Daily Syllabus
January
4 Introduction: Course Goals and Policies
6 Background Lecture: Adolescent Fiction in Context
9 Flip
11 Flip
13 Flip
16 NO CLASS--Martin Luther King's Birthday
18 The Hunger Games
20 The Hunger Games
23 The Hunger Games
25 City of Orphans
27 City of Orphans
30 City of Orphans
February
1 Distribution and Discussion of First Paper Topics
Review for First Test
3 First Test
6 Anna and the French Kiss
8 Anna and the French Kiss
10 Anna and the French Kiss
13 Touching Spirit Bear
15 Touching Spirit Bear
First Papers Due
17 Touching Spirit Bear
20 Ten Miles Past Normal
22 Ten Miles Past Normal
24 Ten Miles Past Normal
27 Review for Test Two
29 Test Two
March
2 Open Day for Catching Up
5 NO CLASS--Spring Break
7 NO CLASS--Spring Break
9 NO CLASS--Spring Break
12 Bloody Jack
14 Bloody Jack
Second Paper Topic Distributed and Discussed
16 Bloody Jack
19 The Body of Christopher Creed
21 The Body of Christopher Creed
23 The Body of Christopher Creed
26 Review for Third Test
Second Paper Due
28 Third Test
30 Along for the Ride
April
2 Along for the Ride
4 Along for the Ride
6 BOOK TO BE DETERMINED
9 BOOK TO BE DETERMINED
11 BOOK TO BE DETERMINED
13 Book Thief
16 Book Thief
Third Paper Due
18 Book Thief
20 Review for Final