'a Christmas Morning' by Truman Capote

23 Fevereiro 2017, 08:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Essay Writing + Role of 2nd speaker in OUD

22 Fevereiro 2017, 16:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Discussion of essay writing techniques and asked students to research the topic "Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of foreign aid to poor countries" to write an essay on this topic in the next class.

We watched the 2nd speakers on the Proposition and Opposition sides of "Islam is a Peaceful Religion" Oxford Union debate (available on Youtube) to illustrate the differences between the type of speech deivered by the 1st and 2nd speaker (see manual for specific instructions). Discussed the good and bad points of content and structure of each speech. 

Essay writing + the role of the 2nd speaker in Oxford Union Debates

22 Fevereiro 2017, 14:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Discussion of essay writing techniques and asked students to research the topic "Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of foreign aid to poor countries" to write an essay on this topic in the next class.

Foreword

22 Fevereiro 2017, 08:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Close reading in groups of sections of the Foreword. Each group presented a short summary of their section.
Directed questions then led to class discussion.

HW:
Read Ch1-2
Complete the most you can of the "Chapter 1 - Critical Reading" worksheet (SBook pp.9-10, top-right numbering) = summary descriptions of key terms.

'Imagine a morning in late November' by Truman Capote

21 Fevereiro 2017, 10:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Writing a short story starting with