Dear students,
this will probably be the last post in our course! First of all, I’d like to say that I think this was a very enriching experience – and a pleasant one! Hope you share my feelings…
My criteria for evaluating you were:
1. Blog – As I stated in the very first post of [...]
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Final results
Posted in Announcements on July 16, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Last call!!!
Posted in Announcements on July 11, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Dear students,
I have just received an email saying that the deadline for delivering the final grades has been changed to July 15th. I have already finished evaluating your participation in the blog and your assignments, and am halfway through the correction of your final papers.
As I will have this extra weekend, I have decided to [...]
Last day of class
Posted in Announcements on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everybody!
I will try to post the two final activities today, so you will have the whole content of the blog almost one week in advance, Ok?
Also, I have decided to postpone closing the blog – instead of closing it on June 30th, I will leave it open until July 1st. If you [...]
Which new era would that be?
Posted in Announcements on June 12, 2008 | 30 Comments »
I believe the name of Nadine Gordimer must be familiar to you – am I right? Not only because she is a Nobel Prize winner and one of the most celebrated contemporary writers of the English language, but also because she was in Paraty last year for FLIP…
You can read a bit [...]
Nicknames
Posted in Announcements on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everybody!
I’m not sure I told you, but my Internet at home is definitively off. I have been saving the posts to read calmly when I’m offline, which means I don’t have any access to your identities if you use a nickname. This doesn’t mean you should stop using them – please don’t, the whole [...]
Dead men’s path
Posted in Announcements on June 9, 2008 | 29 Comments »
“Dead Men’s Path” takes place in 1949 during the period when Great Britain ruled Nigeria. British intervention in Nigeria dates to the eighteenth century when the British displaced the Portuguese as leaders of the slave trade there. After the British parliament banned slavery in 1807, the British began making treaties with African tribal leaders to [...]
I’m back online!
Posted in Announcements on June 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Dear students,
After a technologically difficult week, I’m back online. I’m sorry for the absence of new posts this week – but I hope you have been reading your short stories and won’t have problems commenting as soon as I publish the posts, which I intend to do this weekend.
So as not to make things harder [...]
Some general instructions from now to the end of the term
Posted in Announcements, Tasks on May 12, 2008 | 32 Comments »
Hi, everybody!
I know it’s still a little early to think about the end of the semester, but as we’re having a different kind of class this term, I’d like to make everything clear to you in advance, so you have time to plan ahead.
1. Posts
According to our course syllabus, our last activity will be posted [...]
Back to some old posts… II
Posted in Announcements, Tasks on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been noticing that most of you never go back to a post after you have commented on it. This is not the way it should be.
I have made some comments on “A Rose for Emily”, “Good Country People” and “Miriam”, asking some extra questions and expecting feedback. The most recent comments are always listed [...]
