Course Syllabus

Themes in World Literature: First Semester Schedule
Note: This schedule is tentative and subject to revision as needed.

First Quarter:
Week 1: August 24 - 28
Introduction/Preliminaries and Summer Readings 1:
(Wartime Lies and First They Killed My Father)

Week 2: August 31 – September 4
Introduction/Preliminaries and Summer Readings 2:
(Wartime Lies and First They Killed My Father)

Week 3: September 8 – 11
The Poisonwood Bible to p. 68
Vocabulary Test #1

Week 4: September 14 – 18
The Poisonwood Bible to p. 158
“Cry Freedom”

Week 5: September 21 – 25
The Poisonwood Bible to p. 240
Vocabulary Test #2
“Cry Freedom”

Week 6: September 28 – October 2
The Poisonwood Bible to p. 311

Week 7: October 5 – 9
The Poisonwood Bible to p. 375
Vocabulary Test #3

Week 8: October 12 – 14
The Poisonwood Bible to p. 444
“Bend it Like Beckham”

Week 9: October 19 – 23
The Poisonwood Bible (conclusion)
Vocabulary Test #4
“Bend it Like Beckham”

Week 10: October 26 – 30
Book1Q (25 pages)
Quarter Exam

Second Quarter:
Week 11: November 3 – 6
The Samurai (Chapters 1 and 2)
Vocabulary Test #5

Week 12: November 9 – 13
The Samurai (Chapters 3 and 4)
“To Live”

Week 13: November 16 – 20
The Samurai (Chapters 5 and 6)
Vocabulary Test #6
“To Live”

Week 14: November 23 – 24
The Samurai (Chapters 7, 8, and 9)

Week 15: November 30 – December 4
The Samurai (Chapter 10)
Vocabulary Test #7
“Under the Same Moon”

Week 16: December 7 – 11
Projects
Terra Nostra (TBA)
“Under the Same Moon”

Week 17: December 14 – 18
Projects
Terra Nostra (TBA)
Vocabulary Test #8

Week 18: December 21 – 22
Terra Nostra (TBA)
Quarter Exam

Week 19: January 4 – 8
The BookQ2 (25 pages)

Week 20: January 11 – 14
The BookS1 (50 pages)
Semester Exam


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