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Second person short stories

3 Outubro 2022, 17:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today we read and analyzed The Kid's Guide to Divorce by Lorrie Moore.


Students who missed today's class should read the above text as soon as possible.  Please explore the following aspects:
  • how the second voice affects the reader in this particular text;
  • how does it differ in tone from the more common, more predictible second voice texts;
  • notice how the author alternates between the imperative (when talking to 'you') and future tenses when talking about/describing everything around them;
  • notice how we don't know the names of any of the characters or even the gender of the main character.
    • What does this all mean?
Next class: we will be reading/analyzing How to talk to a Hunter by Pam Houston.

Second Person short stories - The Kid's Guide to Divorce by Lorrie Moore

3 Outubro 2022, 15:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today we read and analyzed The Kid's Guide to Divorce by Lorrie Moore.


Students who missed today's class should read the above text as soon as possible.  Please explore the following aspects:
  • how the second voice affects the reader in this particular text;
  • how does it differ in tone from the more common, more predictible second voice texts;
  • notice how the author alternates between the imperative (when talking to 'you') and future tenses when talking about/describing everything around them;
  • notice how we don't know the names of any of the characters or even the gender of the main character.
    • What does this all mean?
Next class: we will be reading/analyzing How to talk to a Hunter by Pam Houston.

Lesson 7

3 Outubro 2022, 09:30 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "Politics and the English Language" - an essay by George Orwell 


- "A statement of intent" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-V5FVludFk) - watching a video, vocabulary, speaking (pp. 74, 91-109)

Homework:

- ´Hot´ topics - reading, writing, speaking (p. 83)

Second Person short stories - The Kid's Guide to Divorce by Lorrie Moore

30 Setembro 2022, 18:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today we read and analyzed The Kid's Guide to Divorce by Lorrie Moore.


Students who missed today's class should read the above text as soon as possible.  Please explore the following aspects:
  • how the second voice affects the reader in this particular text;
  • how does it differ in tone from the more common, more predictible second voice texts;
  • notice how the author alternates between the imperative (when talking to 'you') and future tenses when talking about/describing everything around them;
  • notice how we don't know the names of any of the characters or even the gender of the main character.
    • What does this all mean?
Next class: we will be reading/analyzing How to talk to a Hunter by Pam Houston.

Telling stories - practice

30 Setembro 2022, 15:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP5 practiced telling their stories in groups of three or four.  


The topics of the first round were:

  • Saying "Goodbye".
  • The worst argument you ever had.
  • A first...(anything, kiss, drink, first day at school, anything.)
The topics for the second round were:
  • Being broke.
  • The friend that you will NEVER speak to again.
  • The best day of your life.
Next class: we will read and analyze second person short stories.