College English 101 & 102

Course Reading Component

Fall 2019
1st Quarter

Projects and Timeline Classic/Canonical Text Contemporary Pairings

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● In-class Discussion (25 pts) ● And Then There Were ● The Dinner​-Herman Koch
○ Sept. 13th None​-Agatha Christie ● All the Missing Girls​-Megan Miranda
● Classic/Canonical Assessment (MC) ● Shutter Island​-Dennis Lehane
(50 pts) ● Before the Fall- Noah Hawley
○ Sept. 18th ● Death on the Nile​-Agatha Christie
● In-class Writing ● The ABC Murders​-Agatha Christie
Assessment/Analysis of Paired Texts ● Five Little Pigs​-Agatha Christie
(50 pts)
○ Oct. 9th ● Murder on the Orient ● Paper Towns-​ John Green
Express-​Agatha Christie ● The Woman on the Orient
Express-​ Lindsay Jayne Ashford
● The Woman in Cabin 10​-Ruth Ware
● Death on the Nile​-Agatha Christie
● The ABC Murders-​ Agatha Christie
● Five Little Pigs​-Agatha Christie

● Hound of the ● The Curious Incident of the Dog in the

Baskervilles-​Sir Arthur Night​-Time-Mark Haddon
Conan Doyle ● Death on the Nile​-Agatha Christie
● The ABC Murders​-Agatha Christie
● Five Little Pigs​-Agatha Christie

2nd Quarter

Projects and Timeline Classic/Canonical Text Contemporary Pairings

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● In-class Discussion (25 pts) ● 1984-​ George Orwell ● Little Brother-​ Cory Doctorow
○ Nov. 18th ● Brave New ● Feed​-M.T. Anderson
● Classic/Canonical Assessment (MC) World​-Aldous Huxley ● The Circle​-Dave Eggers
(50 pts) ● Cyteen​-C.J. Cherryh
○ Nov. 20th ● Genesis-​ Bernard Beckett
● In-class Writing ● Unwind-Neal Shusterman
Assessment/Analysis of Paired Texts
(50 pts)
○ Dec. 11th
 Spring 2020
3rd Quarter

Projects and Timeline Classic/Canonical Text Contemporary Pairings

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● In-class Discussion (25 pts) ● Heart of ● Poisonwood Bible​-Barbara Kingsolver

○ January 27th Darkness​-Joseph ● Things Fall Apart​-Achebe
● Classic/Canonical Assessment (MC) Conrad
(50 pts)
○ January 29th ● Robinson Crusoe-​ Daniel ● The Life of Pi​-Yann Martel
● In-class Writing Defoe ● The Martian​-Andy Weir
Assessment/Analysis of Paired Texts ● The Raft-​ S.A. Bodeen
(50 pts) ● Into the Wild​-Jon Krakauer
○ February 12th ● Ruthless​-Carolyn Lee Adams
● Room-Emma Donoghue

● Lord of the Flies-​ William ● Gone​-Michael Grant

Golding ● The Goats​-Brock Cole
● Salt to the Sea​-Ruta Sepetys
● The Girl in the Arena​-Lise Haines
● Salvage the Bones​-Jesmyn Ward

4th Quarter

Projects and Timeline Classic/Canonical Text Contemporary Pairings

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● In-class Discussion (25 pts) ● A Tale of Two ● Revolution​-Jennifer Donnelly

○ March 11th Cities​-Charles Dickens ● Madam Tussaud’s
● Classic or Canonical Assessment Apprentice​-Kathleen Benner Duble
(MC) (50 pts) ● The Red Necklace-​ Sally Gardner
○ March 13th
● In-class Writing ● Great ● The Goldfinch-​ Donna Tartt
Assessment/Analysis of Paired Texts Expectations​-Charles ● Dodger​-Terry Pratchett
(50 pts) Dickens
○ April 3rd
● Pride and ● Longbourn​-Jo Baker
Prejudice-​ Jane Austen ● The Makioka Sisters​-Junichiro Tanizaki
● Bridget Jones’s Diary​-Helen Fielding
● Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies-​ Austen & Grahame-Smith
● Death Comes to Pemberley-​ P.D. James

● Jane Eyre-​ Charlotte ● The Flight of Gemma Hardy​-Margot

Bronte Livesey
● Mr. Rochester​-Sarah Shoemaker
● The Madwoman Upstairs: A
Novel​-Catherine Lowell
● Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired
by Jane Eyre​-Tracey Chevalier
● ReJane: A Novel​-Patricia Park
● Jane Steele: A Novel​-Lindsay Faye

● Wuthering ● Looking for Alaska-​ John Green

Heights​-Emily Bronte ● Trespass-​ Valerie Martin
● We Were Liars-e. Lockhart

● Frankenstein-​ Mary ● This Dark Endeavor-​ Kenneth Oppel

Shelley ● Man Made Boy​-Jon Skovron
● This Monstrous Thing​-Mackenzi Lee
 ● Spare and Found Parts​-Sarah Maria
Griffin
● Dr. Frankenstein’s Daughters-​ Suzanne
Weyn
● Monster: A Novel of
Frankenstein-​ Dave Zeltserman
● Frankenstein’s Prodigal Son​-Dean
Koontz
● Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl
Who Wrote Frankenstein​-Stephanie
Hemphill
● The Madman’s Daughter​-Megan
Shepherd

4th Quarter

● Classic/Canonical Assessment per ● Hamlet​-Shakespeare ● The Story of Edgar

Act (MC/Essay) (TBD) Sawtelle​-Wroblewski

● Program Presentations in
conjunction with the Livingston
County Library (100 pts) (if time)
○ Ted Talks (Using WeVideo,
Movie Maker, or iVideo)
○ Book Trailers (Using
WeVideo, Movie Maker, or
i Video)
○ Formal Community
Presentations