Calendar of Class Activities and Assignments
WEEK TOPIC CLASS ACTIVITIES/ASSIGNMENTS
[2/28] Holiday No class
1. [3/7] Planning Semester goals; Literature Circles planning; book choices
2. [3/14] Education “Required reading: The books that students
read in 28 countries around the world”IDEAS.TED.COM)/
Literature Circles Book choices: non-fiction
3. [3/21] Literature A Few Shells” by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Literature Circles 1 Reading/Discussion
[3/28] Literature Circles 2 Reading/Discussion
Gender Gender in the Classroom” by Deborah Tannen
[3/4] Holiday No Class
5. [4/11] Literature Circles 3 Reading/Discussion
Evaluation Quiz on reading selections
6. [4/18] Literature Circles 4 Reading/Discussion
Gender Gender Equality as a Development Goal” by Bjørn Lomborg, Copenhagen Consensus Center
7. [4/25] Choices “None of this is Fair” by Richard Rodriguez
Class reader 1 The Giver
8. [5/2] Class reader 2 The Giver
Literature “The Last Christmas I Spent with My Mother”, by Jeanette Winterson, The Guardian
9. [5/9] Class reader 3 The Giver
Evaluation Reading Selections
10. [5/16] Class reader 4 The Giver
Culture/Teaching “Voices from the Periphery: Non-Native Teachers and Issues of Credibility” by J. Thomas
Literature Circles II Fiction Book Choices
11. [5/23] Literature Circles II Fiction Book Planning
Literature “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan
12. [5/30] Literature Circles 1 Reading/Discussion
Current Events “Guaranteed basic income for all: An idea whose time has come?”by Jennifer Broadhurst, Christian Science Monitor 13. [6/6] Literature Circles 2 Reading/Discussion
Evaluation Reading Selections
Focus on reading Readability Exercise
14. [6.13] Literature Circles 3 Reading/Discussion
Focus on vocabulary Stringnet Exercise
15. [6/20] Literature Circles 4 Reading/Discussion
Review books and reading selections
16. [6/27] Evaluation Oral and Written
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