Damascus what are you doing to me?

25 Setembro 2017, 10:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

Damascus what are you doing to me?by Nizam Qabbani; Syrian poetry and post colonialism. Students work with texts

'A Christmas Memory' by Truman Capote

25 Setembro 2017, 08:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Atwood article.

20 Setembro 2017, 16:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

1) Discussion of Margaret Atwood's article.

2) Groups brainstorm a utopia.

Where would it be? What would they be allowed to do? What would they have to do? Would they have any limitations?  

Next class groups will present their ideas to class, followed by general feedback

Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess -> Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury ->François Truffaut, 1966)

1984 (George Orwell -> Michael Radford, 1984) 

Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)

The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2016)

Then: Use “Elements of the Novel” worksheet (p.7) to build summary and present next class orally

Each group writes a small paragraph, to read out next class, answering:

a)      What most struck you about the film?

b)      In what ways is the film relevant today to our society?

'A Christmas Memory' by Truman Capote

20 Setembro 2017, 14:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Reading and discussing the first paragraphs of 'A Christmas Memory' by Truman Capote.

Literary devices used bu the narrator.

Advanced Grammar Exercises + Discussion of OUD topics

20 Setembro 2017, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Advanced Grammar Exercises Structures that lead to sentence inversion - exercises in manual (pp10-15) as well as exercises with inversions caused by "so and such" from Advanced Grammar in Use

 Discussion of OUD topics - students themes new themes and many selected themes.