Viewing of sample Oxford Union Debate

7 Março 2016, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Ch3 Dialogue (I)

7 Março 2016, 08:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Students were divided into sets of 3 groups to analyse and rewrite the 3 juxtaposed dialogues in Ch3.

Selection of Oxford Union debate themes and teams

2 Março 2016, 16:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Selection of Oxford Union debate themes and teams
Final review and analysis of the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and the 2013 film.Discussions of questions of identity and social acceptance in American society in 1939 and 2013 as reflected in the different readings of the central story.

Selection of Oxford Union debate themes and teams

2 Março 2016, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Ch1-2 (II)

2 Março 2016, 08:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Language points from students' writing - run-ons, defining/non-defining clauses / Past Perfect

Close reading 1st page Ch2

Imagery worksheet [S-14]

Satire worksheet [p.15], ex.1: "hypnopedia"

HW:
- Read Ch3-4.
As you read Ch3, mark A, B, C in the margin to signal the different dialogues that take place between A: DHC & Mond / B: Lenina & Fanny / C: Bernard & Henry). This is preparation for next Monday's class exercise.

- Finish Satire worksheet

- Write a paragraph using at least 8 of the following words (or correlative adjectives/adverbs, etc.) from Ch1-2:
callow / geniality / viviparous / abject / zealous / sultry / caste / prodigious / deft / apoplectic / posthumous / suffuse / smut / threshold / snigger / adhere / blob

The paragraph should focus on the concepts of setting and mood as explored in class, and either: follow up on your previous homework writing ex. where you imagined your version of Brave New World; or alternatively give your own interpretation/rewrite the setting and mood of Ch1 (DHC) or Ch2 (Nursuries).
It must be sent to my email by Sunday evening.