LAIR 301: 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: 301	Team
August 18	“The Scarlet Pimpernel” by Baroness Orczy	Jorge García Santiago Avril
	“Memoirs of a Nun” by Denis Diderot	Paolette Núñez Tetsuji Tamashiro
August 25	“Silas Marner” by George Eliot	Renata González Hermione Valdovinos
	“Mary Poppins” by P. L. Travers	Ximena Molinero Omar González
September 1	“North & South” by Elizabeth Gaskell	Montserrat Castañares Miguel Munguía Ian Evans
	“The Man Who Was Thursday” by G. K. Chesterton	María Fernanda Castro Balam Bohórquez Gilberto Rosete
September 15	“Maurice” by E. M. Forster	Adolfo Jasso Juan Sánchez
	“Lady Susan” by Jane Austen	Paola Sollano Paolette Núñez
October 6	“Sab” by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda	Tetsuji Tamashiro Santiago Avril
	“Festejos de los empeños de una casa” by Juana Inés de la Cruz	Abigail Espinosa Balam Bohórquez
October 13	“Around the World in 80 Days” by Jules Verne	Omar González María Fernanda Castro
	“Burmese Days” by George Orwell	Gilberto Rosete Ximena Molinero
November 3	“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe	Hermione Valdovinos Paola Sollano Abigail Espinosa
	“Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man” by U. R. Ananthamurthy	Ian Evans Montserrat Castañares
November 10	“The Travels of Lao Can” by Liu E	Miguel Munguía Renata González
	“A Young Doctor’s Notebook” by Mikhail Bulgakov	Juan Sánchez Jorge García Adolfo Jasso

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%