College English 101 & 102

Course Reading Component

Fall 2020
1st Quarter

Projects and Timeline Classic/Canonical Text Contemporary Pairings

(Choose One) (Choose One)

● In-class Discussion (25 pts) ● And Then There Were ● The Dinner​-Herman Koch
○ Sept. 18th and 21st None​-Agatha Christie ● All the Missing Girls​-Megan Miranda
● Classic/Canonical Assessment (MC) ● Shutter Island​-Dennis Lehane
(50 pts) ● Before the Fall- Noah Hawley
○ Sept. 23rd ● Death on the Nile​-Agatha Christie
● In-class Writing ● The ABC Murders​-Agatha Christie
Assessment/Analysis of Paired Texts ● Five Little Pigs​-Agatha Christie
(50 pts)
○ Oct. 14th ● Murder on the Orient ● Paper Towns-​ John Green
Express-​Agatha Christie ● The Woman on the Orient
Express-​ Lindsay Jayne Ashford
● The Woman in Cabin 10​-Ruth Ware
● Death on the Nile​-Agatha Christie
● The ABC Murders-​ Agatha Christie
● Five Little Pigs​-Agatha Christie

● Hound of the ● The Curious Incident of the Dog in the

Baskervilles-​Sir Arthur Night​-Time-Mark Haddon
Conan Doyle ● Death on the Nile​-Agatha Christie
● The ABC Murders​-Agatha Christie
● Five Little Pigs​-Agatha Christie

2nd Quarter

Projects and Timeline Classic/Canonical Text Contemporary Pairings

(Choose One) (Choose One)

● In-class Discussion (25 pts) ● 1984-​ George Orwell ● Little Brother-​ Cory Doctorow
○ Nov. 18th ● Brave New ● Feed​-M.T. Anderson
● Classic/Canonical Assessment (MC) World​-Aldous Huxley ● The Circle​-Dave Eggers
(50 pts) ● Cyteen​-C.J. Cherryh
○ Nov. 20th ● Genesis-​ Bernard Beckett
● In-class Writing ● Unwind-Neal Shusterman
Assessment/Analysis of Paired Texts
(50 pts)
○ Dec. 16th
 Spring 2021
3rd Quarter

Projects and Timeline Classic/Canonical Text Contemporary Pairings

(Choose One) (Choose One)

● In-class Discussion (25 pts) ● Heart of ● Poisonwood Bible​-Barbara Kingsolver

○ January 27th Darkness​-Joseph ● Things Fall Apart​-Achebe
● Classic/Canonical Assessment (MC) Conrad
(50 pts)
○ January 29th ● Robinson Crusoe-​ Daniel ● The Life of Pi​-Yann Martel
● In-class Writing Defoe ● The Martian​-Andy Weir
Assessment/Analysis of Paired Texts ● The Raft-​ S.A. Bodeen
(50 pts) ● Into the Wild​-Jon Krakauer
○ February 17th ● Ruthless​-Carolyn Lee Adams
● Room-Emma Donoghue

● Lord of the Flies-​ William ● Gone​-Michael Grant

Golding ● The Goats​-Brock Cole
● Salt to the Sea​-Ruta Sepetys
● The Girl in the Arena​-Lise Haines
● Salvage the Bones​-Jesmyn Ward

4th Quarter

Projects and Timeline Classic/Canonical Text Contemporary Pairings

(Choose One) (Choose One)

● In-class Discussion (25 pts) ● A Tale of Two ● Revolution​-Jennifer Donnelly

○ March 16th Cities​-Charles Dickens ● Madam Tussaud’s
● Classic or Canonical Assessment Apprentice​-Kathleen Benner Duble
(MC) (50 pts) ● The Red Necklace-​ Sally Gardner
○ March 18th
● In-class Writing ● Great ● The Goldfinch-​ Donna Tartt
Assessment/Analysis of Paired Texts Expectations​-Charles ● Dodger​-Terry Pratchett
(50 pts) Dickens
○ April 8th
● Pride and ● Longbourn​-Jo Baker
Prejudice-​ Jane Austen ● The Makioka Sisters​-Junichiro Tanizaki
● Bridget Jones’s Diary​-Helen Fielding
● Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies-​ Austen & Grahame-Smith
● Death Comes to Pemberley-​ P.D. James

