週次

Week (Date)

課程主題

Topic

課程內容與指定閱讀

Content and Reading Assignment

教學活動與作業

Teaching Activities and Homework

學習投入時間

Student workload expectation

課堂講授

In-class Hours

課程前後

Outside-of-class Hours

1

(09/18)

Course orientation

• Introduction to the course


• Moodle

• Watch video clips on Moodle (Review of summary writing and oral presentation skills)

3

4.5

2

(09/25)

Culture and People

• For One More Day, Part 1 (pp. 1-34) [34 pages]


• Magazine article: “In Search of the Afghan Girl”

• Quiz 1


• Supplementary reading


• Complete 1^st written assignment (Reading circles role sheet 1)

3

4.5

3

(10/02)

Family

• For One More Day, Part 2 (pp. 35-69) [35 pages]

• Reading circles discussion 1

3

4.5

4

(10/09)

Stories of Survival

• For One More Day, Part 3 (pp. 70-100) [31 pages]


• News articles on “Survival in the Andes”

• Quiz 2


• Supplementary reading


• Complete the 2^nd written assignment (Reading circles role sheet 2)

3

4.5

5

(10/16)

Family

• For One More Day, Part 4 (pp. 101-133) [33 pages]

• Reading circles discussion 2

3

4.5

6

(10/23)

Success

• For One More Day, Part 5 (pp. 134-163) [30 pages]


• Oprah Winfrey’s speech, “Oprah talks to graduates about feelings, failure and finding happiness”

• Quiz 3


• Supplementary reading


• Complete the 3^rd written assignment (Reading circles role sheet 3)

3

4.5

7

(10/30)

Family

• For One More Day, Part 6 (pp. 164-197) [34 pages]

• Reading circles discussion 3

3

4.5

8

(11/06)

Film

• Film watching—The Five People You Meet in Heaven (II)

• Prepare for presentation

3

4.5

9

(11/13)

Presentations

• Individual Oral Presentations on recommending favorite books

• Peer evaluation and feedback

3

4.5

10

(11/20)

Autobiography

• Five People You Meet in Heaven, Part 1 (Hyperion 1-31/Sphere 1-33); Quiz 4;


• Excerpts from Yeonmi Park’s In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom

• Quiz 4


• Supplementary reading


• Complete the 4^th written assignment (Reading circles role sheet 4)

3

4.5

11

(11/27)

Life and Death

• FPYM, Part 2: “The First Person” (H 32-55/S 34-57)

• Reading circles discussion 3

3

4.5

12

(12/04)

Fighting Disease

• FPYM, Part 3: “The Second Person” (H 56-97/S 58-102); Quiz 5


• Excerpts from Anita Moorjani’s Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing

• Quiz 5


• Supplementary reading


• Complete the 5^th written assignment (Reading circles role sheet 5)

3

4.5

13

(12/11)

Life and Death

• FPYM, Part 4: “The Third Person” (H 98-144/S 103-152); Reading circles 5

• Reading circles discussion 5

3

4.5

14

(12/18)

Pursuing Dreams

• FPYM, Part 5: “The Fourth Person” (H 145-178/S 153-190)


• Bel Pesce’s TED talk, “Five Ways to Kill Your Dreams”

• Quiz 6


• Supplementary reading


• Complete the 6^th written assignment (Reading circles role sheet 5)

3

4.5

15

(12/25)

Life and Death

• FPYM, Part 6: “The Fifth Person” (H 179-196/S 191-208)

• Reading circles discussion 6

3

4.5

16

(01/01)

New Year’s Day

No class

• Prepare for presentation

3

4.5

17

(01/08)

Film

• Film watching—The Five People You Meet in Heaven (II)

• Prepare for Final Exam

3

4.5

18

(01/15)

Final Exam

• Final Exam

• Submit portfolio of writings

3

4.5