Sumários

Harper Lee's To kill a mocking bird, Capote's 'A Christmas memory' and 'Capote', the film

9 Março 2017, 08:00 EDUARDA MELO CABRITA


Reading and discussing an excerpt from Harper Lee's novel To kill a mocking bird (Student's Book pages 28-29)

Discussing 'Capote', the fim against the excerpt and against Capote's "A Christmas memory"

Reading about the Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal program (pages 19-21 Student's Book).

HOMEWORK: students were asked to suggest two dates for the first round of debates to be held in class.


Preperation of material for evaluation essay

8 Março 2017, 16:00 Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Discussed students' summaries of James Thuber's short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and primed students to look for differences between this and Ben Stiller's 2013 film based on the story.

Students took comparative notes while watching the latter. 
Continue viewing next class


Subject matter for evaluation essay

8 Março 2017, 14:00 Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Discussed students' summaries of James Thuber's short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and primed students to look for differences between this and Ben Stiller's 2013 film based on the story.

Students took comparative notes while watching the latter. 
Continue viewing next class. 


Corrections. Dialogues (I)

8 Março 2017, 08:00 Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Feedback on main/individual mistakes of writing exercise (1 paragraph describing mood and setting of your utopia)

Correction of Verb Revision homework.

Introduction to BNW Chapter 3 group exercise: group dialogue writing.

Introduction: What is a dialogue?

Preparation:
1) Students analyse their characters: close reading of Ch3 -> list 6 adjectives for each character.
2) Brainstorming: Flesh out character by turning descriptions into plot/events.

HW:
Bring a rough draft of your dialogues (all direct speech)



'Capote', the film

7 Março 2017, 10:00 EDUARDA MELO CABRITA


In TP9, watching 'Capote', the film, part 1 

In TP10 watching 'Capote' the film