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College English Course Reading Component 2023-24
College English Course Reading Component 2023-24
Fall 2023
1st Quarter
● In-class Study Guide (25 pts) ● And Then There Were ● The Dinner-Herman Koch
○ September 20 None-Agatha Christie ● All the Missing Girls-Megan Miranda
● Classic Test 1 (MC) (50 pts) ● Shutter Island-Dennis Lehane
○ September 22 ● Before the Fall-Noah Hawley
● In-class Socratic Seminar/Discussion ● One By One-Ruth Ware
of Paired Texts (50 pts) ● The Guest List-Lucy Foley
○ October 11 ● The Silent Patient-Alex Michaelides
2nd Quarter
● In-class Study Guide (25 pts) ● 1984-George Orwell ● Little Brother-Cory Doctorow
○ November 15 ● The Circle-Dave Eggers
● Classic/Canonical Assessment (MC) ● Cyteen-C.J. Cherryh
(50 pts) ● Unwind-Neal Shusterman
○ November 17
● In-class Socratic Seminar/Discussion ● Brave New ● Feed-M.T. Anderson
of Paired Texts (50 pts) World-Aldous Huxley ● Cyteen-C.J. Cherryh
○ December 13 or 14 ● Genesis-Bernard Beckett
(depending on finals ● Unwind-Neal Shusterman
schedule)
● The Handmaid’s ● Station Eleven-Emily St. John Mandel
Tale-Margaret Atwood ● The Children of Men-P.D. James
● Vox-Christina Dalcher
Spring 2024
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
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 pagenumber).
● 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!