Sumários

Essay Planning

26 Março 2026, 11:00 • John Richard Walker

How to plan a critical essay about the Julian Barnes story.

Active practice.

Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Mrs. Sen's', 'This Blessed House', 'The Treatment of Bibi Haldar' and 'The Third and Final Continent'.

26 Março 2026, 09:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP6 identified the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Mrs. Sen's', 'This Blessed House', 'The Treatment of Bibi Haldar' and 'The Third and Final Continent'.  

The PowerPoint with all of the themes for each story has been uploaded onto the shared Google drive.

Next class: Grammar/English in Use Test.  I wish you all the best of luck!

EVALUATION

25 Março 2026, 17:00 • 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.

TED Talk, "I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much" (continued)

24 Março 2026, 14:00 • Irene Bulla

Today we finished watching Stella Young’s TED Talk and did exercises 4, 5, and 8 (Course pack, p. 13). We then held a classwide debate on the social model of disability, as well as the expectations and misconceptions surrounding it, and finally practiced more structured debating in 2-vs-2 teams.

Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Interpreter of Maladies', 'A Real Durwan', & 'Sexy'

24 Março 2026, 09:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP6 identified the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Interpreter of Maladies', 'A Real Durwan', and 'Sexy'.  

Next class: we'll be looking at Ms. Lahiri's remaining short stories - all students must have read all of the remaining short stories by next class!