● Jane Eyre-​ Charlotte ● The Flight of Gemma Hardy​-Margot

Bronte Livesey
● Mr. Rochester​-Sarah Shoemaker
● The Madwoman Upstairs: A
Novel​-Catherine Lowell
● Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired
by Jane Eyre​-Tracey Chevalier
● ReJane: A Novel​-Patricia Park
● Jane Steele: A Novel​-Lindsay Faye

● Wuthering ● Looking for Alaska-​ John Green

Heights​-Emily Bronte ● Trespass-​ Valerie Martin
● We Were Liars-e. Lockhart

● Frankenstein-​ Mary ● This Dark Endeavor-​ Kenneth Oppel

Shelley ● Man Made Boy​-Jon Skovron
● This Monstrous Thing​-Mackenzi Lee
 ● Spare and Found Parts​-Sarah Maria
Griffin
● Dr. Frankenstein’s Daughters-​ Suzanne
Weyn
● Monster: A Novel of
Frankenstein-​ Dave Zeltserman
● Frankenstein’s Prodigal Son​-Dean
Koontz
● Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl
Who Wrote Frankenstein​-Stephanie
Hemphill
● The Madman’s Daughter​-Megan
Shepherd

4th Quarter

● Classic/Canonical Assessment per ● Hamlet​-Shakespeare ● The Story of Edgar

Act (MC/Essay) (TBD) Sawtelle​-Wroblewski
 In-class Writing Assessment

Timed Writing:​ 50 minutes

Directions: ​ Choose one of the prompts below and write a four to five paragraph essay analysis.

The analysis must have an ​introductory paragraph​ with an attention-getting device, logical transition sentences, introduction to both
novels and authors, and a clearly delineated thesis that states your claim and points of analysis.

Each body paragraph ​must begin with a topic sentence that aligns to each of the points of analysis in the thesis. The body must include
specific supporting details, including at least two quotes (one from each text) per body paragraph to support your ideas. Each quote must
be accompanied by a clear explanation of how the quote proves your claim.

The analysis must include a ​concluding paragraph​ that restates the thesis and sums up the paragraph by relating back to your
attention-getting device.

Reminders:
● Analyze literature in PRESENT tense! (Use present tense verbs when you are analyzing the texts!)
● Include tags before and citations after each quote.
○ If you are citing something a character says:
■ WHEN YOU ARE QUOTING ONLY DIALOGUE: When Ratchett asks Poirot to take a case for him and notes that he
(Ratchett) has enemies, Poirot responds by saying, “Monsieur, in my experience when a man is in a position to
have, as you say, enemies, then it does not usually resolve itself into one enemy only” (Christie 29).
● NOTE: Since this quote is only dialogue and no narration, the dialogue can be framed with double
quotation marks.
■ WHEN YOU ARE QUOTING DIALOGUE AND NARRATION: When Ratchett first speaks to Poirot, he makes sure of
his acquaintance before speaking: “‘I think,’ he went on, ‘that I have the pleasure of speaking to M. Hercule
Poirot. Is that so?’” (Christie 29).
● NOTE: Since there is a dialogue tag (narration) in the middle of the quote, the dialogue has to be
framed with single quotation marks; however, the overall quote also has to be framed with double
quotation marks.
■ OVERALL NOTE: When quoting something a character says, you generally won’t include any kind of author tag;
instead, you’ll refer to the author after the quote in your in-text citation.
○ If you are citing something from the narrator (NOT dialogue):
■ NO AUTHOR TAG: The first night on the train, Poirot goes to sleep and then “awoke some hours later, and
awoke with a start. He knew what is was that had wakened him--a loud groan, almost a cry, somewhere close
at hand” (Christie 34).
■ WITH AN AUTHOR TAG: Christie notes that the first night on the train, Poirot goes to sleep and then “awoke
some hours later, and awoke with a start. He knew what is was that had wakened him--a loud groan, almost a
cry, somewhere close at hand” (34).
● NOTE: You don’t need to use a full author tag in your body paragraphs for your authors because you
will introduce them by their full name and their book title in the introduction.
○ If both of your books are by the same author: (Author’slastname, ​Book Title p ​ agenumber).
● Be clear and concise!
● State your claim and prove your point!

Organization Suggestions:
● Organizational Tip #1:
○ Organize each body paragraph by point of analysis. You will analyze both books in each paragraph.
● Organizational Tip #2:
○ Organize each body paragraph by topic (or book). You will analyze both points of analysis for book #1 in body paragraph
#1 and both points of analysis for book #2 in body paragraph #2. Caution: Do not fall into the summary trap! Don’t just
tell me the story! Analyze the books!