Sumários

"Jasmine and Other Flowers that make me cry"

27 Setembro 2017, 10:00 Zuzanna Zarebska

Reading of the short story: "Jasmine and Other Flowers that make me cry" by Suzanne Johnston. Introduction to post-colonialism. In-class discussion


'A Christmas Memory' by Truman Capote : cultural references in the story

27 Setembro 2017, 08:00 EDUARDA MELO CABRITA


'A Christmas Memory' by Truman Capote: discussing cultural references in the story.
Watching an excerpt of the film based on the story narrated by Capote himself.
Reading the story and discussing the story, vocabulary,  literary devices.


Utopia and Dystopia

25 Setembro 2017, 16:00 Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

1) Utopia - groups present blueprints for their own utopias
class feedback

2) Dystopia - summaries and comments on assigned dystopian fiction movies 

HW:
Read Huxley's 1946 Foreword


'A Christmas Memory' by Truman Capote

25 Setembro 2017, 14:00 EDUARDA MELO CABRITA


Reading and discussing the short story.


Advanced grammatical work with connectors, sentence structureand root words

25 Setembro 2017, 12:00 Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

pp 14-17 & 21 manual