Sumários
Preparation of Oxford Union Debates and Roundtable Discussions
27 Novembro 2017, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
Returned students' corrected descriptive texts and discussed correction.
Gave students grade for their presentations on novel and newspaper articles
Unit 3 Four Nobel Laureates: Voices from the Empire
27 Novembro 2017, 08:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA
Four Nobel Laureates: Voices from the Empire
Discussing 'Red Dress' by Alice Munro.
Cultural references in the short story.
Character construction: the girl, the girl's mother, Lonnie, Mary Fortune.
Discussing how the writer used the narrator to 'chronicle life in a small-town life to reveal the ambiguities and deeper truths in human reationships' (from Munro's biography.
Symbolism.
NB Reading and researching the short story was a homework assignment. Students who had not done their homework were asked to leave the class and read the short story on their own
.REMINDER: Homework assignment for Wednesday: read and research 'Through the tunnel' by Doris Lessing.
Ch14-15
22 Novembro 2017, 16:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim
Individual assignment deadline
BNW Ch14-15
HW:
Write a one-page point-by-point argumentative essay (SCB p.42) on the following prompt:
‘Compare our own society’s views and feelings
towards death to those of BNW. Which makes most sense to you and why? Support
your response with examples from the novel and our society.’
Bring 2 printed pages for next class.
Class writing exercise about Units 1 and 2
22 Novembro 2017, 14:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA
Class writing exercise about Units 1 and 2