LAIR 304: Book Presentations, Dates & Teams

Look for your name twice: Once in black, and once in blue. Those are your two teams for the presentations. The rubric is below the table with the teams.

Date	Books for the semester: 304	Team
August 18	“The Scarlet Pimpernel” by Baroness Orczy	Alejandra Rojas Teresita Becerra
	“Memoirs of a Nun” by Denis Diderot	Alexa Contreras Daniel Núñez
August 25	“Silas Marner” by George Eliot	Eduardo Ángeles Leonardo Núñez María Fernanda De Luna
	“Mary Poppins” by P. L. Travers	Javier Vela Diana Villavicencio
September 1	“North & South” by Elizabeth Gaskell	Daniela Salinas Samantha Hernández
	“The Man Who Was Thursday” by G. K. Chesterton	Elisa Olvera Vanessa Gómez
September 15	“Maurice” by E. M. Forster	Santiago Copado Elías Rodríguez
	“Lady Susan” by Jane Austen	Ana Cortés Gallardo Sabina Rodríguez
October 6	“Sab” by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda	Teresita Becerra Xanat Segura
	“Festejos de los empeños de una casa” by Juana Inés de la Cruz	María Fernanda De Luna Diana Villavicencio
October 27	“Around the World in 80 Days” by Jules Verne	Daniel Núñez Javier Vela
	“Burmese Days” by George Orwell	Elías Rodríguez Alexa Contreras Santiago Copado
November 3	“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe	Leonardo Sánchez Ana Cortés Gallardo Sabina Rodríguez
	“Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man” by U. R. Ananthamurthy	Vanessa Gómez Daniela Salinas Elisa Olvera
November 10	“The Travels of Lao Can” by Liu E	Samantha Hernández Eduardo Ángeles
	“A Young Doctor’s Notebook” by Mikhail Bulgakov	Xanat Segura Alejandra Rojas

Rubric:
Information about the author, the first edition of the book, and a brief plot summary of the book.	20%
Identify at least 3 themes that are present in the novel with direct quotes. Themes are the answers to the question of what the novel is about. They should be specific social issues, political issues, economic issues, and cultural elements.	30%
Give context about the 3 themes: Where are they present in the novel? What do they tell us about the time when the novel was written/published and the time it’s talking about? Include quotes from the book.	30%
Visual presentation on Prezi.	10%
15 minutes. Timing will be strictly enforced.	10%
TOTAL	100%