Sumários

Film analysis

7 Novembro 2023, 15:30 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva

Writing an analysis of the shot-film

Expository Writing - introduction

6 Novembro 2023, 12:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP4 was introduced to the basics of expository writing.  The PowerPoint for expository writing is already on the shared Google drive, so anyone who missed class should go through this as soon as possible.  We then began to look at how to create an expository piece by deciding on a topic or idea that we are passionate about, and then freely brainstorming on a piece of paper the arguments and ideas that will prove the thesis.  Students were then taught how to rank the ideas from strongest to weakest, and then ordering them, ensuring that they begin their papers with the second-strongest idea, and ending with the strongest.  What happens in between these arguments is up to them; rules are meant to be broken intelligently.


We then collectively worked together to identify the themes in the short story Small Avalanches (e.g. preadator vs. prey; coming-of-age; girl power; sexual abuse/rape; adolescence; etc.)  

Next class: students will get into their groups and do the same thing for their respective stories, and then choose for themselves which themes they wish to explore in their upcoming academic piece (i.e. their oral exam).  No two students can have the same theme.

“Mr Loveday’s Little Outing” by Evelyn Waugh

6 Novembro 2023, 08:00 • João Félix

“Mr Loveday’s Little Outing” by Evelyn Waugh: Language Focus, exercise 2.

Nautical and mental health references.
"Moby Dick" and monomania.
The evolution of lexicon pertaining to mental illness.

Short-film

3 Novembro 2023, 15:30 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva

Viewing 'Felling Through'

Grammar Test Feedback

2 Novembro 2023, 12:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP4 got feedback on their grammar tests.