January 2008

After you have made your New Year resolutions look ahead to the final part of the 1st semester:

JANUARY 2008

We will be working from unit 4 in Reason to Write, so have a look at the topic, language and writing areas in that unit 4.

There will be one more class writing task ( summary - response, on 16th January), and your presentations.

PRESENTATIONS: 14th and 21st January (Sign up when we start back on 7th (10 mins max).

Choose from one of the following: (these have been changed since original post in December)

1.1. A topic/issue of interest based on a cartoon or series of cartoons or news item. > Summarise cartoon/article and present issues of interest/concern.
2. One of the short stories which you could either present and analyse, or produce a piece of creative writing out of the story.
3. Your own choice, but check with me first.

Time limit is 10 minutes in total. You can do this in pairs but you need to clarify each individual contribution. Pairs Max 20 mins.

Orals: 23rd January.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and the very best of 2008 to you all.

So, some light reading over the holidays, get yourself a copy of '1984' by George Orwell. Cheaper from FNAC than printing out from the link below.


Also think about where privacy begins and ends - where should the line be drawn? What are some of the issues involved?

Consider the individual, the state and in the public interest. The Gordon Brown cartoon may be of relevance as well as the article How far should parents go?

George Orwell - 1984

1984, not Christmas reading, in fact very disturbing, but a MUST. You can read the book from the link. Check out Orwell's background and other works. We will be seeing the film very soon!

The TragiComic Mulatto

Transcript is a bi-monthly review of books and writing from around Europe. Its aim is to promote quality literature written in the 'smaller' languages and to give wider circulation to material from small-language literary publications through the medium of English, French and German.

Read the article in the link above with Mort aux Chats in mind!

An interesting source of intercultural writing and thought.

Assignment 3 (Home) due 17th December