English Novels

4OCR212

Selective Reading of Modern Fiction

Instructor Elena Kolodkina School year 20122 hours per weekRequired textbooks: Cries from the Heart: Stories from

Around the World

OBJECTIVES

To bring the best of the world’s stories to the English language learners

To help students to see reading as an interesting activity

To improve reading and comprehension skills

To learn summarizing and reviewing

Week 1. Course Introduction

Course Introduction Syllabus Review Class expectations: What do you

expect to learn in this class? Assessment review Question and answer period

Week 2. The Photograph

Activities: Introducing the author Sefi Atta from

Nigeria Reading Reading check Word work

Week 3. The Photograph

Review Summary Discussion

Week 4. Leonard

Introducing the author Adrienne M. Fratter from New Zealand

Reading Reading check Word work

Week 5. Leonard

Review Summary Discussion

Week 6. A Pot Full of Tears

Introducing the author Lauri Kubuisile from Botswana

Reading Reading check Word work

Week 7. A Pot Full of Tears

Review Summary Discussion

Week 8. The Wild WestMidterm preparation

Introducing Erica Robinson from Jamaica

Week 9. The House

Writing a summary

Week 10. Dora’s Turn

Introducing the author Jackee Budesta Botanda from Uganda

Reading Reading check Word work

Week 11. Dora’s Turn

Review Summary Discussion

Week 12. Callus

Introducing the author Janet Tay Hui Ching from Malaysia

Reading Reading check Word work

Week 13. Callus

Review Summary Discussion

Week 14. Nimble Fingers

Introducing the author Anurulla Muralidbaran from India

Reading Reading check Word work

Week 15. Nimble Fingers

Review Summary Discussion

Week 16. The Festive Season in a Part of Africa

Introducing the author Tod Collins from South Africa

Reading Reading check Word work

Week 17. The Festive Season in a Part of Africa

Review Summary Discussion

Week 18. Final Exam

Make a presentation of one of the stories of the book Cries from the Heart: Stories from Around the World

Assessment

Attendance – 25% Participation (classroom activity,

homework, quizzes, presentations) - 25%

Midterm test – 20% Final test – 30%

Textbook

Cries from the Heart: Stories from Around the World