LAIR 302: 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: 302	Team
August 18	“The Scarlet Pimpernel” by Baroness Orczy	Aranza Espinosa Jesús López
	“Memoirs of a Nun” by Denis Diderot	Mariana Chávez Areli Martínez
August 25	“Silas Marner” by George Eliot	Abril Morales Miguel Arenas
	“Mary Poppins” by P. L. Travers	Karla Hernández Fernanda Maya
September 1	“North & South” by Elizabeth Gaskell	Cynthia Ramírez Luis Ladrón de Guevara José María Juárez
	“The Man Who Was Thursday” by G. K. Chesterton	Lucio Trucíos Gian González
September 15	“Maurice” by E. M. Forster	Martín Bustamante Alejandro Acosta
	“Lady Susan” by Jane Austen	Montserrat Vigil Aranza Espinosa
October 6	“Sab” by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda	Sofía López Abril Morales
	“Festejos de los empeños de una casa” by Juana Inés de la Cruz	Areli Martínez Daniel López
October 27	“Around the World in 80 Days” by Jules Verne	Luis Ladrón de Guevara Martín Bustamante
	“Burmese Days” by George Orwell	Fernanda Maya Lucio Trucíos Miguel Arenas
November 3	“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe	José María Juárez Montserrat Vigil Mariana Chávez
	“Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man” by U. R. Ananthamurthy	Gian González Cynthia Ramírez Jesús López
November 10	“The Travels of Lao Can” by Liu E	Alejandro Acosta Sofía López
	“A Young Doctor’s Notebook” by Mikhail Bulgakov	Daniel López Karla Hernández

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%