LAIR 303: 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: 303	Team
August 18	“The Scarlet Pimpernel” by Baroness Orczy	Pedro Puebla Emilio Hernández
	“Memoirs of a Nun” by Denis Diderot	Pamela Mendoza
August 25	“Silas Marner” by George Eliot	Santiago Ravelo Young Choi
	“Mary Poppins” by P. L. Travers	Luz Chávez Sebastián Robledo
September 1	“North & South” by Elizabeth Gaskell	David Ávila María Návar
	“The Man Who Was Thursday” by G. K. Chesterton	Tamara Baylón Jesús Vite
September 15	“Maurice” by E. M. Forster	Sebastián González Pedro Puebla
	“Lady Susan” by Jane Austen	Ingrid Montes Isabella Zárate
October 6	“Sab” by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda	Diana Ruiz
	“Festejos de los empeños de una casa” by Juana Inés de la Cruz	Sebastián Robledo Ingrid Montes
October 27	“Around the World in 80 Days” by Jules Verne	Young Choi Luz Chávez
	“Burmese Days” by George Orwell	María Návar David Ávila
November 3	“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe	Isabella Zárate Sebastián González
	“Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man” by U. R. Ananthamurthy	Diana Ruiz Santiago Ravelo
November 10	“The Travels of Lao Can” by Liu E	Jesús Vite Tamara Baylón
	“A Young Doctor’s Notebook” by Mikhail Bulgakov	Emilio Hernández Pamela Mendoza

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%