Sumários

Film screening: "Rudderless"

20 Fevereiro 2019, 08:00 Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Homework:

Answer the questions on p.54.


Practice test essay 1

19 Fevereiro 2019, 14:00 Thomas Joe Grigg

Students write a 5 paragraph persuasive essay (procon.org).

Out of class task.


Narrative Writing

18 Fevereiro 2019, 16:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today we analyzed (and learned new vocabular from) Alice Walker's The Flowers, using her very short and highly effective story to identify how stories need to be structured for the strongest impact.

Next class: we will read and analyze Joyce Carole Oates's Small Avalanches.


Essay writing techniques: the literary essay

18 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Reading guidelines for short stories and novels (pp. 80-82);

Writing about fiction: developing a thesis.
Citation and Referencing (pp. 14-18)


Descriptive Writing continued...

18 Fevereiro 2019, 10:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

TP8 finished analyzing the texts found in the Descriptive Writing PowerPoint (these texts are available in your course book).  Those of you who missed this class should do the same, ensuring that any and all unfamiliar words are researched and learned as text analysis is where we increase our vocabulary.

Next class: Students will get into groups to analyze a descriptive text, the analysis of which will be presented to the class the following lesson.  There are eight texts to choose from and these will be chosen from on a first-come-first-served basis.