Sumários

DAVID SEDARIS 2

3 Outubro 2025, 14:00 • Gaile Parkin

Presentation on satire (Horatian and Juvenalian), the differences between autobiography and memoir, and fake memoirs.

Pairwork writing exercise to draw up a character description of David Sedaris, supporting statements with examples from his own stories and the article by Alex Heard.

Tutorial/4th hour work: Listen to and/or read the remaining 4 selected essays of David Sedaris.

Homework: Read the article by Alex Heard in the Coursebook about David Sedaris and the ethics of narrative memoir.

6th Class - Oct. 3rd

3 Outubro 2025, 08:00 • Kathryn Gray Craven

Sexy Grammar - No More Buts - Flo-Joe

Writing Workshop 2, slides 10-12 Focus on turning points. Detailed descriptions

Lesson 6

2 Outubro 2025, 17:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Improvement pills" - listening, speaking, vocabulary 


- Grammar: Inversion

- What is ikigai? Excerpts of a TED talk ("How to live to be 100+" by Dan Buettner)

- Homework: exercises at pp. 28-31 + read an essay by Lionel Shriver: "Western society is built on stigma"

Lesson 6

2 Outubro 2025, 14:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Improvement pills" - listening, speaking, vocabulary 


- Grammar: Inversion

- What is ikigai? Excerpts of a TED talk ("How to live to be 100+" by Dan Buettner)

- Homework: exercises at pp. 28-31 + read an essay by Lionel Shriver: "Western society is built on stigma"

delivering presentations about literature

2 Outubro 2025, 12:30 • John Richard Walker

previous class continued and completed