Sumários
Covid-19 - Tasks below.
12 Março 2020, 14:00 • Maria Teresa Correia Casal
Info also sent by e-mail:
Within the next couple of weeks, you will be receiving feedback on your final versions of the argumentative essay (on the topic of "Growing up") and of your personal essay (on the topic of "Fear"). When we meet again, you will receive feedback on the test you wrote last Tuesday, 10 March.
In the meantime, your task until 26 March is to work on your oral presentations. At the moment, we cannot say whether there will be time for you to present them as "oral presentations" later in the semester, so my suggestion is that you work on them in written form. Your two tasks for this period are therefore:
- Choose a topic (see instructions on pages 7-8 in your booklet) and submit your proposal by Tuesday, 17 March; You will then receive feedback by Thursday, 19 March;
- Send in a first draft of your script by 26 March.
- The topics are deliberately broad so that you can adapt them to your interests; you may choose to approach a given topic from a more general / abstract point of view (i.e. in the form of an argumentative essay) or in a more particular way, using a personal incident, a story, a film, or interviews with family or friends as your starting point (thus adopting the format of a personal essay);
- check the guidelines on How to Write an Argumentative Essay (pp. 64-67 in your booklet) and How to Write a Personal Essay (p. 68); they will be useful even when presenting your views orally and will definitely be useful when preparing your written draft;
- feel free to be creative in your writing and in your use of other media such as video, if you so wish.
Narrative Writing
12 Março 2020, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
This class was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, a recording was made and was emailed along with a PowerPoint to students on the 13th of March. This recording and PowerPoint introduced students to the basics of narrative writing.
Narrative Writing
12 Março 2020, 10:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
This class was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, a recording was made and was emailed along with a PowerPoint to students on the 13th of March. This recording and PowerPoint introduced students to the basics of narrative writing.
Move to online classes
11 Março 2020, 16:00 • Gaile Parkin
Move to online lesson. Email: grammar practice exercises.
Suspended classes (Covid-19). Instructions for homework assignments.
11 Março 2020, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
With a view to minimising the effects of suspended classes, I am sending you some instructions fora) the first writing test scheduled for 23rd March (to be done from home); and b) two homework assignments and the dates when they are due.
I - First Writing Test (done at home)
The first Writing Test will be held, as scheduled, on Monday 23rd March. This test is now worth 10% of your final grade. The second Writing Test is now worth 40% of your final grade.
The test will be done at home during class hours (10:00-12:00).
You will be sent the test by email 5 minutes before the test is due to start. Please make sure that you are prepared and ready to start at the appointed time, as above indicated.
You have two hours to do the test, as usual.
You must send your answers by email (saved as a Word file) 15 minutes after 12:00, at the latest.
Tests submitted later than the appointed time (i.e. 12:15) shall not be marked, and the student will get a zero out of 20.
II - Homework assignments*
Assignment 1:
Reread the short story “The guilt” by Rayda Jacobs (Workbook, pp. 61-67) and answer the reading comprehension questions below:
1. How did Lilian Thurgood’s previous experience with beggars who came knocking on her door affect her? Justify your answer by referring to the text.
2. What do you learn about the story’s political and social background?
3. Comment on the power relations between blacks and whites in this story.
Assignment 1 is due on Monday, 16th March not later than 6 p.m.
Assignment 2:
Read the article “South Africa unease plays out on campus” (Workbook, pages 69-72) and watch the TEDx Talk “Mad at Mandela” by Sisonke Msimang (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueUijXlz-3w).
Drawing on the ideas conveyed by both the article and the TEDx Talk write an essay of about 250 words discussing the following statement:
“South Africa is still shackled by the divisions of the past”
(“South Africa unease plays out on campus” by Karen Allen)
Please refer to the following issues: (a) Afrikaans vs English as the language of learning; (b) racism; (c) social and economic disparities.
Assignment 2 is due on Wednesday, 18th March not later than 6 p.m.
* Please remember to save all assignments as Word files. Thank you.