'.  Here you can see the themes that we have come up for each story so far.

Next class: we'll be looking at Ms. Lahiri's final story 'The Third and Final Continent' - all students must have read this short story by next class!


EVALUATION

28 Março 2025, 11:00 Gaile Parkin

Writing 1 for evaluation.

Tutorial/4th hour work:  Grammar practice.

Homework: Watch the romcoms Bridget Jones’s Diary and While You Were Sleeping.